A proposal from Boris Johnson to "compel" children on the fringes of crime to join scouts groups to learn discipline has been slammed for being ill-defined and unrealistic. The London mayor, who pledged to tackle knife crime in his election manifesto
A 38-year-old Stanmore man has been jailed indefinitely for sexually assaulting a girl under 13 and attempted rape. Dwaine McCallum, of Javelin Court, in William Drive, groped one girl while her mother was asleep and while he was on bail for trying
A tug-of-war for Finchley and Golders Green is on the cards, after the leader of Barnet’s Labour group announced plans to challenge her Conservative rival Mike Freer at the next general election. East Finchley councillor Alison Moore, leader of the
More than 3,000 people talked to Epsom and Ewell Borough Council’s recycling officers during a four-week roadshow tour to explain the changes to the kerbside recycling service. The 14 public roadshows offered residents the chance to speak to dedicated
Windows at an education centre dedicated to murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence remain boarded up nine months after they were smashed by vandals. The Stephen Lawrence Centre, which has helped more than 2,000 young people interested in architecture,
Patients at risk of carrying hospital superbug C diff must be tested twice to ensure they are not misdiagnosed and to prevent spreading the bacteria, researchers at St George’s Hospital are warning. The findings show that no single test is sufficiently
Teachers at a Greenford school were “covered in blood” as they fought to keep a stabbed teenage pupil alive. Carrington Mgbeanulu, 15, lost five pints of blood ion a matter of minutes after he was knifed just inches from his heart following a confrontation
A Conservative MEP has been told to repay more than £500,000 of expenses paid to a company registered at his family home in Borehamwood. Den Dover, European Parliament representative for north-west England, was found to have breached European parliamentary
A million pounds is expected to be fetched for a former home of football star David Beckham. A humble three-bedroomed terraced home in Leytonstone is being sold online, with a price tag of £850,000 - but the owners believe it could be sold for more
