London confident of IOC approval
London 2012 organisers hope IOC inspectors will be impressed by visual evidence of the progress made in preparation for the Games.
Gun cop critical after chase
A police officer is fighting for his life after being injured in a confrontation with burglary suspects.
Three teenagers stabbed in gang fight
Three teenagers have been stabbed in a suspected gang fight.
Waiter killed breaking up fight
A waiter has died after he was hit over the head as he tried to break up a fight between two gangs of teenagers.
Man found with gunshot wounds
Police are investigating after a man was found this morning with gunshot wounds.
Geldof receives honorary degree
Bob Geldof has become the proud recipient of an honorary doctorate for his contribution to music.
Geldof to receive uni honour
Bob Geldof is to become the proud recipient of an Honorary Doctorate in Music.
College worker killed by masked man
A young woman was stabbed to death by a masked knifeman who then went on to slit his own throat, neighbours have claimed.
Fatal shooting victim named
Police have named the victim of a nightclub shooting.
Man shot dead in east London
A man has been shot dead in east London, Scotland Yard said.
Man charged with Adnan Patel stab murder
A 23-year-old man has been charged with the murder of Adnan Patel who was stabbed to death following a fight with a gang of men.
Four held over fatal stabbing
Four people have been arrested after a 20-year-old man was stabbed to death in east London.
Two more killed in London stabbings
London stabbings claim more lives - a boy who was attacked last month and a man killed last night.
Two teenagers stabbed in London
Two teenagers are in a critical condition after they were both stabbed in a fight in east London.
Gang's Walthamstow 'bomb factory'
A terror cell that tried to blow up passenger jets also targeted Canary Wharf, gas pipelines and Chernobyl, a court heard.
Firefighters tackle Olympics site blaze
A large fire on the site being developed for the 2012 London Olympics sent up a huge plume of black smoke which was visible for miles.
Police name murdered teenager
Police have named the 17-year-old boy stabbed to death in east London last week as Mohammed Ahmed.
Police release two teens in murder hunt
Police have released two teenagers who were being questioned in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 17-year-old boy in east London.
Boy killed in knife attack
Two teenagers have been arrested in connection with a gang knife attack that left one boy dead and another critically injured.