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Boris Wins!

Boris Johnson is the new Mayor of London. The Blond received 1,043,761 (43%) first preference votes compared to Livingstone's 893,877 (37%), with Paddick gaining just 10% of the vote. With neither main candidate reaching the magic 50%, second preference votes were taken into account, giving…

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Musical to return louder than ever

Original London production of the Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty's Theatre is to close temporarily to instal a new sound system

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Checks put diplomas at risk say teachers

Teenagers studying for the new diploma qualification could be prevented from completing their courses because of bureaucratic safety checks

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Destination England

Discover England, London and the costal areas.

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Tesco and tax: a complex web of companies, trusts and partnerships

At heart of supermarket's avoidance scheme was Stamp Duty Land Tax - not corporation tax

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Tricks of the traders: a former trader exposes corruption and greed in the City

What's the rarest commodity on the stockmarket? Honesty. A former broker exposes the corruption, greed and insider dealing endemic in the City

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Bonnie Greer: The white stages

Bonnie Greer: Black actors have less of a presence in British theatre than ever, and the land of cotton holds sway

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Video: London Freeze

Time stands still at London's Liverpool Street Station for the latest in a series of improvised 'freeze mobs'

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House prices now sliding by £500 a week

First annual decline in 12 years, with the average home costing £8,136 less than in January

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Radio 4 marks anniversary with new Dr No

First full-length radio adaptation of novel commemorates 100th anniversary of Ian Fleming's birth

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Time to listen, learn and act - the inquest begins

Cabinet responds to election verdict by insisting that voters will return to Labour once economic prosperity returns

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Modest night for BNP and Greens

The results for smaller parties

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End of the road for bendy buses

Boris wants to replace bendy buses with a new, eco-friendly version of the Routemaster

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Blow to Brown over party post

PM suffers setback after David Pitt-Watson says he will not take up post of general secretary

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Robert Booth looks at how the Netherlands is dealing with child trafficking

Robert Booth looks at a guardianship scheme helping children in the Netherlands

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BBC NEWS | In Pictures | In pictures: Banksy's tunnel gallery

"Graffiti artist Banksy has turned a south London tunnel into a half-mile long exhibition space, but the elusive artist kept its location secret until the last minute."

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Battered Brand Ken stumbled into perfect storm

The Livingstone of the past year was a shadow of his heyday, writes Hugh Muir

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'Buffoon' outsmarts his critics with inspired decision to stand for mayor

Boris Johnson has finally demolished the belief that he is too frivolous to attain high political office in Britain

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Banksy throws London stencil party

AP - Graffiti impresario Banksy and airbrush-wielding guerrilla artists blanketed the walls of an abandoned London tunnel with offbeat murals as part of a three-day stencil-art street party this weekend.

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City and Thames Gateway at climate change risk - Property Week

The analysis, by researchers at UCL shows that there is a clear north-south divide. Southampton & Bristol are at highest risk to all aspects of climate change, compared with comparatively safe areas in the north such as Glasgow, Belfast & Edinburgh.

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Jonathan Freedland: Eleven years after it promised a new dawn, Labour's dusk has arrived

Jonathan Freedland: Labour's worst performance in 40 years sets the party on course of defeat in 2010

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First London assembly results announced

Results so far: Con 2, Lab 3. Nine constituencies still to declare

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