Five boys aged 12 to 14 who pelted a father with sticks and stones as he played cricket with his son have been found guilty of his killing.
Two men have been arrested over the murder of three victims shot dead in front of a three-tear-old girl at a suburban semi in Essex.
Survivors of the July 7 London bombings has launched legal action over the government's refusal to set up a public inquiry.
A three-year-old girl is believed to have witnessed a terrifying attack in which three men were killed and two women badly hurt at a suburban house.
More than two million people are expected to flock to London's Notting Hill Carnival this Bank Holiday weekend.
A toddler was found stabbed to death and her mother seriously injured in an east London flat.
The American multi-millionaire who resigned as chair of the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) was paid nearly £400,000 for "loss of office".
Labour held on to its safe seat in Ealing Southall with the Conservatives trailing in third place in the first election since Gordon Brown has become Prime Minister.
Pop queen Madonna got 70,000 jumping up and down for action on climate change in the finale to the London leg of Live Earth.
The start of the Tour de France in London, the first in the 104-year history of the world's greatest annual sports event, was hailed an outstanding success.
