The insurance market Lloyd’s of London is preparing contingency plans for the possibility of the euro collapsing, its chief executive tells a newspaper.

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Lloyd’s ‘plans for euro collapse’

Hundreds of anti-cuts protesters gather outside Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg’s home in south-west London.

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Anti-cuts protest at Clegg’s home

A new stage production of CS Lewis’s The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe has opened in London’s Kensington Gardens.

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VIDEO: ‘Magical’ play hits London park

London’s skyline would look very different today if some of the plans for towers and skyscrapers that have been proposed in the past had been built.

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VIDEO: The skyscrapers London never saw

Laura Johnson convicted of burglary in London riots.

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British Millionaire’s Daughter Laura Johnson Jailed

Sink your teeth into today's top stories from around the globe. We'll shut up our mugs if you fill up our jugs with these good ol' hillbilly cocktails. – Details For a very swine Memorial Day, try making this Filipino-style roasted pork belly. – Serious Eats Speaking of pork belly, BACON! Homemade BACON! – Food 52 Has Giles Coren, arguably the world's angriest food critic, gone soft? – London Evening Standard Another day, another story about kids in restaurants: Susan Tahmasian claims a Sydney restaurant turned her away because she had her baby in tow. – Sydney Morning Herald

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Box lunch: ‘Hicktails’ and pork belly

A Tube train that broke down in a London tunnel stranding 733 passengers was a special Diamond Jubilee train, it emerges.

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Diamond Jubilee Tube in breakdown

London Welsh chairman Bleddyn Phillips says the club will consider legal action to allow them entry to the Premiership.

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Welsh to consider legal avenues

How common is rabies, in the wake of London case

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Q&A: Rabies

A London patient is confirmed as having rabies after being bitten by a dog in South Asia, the Health Protection Agency says.

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Rabies case confirmed in London

The RFU announce London Welsh do not meet the minimum standards criteria required for promotion to the Premiership.

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Welsh promotion bid turned down

A stage version of the Oscar-winning film Chariots of Fire has its premiere in London and is now set for a West End run during the Olympics.

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Chariots of Fire sprints on stage

A senior Olympic official was willing to sell thousands of pounds worth of tickets to the London 2012 Games for cash, an undercover BBC London investigation reveals.

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Official ‘offers 2012 tickets’

A senior Olympic official was willing to sell thousands of pounds worth of tickets to the London 2012 Games for cash, an undercover BBC London investigation reveals.

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VIDEO: Official ‘offers 2012 tickets’

London seeks leading role as Chinese currency goes global

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London seeks lead role as China’s currency goes global