A disused tennis court which has been transformed into a new adventure playground opened in Tolworth at the weekend. The Jubilee Way Playscape at the King George’s Recreation Ground, Hook Rise South, includes a skate bowl, zip wire and climbing ...

Yesterday, I got a call from a friend in Ljubljana, asking if my family and I were OK, and if we still had food and shelter. He sounded sure I had already lost my job, and offered to help. At first I did not understand what he was talking about: for ...

Oct. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Prime Minister Gordon Brown will use his government's control over two of the U.K.'s largest banks to cut the price of loans to small businesses and homeowners and curb the pay of directors. The Treasury today said it will ...

A PLASTERER has scooped a £62,000 lottery win. Rene Darroux, 52, from Leyton, plans to spend some of his winnings from the Euromillions draw on a trip to Las Vegas. He said: "Winning this money is such a relief. I have a mortgage and being self ...

Oct. 8 (Bloomberg) -- London's 2012 Olympics organizers may scrap plans to build temporary arenas for sports such as basketball and shooting to save money as the global financial crisis squeezes the 9.3 billion-pound ($16.3 billion) project. ``The ...

London's 2012 Olympics organizers may scrap plans to build temporary arenas for sports such as basketball and shooting to save money as the global financial crisis squeezes the 9.3 billion-pound ($16.3 billion) project. "The credit crunch is hitting ...

Papers filed in the High Court state that Martin Isaacs of Hampstead, north London, opened an account in November with the Mayfair-based company Fitzdares, which was started three years ago by a team including Zac and his brother Ben, but a losing ...

Warning shot: Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, is against dipping into the contingency fund Photo: EPA Speaking to the Commons culture, media and sport select committee, Johnson said it was important that the fund, part of the Government’s £9.3 ...

Sunday's Great North Run provided its usual stunning spectacle of perspiration and inspiration - Jo Pavey showed plenty of that in finishing third - with a certain air of predictability which even included the early autumn sunshine. The biggest ...

A Wimbledon landlord has been found guilty of carrying out a series of Ocean’s-11 style scams at casinos across the UK. Anthony Lopez of William Road used numerous false identities to enter casinos and cheat on roulette tables. Lopez, the ...