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British officials say they cannot stop the extradition of an autistic man accused of hacking into U.S. government computers to the United States. But Harriet Harman , deputy leader of the Labor Party, told the BBC Sunday she will ask U.S. officials that...
Tags: Gary McKinnon, Mr McKinnon, British, Harriet Harman, American, comput hacker, hacker gary, Boris Johnson, doing america, Asperger
For an almost unknown young comedy actor it is a part that must be beyond his wildest dreams: to play the role of David Cameron, the probable next prime minister, in a television drama documentary that has Westminster agog. When Boris met Dave will dramatise...
Tags: David Cameron, Boris Johnson, Boris Met Dave, London
Boris Johnson has dismissed the £250,000-a-year he earns from a controversial second job as "chicken feed". He insisted also that it was "wholly reasonable" for him to write newspaper columns on the side. But his comments are unlikely to please Conservative...
Tags: chicken feed, Boris Johnson, David Cameron, London, london mayor, Mr Johnson, shadow cabinet, newspaper column
Boris Johnson 's chief of staff faces tough questions today after the resignation of his deputy mayor revealed evidence of a lax expenses regime within his administration. Sir Simon Milton, one of Johnson's three remaining deputy mayors, is due to face...
Tags: London Development Agency, Greater London Authority, Boris Johnson, olympic accounts, deputy mayor
The deputy mayor of London , Ian Clement, has been forced to quit over the misuse of a corporate credit card just days after his boss Boris Johnson publicly stood by him. The mayor's office announced that Clement, the deputy mayor for government and external...
Tags: credit card, Boris Johnson, deputies mayor, Greater London Authority, south east London, corporate credit, external relations, Ian Clement
Unions reacted with anger today after new figures showed the number of managers at Transport for London earning more than £100,000 a year has risen by a third to 163 in Boris Johnson's first year as mayor. The number of managers earning over £50,000...
Tags: Boris Johnson, London Councils, managers earning, electric cars
Londoners battled with travel chaos overnight, as the British capital's underground system largely ground to a halt due to a two-day Tube strike. Commuters took to bikes, buses and boats on the Thames to beat the underground stoppage, while the streets...
Tags: Londoners, Boris Johnson, tube strike, londoners underground, Maritime and Transport Union, hour strike, Maritime and Transport Workers
It was a nice idea, but only 16 people set off on the bike tube from Swiss Cottage, according to BBC London. A cycling colleague has made it to the office complaining that the roads are full of biking amateurs. 8.21am: BBC London rounds up the latest...
Tags: Londoners, BBC London, London Colney, England, Andorra Wembley, world cup, tube strike, mayor boris, Boris Johnson, londoners underground
London Mayor Boris Johnson inadvertently made a splash while helping local volunteers clean up the River Pool in Lewisham. The 44-year-old was on hand to pick up litter as part of a new drive to celebrate and encourage volunteering in the capital. Wearing...
Tags: Boris Johnson, south east London, Londoners, River Pool, Lewisham
Boris Johnson today described how he was almost flung from his bicycle when the rear door of a passing lorry flew open, sending a parked car into his path. The dramatic moment was caught on a private security camera as the mayor cycled in a street in...
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