Village People

*Ann Widdecombe's chances of a new career as Britain's envoy to the Vatican are on the wane. Read More

Need a break from all the flying sleighs and tra-la-la-ing cherubs that mark the onslaught of the fast-approaching holiday season - but still need to be humming a good song and entertaining family members? Read More

West End Village is the new name for the area north of Shandwick Place, and traders hope a big marketing push will bring new trade to the area both in the run-up to Christmas, and through the long haul until the first trams arrive. eet signs bearing a newly-designed logo for the Village are set to go up on street corners and lamp posts, a promotional website has been set up, and the initiative will launch with a special Christmas shopping evening on Thursday. Read More

*Yesterday, we learnt that the Tory MP David Curry has resigned the chairmanship of the Parliamentary Standards Committee because he has been claiming for a second home that he rarely uses because his wife allegedly would not let him because that was where she suspected he had conducted an affair. Read More

Pedestrians mingle through the streets, speaking a combination of English and French. Read More

THE first homes at Stratford's Olympic Village have been declared structurally complete. Read More

Contrary to what you may have read this week, we still do not know when, or whether, Lord Ashcroft, the deputy chairman of the Conservative Party, stuck to his promise to move permanently to the UK. Read More

They dared to dream but in the end had to concede that the FA Cup does not always yield fairytales. Read More

Someone who is not a "usual suspect" but a serving government minister has offered this scenario. Read More

Did Roland Burris save the public option? Read More