Dublin Zoo's newest arrival, a female Rothschild giraffe, will spend up to three months bonding with keepers after being rejected by her mother. The calf, just 17-days-old and already over 5ft tall, met the public for the first time.

Anne Keothavong, the British number 1 seed, faces a second round clash with four-time champion Venus Williams after seeing off Vania King in three sets.

Boris Johnson has called for more “punishment” in schools in the battle to stem the bloody tide of gang warfare in London. The Mayor said the move was necessary to restore respect for embattled teachers struggling to control pupils.

Sarah Jessica Parker denied rumours today that she did not get on with her co-stars in the Sex And The City film over the different amounts of money they were paid during the film.

Obese people are contributing to the world food crisis because of the amount they eat, experts from London claim.

Afghan Nazamuddin Mohammidy, 34, of Hounslow, Middlesex who was part of a gang that hijacked a jet is now working as an office cleaner at Heathrow Airport, it was reported today.

Officials in China have said that the final death toll from Monday's disaster could top 50,000. Today Chinese president Hu Jintao flew into Sichuan to support quake victims and see the rescue efforts.

London police chief Sir Ian Blair says murder is not "out of control", despite the deaths of 70 young people in the capital in the past 18 months. His comments came in the week that 16-year-old Jimmy Mizen was killed in Lee, south-east London, and Steven

Pictures of stars at the Sex and the City London premiere include Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Catrall, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis.

A man believed to be in his early 20s has been stabbed to death in Oxford Street, London, the Metropolitan Police say. Officers were called to the scene outside McDonald's near Oxford Circus at 4.47pm Monday May 12th.