Small businesses: your experiences
Small business owners tell the BBC why they are finding it tough to secure loans from banks at the moment.
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Schools count cost of credit crunch
Why children could suffer in the wake of fallout from the global credit crunch.
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Long queues 'plague post offices'
People in London are forced to wait up to 28 minutes before they are served at post offices, a postal watchdog says.
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Youth in court over knife death
An 18-year-old appears in court charged with murdering semi-professional footballer in south London.
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Teenager dies after bar stabbing
A 19-year-old man is stabbed to death in an assault outside a bar in south London, police say.
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Family in tribute to stab victim
The family of Nilanthan Murddi, who was stabbed to death in south London, pay tribute to the 17-year-old.
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Fraud in the UK 'climbs by 14%'
Fraud cases in the UK jumped by 14% in the first six months of 2008 compared with a year ago, experts say.
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Are you going forward? Then stop now
Blue sky thinking, pushing the envelope - the problem with office-speak is that it cloaks the brutal modern workplace in such brainlessly upbeat language... as Lucy Kellaway dialogues.
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Gatwick celebrates half century
Gatwick marks 50 years since it was opened by the Queen as one of the UK's major international airports.
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Music firm 'goblins' in copyright war
The world's biggest record company and a second-hand record dealer are locked in a legal battle that could affect many people's music collections.
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End of the road for 'real Chinatown'?
After an 18-month battle, London's Oriental City complex is to be demolished to make way for a £450m redevelopment.
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Time to leave the comfort zone
Civic leaders must be willing to make tough choices if we are going to live in green cities.
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'I thought I'd be found out one day'
Examples of the "blatant and shocking" cases of fraud unearthed in an Audit Commission study of public money scams and errors.
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End of the road for 'real Chinatown'?
After an 18 month battle, Oriental City's vibrant Asian hub will be broken up as developers look to turn a profit.
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Bust-up with the boss?
Workers accused of theft or damage could soon find themselves blacklisted on a register to be shared among employers. It will be good for profits but campaigners say innocent people could find it impossible to get another job.
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Concerns over badger road closure
The closure of a road due to mating badgers in Cambridgeshire could lead to a pub going out of business, its owners claim.
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The bicycle backlash unfolds
It's a model for green transport, but the fuss over folding bikes is growing in the dog-eat-dog world of rush hour.
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Credit crunch 'fuels fraud cases'
The activities of fraudsters have changed because of the credit crunch, says UK fraud prevention service Cifas.
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Interview: Winston McKenzie
The only independent candidate in the race to be mayor of London gives his views on how to solve the city's problems.
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Trams in the UK
Trams fell out of fashion in the 1950s but now seem to be experiencing a comeback.
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