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Tube drivers to vote on strike in support of colleague 'sacked for drinking on the job'

Strike: union members are to vote on whether to take industrial action (Picture: Getty)

London Underground drivers could be going on strike after a worker was allegedly dismissed for drinking alcohol at work.

Man, 22, shot in the leg in west London

Shooting: police found the man with a gunshot wound in Wareham Close, Hounslow (Picture: Google StreetView)

Police and the London Ambulance Service found the injured man in Wareham Close, Hounslow, close to the Treaty shopping centre.

Liver transplant survivor's brother killed in car crash - but his organs have saved six lives

Always giving: Daniel Garcia died in a crash in Shepherd's Bush

The brother of Britain’s youngest liver-transplant survivor has been killed in a car crash — but saved six other lives by donating his organs.

London Poppy Day: Prince Harry joins British Legion appeal

Good conductor: Prince Harry with Lacey Turner and Barbara Windsor next to the bus (Picture: Jeremy Selwyn)

Prince Harry has joined supporters of the Royal British Legion’s London Poppy Appeal as their 1960 Routemaster Bus made Buckingham Palace its first stop.

Terror suspect 'was trusted member of real plot even though target had not been selected', secret trial hears

Prosecutor Richard Whittam QC told the court Erol Incedal’s claims that he was innocent could not be believed.

Payday loan firm for children turns out to be satirist's art stunt

Pocket Money Loans: the shop offering payday loans for children in Stroud Green Road, north London (Picture: Darren Cullen)

People who complained about a payday loan firm for children were taken in by an artist's stunt, it has emerged.

Divorce row over billionaire's two 'wives'

Battle: Mercy Ogbedo at court. Right, his third wife Yinka

A woman claiming she was duped into marrying an already married billionaire is to fight against a divorce court order that she must pay the tycoon’s legal bill.

Brockley flood: flats submerged as burst water main closes road

Submerged: Fire crews on the scene in Brockley (Picture: Twitter/@BG_Benjamin)

Six basement flats were left submerged after a burst water main caused flooding in south London.

Camden council spent £20,000 on campaign about austerity

A grab from the video which has currently been viewed on YouTube 1,678 times

A Labour-run council was today accused of wasting taxpayers’ money after spending £20,000... on a campaign against austerity.

John Sweeney: 'LSE boss not fit to run a college'

Documentary: John Sweeney, right, with a soldier in North Korea

Former BBC reporter John Sweeney has accused the head of London School of Economics of not being a “fit and proper” person to run a university.

1,500 crime fugitives are extradited by EU warrant

Concerned: Theresa May says the UK needs to keep the warrant

Exclusive: Thousands of criminal suspects who fled to London to avoid facing justice overseas have been extradited over the past five years, new figures reveal.

London house prices 'to dip' as buyers drop to six-year low

Price 'dip': There has been a drop in house buyers in London

London house prices could “dip” in coming months after the number of new buyer inquiries fell to a six-year low, property experts said today in their strongest warning yet.

Sir Ian McKellen awarded freedom of the City of London

Freeman: Sir Ian McKellen was awarded the honour at a ceremony today (Picture: PA)

Lord Of The Rings actor Sir Ian McKellen has been given the freedom of the City of London following his work for gay rights.

Pilot arrested for drink-driving hours before he was due to fly to Gatwick

The pilot was held at Newquay Airport in Cornwall

A Flybe pilot was arrested on suspicion of drink-driving just before he was due to take off to Gatwick.

Radical reform of social work to follow child abuse scandals

Sweeping changes to the children’s social work profession were announced today in the wake of child abuse scandals in Rotherham and Manchester.

Gay Ukip MEP brands same-sex marriage supporters 'equality Nazis'

Comments: David Coburn made the remarks in an interview with the Huffington Post (Picture: PA)

David Coburn said the reforms only matter to "some queen who wants to dress up in a bridal frock and dance up the aisle to the Village People".

Londoners 'could save £40m if traffic lights were switched off late at night'

Signals: Traffic lights at London's Oxford Street Picture: Google Street View

Frustrated drivers could save £40 million if London’s traffic lights were switched off in the dead of night, a report concludes today.

Le Patin Libre, Alexandra Palace

Gunslingers on ice: below, left to right, Le Patin Libre’s Pascale Jodoin, Samory Ba, Taylor Dilley and Alexandre Hamel

Dance review: Figures scissor across a vast frozen canvas, as Trip-hop drumming rings out. This is as far from Torvill and Dean as you can get.

'Tis Pity She's a Whore, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse

It's complicated: Annabella (Fiona Button) and Giovanni (Max Bennett) are siblings but in love / pic: ©Alastair Muir

Theatre review: Director Michael Longhurst's take on John Fords play is gory and dense, but also feels fluent and funny.

Hugh Masekela, Barbican Hall

Septuagenarian: Hugh Masekela may be 75, but he's still in his prime (Pic: Richard Gardner/REX)

Music review: From the moment he strutted onstage, flugelhorn in his right hand, Masekela was on a roll.

Sunny Afternoon, Harold Pinter Theatre

You Really Got Me: John Dagleish and George Maguire as Ray and Dave Davies in Sunny Afternoon (Pic: David M. Benett/Getty Images)

Theatre review: It’s difficult to think of a band better suited to lend their songs to a new biographical musical than the Kinks, writes Fiona Mountford.

Maverick Sabre, O2 Shepherds Bush Empire

Confident: Maverick Sabre in full flow (Pic: Annabel Staff/Redferns via Getty Images)

Music review: This was a rousing homecoming from the consummate soul man, but that formidable voice couldn’t mask his scattershot songwriting.

A Harlem Dream, Young Vic

American dream: Ivan Blackstock's Southern dance act tries to make it in New York (Pic: Alastair Muir)

Dance review: This Harlem Renaissance-inspired concoction dances along easily with flow and panache.

London’s Crossrail winners

Thanks to slashed journey times, the areas along this particular section of the Crossrail route have seen the highest price growth of any part of the line this year.

Is this the answer to London's rental shortage? The secret tenant tests a flat-pack house

With a budget of £500 a month for a home in Zone 2, our secret tenant tests out Wimbledon's Monopoly hotel, the YMCA's first prototype of a flat-packed, self-contained Y:Cube home.

London's future-proof new homes come with "super-rooms", movable walls and adaptable interiors

Movable walls, "super-rooms", roof terraces and winter gardens are among innovative ideas that are among the latest trends hitting new homes throughout London.

The Victorian terrace with space-saving, futuristic style

From the outside, this looks like a regular Victorian terrace home. But inside, a couple of brilliant architects have created a home full of futuristic style features.

City makeover: the boutique homes breathing new life into historic London

Unloved corners of London's heart are undergoing a renaissance, even getting new names, as handsome old buildings become stunning homes.

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