Two friends are to be sentenced next month for lying about crashing a Lamborghini Gallardo into shops and causing more than £100k (€114k) of damage.

Tourists flocking to one of Britain’s favourite musical landmarks to recreate the Beatles’ Abbey Road crossing could see the addition of a “lollipop lady” to their holiday snaps.

A ceiling collapse at a London West End theatre which injured audience members and forced its closure was caused by “the deterioration” of century-old cloth and plaster ties holding up timber frames, according to Westminster Council.

Dubai shattered the world record for the largest ever pyrotechnic display on New Year’s Eve with a show involving more than half a million fireworks, Guinness World Records said yesterday.

Horsemeat weighing 40kg (88lb) has been sold to shoppers in the UK while wrongly labelled as beef, the country's Food Standards Agency said.

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Rock stars Bruce Springsteen and Paul McCartney were silenced after defying the sound curfew at Hard Rock Calling.

PAUL MCCARTNEY is to tie the knot at the venue where he first married more than 40 years ago.

Rail union leaders today called for an urgent review of safety procedures after claiming that an internal report into a flooding incident at a Tube station in London showed it almost ended in “disaster”.

Madonna spoke of her joy at bringing an African baby boy home to Britain and defended her adoption of him.

THE African baby at the centre of Madonna’s highly publicised adoption bid arrived in Britain yesterday to start his new and privileged life.

BELEAGUERED supermodel Kate Moss may have apologised following allegations of cocaine abuse, but her finances may take longer to fix than her public image.

SUPERMODEL Kate Moss issued a public apology yesterday following allegations of cocaine abuse and said she was taking steps to address her “personal issues”.

POLICE and business leaders have urged people to return to normal working in London today, insisting the city is “open for business”.

FORENSIC experts yesterday continued the painstaking search for clues to the London bombers.

Cilla Black’s plans to open a nightclub in the West End have been scuppered, it emerged today.

Powerful figures in the UK's telecoms industry will be named and shamed in spoof “tart cards” as part of a campaign against vice advertising, it emerged today.

British racing legend Nigel Mansell will today lead a host of Formula One stars as they bring a touch of Monaco glamour to London for the first time in motorsport history.

The wife of rock star Phil Collins had her purse snatched during a Christmas shopping trip in London.

Amid persistent rumours that Jude Law is stepping out with Nicole Kidman another concrete split has happened in the marriage of Jude Law and Sadie Frost.

TV presenter Ulrika Jonsson is to marry on her Swedish island hideaway, wedding banns published today show.