THE best was certainly kept for last as London Fashion Week closed its womenswear schedule with a kaleidoscope of colour.

IT was a classic case of boy meets girl at London Fashion Week yesterday as designers juxtaposed the tough and tender with surprising results.

An Irish father-of-two killed in the New Zealand earthquake was today remembered as a man of great compassion as he was laid to rest in his home soil.

Model Sophie Anderton has spent the night in police cells after being arrested for being drunk and disorderly at Waterloo Station in London.

The introduction of faster London-Paris and London-Brussels journey times helped Channel Tunnel train company Eurostar to a record year in 2007, it was announced today.

A new era in travel began today when Channel Tunnel high-speed train company Eurostar began faster-than-ever services to Europe from a new international terminal at London's St Pancras station.

Irish wealth management company Jaguar Capital has today completed a sale of London's Thames Court for £183m (€272.56m).

THE parents of a young teenager who had gone missing from his Galway home flew to London last night where they were reunited with their son.

SHE looks like a teenage angel, but 16-year-old Chelsea O’Mahoney was the personification of evil as she filmed friends stamping on a man’s head in one of several so-called “happy slapping” attacks on randomly picked victims.

A suspect in the July 21 bombing attempts in London was answering interrogators’ questions today, Italy’s interior minister said, as police fanned out across the country to check the man’s contacts.

HUNDREDS of thousands of commuters were attempting to get home from London last night after a day of travel chaos caused by the terrorist outrages in the capital.

Explosions in central London today hit travellers into and out of the capital.

READERS regularly ask for suggestions about the best restaurants in London. To start, arm yourself with a Zagat’s Guide.

A busiest-ever Christmas period helped Channel Tunnel high-speed rail company Eurostar to reach record passenger numbers in 2004, it was announced today.

A high speed Eurostar train today heralded this weekend’s opening of the first stage of the UK’s long awaited Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL) by smashing the London-Paris rail journey time record.

Ernie Els, golf ‘‘Big Easy’’, won his first Open title the hard way at Muirfield tonight.