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Man jailed for horror knife attacks
An illegal immigrant who slit a former colleague's throat in front of horrified commuters at Golders Green Tube station last November was jailed indefinitely on Thursday. The Old Bailey heard that Asif Yaqub, 27, a former clothes presser at Green Spot
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Parking tickets ruled 'invalid’
At least £160,000 worth of Barnet Council parking tickets are invalid, it was claimed this week, after a High Court judge ruled that two fines issued by the council were so. The council had applied to the High Court to overturn a previous ruling which
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'Obsessed man killed his friend’
A 52-year-old man from Borehamwood murdered a friend who was living with a woman he was 'obsessed' with, a court heard this week. David Wells, of Thirsk Road, is on trial at St Albans Crown Court for murdering 51-year-old Michael O'Sullivan from Norfolk
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Hertsmere PCT cuts approved
Cash-strapped Hertsmere Primary Care Trust (PCT) yesterday voted through a string of cost-cutting measures at its final board meeting. The vote followed criticism this week over its 'unsatisfactory' month-long public consultation on the cuts, which finished
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The Hamsters (Sutton)
"To a greater or lesser extent, tribute acts always lack respect for the bands they cover." So says Barry Martin, otherwise known as Slim, singer and guitarist with The Hamsters, greatest rodent rockers this side of the Thames River Delta. But, I hear
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Five Walthamstow homes searched
FIVE homes in Walthamstow believed to be linked to the terrorist plot to blow up aircraft are being searched by police. A flat in Forest Road, near Diana Road, and a maisonette in Folkestone Road were raided last night as on-going investigations reached
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Westlife (Twickenham)
After nearly eight years together, six albums and 13 number one singles, no one - not even the band - could have predicted Westlife's extraordinary Indian summer. Even by the group's own standards, it has been an amazing time to be Shane Filan, Nicky
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Mayor calls for calm in the capital
London mayor Ken Livingstone has called for calm as tensions rise in the capital following the foiled terror plot. He said Londoners and visitors to the capital must respond calmly and co-operate with authorities. "I would ask Londoners and visitors
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'We were too scared to fly'
Scared and frustrated passengers told waited for hours amidst a chaotic Heathrow following the foiled terror plot to blow up aircraft over the Atlantic. By late afternoon, backpacker Sonia Parles, 25 - on her way home after living in Australia for a
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Body of missing woman found
The body of a woman who went missing from her Worcester Park home at the weekend has been found in woodland by a police dog unit investigating her disappearance. Susan Watts, 44, was discovered in Manor Park, Worcester Park about 1.20pm on Tuesday by
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'Main players' behind terror plot arrested
UPDATED 8:08pm: The "main players" behind a plot to blow up multiple aircraft mid-air have been arrested in raids this morning, the home secretary has said. But John Reid said the "critical" level of alert at airports countrywide, allowing no hand luggage
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Cops raid homes, search woods in High Wycombe
UPDATED 7.52pm: Anti-terrorism raids have been carried out in a quiet suburb of High Wycombe, north west of London, after a plot to blow up aircrafts. Three homes in Micklefield and Totteridge were raided this morning by anti-terrorism officers from
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Woods murder: man released without charge
THE man arrested in connection with the "burning body" murder in Wooburn Moor has been released without charge. Police confirmed on Thursday morning the 44-year-old has been eliminated from their enquiries into the murder of a young woman, believed to
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Terror plot: full police statements
The Met's deputy commissioner Paul Stephenson made the following statement at 09.50 outside New Scotland Yard, the police headquarters in London: "We are confident that we have disrupted a plan by terrorists to cause untold death and destruction and
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Travel advice: More cancellations expected on Friday
UPDATED 6.05pm: Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted airports will be open and operating on Friday after a foiled terrorist plot threw them into chaos. But more flights cancellations and delays at Heathrow are expected on Friday. The strict security measures
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24 arrested in liquid bomb plot to blow up planes
UPDATED 7.48pm: A major terrorist plot to blow up multiple aircraft in mid flight from Britain to America has been thwarted and 24 people arrested, police have said. "Put simply, this was intended to be mass murder on an unimaginable scale", the Met's
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Gunning for the motorist
VILLAGERS could soon be operating their own speed guns in a bid to help police crackdown on speeding bikers and motorists across the district. Police are inviting local people to start their own community speed watch schemes' which will target speed
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"The first thing I heard was Stan telling his dad he loved him"
WHEN Mike Sullivan heard the propellers stop he knew they were in trouble. The Swindon Town marketing manager was discharged from hospital yesterday after surviving one of the most terrifying moments of his life. He and five others, including Town chief
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Bunker should not be blitzed
Plans to blitz a Second World War air raid shelter and replace it with flats have led to calls for the historic site to be protected, not destroyed. Developers want to convert the shelter in the central courtyard area of St Leonard's Court, on St Leonard's
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Fat cats sent to boot camp
Fats cats are invited to shed the pounds at a new fit camp for pets at a Croydon veterinary surgery. Vets at the PDSA in South Croydon are urging owners who have overweight animals to enrol them in the 100-day pet fit camp before August 18. Chunky cats
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Bomb squad called to 'defuse' lorry
THERE was a case of mistaken identity down at Wanstead Flats this week when the bomb squad was called in to defuse part of a lorry. The series of potentially explosive events began when a team of rubbish clearers from the City of London Corporation found
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Police hunting father's killers
POLICE investigating the murder of a Kenton man have made a renewed appeal for witnesses to come forward. Jason Greene, 29, was shot on July 18 as he picked up his two children from an address in Bowater Road, Chalk Hill, Wembley. His son and daughter
