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Bill Bruce's Political Hot Potato (Richmond)
Comedy fans rejoice. If you don't live in Edinburgh, you might feel like you're missing out but there's plenty of fun to be had elsewhere. In fact, you can catch one of the unsung delights of last year's Fringe in Richmond this Sunday when Bill Bruce
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Hoardings spark an unholy rumpus
Wooden boarding around a development site in Isleworth has left life-size statues of Mary and Joseph with just their heads visible and Jesus totally hidden. The popular statues have stood at the front of Campion House in Thornbury Road for many years
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Aircraft bomb plot was set for 'next Wednesday'
UPDATED 16.33pm: SUSPECTED terrorists plotted to blow up transatlantic flights next Wednesday, according to the latest reports. Two airline tickets for United Airlines flights from London to the US for today, August 11, and Wednesday, August 16, have
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'Shocking' superbug statistics at hospitals
The two hospitals which serve the borough are failing to tackle the problem of superbugs it was claimed this week, following new figures released by an independent health watchdog. Statistics released by the Health Protection Agency showed that cases
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Train station evacuated after bomb scare
A DAY of drama in High Wycombe took a new twist last night when the railway station was evacuated due to a bomb scare. Trains were temporarily suspended and the station cordoned off while British Transport Police and anti-terrorist officers investigated
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High Wycombe stunned by raids
POLICE assured residents of High Wycombe, north west of London, that they were under no bigger threat than normal after anti-terror raids stunned the town. Three homes in Micklefield and Totteridge were raided yesterday by anti-terrorism officers from
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Tight security continues, more flights cancelled
UPDATED 16.30pm: PASSENGERS are enduring a second day of cancellations and delays at London's major airports, as aviation chiefs reportedly consider a permanent ban on liquids. The strict security measures - including a ban on hand luggage and drinks
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Teen named among first 'plane plot' suspects
UPDATED 13.15pm: Fourteen Londoners, one as young as 17, have been named as suspects over the alleged plot to blow up planes in mid-flight. The Bank of England named 19 suspects, also including four from High Wycombe, whose assets they were ordered to
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Dance DJs descend on Clapham
Following two years of sold out events, the South West Four festival returns with a vengeance later this month featuring the world's finest dance music DJs. Held at Clapham Common, the South West Four festival shifts up a gear this summer to host the
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'I do not feel I could ever forgive'
A LORRY driver from Chesham who killed a 23-year-old in a horrific crash as he pushed buttons on his new mobile phone has been jailed for four years. Distracted by the phone, John Payne's 7.5 tonne truck ploughed into a queue of stationary cars on a
