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Commuter anger at locked gate
CHILTERN Railways has come under fire for failing to listen to commuter complaints about a locked gate that prevents them reaching their cars parked in Duke Street. Last month Leanne Casellas, who commutes to London each day, voiced her frustrations
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Opposing winds save gardens from blaze
A GRASS fire on the former site of Terriers First School came close to setting alight neighbouring gardens on Monday afternoon. The fire spread rapidly in the derelict field by Totteridge Lane at around 2.30pm and began creeping towards back gardens
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Over 7000 stray dogs found in London
LAST year 7,021 stray dogs were found on the streets of London and, 157 of them had to be put down. The shocking statistics, published by Dogs Trust, the UK's largest dog welfare charity, reveal the need for dog owners to take more responsibility for
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Pup meerkats delight at London Zoo
FOUR new additions to the London Zoo family are proving a hit this summer. One of its resident meerkats, Jenny, who was born at the zoo in 1997, recently gave birth to four "kits" or "pups". A London Zoo spokeswoman said the antics of the four had
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Anger at theft of cross from church
A treasured 5ft brass cross was stolen from a church in West Hendon last Thursday after the doors were left open to encourage more people to pray. Burglars broke down a screen, which separates an open praying area from the main church, and stole the
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Doctor missed cancer seven times until too late
A Croydon pensioner died after a doctor misdiagnosed her bowel cancer as haemorrhoids - despite being told by her that she feared she had the killer disease, a misconduct hearing has heard. The 70-year-old, whose identity has not been revealed, told
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The snapper who launched a thousand faces
A THOUSAND faces from Walthamstow are now being displayed in the Town Square. Despite a damp start at the launch on Monday, photographer Hal Satterthwaite unveiled his exhibition with the help of world-record breaker Terry Cole. The project, which won
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Man on crutches holds clue to triplet death
A man on crutches could hold vital clues to the mysterious final moments of the talented 18-year-old triplet Cheryl Wheeler, who died this week. The man was seen in a dark-coloured convertible car, possibly a BMW, leaving the flat in Church Road, Worcester
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Electronic tag for fraudster a first for London
A fraudster has been ordered to stay at home on weekends in the first curfew order to be placed on a London benefits cheat. In one of the most unusual sentencing decisions handed down in Hounslow, Linda Brotherton, 53, has been electronically tagged
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Teen gang jailed for brutal killing
Four youths who brutally battered Croydon schoolboy Stefan Persaud to death with bricks and hammers during a street 'war' face life behind bars. The gang, who called themselves 'Til Death', chased 16-year-old Stefan into a front garden while chanting
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Home-grown 'plane plot' supects grew up Christian
They were born in Britain and brought up as Christians. But they converted to Islam, and now Brian Young and Don Stewart-White are under arrest over the alleged plot to blow up aircraft flying from Britain to America. In total, 22 of the 24 people arrested
