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Gatwick workers demand safety overhaul
WORKERS at Gatwick Airport have called for improved safety after the chaos caused by the recent terror alert. The Transport and General Workers Union said at least one hour must be allowed to prepare planes for departure. The union's new Gatwick
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London 'so safe doors are left open', Met chief says
London is now so safe that some people leave their doors unlocked, Met police chief Sir Ian Blair has claimed. The commissioner said new beat police teams have made residents in Haringey, north London, feel as safe as they did 25 ago. In an interview
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Micklefield death man is named
POLICE have named the man who died outside a house in Micklefield on Friday night following a dispute. Rahul Singh, 30, died following a fight with another man outside a property in Melbourne Road. The dispute is thought to have started inside the house
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Mayor demands Dame Shirley perjury investigation
MAYOR Ken Livingstone has called for shamed former Westminster council Tory leader Dame Shirley Porter to be investigated for perjury. In a letter to the attorney general Lord Goldsmith the mayor demanded an "urgent investigation" into whether Dame
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Policeman badly hurt in hit-and-run
A POLICE sergeant has been seriously injured after being run over by a car. Two policemen approached a parked car in the car park next to the Barge Pole pub in Harrow Manor Way, Thamesmead, on Friday night. As they were approaching the vehicle, it sped
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Information kiosk set up to help victims of same sex crimes
More than 30 homophobic attacks have been reported since an innovative scheme was set up in Chiswick to tackle hate crime against gay, bisexual and transsexual residents. An i-kiosk information system was installed at the Birdcage pub on Chiswick High
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Two charged over 'holiday scam'
Two travel consultants have been charged over an alleged internet holiday scam that may have conned thousands out of both their summer breaks and their money. Evangela Liogka, 38, and Christakis Philippou, 62, are accused of selling cheap holidays on
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Schoolgirl's killer appeals sentence
THE mother of murdered schoolgirl Rochelle Holness is sickened by the news her killer is appealing his life sentence. It has only been three months since convicted rapist John McGrady was jailed for murdering Rochelle at his home on the Milford Towers
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Detectives continue investigation
DETECTIVES continue to investigate the murder of the unidentified woman whose body was found burning in woods near Wooburn Common. CCTV footage of the woman, who was bludgeoned to death and then set on fire, was released earlier this week but police
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M25 crash kills three 'V Festival goers'
UPDATED 10.13pm: Three young people died in an accident that has closed the M25 in north-east London for nine hours on Monday morning. A people carrier burst through the motorway barriers between junctions 28 and 29, near Romford, and careered down the
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Lord Mayor's Show to be the biggest yet
THE Lord Mayor's Show in November is set to be one of the "biggest, most vibrant and culturally diverse" in the events near-800 year history, the organisers have promised. More than 6,000 people of all ages will take part in the three-mile procession
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New bus station "better for drivers and passengers"
BUS operators have described High Wycombe's new station as a breath of fresh air after its opening last week. The new spacious state-of-the-art facility in Bridge Street has replaced the run-down and dingy station in Newlands Road as part of the Eden
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Police in CCTV appeal after station assault
Detectives in Spelthorne have released CCTV stills of a group of young men they wish to speak to in connection with a robbery in Staines. The incident took place between midnight and 12.15am on Sunday, May 14. During the early hours, a group of five
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Wandsworth: Hidden homes hassle
The council's Hidden Homes initiative has been praised by shadow chancellor George Osborne and the Rt Hon David Davis, but for one resident living on the Winstanley estate, hidden homes has proved problematic. Severine Bonnet and her two daughters occupy
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Horses in peril from killer weed
LANDOWNERS and conservationists are warning of the dangers of ragwort, a plant fatal to horses which is spreading because of the dry summer. Wilf Dimsdale, chairman of the Hertfordshire Country Landowners Association whofarms near Buntingford, said:
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Ditty’s top of the drops
A 18-year-old entrepreneur has composed and produced a comedy song about the hosepipe ban. Robert Davies who set up his own record company last year - Click Recordz Productions - has just released the seasonal tune, The Nosey Neighbours and the Hose
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Foiled air terror plots spark local concerns
In the wake of last week's foiled terror plot to blow up US-bound planes flying out of London, questions arose over how prepared west London is to cope with large scale aircraft disasters. With jumbo jets flying overhead every minute and a half, residents
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Bare-faced cheek gives confidence
A Wallington woman has taken a direct and unconventional approach to tackling insecurities about the way she looks by agreeing to appear naked on national television. For years Leana Grech, 33, of Beddington Grove, felt ashamed about her body shape and
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‘Jack of all trades’ will be missed by all
A funeral for a man who died after being attacked in a pub garden will be held tomorrow, on what would have been his 30th birthday. Daniel Corroyer, who grew up in Acacia Road, Mitcham, died in hospital after the assault at a Barnet pub. His mother,
