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Cash find sparks bomb alert
Putney High Street was sealed off on Friday after suspicious packages - allegedly bundles of banknotes with electronic devices attached - were found by workmen. The High Street was closed for more than an hour at around midday on Friday between Lacy
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Wandsworth: Battersea power station plans under fire
New doubts have been placed on the future of the Battersea Power Station redevelopment following an objection from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). The surprise came in the form of a letter to Wandsworth Council, which is currently receiving reponses
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‘Biker crashed with van at twice speed limit’
A motorcyclist who died after a road accident in a residential street could have been travelling at twice the speed limit, an inquest heard. Howard Murrell, 36, of Bernard Gardens, Wimbledon, suffered multiple injuries after a collision with a van on
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Budget cut to fund other hospitals
Cash-strapped Royal Free Hospital is having more than £2 million cut from its budget to fund the building of six new hospitals across London, it was revealed this week. In what the government is claiming to be 'the largest hospital building programme
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Woman travels world with ‘illegal’ passport
A north London woman was shocked to discover she had spent three years using an "illegal" passport - without being stopped once. Tara Walker, a 21-year-old of Whetstone who studies music at Middlesex University, has had the same British passport since
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‘Misery Line’ firm’s £60 million profit
Tube Lines, the much-maligned private infrastructure firm responsible for running and maintaining the Northern Line, made a pre-tax profit of £63 million in the past financial year. It has also been revealed that Terry Morgan, the Tube Lines' chief executive
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Baby boomers: Teenage pregnancy rise is highest in the country
Teenage pregnancy increased by more than 40 per cent in Barnet between 1998 and 2004 - the highest rise in the country. Statistics released on Monday by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) show that 3.5 per cent of teenagers aged 15 to 17
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WWII bomb found near Arsenal grounds
An unexploded artillery shell has been unearthed yards from Arsenal's multi-million pound training facility in Shenley. An excavation company was working on the site, in Bell Lane, when a mechanical digger uncovered the device. The rusty shell was 60cm
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Murdered dad's last moments on CCTV
CCTV images of a young father minutes before he was shot dead in east London have been released. Peter Woodhams, 22, was filmed running into an alleyway where he confronted two or three teenage gang members that terrorised his family. The row was also
