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Body found on Marble Arch island
A murder victim's body has been found on the Marble Arch traffic island, one of London's busiest junctions. The man suffered head injuries and was dead when paramedics arrived at 3am this morning. By late afternoon his body was still on the island at
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Police link two shootings
Gunmen opened fire on a car in Borehamwood on Tuesday night in the town's second drive-by shooting in a week. Detectives are linking Tuesday's incident in Campions Close with a similar shooting last week and have put extra police officers on patrol in
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Comedy: Mark Watson (Jongleurs, Battersea)
You would imagine that a short set at Jongleurs would be a piece of cake for Mark Watson. For the past month he has been doing two hour-long shows a day at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. In the midst of all that, the quirky Bristol born comedian,
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London gets 6 million traffic fines
More than six million traffic fines have been issued in London in the last year - the most ever. A 280% rise in moving traffic offences pushed the total number of tickets in the capital over the six million mark for the first time. In the 12 months
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Win organic juices with a twist
Like all good thrillers, the range of award winning, 100% organic juices from The Big Squeeze Fresh Juice Co comes with a twist. The quirky range of 6 yummy juices, guaranteed to wake the taste buds. And the twist? Well, each nutritious blend of fresh
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Notting Hill Carnival is just domestic tourism
Sure, it may have been the "best ever" Notting Hill Carnival and was enjoyed by more than one million revelers, but let’s not kid ourselves about what it represents. The head of the Commission for Racial Equality Trevor Philips was right when he dismissed
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The Sentinel (12A)
The hallowed corridors of the White House have seen their fair share of power brokering and murderous deception in recent years on the big screen. Murder at 1600, with Wesley Snipes; In the Line of Fire and Absolute Power, both starring Clint Eastwood
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Crank (18)
Inspired by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor's long cherished desire to make a nonstop action movie with the same frenetic energy as a videogame, Crank is a hyperviolent assault on the senses with a healthy disregard for good taste. You have to admire
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First Choice forced to pay holiday burns victim
An eleven-year-old girl from Sunbury who received horrific burns as a nine-month-old baby while on holiday in Malta has finally received the first installment of her settlement following a battle against the tour operator. Sara Fayed suffered horrific
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Controlled explosion after bomb scare
BOMB squad officers have carried out a controlled explosion inside a Barclays Bank in south east London. Police were called in after a black briefcase was found abandoned in the bank in Eltham town centre this morning. The case was found to be harmless
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'Air plot' trio remanded in court
Three more suspects were remanded in court today over the alleged plot to blow up jetliners in mid-flight. Nabeel Hussain, Mohammed Yasar Gulzar and Mohammed Shamin Uddin face charges of conspiracy to murder and preparing acts of terrorism. In total
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Special assemblies to stop playground taunts
CHILDREN going back to school in the wake of the anti-terror raids will be given an assembly to stop playground taunts. The idea was discussed at a community meeting at the Totteridge Social Club held to air people's concerns about the terrorism investigation
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Witness appeal in Lawrence bribery probe
A POLICE watchdog is calling on officers involved in the original Stephen Lawrence murder inquiry to come forward. The appeal comes from the Independent Police Complaints Commission which is investigating claims retired Detective Sergeant John Davidson
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Dome shows its hand for super-casino
Greenwich's bid for the Millennium Dome to become the country's only super-casino will not be affected by recent controversies and speculation, the chairman of the Casino Advisory Panel has said. A meeting to examine plans to transform the London venue
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Theatre: No Obvious Trauma (Warehouse Theatre, Croydon)
Warehouse Theatre's new season kicks off on Friday, September 8, with the pick of this month's (August) Edinburgh Fringe Festival - No Obvious Trauma, by the critically acclaimed company Unpacked. No Obvious Trauma, which will run until Sunday, September
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Family claim 'scam' over Greek jail bail
A MOTHER forced to pay £5,500 to release her sons from a Greek prison says she has been scammed. Beverley Smith handed over the cash after her sons were jailed on "bogus" robbery charges just hours after arriving in the country. Liam and Sean Smith
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‘Police didn’t help us’ after car crash
A TEENAGER says he feels lucky to be alive after the car he was travelling in was hit by a police van. Nicholas Symes was a passenger in a Fiat Punto along with two other friends when it was hit by the van in Widmore Road, Bromley. The trio were crossing
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Burst water pipe closes main road
A MAIN road could be closed for 10 days because of a burst water main. Thames Water engineers managed to stop the leak by 6.30am this morning, about two hours after it started. But the damage to the roadway and pavement in Widmore Road, Bromley, is
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Streets among safest in capital
STREETS in the Bromley borough are among the safest in London, according to recently released figures. New ward-by-ward police data shows there were no street robberies at all in Darwin, which is in Downe, in the 12 months to July. Nearby Shortlands
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'Don't be scared to visit terror search woodland'
POLICE have said it is safe for people to go into King's Wood despite the ongoing mass search for evidence linked to an alleged terror plot to blow up planes. Swarms of anti-terror police from Scotland Yard have been rooting through the wood between
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Lucy lullabies calm prickly parrot
A PARROT has been transformed from an aggressive monster to a docile and friendly pet with the help of recorded songs using her name - Lucy. When the blue and gold macaw was rescued from an unsuitable home by Annie Simmons, a 52-year-old disabled Harpenden
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Coffin protest over new Tesco
BOSSES of a business being bulldozed to make way for the new £45m Woolwich Civic Centre have held an unusual protest. Funeral directors Sue and Paul Hopper brought Woolwich town centre to a standstill as they walked through the streets, bearing a Tesco
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Where have all the lidos gone?
IN the 1920s and 1930s around 50 lidos were built in the capital by the then London County Council. The move was designed to promote healthier lifestyles and to get more Londoners outdoors. In the 1920s and 1930s people were lucky to get a holiday to
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Burnt body identified as young Polish woman
THE woman whose body was dumped and then set on fire in woodland near Wooburn Common in July has been identified by police. Officers believe she was Beata Bryl, 23, a Polish woman who had been living in north east London. Although further DNA tests are
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Priceless artworks saved from huge London blaze
THESE are the dramatic photographs taken by a Local London reader of a blaze which threatened priceless artwork in London yesterday. The fire badly damaged one of the Royal Academy of Arts' separate buildings, but all the works of art were believed
