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Relief as school is saved from the axe
Parents were celebrating news that Hollickwood School has won its battle to remain open despite plans for its closure by 2009. The school, in Sydney Road, Muswell Hill, was due to be shut down by 2009 and amalgamated with nearby Coppetts Wood Primary
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Right At Your Door (15) ***
WHAT if? It's a little question but it occupies so much of our time, time that could well be better spent being more concerned with what is. Still, it's fun to conjure with what might happen, right? Right At Your Door is a prime slice of post-9/11 paranoia
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Pulse (15) **
WITH rapid advances in technology, from mobile telephones to broadband internet, it has never been easier to communicate. At the push of a button, we can send e-mail to relatives on the other side of the world, text a friend with important news or even
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Little Miss Sunshine (15) *****
LITTLE Miss Sunshine is a joyous celebration of 21st century family life in all of its perplexing, dysfunctional glory. Screenwriter Michael Arndt uses the familiar structure of a road movie to probe social mores and reveal the intense emotional bonds
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Win 6 VIP tickets to this Saturday’s Chelsea vs Charlton match
We've teamed up with BT to offer three readers a pair of VIP tickets to this Saturday's Chelsea vs Charlton match at Stamford Bridge. The winners will get a perfect view from a hospitality box as The Blues take on The Addicks, complete with food and
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Chekov’s play: The Seagull
"Young girl lives on shore of lake since childhood - like you. Loves the lake - like the seagull. Is happy and free - like the seagull. Then one day a man turns up, sees her, and mindlessly destroys her." This pared-down version by Martin Crimp of Anton
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Win 'get-up-and-go' LazyTown DVD for children
The LazyTown series which has wowed children the world over is now available on DVD from BBC Worldwide on 11 September 2006. With its comedic and energetic storylines, kids are sure to love the 'get up and go' attitude of the show. Originated, produced
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Win bags of adventure with the Nissan Adventure Film Festival
Anyone with a taste for adventure will find their fill at the Nissan Adventure Film Festival, which arrives at Vue cinemas across London this September. Nissan - known for its exciting, pioneering range of 4x4s - will be keeping the spirit of adventure
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Rail strike cancelled
A rail strike that threatened to cause two days of nightmare journeys for South West Trains passengers has been cancelled. This morning the drivers' union Aslef reached a last-minute agreement with SWT and called off two 24-hour due tomorrow and on Monday
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Are GCSEs on the way out?
Epsom College has become the latest of a growing number of independent schools to ditch GCSEs in favour of a more rigorous international qualification. From 2008 pupils at the Victorian school in College Road will sit IGCSE examinations in English, maths
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Graduate killed in raft tragedy
A VIVACIOUS adventure tourism graduate from Bucks has died in a rafting accident in Thailand doing what she loved. Samantha Morton, 23, of Wheeler Avenue in Penn, near High Wycombe, was backpacking in northern Thailand with a university friend called
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Hillingdon: Council chief’s appeal dismissed
Hillingdon Council's chief executive has failed in a High Court bid to stop the London borough taking steps that may lead to his suspension. Mr Leatham went to court claiming procedural steps planned by the council which may lead to his suspension were
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Kim and Aggie dishes dirt on hospital
TOILET brushes encrusted with faeces and clinical waste left in corridors for hours were just some of the problems uncovered by a Channel 4 documentary on Ealing Hospital shown on Friday. Hygiene standards in the wards were under scrutiny when TV's dirt-busting
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‘Sexual encounters’ at massage parlour
A MASSAGE parlour has lost its licence after being suspected of selling sex. Carlton Spa was set up in Carlton Parade, Orpington, in January last year as a massage parlour with a steam room, sauna and whirlpool bath. According to the licensing team
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Autism rap for council
The parents of an autistic boy who believed a tribunal was misled when their son was given a place at an unsuitable school have been vindicated at the High Court. At the High Court last Friday, Judge Mr Justice Sullivan said Croydon Council had proved
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Majesty’s telegram goes missing
A 100-year-old woman was left bitterly disappointed after a mix-up meant she did not receive her birthday telegram from the Queen. Royal Mail has apologised to Jane Howes after her royal telegram was locked inside a safe at a sorting office in Thornton
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Family must wait to see toddler's death review
A POLICE review into the death of a two-year-old boy in the Bahamas has been completed, but his family must wait a further month before they learn the outcome. Paul Gallagher was killed after he was struck by an out-of-control speedboat on a Caribbean
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More arrests over shopkeeper murder
Three more people have been arrested over the murder of a Wembley shopkeeper stabbed to death after defending his wife against rowdy customers. Sivaperakash Supramaniam, 33, was pierced in the heart and collapsed in the arms of his wife, Shanta, 27.
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'Plane plot' trio freed after 28 days
Two more men have been remanded over the alleged transatlantic jet bomb plot, while the last three detainees were freed after 28 days in custody. Donald "Don" Stewart Whyte, of High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, and Mohammed Usman Saddique, of Walthamstow
