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Highways officials error
HIGHWAYS officials are being forced into making changes to a road sign in Sawbridgeworth after eagle-eyed drivers spotted an error. The sign, in Cambridge Road, was put up with Stansted spelt "Stanstead". A Hertfordshire County Council spokesman said
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Firm recognised for its work on the Central Line
THE company responsible for keeping Central Line trains running has been highly commended in the National Rail Awards for its £90m fleet overhaul. Metronet Rail replaced over a million significant components on 680 vehicles in just two years, instead
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Drive-by shootings 'highest priority'
POLICE investigating the recent drive-by shootings in St Albans and Borehamwood have revealed the operation is currently the largest in the county. Detective Chief Inspector Michael Hanlon, who is leading the enquiry, has linked the shooting in Wilshere
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Ken urges drivers, cyclists to share road
London's motorists and cyclists must learn to share the road and get along better to ensure safety for all, London Mayor Ken Livingstone has said. Share the Road, a safety campaign backed by Transport for London (TfL) and road user organisations, was
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Flight Sergeant was 'the most special man'
THE family of Flight Sergeant Adrian Davies said he was known as "Mr Nimrod." Adrian, 49, known as Ady, had become a specialist on the surveillance aircraft and had flown in Nimrods on many missions in his 30-year RAF career. His family flew up to Scotland
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Gang targeting travel agents in trio of raids
Terrified female staff members were threatened and locked in the toilets while another was forced to open the safe in the third of a series of robberies at local travel agents. The latest incident in the series of linked crimes happened last Thursday
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Harrow's teenage girls in baby boom
HARROW has seen a massive increase in the number of teenage pregnancies in the last year. There has been 24 per cent rise in the number of girls aged under 18 in the borough who have become pregnant, according to figures for 2006 released on Tuesday.
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Pupils sent home for wearing the wrong trousers
More than 30 pupils from a Friern Barnet school were sent home an hour into their first day back after the summer holidays - for wearing black trousers instead of charcoal grey. On Wednesday last week, the youngsters at Friern Barnet School in Hemington
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Residents divided over the recycling timetable
Residents of Richmond upon Thames are ready to be forced to recycle but are less certain about how regularly waste collections should take place, a recent survey has indicated. The survey, carried out between June and August 2006, asked more than 1,300
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Kingston's tallest building: An icon or an eyesore?
A controversial curved glassy skyscraper reaching up to 15 storeys has been revealed in the first images of what could become Kingston's tallest building. The ambitious, riverside building plan for a hotel and flat development on the old EDF Energy power
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Man admits killing OAP
A homeless man has admitted killing an elderly ice cream seller from Golders Green for knocking over his begging pot, the Old Bailey heard this week. Dean Davies, whose last known address is the Grahame Park estate, Colindale, punched Ugo Costa repeatedly
