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BA boss warns UK economy will decline without Heathrow third runway
The boss of Britain's leading airline has given his strongest support yet for a third runway at Heathrow Airport. Willie Walsh, chief executive of British Airways, said rejection of expansion plans would set the nation's economy back by 30 years and
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SUTTON: Car crash gun battle
A gunman opened fire at rival gang members in a car chase which turned Sutton Common Road into a scene reminiscent of a Hollywood action movie. The armed passenger was seen leaning from a grey VW Golf blasting at a green BMW near Glenthorne High School
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LAMBETH: Students build Battersea power station in miniature
Construction students took on the iconic architecture of Battersea Power Station during a challenge to reconstruct one of its chimneys. The pioneers, from Lambeth College, built a scale model classic brick chimney in under an hour with the help of
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BROMLEY: Battle over new breast screening unit
Women needing mammograms in Bromley are still waiting for the opening of a new £500,000 unit due to open four years ago. The Bromley Breast Screening Service run by Bromley Primary Care Trust (PCT) has been based in a mobile unit in a car park in
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BARNET: Five-ton drug haul uncovered
A huge multi-million pound stash of imported drugs was uncovered behind a Burnt Oak hairdressers this week. The joint police operation conducted by the Middle Market Drugs Partnership (MMDP) seized almost five tons of cannabis with a potential street
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BARNET: US accuses man of payday loan scam
A Oakleigh Park businessman has been accused in a Nevada court writ of scamming American citizens out of “substantial” sums of money from a call centre in Whetstone. The United States authorities claimed last Wednesday that companies run by Aaron
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ENFIELD: 'Act now to end flats nightmare'
An asbestos-ridden derelict tower block which is a haven for prostitutes, drug addicts and squatters is killing business, say nearby traders. Highmead is a ten-storey block of residental properties off Fore Street, Edmonton, with a parade of 11 shops
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ENFIELD: Father-of-two denies horror rape of girl, 16
An Edmonton man on trial for rape and GBH denied he intimidated witnesses into saying he was not involved. Bradley Daley-Smith, who calls himself “a well-known womaniser”, is accused of participating in an alleged gang-rape of a 16-year-old girl.
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Boris Johnson's call to arms on youth violence
The mayor of London issued an impassioned plea for action to stop youth violence this week. Boris Johnson is calling on readers to back a series of strategies aimed at giving young people something to focus on other than crime, in an effort to rebuild
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BARNET: Three charged over Edgware cannabis raid
Three men are appearing in court this morning accused of running a large cannabis dealing ring. Christopher Hopkins, 29, from Newport, Ahmed Abdirahman Kalib, 26, of Flecker Close, Stanmore, and Yasiin Khalid Muse, of Gaskarth Road, Edgware, are due
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CROYDON: Asylum cash appeal hinges on size of teen's privates
The size of an asylum seeker’s genitals will help determine whether he is entitled to thousands of pounds worth of taxpayers’ money. The extraordinary revelation came during a High Court row over the age of a teenager who arrived in the UK in the
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SUTTON: Teen cancer patient admits Royal Marsden ambulance joyride
A teenage cancer patient has admitted causing £10,000 of damage to an ambulance that he took on a joyride at the Royal Marsden Hospital. Luke Bradford, 19, smashed into cars and street furniture around Sutton as he drove at 40mph. Police were
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LEWISHAM: New Cross youth 'youngest ever' on gun charges
A 14-year-old boy, the youngest ever person to be arrested by the Met for possessing a gun, has pleaded guilty to firearm charges. The New Cross teenager, who cannot be named for legal reason, admitted possession of a firearm, silencer and ammunition
