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CROYDON: Shooting was a drive-by, witness says
The 20-year-old gunned down in Croydon last night is believed to be the victim of a drive-by shooting. Officers were called to Mitcham Road at 9.22pm and found a 20-year-old black man with serious injuries. He had been shot and was treated at
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BARNET: Privates on parade...
A Colindale police instructor nicknamed “Randy Dan” has lost his job training new recruits after taking his pseudonym a step too far. PC Daniel Rands, 32, was hauled before Metropolitan Police bosses after sending a mobile phone video to a 25-year-old
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REDBRIDGE: Graves could be dug-up under new plans
Graves in a Redbridge cemetery could soon be dug up to make room for more bodies, if a new plan gets the go-ahead. Officials at the City of London public cemetery in Aldersbrook have applied to take part in a new Government pilot which will for the
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ENFIELD: Traders support drive to rescue local shops
Small traders in Enfield have backed a new campaign to save local shopping and prevent small businesses going to the wall. The Federation of Small Businesses is reminding shoppers to support small firms so that they can continue to survive. The
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Campaigners slam watchdog announcement
Campaign groups opposing expansion at Heathrow have slammed comments made by the airport's boss yesterday. Colin Matthews announced that BAA will bring in a watchdog to ensure air and noise quality limits are not breached with a third runway.
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Woolworths and MFI collapse leaves jobs at risk
High street giant Woolworths has gone into administration while MFI’s future hangs in the balance, leaving employees’ jobs at risk. Woolworths administrator Deloitte is now looking for buyers for parts of the business. The administrator says it
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Johnson to scrap congestion charge extension
The western extension of the London congestion charge area is to be scrapped, London mayor Boris Johnson has announced. The move follows a consultation process in which 67% of those responding - and 86% of businesses - said they wanted the extension
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WANDSWORTH: Tooting 'vigilante' takes on girl scooter rider
A man took the law into his own hands and deliberately charged his car at a teenage girl who had been riding “nuisance” mopeds in a Tooting neighbourhood, residents claim. The vigilante is said to have become so enraged at the noise caused by the
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EALING: Woman refused contraception twice by Boots
A musician was left feeling “humiliated and disgusted” after being refused the morning after pill twice. Tiffany Berton, a 28-year-old singer songwriter went to two different Boots stores in Ealing to get the pill as a extra precaution. But both
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Rise in road deaths angers campaigners
Deaths on Hertfordshire roads rose last year, angering campaigners hoping for lower speed limits in Borehamwood. In a report published by Hertfordshire County Council this week, figures show there were 50 fatalities on the county’s roads in 2007,
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LEWISHAM: Blackheath pupils launch water campaign
Youngsters have launched a scheme to raise money for African communities without access to clean water. It was launched by Year 8 girls at St Matthew Academy in St Joseph’s Vale, Blackheath, on November 20. They had to come up with ways to sell
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BUCKS: 8,000 sign up to "join" hospital trust
More than 8,000 Buckinghamshire residents have “joined” the county’s hospital authority as part of its bid to win prestigious foundation trust status. They will become “members” of Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust should the application for the
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WALTHAM FOREST: No further delay on Children's Trust
A children's Trust Board to help protect vulnerable children will finally be introduced in Waltham Forest, FIVE years after a report into the death of a tortured girl first recommended it. The death of Baby P in Haringey has prompted the authority
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Youth appears in court over Shakilus Townsend killing
A 17-year-old is to appear before magistrates accused of murdering Shakilus Townsend. The youth, who has not been named, will appear before Sutton Magistrates this morning. He was arrested last Tuesday by police in a raid on an address in Thornton
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ENFIELD: ‘You need permission to turn on the heater’
People who live in a freezing block of flats have been told they need to ask permission to warm up in the cold snap. A letter has been sent to residents in Purcell House, a 12-storey block in Goat Lane, telling them they must get clearance from Enfield
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EALING: Taylor apologises over Southall box junction enforcement scandal
A councillor has apologised after it was revealed officials knew six box junctions were unlawful five months before they were removed. Councillor Phil Taylor gave the “unreserved apology” after it was revealed a council official was told by email
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BOREHAMWOOD: Woodcock Hill campaigners vow to protect the land
Environmental campaigners who saved an open space in Borehamwood are asking people to join their group to help improve the state of the land. The 12-year battle to stop developers building on the site, north of Barnet Lane, ended in July with the
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HARROW: Man bred fighting dogs in one-bedroomed Wembley flat
A Wembley man has been convicted of training almost a dozen fighting dogs at his one-bedroom basement flat. Police raided the home of Akim Adelaja, 22, on September 7 and found 11 dogs kept in cramped conditions. The kitchen of the Elms Lane address
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BARNET: Bomber fiancée loses appeal for lower term
The Finchley fiancée of one of the failed London suicide bombers has lost her appeal against a three-year sentence for helping him escape by dressing him in a burka. Fardosa Abdullahi, who was 17 at the time of the offence, gave bomb ringleader Yassin
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CROYDON: Man dies in shooting in Mitcham Road
Police are hunting for a gunman after a man was shot and later died in West Croydon last night. Officers were called to Mitcham Road at 9.22pm and found a 20-year-old man with serious injuries. He had been shot and was treated at the
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WANSTEAD: Sex beast teacher jailed for raping teen
A teacher who brutally raped a young girl twice and attempted to rape another woman has been jailed for 12 years. Jerome Uche, of Deynecourt Gardens in Wanstead, attacked the 15-year-old girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, when she came from
