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BARNET: Legal challenge to hospital plans
Controversial plans to reform hospital services in Barnet could be challenged in court. Enfield Council has sparked a judicial review of the closure of emergency services at Chase Farm Hospital, in Enfield, and the transfer of maternity services to
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BUCKS: Downley stab death man named
A man found with stab injuries to his throat in a High Wycombe driveway almost two weeks ago has been named as Nigel Lennon, 36. Thames Valley Police had delayed releasing the name of Mr Lennon, found in Telford Way on Saturday November 15, until
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Gang jailed for Hell's Angel Gerry Tobin murder
Seven members of the Outlaws motorcycle gang have been given life sentences for murdering Mottingham Hell's Angel Gerry Tobin. The entire South Warwickshire chapter of the Outlaws was sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court after being convicted of shooting
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WANDSWORTH: John Paul II school launches mentor scheme
Student mentors at John Paul II Roman Catholic School launched their year 7 training programme as part of anti-bullying week last month. Younger students will follow in the steps of the mentors, who formed their own anti-bullying campaign two years
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WANDSWORTH: Double murder probe after son finds parents stabbed to death
A double murder investigation has been launched after a son discovered the bodies of his parents stabbed to death in their Clapham flat. The young man found his 53-year-old father and his 47-year-old mother in their ground floor flat in Croxteth House
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ST ALBANS: Southdown lights on 'overshadowed by Post Office closure'
A community is gearing up for their annual Christmas lights event tonight, despite this week’s ‘terrible news’ about another Post Office closure. The build-up to the Southdown Lights Up fair has been overshadowed this week by the news that the local
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EALING: More charges for former police member
A former member of staff at Ealing police station accused of 22 offences including sex attacks on underage chidren was again charged yesterday. Kevin McLean, 29, who was also a Special Constable at Heathrow Airport, was charged yesterday with a further
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BUCKS: Wycombe transport charity wins reprieve - but is told to save cash
A lifeline has been thrown to a transport charity for the elderly and infirm – but fare increases and timetable changes are on the way. Two councils are to continue funding Wycombe Dial-A-Ride and lend it £35,000 – but today insisted the charity had
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WALTHAM FOREST: Three jailed for brothel rapes
Three men who gang-raped and robbed women at brothels in Waltham Forest have been jailed for a total of 53 years. Ibrahim Gunduz, 18, Imani Williams and Andre Victor, all of Hackney, were today sentenced at the Old Bailey for a series of robberies
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WALTHAMSTOW: Students to feature on Radio 4
Students from Sir George Monoux College are to feature in BBC Radio 4’s Today programme over the Christmas period. The students were interviewed on Thursday November 20 for a feature on charity Career Academies UK, which is currently running a scheme
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LAMBETH: From bankers to punk rockers
You would think for bankers sacked in the global financial meltdown life as a rock star might not be the most obvious career move. But dozens of city slickers have answered a Streatham man’s unusual call - for three unemployed bankers that can rock
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ENFIELD: National gong for safety idea
A scheme to protect scared young people on Enfield’s streets has won a national award. The Enfield Community Help Point Scheme (CHPS) took home the prize for “staying safe” at the Children and Young People’s Awards. The scheme, a partnership between
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ENFIELD: Legal bid against Chase Farm cuts
The fight to save services at Chase Farm Hospital has received a boost with Enfield Council throwing its weight behind a legal challenge to the cuts. On Wednesday evening, at the Civic Centre, in Silver Street, the cabinet committee voted unanimously
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HERTSMERE: Council to fork out for recycling
Hertsmere Borough Council will have to pay £25 for every ton of plastics and cans sent for recycling from next month — instead of profiting by £45 per ton. Councillor Jean Heywood, the council’s environment portfolio holder, said the authority will
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HERTSMERE: Green Belt under threat from housing targets
Massive increases in housing targets mean Hertsmere’s Green Belt land will “inevitably” be built on. The Government has called for all regions to increase their targets for housing over the next 23 years, meaning Hertsmere could face a hike in new
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WANDSWORTH: Police launch murder probe after two bodies found
A man and woman have been found stabbed and dead in Croxteth House in Battersea. Police have launched a murder investigation after the bodies of the 53-year-old man and 47-year-old woman were found shortly after before 1am on Thursday in the home
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Jean Charles de Menezes shooting show outside Tube station
A performance artist has turned the shooting of Tulse Hill’s Jean Charles de Menezes by police in to a show to be performed outside Stockwell Tube station. Mark McGowan will perform the piece, in which actors with cardboard boxes on their head use
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London mayor Boris Johnson offers sympathy to Indian terror victims
Mayor of London Boris Johnson has expressed his sympathy and condolences to those affected by the terrorist attacks in Mumbai. Late Wednesday night (Nov26) gunman using grenades and automatic weapons, targeted at least seven sites including the Indian
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£30m gap threatens East London Line extension
A £30m funding hole has jeopardised the planned East London Line extension project which, if completed, would link Clapham Junction to Docklands by 2012. Finance for the on-off project has reached stalemate, with the Mayor of London and Government
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Seven bikers guilty of Mottingham man's murder
Two more members of a motorcycle gang have been found guilty of murdering Mottingham Hell's Angel Gerry Tobin. Karl Garside, 45, and Ian Cameron, 46, both from Coventry, were found guilty at Birmingham Crown Court of killing Mr Tobin, who was shot
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WALTHAMSTOW: Mother accused of killing baby son
A mother is accused of inflicting fatal injuries on her baby son. Three-month-old Joseph Kompus died after his mother Maria Kompusova, 22, called an ambulance to their home in Hoe Street, Walthamstow, in September 2007 because the baby had stopped
