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RICHMOND: Warnings after tricksters pose as council workers
Residents are being warned not to be duped into handing over cash by tricksters pretending to be calling from Richmond Council. The council issued an alert after recieving reports individuals were calling door-to-door in Kew today claiming to be representatives
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BARNET: Man charged with Islington murder
A man has been charged with the murder of an East Finchley resident. Offices and ambulance services were called to a fight in Havelock Street at around 4.30pm on Friday, where they found Christopher Paul Winship, 36, lying injured in the road.
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ST ALBANS: Couple halt wedding over council bill
A couple's wedding plans have been shattered after the council slapped them with an ‘extortionate’ bill of £11,000 for roof repairs on their leasehold flat. Neil Jordan and Kaye McBlain, of St Paul’s Place off Hatfield Road in St Albans, were
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WALTHAM FOREST: Council cohesion spending reported to police
A complaint has been made to police about £250,000 spent by the council which has not been fully accounted for. The report centres on money hastily spent in the wake of the terrorism arrests in 2006 on the One Community Campaign. Auditors found
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BUCKS: Scannappeal supporting Wanderers players visit Wycombe Hospital
Players from Wycombe Wanderers Football Club visited Wycombe Hospital yesterday to discover more about how their Scannappeal fundraising efforts will help cancer patients. Goalkeeper Scott Shearer, midfielder John Mousinho and first team coach Junior
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Dartford resident sent another woman's bank details for 16 years
For 16 years, Patricia Pheasant has pleaded with Barclays bank to stop sending her the bank statements of another woman. For 16 years, they’ve ignored her. Every three months since 1992, when Mrs Pheasant moved into her home in Willow Road, Dartford
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RICHMOND: Ham pupils recreate terracotta army
Children at a Ham school got creative and decided to put their own spin on the first Qin Dynasty’s most famous legacy. Every pupil from St Richard’s with St Andrew’s School created clay models of themselves in their version of the famous second century
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ST ALBANS: Nativity scene bought to life
A nativity scene has been extraordinarily bought to life at a St Albans School by handcarved sculptures crafted from old classroom furniture. The principal figures from the story of the birth of Christ have been displayed in the entrance hall of Nicholas
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HILLINGDON: Pair in court over footballler death
Two men are due to appear in court today in connection with the death of a footballer at a pitch in Harlington on Sunday. Darren Forwood, 20, of Frays Avenue, West Drayton is charged with the murder of 43-year-old Stephen Ritchie of Brentford.
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Boris vows to ditch his motor for electric car
Boris Johnson has thrown down the gauntlet to the motor industry to produce a zero-emission electric vehicle as he pledged that his next family car would not be petrol powered. Writing for the Telegraph newspaper, the Mayor said that the electric car
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LAMBETH: Police arrest 18-year-old over West Croydon shooting
Police last night arrested an 18-year-old youth in connection with the shooting of Ricardo Cox. The youth was arrested in the Tulse Hill area at 9pm. He is currently in custody at a south London police station. Police were called
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Kingston Euro MP Syed Kamall tells of terrifying Indian ordeal
A Euro MP from Kingston who left the Taj Mahal Palace hotel shortly before gunmen went on a murderous rampage has vowed to stand shoulder to shoulder with the people of Mumbai. Syed Kamall, 41, was on a trade delegation with six other Euro MPs before
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WOODFORD GREEN: Murder suspect 'is girl's father'
One of the men arrested in connection with the apparent murder of a Woodford Green schoolgirl is her father, it is believed. The apparent revelation comes after the arrest of three men last week in connection with the disappearance of 15-year-old
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LAMBETH: Council opened "ghost libraries" to fool Government inspectors
Scheming Lambeth Council conned Government inspectors to protect its position as London’s most improved council, then tried to cover it up. The council opened up three “ghost libraries” a week before a vital inspection into the quality of the council
