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EALING: Hayes teenager's killer told he will serve 20 years
The man who battered a Hayes teenager to death in a West Ealing park is starting a life prison sentence today. Myles Cadogan, 24, of Queens Park, was yesterday found guilty of murdering 19-year-old Fuad Buraleh in Dean Gardens, by a jury at the Old
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GREENWICH: Union members vote to strike in colleges
Union members at Greenwich Community College are voting to strike over the failure to give a pay rise promised four years ago. A pay deal drawn up by the Association of Colleges in 2004 was meant to make college lecturers’ pay equal to that of school
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BROMLEY: Cycle paths benefit from funding
Cycle networks across the Bromley borough have been boosted by government funding of £539,500. The money will be spent on cycle training and improving and extending cycle paths across the borough including Southborough Lane in Bromley. The cash
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CRAYFORD: Muslims to use former church as mosque
A former Methodist Church is to become Bexley’s first mosque. The announcement of the new mosque, in Crayford High Street, will end a 20-year search by Muslims living in Dartford and Bexley for a home of their own. There are now around 10,000
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KINGSTON: Homeless man detained for railway station assault
A homeless man who walked the streets dressed in a suit and carrying empty beer bottles in his pockets to use as weapons has been detained indefinitely after seriously assaulting and robbing two young women at Surbiton railway station. Marko Kontestabile
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Survey reveals travel excuses of Londoners
Londoners enjoy spinning a yarn when trying to cover their poor punctuality, with nearly half admitting that they lie about why they are late, according to new research from Transport for London (TfL). Around one in five Londoners admitted to using
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North Kingston school plan signed off
Plans for a new school in north Kingston were rubber-stamped on Tuesday night as Kingston Council’s executive defended allegations of a u-turn. The council’s Guildhall chamber was packed with parents and campaigners who have been fighting for a new
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HOUNSLOW: Business leader 'silent' over support for alternatives to third runway
Hounslow councillor Barbara Reid has hit out at a top business leader for “misleading the public” over the arguments for expansion at Heathrow airport. The lead member for aviation at Hounslow Council accused David Frost, the director general of the
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BARNET: Measles epidemic warning
Barnet could face a measles epidemic if parents do not vaccinate their children, one of the borough’s top medical experts has warned. Reported cases of the virus, which can kill and maim children, have rocketed in the borough over the last year and
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EALING: Family heartbroken by murder
The father of a teenager beaten to death in a West Ealing park said his family were heartbroken by his murder. Fuad Buraleh was murdered by Myles Cadogan, 24, who recruited his friends to hunt him down and then beat the 19-year-old over the head with
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BARNET: Victory for Sanders Lane campaign in Mill Hill
Campaigners have claimed victory after plans to turn a leafy lane in Mill Hill into a major highway were rejected by a Government planning inspector. In a report released last week Inspector Douglas Machin rejected the “thin, contradictory
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Police blitz sees fewer teenagers caught with knives
The number of teenagers caught carrying knives has fallen sharply during a targeted police blitz, government figures have shown. Officers from 10 forces in England have searched 105,000 young people since the launch of the £2 million Home Office campaign
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KINGSTON: Tribute game for man killed in Cambridge Estate lift shaft
Friends of 21-year-old Patrick Katende, who died in a lift shaft on the Cambridge Gardens estate on Thursday have organised a special basketball game in his honour. Police found basketball-obsessed Mr Katende, a former Southborough High School and
