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• West of Suez: Brent slides on US GDP data, naphtha cracks surge - Quantum Commodity Intelligence

  30-04-2025 23:04
  West of Suez: Brent slides on US GDP data, naphtha cracks surge  Quantum Commodity Intelligence
  
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• Champions Birmingham set EFL points record with victory at Blackpool - Brent & Kilburn Times

  30-04-2025 22:49
  Champions Birmingham set EFL points record with victory at Blackpool  Brent & Kilburn Times
  
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• Market traders fear for future as profit margins are squeezed

  30-04-2025 21:32
  
  Traders at Hampstead Community Market say they are lucky they work in one of the most affluent parts of London - or they'd go bust amid rising costs.
  
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• Probe begins after visitors to farm petting sessions suffer parasitic infection - Brent & Kilburn Times

  30-04-2025 21:26
  Probe begins after visitors to farm petting sessions suffer parasitic infection  Brent & Kilburn Times
  
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• Brent Logs Steep April Loss - TradingView

  30-04-2025 20:49
  Brent Logs Steep April Loss  TradingView
  
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• Suitcase filled with cash stolen on Thameslink train

  30-04-2025 20:31
  
  A suitcase containing “a quantity of cash” has been stolen on a Thameslink train from Three Bridges to St Pancras.
  
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• Natural Gas, WTI Oil, Brent Oil Forecasts – Oil Dives As Saudi Arabia Prepares For Low Prices - FXEmpire

  30-04-2025 20:18
  Natural Gas, WTI Oil, Brent Oil Forecasts – Oil Dives As Saudi Arabia Prepares For Low Prices  FXEmpire
  
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• Thanksforthehelp keeps British flag flying at Punchestown - Brent & Kilburn Times

  30-04-2025 19:56
  Thanksforthehelp keeps British flag flying at Punchestown  Brent & Kilburn Times
  
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• Poker night drama lacks tension but has one scene-stealing performance

  30-04-2025 19:37
  
  Patrick Marber's debut play about a Saturday night poker club is revived starring Brendan Coyle, Alfie Allen and Hammed Animashaun
  
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• Gerry Adams tells defamation trial that BBC programme was ‘hatchet job’ - Brent & Kilburn Times

  30-04-2025 19:36
  Gerry Adams tells defamation trial that BBC programme was ‘hatchet job’  Brent & Kilburn Times
  
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• Man arrested after teen taken to hospital in Tottenham stabbing

  30-04-2025 19:31
  
  A man has been arrested after a stabbing in Elmar Road, Tottenham.
  
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• Care home takes residents on visit to Tate Britain gallery

  30-04-2025 19:15
  
  Elderly lovers of classical art have been on a day out from their Golders Green care home to the iconic Tate Britain gallery to study its paintings and other works of art.
  
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• Family's heart-breaking statement after Kaliyah Coa's body found in River Thames

  30-04-2025 18:39
  
  Kaliyah Co's family have said their lives "will never be the same" after the 11-year-old girl's body has been found since falling in the River Thames.
  
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• Body found in River Thames confirmed to be missing girl Kaliyah Coa

  30-04-2025 18:21
  
  The body recovered from the River Thames earlier this month has been formally identified as 11-year-old Kaliyah Coa, police have confirmed.
  
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• Fire crews 'could not tackle substation blaze until it was safe'

  30-04-2025 18:18
  
  London Fire Brigade has responded to criticism of the way it tackled a blaze at a St John's Wood substation - saying crews could only begin once it was safe to do so. 
  
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• Police search for missing Bromley school girl last seen three days ago

  30-04-2025 18:09
  
  Police are searching for missing school girl from Bromley.
  
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• Man strangled girlfriend as she 'asked if he was ok too often'

  30-04-2025 18:08
  
  Alex Durkin was given a suspended sentence after he admitted punching and strangling his then-girlfriend.
  
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• Cover revealed for Sir Paul McCartney’s upcoming Wings book - Brent & Kilburn Times

  30-04-2025 18:07
  Cover revealed for Sir Paul McCartney’s upcoming Wings book  Brent & Kilburn Times
  
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• Bake Off star Paul Hollywood comes to the rescue of pilot who crashed in Kent

  30-04-2025 18:05
  
  Paul Hollywood, the beloved judge from The Great British Bake Off, came to the aid of a pilot whose plane crash-landed into a farmer's field in Kent. Pilot Iain Stingmore, 58, told the Mail Online that he issued a mayday call after losing all airspeed and plummeting to the ground.
  
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• Fire breaks out at Maida Vale school - the area's second blaze in two days

  30-04-2025 18:02
  
  A woman has been treated by paramedics after a fire broke out at a school in Maida Vale.
  
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• The Croydon junior school where kids have 'exemplary behaviour and big hearts'

  30-04-2025 18:00
  
  Pupils at The Minster Junior School have been praised for their “exemplary” behaviour and outstanding personal development, after inspectors found a vibrant and caring community where children are proud to belong.
  
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• Investigation as two men suffer bowel death after treatment at same hospital

  30-04-2025 18:00
  
  Inquests have been opened into the deaths of two men, from Hornchurch and Chingford, after they each suffered bowel death at Whipps Cross Hospital in Leytonstone.
  
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• Greenwich man strangled girlfriend as she 'asked if he was ok too often'

  30-04-2025 18:00
  
  Alex Durkin was given a suspended sentence after he admitted punching and strangling his then-girlfriend.
  
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• In pictures: Damage caused after 'mindless' vandalism at RSPB nature reserve

  30-04-2025 17:59
  
  Damage caused after "mindless" vandalism at RSPB Rainham Marshes has been captured in photos released by Essex Police/
  
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• Labour flasher struck again after police took his number plate but failed to act

  30-04-2025 17:31
  
  The Metropolitan Police Service was given masturbating Redbridge councillor Sam Gould's number plate, but failed to act on it. Then he struck again in Romford.
  
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• Man ‘murdered London couple before freezing some remains and bringing rest to bridge’

  30-04-2025 17:10
  
  A man “decapitated and dismembered” a couple, froze parts of their remains and brought the rest in suitcases to the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol before stealing from them, a court has heard.
  
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• Woman sexually assaulted on train from Highbury and Islington

  30-04-2025 16:45
  
  A woman has reportedly been sexually assaulted on a train from Highbury and Islington heading to Hertford East.
  
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• Man stabbed in Hackney with air ambulance called to scene

  30-04-2025 16:45
  
  A man is in hospital after being stabbed in Hackney.
  
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• Big Mojo back with a bang at Ascot - Brent & Kilburn Times

  30-04-2025 16:42
  Big Mojo back with a bang at Ascot  Brent & Kilburn Times
  
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• Man in hospital after stabbing in Tottenham

  30-04-2025 16:37
  
  A man is in hospital after a stabbing in Tottenham that forced police to close the road.
  
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• Inside 'state-of-the-art' Elizabeth line control room shown on BBC series

  30-04-2025 15:49
  
  Michael Portillo went behind the scenes at a high-security rail operating centre in Romford, where services on the Greater Anglia and Elizabeth lines are overseen, on BBC show Great British Railway Journeys.
  
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• One dead and two injured in early morning house fire in Romford

  30-04-2025 15:46
  
  A man has died in a fire in Romford house in the early hours of the morning.
  
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• Pakistan says it has ‘credible intelligence’ India will attack within days - Brent & Kilburn Times

  30-04-2025 15:39
  Pakistan says it has ‘credible intelligence’ India will attack within days  Brent & Kilburn Times
  
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• Leader of extreme body modification ring who ate human testicles loses appeal

  30-04-2025 15:29
  
  Leader of an extreme body modification ring Marius Gustavson has lost a challenge against his sentence.
  
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• Nominate Your Favourite Local Pub for a Prestigious Award!

  30-04-2025 15:16
  
  Shine a spotlight on your favourite local pub, by entering it into our competition to win a prestigious certificate and a feature in the local paper.
  
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• Top scores for Havering businesses in new food hygiene inspections

  30-04-2025 15:00
  
  The latest Havering food hygiene ratings are in, with many local businesses, including restaurants, nurseries, and takeaways, scoring top marks in April 2025 inspections.
  
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• Schoolgirl Lucy Kramer reworks Shakespeare to win monologue contest

  30-04-2025 14:50
  
  Schoolgirl Lucy Kramer could has reworked a Shakespeare classic to bring his unseen character to life 400 years later.
  
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• Road closures affecting streets in Harrow in May

  30-04-2025 14:50
  
  Several road closures will disrupt residents of Harrow throughout next month while major utility works are carried out.
  
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• Three suspected burglars arrested after car chase 'driving on wrong side of road'

  30-04-2025 14:38
  
  Three men have been arrested as they’re suspected to be linked to eight burglaries across the north and northwest London.
  
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• 'Twinkle-eyed and giant-hearted' local news photographer dies at 76

  30-04-2025 14:07
  
  Peter Beal, the “twinkle-eyed and giant-hearted goliath of local news” – who was the chief photographer of the Times Series and Borehamwood Times for almost 50 years – has died.
  
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• Co-op shuts off parts of IT system after attempted hack - Brent & Kilburn Times

  30-04-2025 13:58
  Co-op shuts off parts of IT system after attempted hack  Brent & Kilburn Times
  
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• Fears for hospice's future after Raac concrete found

  30-04-2025 13:53
  
  Fears have been raised over the future of Marie Curie Hampstead Hospice, two years after dangerous concrete was found in the building.
  
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• Police officer who shot Chris Kaba to face gross misconduct proceedings - Brent & Kilburn Times

  30-04-2025 13:50
  Police officer who shot Chris Kaba to face gross misconduct proceedings  Brent & Kilburn Times
  
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• 1950s steam train to pass through Surrey and south London stations

  30-04-2025 13:34
  
  Trainspotters will have a rare chance to catch a glimpse of a 1950s steam engine passing through south London next weekend.
  
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• New £1 million fund to help struggling Greenwich residents with council tax

  30-04-2025 13:32
  
  Greenwich Council has launched a £1 million hardship fund to support residents struggling with council tax payments due to recent scheme changes, with applications opening soon.
  
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• Brent crude oil price may fall to $64 a barrel —World Bank - ZAWYA

  30-04-2025 13:29
  Brent crude oil price may fall to $64 a barrel —World Bank  ZAWYA
  
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• If you have one of these medical conditions you may not need to pay council tax

  30-04-2025 13:27
  
  Anyone with these medical conditions could be exempt from paying council tax in the UK. Find out how to check and apply for exemption.
  
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• Royal Mint reveals the rarest Queen Elizabeth II coins in circulation today

  30-04-2025 13:25
  
  Rare coins to look out for in your change include a coveted Kew Gardens 50p and a selection of special alphabet 10p coins
  
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• UK set for once in a decade Northern Lights display this year

  30-04-2025 13:23
  
  The Aurora Borealis stunned the nation last year, with dazzling light displays being visible as far south as Dorset, Essex, Cambridgeshire and Berkshire
  
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• One year on: Remembering the events of Hainault attacks which killed schoolboy

  30-04-2025 13:19
  
  Remembering the events of April 30, 2024 when Bancroft's School pupil Daniel Anjorin was killed and others injured in attacks in Hainault.
  
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