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• Pedestrian mown down 'deliberately' by Land Rover in Bethnal Green

  07-07-2016 23:11 via standard.co.uk
  
  A man is fighting for life today after being mown down by a Land Rover apparently used as a weapon.
  
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• Attempted murder arrests as man is left fighting for his life after crash

  07-07-2016 23:11 via standard.co.uk
  
  Two men were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a young man was seriously injured in a crash in east London.
  
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• Investigation launched after five foreign workers crushed to death at recycling plant

  07-07-2016 22:41 via standard.co.uk
  
  Five foreign workers have been crushed to death at a metal recycling plant in Birmingham.
  
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• Fire crews called to moped blaze at Shepherd's Bush petrol station

  07-07-2016 21:42 via standard.co.uk
  
  Twenty firefighters raced to a west London petrol station after a moped caught fire while next to a fuel pump.
  
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• European Championships: Dina Asher-Smith and Greg Rutherford win gold

  07-07-2016 21:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Britain's Dina Asher-Smith and Greg Rutherford win gold medals at the European Championships in Amsterdam.
  
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• Rio Olympics: Organisers reveal nearly a third of tickets remain unsold

  07-07-2016 21:21 via standard.co.uk
  
  Almost a third of Rio Olympics tickets remain unsold amid deepening fears the Zika virus could affect athletes and spectators.
  
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• Rio Olympics 2016: Organisers reveal nearly a third of tickets remain unsold

  07-07-2016 21:21 via standard.co.uk
  
  Almost a third of Rio Olympics tickets remain unsold amid deepening fears the Zika virus could affect athletes and spectators.
  
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• London Slaps Polluting Vehicles With a High New Charge - CityLab

  07-07-2016 20:58
  
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  London Slaps Polluting Vehicles With a High New Charge
  CityLab
  London is going to make life a lot harder for drivers of heavily polluting vehicles—by digging into their pockets. Starting in 2017, choosing to drive an old fume-belcher into the city core will cost a lot more, more than an entrée in a good London ...
  
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• British Airways check-in glitch sparks travel mayhem for Heathrow passengers

  07-07-2016 20:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  Heathrow passengers faced travel mayhem today after a computer glitch sparked delays to hundreds of flyers.
  
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• British Airways check-in glitch at Heathrow Airport sparks travel mayhem for passengers

  07-07-2016 20:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  Heathrow passengers faced travel mayhem today after a computer glitch sparked delays to hundreds of flyers.
  
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• London housing: are high prices really the fault of rich foreigners? - The Guardian (blog)

  07-07-2016 20:28
  
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  London housing: are high prices really the fault of rich foreigners?
  The Guardian (blog)
  One Hyde Park, Knightsbridge, London, Sw1 - a famously under-occupied luxury housing development. Photograph: View Pictures/UIG via Getty Images. Dave Hill. Dave Hill has been writing for the Guardian since 1984 and its award-winning London ...
  
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• Burka and niqab ban for Muslims in Switzerland comes into force

  07-07-2016 20:20 via standard.co.uk
  
  Practising Muslims face fines for wearing burkas after a ban on face veils came into force in a part of Switzerland.
  
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• Burka and niqab ban comes into force in part of Switzerland

  07-07-2016 20:20 via standard.co.uk
  
  Practising Muslims face fines for wearing burkas after a ban on face veils came into force in a part of Switzerland.
  
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• Police hunt for missing lynx after it escapes from Dartmoor zoo

  07-07-2016 19:51 via standard.co.uk
  
  Police are hunting a lynx which escaped from a zoo after it chewed its way out of his enclosure.
  
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• Capturing London's Homegrown Skateboarding Brand, in Pictures - New York Times

  07-07-2016 19:38
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  Capturing London's Homegrown Skateboarding Brand, in Pictures
  New York Times
  The Palace Wayward Boys Choir doesn't sing — and their titular palace is a rental house near London's Waterloo station. Instead, the boys make up a London skateboard gang — and have gone from shooting shaky videos to lending their name to the city's ...
  
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• North Sheen: Man dies after being hit by train at south-west London station

  07-07-2016 19:26 via standard.co.uk
  
  A man has died after being struck by a train in south-west London.
  
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• Four Big US Banks Just Pledged to Help the City of London Retain Its Stature - Fortune

  07-07-2016 19:07
  
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  Four Big US Banks Just Pledged to Help the City of London Retain Its Stature
  Fortune
  But no one's made promises about keeping jobs in the UK. Four U.S. investment banks promised British finance minister George Osborne on Thursday that they would try to help London keep its top spot as a financial centre, but gave no commitment on jobs ...
  You've changed your tune Chancellor and giant US banks insist London will thrive after Brexit voteThe Sun
  Five US investment banks offer support
  
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• Pictured: Brother and sister killed when car plunged into Scottish loch

  07-07-2016 18:50 via standard.co.uk
  
  A young brother and sister who died when the car they were in plunged into a Scottish loch have been named by police
  
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• Sunbather attacked by man with branch in 'unprovoked' assault in south London park

  07-07-2016 18:31 via standard.co.uk
  
  Police are hunting an attacker who hit a man with a branch as he sunbathed at a south London nature reserve.
  
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• Council slaps town centre booze ban in bad behaviour crackdown

  07-07-2016 18:02 via standard.co.uk
  
  Drinkers are to be banned from a town centre in south-east London in an attempt to clamp down on bad behaviour.
  
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• Passengers cleared from Baker Street Tube station over 'security alert'

  07-07-2016 17:23 via standard.co.uk
  
  Baker Street underground station has been evacuated following a security alert.
  
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• Wimbledon 2016: Marion Bartoli 'fears for life' after rare virus sparks weight loss

  07-07-2016 17:19 via standard.co.uk
  
  Former Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli says she "fears for her life" after contracting a mystery virus that sparked her dramatic weight loss.
  
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• Conservative leadership election: Michael Gove dumped from race as Andrea Leadsom comes second to Theresa May

  07-07-2016 17:19 via standard.co.uk
  
  Michael Gove has been eliminated from the Tory leadership race, meaning Andrea Leadsom is to go up against Theresa May in the final round.
  
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• Andrea Leadsom 'doesn't like gay marriage law because it hurts Christians'

  07-07-2016 16:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  Conservative leadership hopeful Andrea Leadsom today said she "didn't really like" gay marriage laws passed in the last parliament.
  
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• Andrea Leadsom admits: I don't like gay marriage law because it hurts Christians

  07-07-2016 16:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  Conservative leadership hopeful Andrea Leadsom today said she "didn't really like" gay marriage laws passed in the last parliament.
  
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• Max Clifford cleared of indecently assaulting teenage girl

  07-07-2016 15:34 via standard.co.uk
  
  PR guru Max Clifford has been cleared of indecently assaulting a teenage girl.
  
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• 7/7 London bombings victims honoured 11 years on at moving service in Hyde Park

  07-07-2016 15:26 via standard.co.uk
  
  Emergency workers who fought to save lives during the 7/7 bombings paid a moving tribute to victims as London marked 11 years since the tragic event.
  
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• Man's body found in Camden Town side street

  07-07-2016 14:55 via standard.co.uk
  
  The body of an elderly man was found in a side road off Camden High Street this morning.
  
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• Parliament placed on lockdown after 'white powder sent to peer'

  07-07-2016 14:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Houses of Parliament were put on lockdown after a suspicous package was posted to the estate.
  
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• Parliament placed on lockdown after 'white powder and racist letter sent to Muslim peer'

  07-07-2016 14:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Houses of Parliament were put on lockdown after an envelope containing white powder and a "racist" message was reportedly sent to a Muslim peer.
  
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• Stop the War says Chilcot report is 'the beginning of road to justice for lives lost in Iraq'

  07-07-2016 14:49 via standard.co.uk
  
  A group behind Britain's biggest ever anti-war demonstration has described the Chilcot report as "not the end, but the beginning" of achieving justice for lives lost during the Iraq war.
  
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• San Fermin festival: Pamplona bull run leaves four injured as thousands take part

  07-07-2016 14:44 via standard.co.uk
  
  Thousands of thrill-seekers raced through the streets of Pamplona to escape a herd of charging bulls as the world-famous San Fermin festival got under way today.
  
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• Birmingham recycling plant wall collapses leaving five men dead

  07-07-2016 14:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  Five men have died after a wall collapsed in an industrial accident at a recycling plant in Nechells.
  
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• Darlington bus crash: Elderly woman killed as bus careers into bank in busy high street

  07-07-2016 14:26 via standard.co.uk
  
  An elderly woman has died after a bus careered into a bank in a busy town centre.
  
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• Police hunt man after 'totally unprovoked' attack on teenage boy at station

  07-07-2016 14:17 via standard.co.uk
  
  Police are hunting a man after a teenage boy was kicked in the face in an unprovoked attack.
  
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• Schools placed on high alert after lynx digs its way free from Dartmoor Zoo

  07-07-2016 13:47 via standard.co.uk
  
  Schools have been placed on high alert after a lynx escaped from Dartmoor Zoo.
  
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• Fulham could face another tough season in the Championship - Kit Symons

  07-07-2016 13:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former Fulham manager Kit Symons believes the club could face another tough season in the Championship.
  
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• Chilcot report: war veteran claims US did not need Britain's help in Iraq

  07-07-2016 13:16 via standard.co.uk
  
  A US army chief has claimed the Iraq invasion could have been successfully completed without the UK.
  
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• Wembley Stadium virtual tour: Relive England's 1966 World Cup win in virtual reality

  07-07-2016 13:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  England fans now have the chance to see Wembley Stadium as never before with the launch of a virtual reality tour from dressing rooms to dug-out.
  
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• Tanveer Ahmed admits murdering shopkeeper who wished Christians 'happy Easter'

  07-07-2016 12:40 via standard.co.uk
  
  A taxi driver today admitted murdering a Muslim shopkeeper who hours before had wished Christians a "very happy Easter".
  
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• Man admits murdering Muslim shopkeeper who wished Christians 'happy Easter'

  07-07-2016 12:40 via standard.co.uk
  
  A taxi driver today admitted murdering a Muslim shopkeeper who hours before had wished Christians a "very happy Easter".
  
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• Health minister Alistair Burt ridicules Michael Gove and Boris Johnson for Brexit NHS claim

  07-07-2016 12:40 via standard.co.uk
  
  A health minister has hit out at Boris Johnson and Michael Gove for promising more money for the NHS after Brexit.
  
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• Sadiq Khan demands more autonomy over finances as London's huge tax contribution revealed

  07-07-2016 12:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  London should get more control over its own finances after a report showed a third of UK tax revenue is generated here despite attempts to rebalance the British economy, Sadiq Khan said today.
  
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• Conservative leadership election: Tory infighting intensifies as Andrea Leadsom attacks Theresa May in migrants row

  07-07-2016 12:25 via standard.co.uk
  
  Tory infighting intensified today as Andrea Leadsom attacked Theresa May for using migrants as "bargaining chips" and Michael Gove was confronted by an MP who called him a "backstabber".
  
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• Brexit: Leavers 'play with fire' by risking rise in nationalism, warns German minister

  07-07-2016 12:25 via standard.co.uk
  
  Germany's foreign minister today warned some Brexiteers that they were "playing with fire" by potentially fuelling UK nationalism.
  
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• Londoner's Diary: Remainers get no mercy from Brexiteer Liz

  07-07-2016 12:12 via standard.co.uk
  
  The time for EU referendum catfights is over and unity should prevail. But some are still in the mood for battle. Elizabeth Hurley, actress, swimwear designer and prominent Brexiteer, has taken a swipe at mourning Remainers.
  
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• Tony Blair admits 'regret' over accepting WMD intelligence

  07-07-2016 12:11 via standard.co.uk
  
  Tony Blair expressed "regret" today that he did not challenge intelligence about Saddam Hussein's alleged weapons of mass destruction after the damning Chilcot verdict into the Iraq war.
  
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• Man hit by car and left lying in road after late night brawl in Harlesden

  07-07-2016 12:08 via standard.co.uk
  
  A man was hit by a car and left lying in the road after a late night street brawl in west London.
  
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• Harlesden brawl and car crash left man lying in road in the early hours

  07-07-2016 12:08 via standard.co.uk
  
  A man was hit by a car and left lying in the road after a late night street brawl in west London.
  
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• Pound to Euro exchange rate: Summer holiday blow of more than £200 as Sterling slides

  07-07-2016 12:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  Millions of families are set to be hit with a summer holiday "Brexit blow" of more than £200 following the slump in the value of the pound, it was revealed today.
  
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