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• Theresa May cabinet: Cher labels Boris Johnson a 'liar' as world reacts to appointment as Foreign Secretary

  13-07-2016 23:56 via standard.co.uk
  
  Singer Cher made an improbable intervention in UK politics as she joined MPs and former heads of state in reacting to the appointment of Boris Johnson as Foreign Secretary.
  
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• Theresa May cabinet: Cher labels Boris 'liar' as world reacts to appointment as Foreign Secretary

  13-07-2016 23:56 via standard.co.uk
  
  Singer Cher made an improbable intervention in UK politics as she joined MPs and former heads of state in reacting to the appointment of Boris Johnson as Foreign Secretary.
  
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• Battersea fire: Police and fire crews at huge blaze on industrial estate

  13-07-2016 22:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  A huge fire has broken out at an industrial estate in south west London this evening.
  
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• London rugby pros score try in battle for clean water

  13-07-2016 22:40 via standard.co.uk
  
  Some of London's top rugby players raised eyebrows as they traipsed around Twickenham with 25-litre containers full of water of their heads.
  
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• Labour leadership election: Owen Smith to offer second EU referendum after Brexit voters 'misled'

  13-07-2016 22:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  Labour leadership challenger Owen Smith has said he would hold a second referendum over any Brexit deal reached with the EU.
  
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• Labour leadership challenger Owen Smith to offer second EU referendum after Brexit voters 'misled'

  13-07-2016 22:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  Labour leadership challenger Owen Smith has said he would hold a second referendum over any Brexit deal reached with the EU.
  
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• Hare Krishna celebrates 50 years in London

  13-07-2016 22:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hare Krishna members mark five decades of the movement in London.
  
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• Theresa May cabinet: Boris Johnson named Foreign Secretary as PM stuns Westminster with new Government

  13-07-2016 21:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  Theresa May stunned Westminster tonight by sacking George Osborne and making Boris Johnson her new Foreign Secretary.
  
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• Theresa May cabinet: Who will join Boris Johnson and Amber Rudd in the Prime Minister's top team?

  13-07-2016 21:41 via standard.co.uk
  
  Theresa May announced a series of appointments to her cabinet this evening just hours after being made Prime Minister.
  
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• Theresa May cabinet: Who is in new Prime Minister's top team?

  13-07-2016 21:41 via standard.co.uk
  
  Theresa May announced a series of appointments to her cabinet this evening just hours after being made Prime Minister.
  
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• 'Pugshots' to help tackle borough's dog mess fight

  13-07-2016 21:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Barking and Dagenham council is using DNA taken from samples of dog poo to create a computer-generated image of the offending dog.
  
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• Theresa May cabinet: Amber Rudd made Home Secretary and David Davis in charge of Brexit

  13-07-2016 21:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  Britain's new Prime Minister Theresa May made a string of appointments to top jobs in her cabinet this evening, including making Amber Rudd Home Secretary.
  
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• Jeremy Clarkson on Theresa May's new cabinet: May and Hammond? We'll end up lost

  13-07-2016 20:53 via standard.co.uk
  
  Jeremy Clarkson tonight blasted Theresa May's first cabinet appointment on the basis she and new Chancellor Philip Hammond shared names with his former Top Gear colleagues.
  
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• Theresa May cabinet: Boris Johnson made Foreign Secretary

  13-07-2016 20:48 via standard.co.uk
  
  Boris Johnson has been named Foreign Secretary by new Prime Minister Theresa May this evening.
  
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• Theresa May cabinet: George Osborne resigns as Philip Hammond named new Chancellor

  13-07-2016 20:22 via standard.co.uk
  
  Philip Hammond has been appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer and George Osborne has resigned from Government, Downing Street has announced.
  
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• Theresa May cabinet: George Osborne goes as Philip Hammond named new Chancellor

  13-07-2016 20:22 via standard.co.uk
  
  Philip Hammond has been appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer and George Osborne has left the Government, Downing Street has announced.
  
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• George Osborne kicked as Philip Hammond named Theresa May's new Chancellor

  13-07-2016 20:22 via standard.co.uk
  
  Philip Hammond has been appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer and George Osborne has left the Government, Downing Street has announced.
  
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• 10 amazing works of art you need to see on the London Underground - Telegraph.co.uk

  13-07-2016 20:10
  
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  10 amazing works of art you need to see on the London Underground
  Telegraph.co.uk
  Travelling on the Tube probably doesn't jump out as the best place to discover amazing works of art but keep your eyes peeled and you may just be surprised. Transport for London's (TfL) Art on the Underground will launch The Art Tube Map later this ...
  
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• 'Disgusting' shopper swaps display toothbrush with their own used one

  13-07-2016 20:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  A disgusted shopper who went into a supermarket found someone had replaced the top of an electric toothbrush with their old used one.
  
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• County Championship: Middlesex pull off last-over win over Somerset

  13-07-2016 20:04 via bbc.co.uk
  Middlesex wicketkeeper John Simpson hits a six with two balls of the match remaining to seal a two-wicket win over Somerset at Taunton.
  
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• Haringey man pretended to be an undercover police officer in attempt to kidnap schoolgirls

  13-07-2016 19:34 via standard.co.uk
  
  A man has been convicted after pretending to be an undercover police officer in an attempt to capture five schoolgirls in Haringey.
  
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• Jordan Cousins: QPR sign Charlton Athletic midfielder on three-year deal

  13-07-2016 19:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Queens Park Rangers sign midfielder Jordan Cousins on a three-year deal for an undisclosed fee from Charlton Athletic.
  
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• Theresa May promises a 'better Britain' as she arrives at new Downing Street home

  13-07-2016 19:07 via standard.co.uk
  
  Theresa May today promised to build a better Britain that works for the more than the "privileged few" as she arrived at her new Downing Street home.
  
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• Davis Cup: Andy Murray 'right' to miss quarter-final says captain

  13-07-2016 18:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Andy Murray is "right" not to play for Britain in this week's Davis Cup quarter-final against Serbia, says captain Leon Smith.
  
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• Theresa May officially appointed UK's second female Prime Minister by the Queen

  13-07-2016 18:54 via standard.co.uk
  
  Theresa May has been appointed the UK's second female Prime Minister in a private audience with the Queen.
  
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• Who can West Ham meet in their Europa League qualifier?

  13-07-2016 18:53
  
  A list of the runners and riders as West Ham get ready for Friday’s Europa League third qualifying round draw
  
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• Peckham stabbing: 17-year-old boy knifed near bus station

  13-07-2016 18:41 via standard.co.uk
  
  A 17-year-old boy has been rushed to hospital after he was stabbed in Peckham today.
  
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• David Cameron's daughter once climbed into ministerial red box and said 'take me with you' on foreign trip, PM reveals

  13-07-2016 18:35 via standard.co.uk
  
  David Cameron today used his final speech as Prime Minister to reveal his daughter once jumped in a ministerial red box before a foreign trip and said: "Take me with you."
  
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• David Cameron's daughter Florence once climbed into ministerial red box and said 'take me with you' on foreign trip, PM reveals

  13-07-2016 18:35 via standard.co.uk
  
  David Cameron today used his final speech as Prime Minister to reveal his daughter once jumped in a ministerial red box before a foreign trip and said: "Take me with you."
  
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• Major road in Wandsworth sealed off after 'unexploded WW2 bomb' found

  13-07-2016 18:24 via standard.co.uk
  
  Police cordoned off a major south London road this afternoon following the apparent discovery of an unexploded World War Two bomb.
  
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• David Cameron says goodbye to Number 10 and pays tribute to "love of my life" Samantha

  13-07-2016 17:51 via standard.co.uk
  
  David Cameron bid farewell to Downing Street with his family this evening and thanked "the love of his life" Samantha for her support.
  
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• Police say they are hunting a 'banterish man' after attack at station

  13-07-2016 16:19 via standard.co.uk
  
  Police say they are hunting a "banterish" man suspected of punching another man in the face at a train station.
  
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• Friend watches woman plunge 400ft to her death in tragic fall at Grand Canyon

  13-07-2016 16:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  A woman has told of the traumatising moment she saw her friend trip and plummet 400ft to her death in the Grand Canyon.
  
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• London grit truck driver to face trial over death of motorcyclist

  13-07-2016 16:02 via standard.co.uk
  
  A council lorry driver will stand trial next year accused of killing a motorcyclist while out gritting the roads, the Old Bailey heard.
  
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• Wolf whistling to be classed as a 'hate crime'

  13-07-2016 15:58 via standard.co.uk
  
  Wolf whistlers could face arrest after a police force revealed it will be treated as a "hate crime".
  
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• £300 DNA tests could save thousands of women at risk of inherited cancers

  13-07-2016 14:56 via standard.co.uk
  
  Fast-track DNA tests costing the NHS £300 could save the lives of thousands of women at risk from inherited cancers each year, London scientists revealed today.
  
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• 'I was the future once': David Cameron's touching closing words at his final PMQs

  13-07-2016 14:51 via standard.co.uk
  
  David Cameron bowed out of his final Prime Minister's Questions today with touching remarks and a reference to one of his most famous one-liners.
  
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• Woman, 65, 'abused at bus stop by racist thug who told her to go home'

  13-07-2016 14:38 via standard.co.uk
  
  A great-grandmother was allegedly subjected to a tirade of racist abuse at a south London bus stop.
  
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• The picture David Cameron hopes will prove his love of Larry the Downing Street cat

  13-07-2016 14:38 via standard.co.uk
  
  This is the picture David Cameron said proves his love for Larry the Downing Street cat.
  
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• To make water transport work, London should look to Hong Kong - CityMetric

  13-07-2016 14:27
  
  CityMetric
  To make water transport work, London should look to Hong Kong
  CityMetric
  If you're a Londoner, you could be forgiven for dismissing ferries as the stuff of rip-off tourist trips and one-time novelty outfits. Despite various attempts by TfL and the Mayor's office to make them seem like a credible option for commuters, London ...and more »
  
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• Southern Rail: Commuters' fury as south London station is left without any trains - Evening Standard

  13-07-2016 14:09
  
  Evening Standard
  Southern Rail: Commuters' fury as south London station is left without any trains
  Evening Standard
  Commuters today vented their anger after arriving at a south London station - to find it was no longer served by any trains. Southern Rail has axed services to and from Birkbeck station in Bromley, leaving travellers with no direct rail link into ...and more »
  
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• Southern Rail: Commuters' fury as south London station is left without any trains

  13-07-2016 14:08 via standard.co.uk
  
  Commuters today vented their anger after arriving at a south London station - to find it was no longer served by any trains.
  
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• 'I was the future once': David Cameron bows out as PM

  13-07-2016 13:56 via standard.co.uk
  
  David Cameron bowed out today and with a rueful admission: "I was the future once".
  
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• Cameron mocks Corbyn's leadership woes in last PMQs before resigning as Tory leader

  13-07-2016 13:50 via standard.co.uk
  
  David Cameron reeled off a string of gags about the Labour leadership crisis in his last session of Prime Minister's Questions before handing power to Theresa May.
  
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• David Cameron sparks laughs with US accent at final PMQs

  13-07-2016 13:47 via standard.co.uk
  
  Prime Minister David Cameron made an attempt at an American accent at his final Prime Minister's questions today.
  
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• Rise in hate crimes against disabled people in London

  13-07-2016 13:22 via standard.co.uk
  
  Hates crimes against disabled people in London have soared by 20 per cent over the past year.
  
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• London licenses contactless payment technology worldwide - BBC News

  13-07-2016 13:13
  
  BBC News
  London licenses contactless payment technology worldwide
  BBC News
  Transport for London has licensed its contactless payment technology for use by other cities in a deal it claims could raise up to £15m. The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, is under pressure to fulfil a pledge to freeze fares and find savings as TfL's ...
  London Underground wants to sell its mobile ticketing technology abroadThe Verge
  London's contactless Tube payment system is going globalWired.co.uk
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• Leaving London could cost Brexit-spooked banks $67 million - CNBC

  13-07-2016 13:00
  
  CNBC
  Leaving London could cost Brexit-spooked banks $67 million
  CNBC
  London-based banks looking to pack up after Brexit could end up spending as much as £50 million ($66.5 million) to relocate to the European Union (EU), a new report says. Estimates published by global consulting agency Synechron say banks looking to ...and more »
  
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• George W Bush criticised for dancing at Dallas police memorial service

  13-07-2016 12:48 via standard.co.uk
  
  George W Bush is facing criticism for during a hymn at a memorial for five murdered police officers in Dallas.
  
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• Gamer plays Pokemon Go while his wife gives birth

  13-07-2016 12:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  A gamer who played Pokemon Go next to his wife as she was giving birth to their baby daughter has shot to online fame after the picture went viral.
  
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