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• Teenager arrested in Burgess Park amid reports of fresh violence for second night running

  20-07-2016 23:47 via standard.co.uk
  
  A teenage boy has been arrested in Burgess Park amid reports of fresh violence the night after two teenagers were stabbed during the worst outbreak of youth violence since the 2011 riots.
  
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• Turkey coup: Erdogan announces state of emergency after failed rebellion

  20-07-2016 23:02 via standard.co.uk
  
  Turkey's president has declared a three-month state of emergency following a failed coup.
  
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• London weather: Capital bakes in 30C again... but heavy rain could be on the way

  20-07-2016 22:26 via standard.co.uk
  
  Londoners baked in 30C heat again today but it won't last long with heavy rain already battering the north set to reach the capital by the weekend.
  
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• Donald Trump speechwriter offers to quit amid plagiarism row at Republican Party convention

  20-07-2016 21:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  A Donald Trump speechwriter has admitted passages in a speech made by Melania Trump at the Republican Party convention were first made by Michelle Obama
  
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• Gary Scott: Man faces life behind bars after stabbing teenager to death on basketball court in Finsbury Park

  20-07-2016 21:16 via standard.co.uk
  
  A knifeman is facing life behind bars today after he stabbed a teenager to death in a row on a basketball court in Finsbury Park.
  
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• Finsbury Park stabbing: Man faces life behind bars after stabbing teen Gary Scott to death on basketball court

  20-07-2016 21:16 via standard.co.uk
  
  A knifeman is facing life behind bars today after he stabbed a teenager to death in a row on a basketball court in Finsbury Park.
  
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• Police raise alarm for missing father and his six-year-old twins

  20-07-2016 20:58 via standard.co.uk
  
  Police are searching for a man and his twin sons who were last seen at a children's nursery in south London.
  
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• Woman says London racist attack was linked to Brexit vote

  20-07-2016 20:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A woman from south London has been describing how she was racially abused at a bus stop.
  
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• Man arrested by counter-terrorism police after raids across London

  20-07-2016 20:20 via standard.co.uk
  
  A 20-year-old man has been arrested by counter-terrorism police after raids across the capital today.
  
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• Bank crash: Man seriously hurt after motorcyclist and pedestrian collide outside Bank of England

  20-07-2016 19:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  A man has been seriously injured after a motorcyclist and a pedestrian were involved in a collision yards from the Bank of England.
  
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• Labour leadership election: 180,000 sign up to vote in just 48 hours

  20-07-2016 19:48 via standard.co.uk
  
  More than 180,000 people have signed up to vote in the Labour leadership election in the past 48 hours, it has emerged.
  
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• County Championship: Batty and Meaker inspire Surrey to win over Hampshire

  20-07-2016 19:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Gareth Batty and Stuart Meaker inspire Surrey to beat Hampshire by an innings and 13 runs, boosting their survival hopes.
  
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• London Bluesfest Lineup Announced - 640 Toronto News

  20-07-2016 19:36
  
  London Free Press
  London Bluesfest Lineup Announced
  640 Toronto News
  Less than two months after announcing the return of the London Bluesfest, a full lineup has been revealed. The August 26-28 festival will include the Downchild Blues Band, Devon Allman, Sass Jordan, Rare Earth, M2M featuring the Lincolns, Scott Holt ...
  Free London BluesFest is newest Victoria Park festival in London, featuring Sass Jordan, Donchild Blues Band and ...London Free Pressall 3 news articles »
  
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• Police hunt men after London hit by violence on hottest day of year

  20-07-2016 19:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  Police today launched a bid to identify five men after violence swept the capital on the hottest night of the year.
  
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• What is blood rain and is it coming to London? - Time Out London (blog)

  20-07-2016 18:50
  
  Time Out London (blog)
  What is blood rain and is it coming to London?
  Time Out London (blog)
  As you've probably noticed, it's been pretty darn hot in London these last few days. In fact, temperatures stayed above 22 degrees yesterday evening, making it the hottest night in London for 10 years. But the sunshine isn't the only unusual weather ...and more »
  
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• Man's body pulled from Shadwell Basin after frantic rescue operation

  20-07-2016 18:24 via standard.co.uk
  
  The body of a young man has been pulled from a deep-water east London dock.
  
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• Leyton Orient: Albanian extradition case against Francesco Becchetti dropped

  20-07-2016 18:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Albania's government abandons its attempt to get Leyton Orient president Francesco Becchetti extradited.
  
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• Theresa May meets Angela Merkel in Berlin during first foreign visit as Prime Minister

  20-07-2016 18:03 via standard.co.uk
  
  Theresa May has met Angela Merkel in Berlin on her first overseas visit since becoming Prime Minister.
  
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• Theresa May announces Brexit talks won't start in 2016 as she meets Angela Merkel in Berlin

  20-07-2016 18:03 via standard.co.uk
  
  Theresa May has announced Britain will not start Brexit negotiations before the end of the year on her first foreign visit as Prime Minister.
  
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• Futuristic designs for Heathrow with third runway released

  20-07-2016 17:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Animations of a futuristic Heathrow airport with a new central terminal and third terminal are released.
  
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• Record number of EU terror attacks 'failed, foiled or carried out' in 2015

  20-07-2016 17:46 via standard.co.uk
  
  A record number of terror attacks were planned, foiled or carried out in European Union countries last year, it was revealed today.
  
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• 14 million private cars now used for business, study finds

  20-07-2016 17:29 via standard.co.uk
  
  THE "grey fleet" of privately owned cars being used for business now numbers 14 million, a report has found.
  
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• Police up patrols after spate of stabbings as violence flares across London on hottest day of the year - Evening Standard

  20-07-2016 17:18
  
  Evening Standard
  Police up patrols after spate of stabbings as violence flares across London on hottest day of the year
  Evening Standard
  Extra police officers were on the streets today to stop a repeat of last night's violence that swept through the capital. More officers will be visible today at key locations hit by the "horrific night of spontaneous violence" on Tuesday night ...
  
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• Police up patrols after spate of stabbings as violence flares across London on hottest day of the year

  20-07-2016 17:14 via standard.co.uk
  
  Extra police officers were on the streets today to stop a repeat of last night's violence that swept through the capital.
  
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• Grandmother who claimed £33 million lottery ticket was in the wash cleared of stealing from pensioner

  20-07-2016 17:12 via standard.co.uk
  
  The grandmother who falsely claimed her winning £33 million lottery ticket was ruined in the wash has been cleared of stealing a purse from an elderly woman.
  
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• Romford machete attack sees police hunt man in connection with assault

  20-07-2016 17:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  Police are hunting a man following a brutal machete attack in Romford.
  
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• Dover ferry passengers face three-hour passport control wait in France

  20-07-2016 16:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  British ferry passengers have been warned of three-hour queues to get through French passport control queues amid tightened security following the Nice attack.
  
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• Brussels: Security alert after man seen 'wearing long coat with wires hanging from it'

  20-07-2016 15:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  A major police operation is underway in Brussels after a man was spotted wearing a long coat with wires hanging from it.
  
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• Brentford: Jake Bidwell and David Button sold for economic reasons - Dean Smith

  20-07-2016 15:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Brentford boss Dean Smith says "economic" reasons were behind the sales of Jake Bidwell and David Button to rival clubs.
  
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• Piers Morgan criticised for asking Owen Smith 'shameful' question about Viagra

  20-07-2016 15:22 via standard.co.uk
  
  Viewers hit out at Good Morning Britain presenter Piers Morgan after he quizzed Labour leadership hopeful Owen Smith about his sexual prowess.
  
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• Pippa Middleton Is All Smiles as She Steps Out in London - with Her Stunning Engagement Ring on Display - People Magazine

  20-07-2016 15:11
  
  People Magazine
  Pippa Middleton Is All Smiles as She Steps Out in London - with Her Stunning Engagement Ring on Display
  People Magazine
  The 32-year-old was spotted out and about in London on Wednesday, and couldn't help but wear a grin as she walked around with her engagement ring on full display. The newly-engaged royal sister sported a flower-printed dress with tan wedges during the ...and more »
  
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• Jailed: Drug addict mother April Corcoran who traded daughter to sex abuser for heroin

  20-07-2016 15:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  Judge Leslie Ghiz told her: "I can honestly say that, in three-and-a-half years on the bench, this is by far the worst thing that has come before this court."
  
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• Drug addict mother April Corcoran jailed for trading daughter to sex abuser for heroin

  20-07-2016 15:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  Judge Leslie Ghiz told her: "I can honestly say that, in three-and-a-half years on the bench, this is by far the worst thing that has come before this court."
  
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• Dubai Sulafa Tower fire: Flames rip through 235m tall luxury skyscraper

  20-07-2016 15:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  A huge fire has broken out at a 75-storey skyscraper in Dubai.
  
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• Dubai skyscraper fire: Flames rip through 235m tall luxury tower block

  20-07-2016 15:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  A huge fire has broken out at a 75-storey skyscraper in Dubai.
  
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• Tours of Tube art introduced on London Underground

  20-07-2016 14:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tube passengers are being offered the chance to go on tours of artworks placed at stations across the London Underground network.
  
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• London's first $200M apartment? Property next to Buckingham Palace for sale - CNBC

  20-07-2016 14:57
  
  CNBC
  London's first $200M apartment? Property next to Buckingham Palace for sale
  CNBC
  A vast luxury property in London's Admiralty Arch, overlooking Buckingham Palace, could sell for up to £150 million ($197 million), the Evening Standard newspaper reported on Tuesday. Four serviced apartments in the Admiralty Arch — a London landmark ...
  'London's most expensive apartment' on sale for for a cool £150 million in Admiralty ArchTelegraph.co.uk
  This Is London's Most Expensiv
  
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• Liverpool Street station: Man ambushed by gang as he tried to complete online sale

  20-07-2016 14:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  Police are hunting a gang of robbers who ambushed a clothes seller after agreeing to meet him online.
  
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• Sadiq Khan: violence across London was 'fuelled by hot weather'

  20-07-2016 14:40 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Mayor Sadiq Khan has said last night's shocking violence across the capital was "fuelled by the hot weather".
  
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• Pictured: Teenager Jack Pullen who died in river on year's hottest day

  20-07-2016 14:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  Family and friends have left tributes to a 16-year-old who drowned whilst playing in a river on the hottest day of the year.
  
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• Bromley: Teenage girl gang-raped in terrifying attack in south London park

  20-07-2016 14:15 via standard.co.uk
  
  A teenage girl has been raped by a group of men in a horrifying attack in a south-east London park.
  
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• Theresa May uses first PMQs to skewer Jeremy Corbyn over Labour leadership crisis

  20-07-2016 13:54 via standard.co.uk
  
  Theresa May today accused Jeremy Corbyn of being an "unscrupulous boss" as the pair clashed at Prime Minister's Questions for the first time.
  
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• Pokémon GO banned in Saudi Arabia after fatwa

  20-07-2016 13:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  Pokémon GO has been banned in Saudi Arabia after an old fatwa outlawing the original game was renewed.
  
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• Ivy restaurant tycoon Richard Caring vows to protect foreign staff's rights after Brexit vote

  20-07-2016 13:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  Restaurant tycoon Richard Caring has told foreign members of staff that he will fight "tooth and nail" to protect their rights following the "absurd" Brexit vote, the Standard has learned.
  
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• London Ukip councillor Terence Nathan faces probe after suggesting campaigners trying to block Brexit should be killed

  20-07-2016 13:40 via standard.co.uk
  
  A Ukip councillor in London faces a police probe after suggesting people who wanted to block the Brexit process should be killed.
  
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• London Ukip councillor faces probe after suggesting campaigners trying to block Brexit should be killed

  20-07-2016 13:40 via standard.co.uk
  
  A Ukip councillor faces a police probe after suggesting people who wanted to block the Brexit process should be killed.
  
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• TfL and police launch #WeStandTogether anti-hate crime campaign

  20-07-2016 13:35 via standard.co.uk
  
  Police and Tube staff today launched a campaign to encourage passengers to report hate crime, including incidents sparked by the Brexit vote.
  
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• Police and TfL launch #WeStandTogether anti-hate crime campaign

  20-07-2016 13:35 via standard.co.uk
  
  Police and Tube staff today launched a campaign to encourage passengers to report hate crime, including incidents sparked by the Brexit vote.
  
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• Burgess Park stabbings: Two teens knifed amid violence as 1,500 people descend on park

  20-07-2016 13:24 via standard.co.uk
  
  Two 16-year-olds have been stabbed after a huge end of term water fight on the hottest day of the year ended in violence.
  
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• Burgess Park stabbings: Two teens knifed amid London violence as 1,500 people descend on park

  20-07-2016 13:24 via standard.co.uk
  
  Two 16-year-olds have been stabbed after a huge end of term water fight on the hottest day of the year ended in violence.
  
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