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• Spoof posters saying 'Join Isis' appear across Leytonstone

  28-07-2016 23:26 via standard.co.uk
  
  Satirical posters encouraging members of the public to join Islamic State have been plastered across east London.
  
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• Use of Cocaine and ecstasy soars among wealthier households

  28-07-2016 22:25 via standard.co.uk
  
  Cocaine and ecstasy use has soared among people from wealthier households in England and Wales, new figures have shown.
  
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• Chris Evans sexual assault investigation dropped by Met Police

  28-07-2016 22:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Met Police have dropped an investigation into claims TV and radio presenter Chris Evans sexually assaulted a woman in the 1990s.
  
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• Pokemon GO: The first Brit to 'catch 'em all' has lost two stone from walking the equivalent of five marathons

  28-07-2016 21:41 via standard.co.uk
  
  The first person to catch all the Pokemon Go characters in the UK said the game helped him lose two stone from walking the equivalent of five marathons.
  
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• Parents with young kids made to pay for seat reservation on Ryanair to avoid 'boarding issues'

  28-07-2016 21:27 via standard.co.uk
  
  Families travelling with young children will have to pay to reserve a seat when they jet off with budget arline Ryanair.
  
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• Man charged with attempted murder after stabbing in Hoxton

  28-07-2016 21:20 via standard.co.uk
  
  A 26-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder after a stabbing in Hoxton.
  
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• Kensington striped house boarded up as owner presses ahead with demolition

  28-07-2016 20:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Kensington striped house is one step closer to being flattened after the front was boarded up in preparation for its demolition.
  
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• Twitter down: thousands of users unable to tweet after social networking site crashes

  28-07-2016 20:16 via standard.co.uk
  
  Twitter has hit with technical difficulties this evening with many thousands of users unable to access the site at all.
  
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• Terror of cyclist after road rage clash with BMW driver near Richmond Park

  28-07-2016 19:42 via standard.co.uk
  
  A cyclist has told of his fear after being confronted in the middle of the street by the driver of a BMW and its occupants in a road rage clash.
  
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• Teenager guilty of murdering man who was 'turning his life around' after prison release

  28-07-2016 19:14 via standard.co.uk
  
  The step-father of murdered Ade Afariogun said his son was turning his life around before his death "snatched" him away, as a jury found his teenage attacker guilty.
  
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• Gipsy Hill cat: fundraiser for emergency op hits target in an hour after Fanny is hit by a car

  28-07-2016 19:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  A fundraising page set up to pay for treatment for a beloved station cat who was hit by by car smashed its target in just an hour.
  
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• Man convicted of attacking, robbing and raping two strangers in broad daylight

  28-07-2016 18:56 via standard.co.uk
  
  A teenager is facing a lengthy jail term after he brutally attacked, robbed and raped two strangers in broad daylight
  
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• Social services 'should be investigated' over Ellie Butler's murder

  28-07-2016 18:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The way social services handled the case of a six-year-old girl murdered by her father should be investigated, a coroner says.
  
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• Three year sentence for 'naive' London teen who tried to travel to Syria to join IS

  28-07-2016 18:23 via standard.co.uk
  
  A London teenager who hatched a "naive" plot to join IS fighters in Syria has been locked up for three and a half years.
  
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• RMT announces five-day August strike on Southern rail network

  28-07-2016 18:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A five-day August strike on the Southern rail network is announced by the RMT in a dispute over the role of guards.
  
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• Noah Serra-Morrison murder accused Hardeep Hunjan guilty

  28-07-2016 17:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A man is found guilty of murdering a 13-month-old boy at his home in Luton.
  
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• Police hunt Romanian man Ionut Gheorghe after teenage girl goes missing

  28-07-2016 17:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  A Romanian man believed to have gone on the run with a teenage girl is being hunted by police in Spain.
  
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• Assaults on prison staff at record high, figures show

  28-07-2016 16:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Assaults on prison officers in England and Wales have risen to their highest level on record, official figures show.
  
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• East London teenage drug dealer guilty of 'brutal murder'

  28-07-2016 16:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A teenage drug dealer is found guilty of a "brutal murder" at a park in east London.
  
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• Southern rail commuters set for fresh travel misery as new five-day strike announced

  28-07-2016 16:39 via standard.co.uk
  
  Southern rail commuters are set for fresh travel misery after union leaders announced a new five-day strike.
  
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• AFC Wimbledon boss Neal Ardley keen to sign Sean Kelly and a striker

  28-07-2016 15:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  AFC Wimbledon boss Neal Ardley says he is hoping to sign defender Sean Kelly and add a striker to his squad.
  
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• Smallfield siege: Three arrested after police stand-off but no 'gunman' found

  28-07-2016 15:54 via standard.co.uk
  
  Three people have been arrested after a drugs raid in a Surrey village turned into an armed police stand-off with a suspected gunman.
  
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• Smallfield siege: Armed police locked in stand-off with suspected gunman inside Surrey home

  28-07-2016 15:54 via standard.co.uk
  
  Armed police were today locked in a stand-off with a suspected gunman after a drugs raid at a village home.
  
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• BP to cut sponsorship to British Museum and others by £2.5m

  28-07-2016 15:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Oil giant BP is to cut its cultural sponsorship funding to four British institutions by £2.5m.
  
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• Elephant flings rock at girl, 7, killing her

  28-07-2016 15:31 via standard.co.uk
  
  A seven-year-old girl has tragically died after she was struck by rock which was hurled by an elephant at a zoo in Morocco.
  
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• London park trashed by group who left burgers and sausages cooking on barbecue

  28-07-2016 15:17 via standard.co.uk
  
  A south London park was trashed by revellers who covered it in rubbish and even left a BBQ cooking burgers and sausages.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn head to head with Owen Smith as court challenge is rejected

  28-07-2016 15:04 via standard.co.uk
  
  Jeremy Corbyn is will remain in the running for leadership of the Labour party after an MP's court challenge was rejected by judges.
  
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• Wembley brawl: Man critical after early morning fight breaks out in street

  28-07-2016 14:46 via standard.co.uk
  
  A man is fighting for his life in hospital after he was seriously injured during a fight early this morning.
  
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• Isis 'could use drones to carry out terror attacks in UK'

  28-07-2016 14:43 via standard.co.uk
  
  Terrorists could carry out atrocities in the UK using drones armed with explosives, according to a leading security expert.
  
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• London rail services make up six of top ten most overcrowded

  28-07-2016 14:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rail services into and out of London made up six of the top 10 most overcrowded services in England and Wales last year, new figures show.
  
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• 'Rush hour hell' faced by Londoners on capital's most overcrowded train lines

  28-07-2016 14:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  The "rush-hour hell" faced by hundreds of thousands of rail commuters was laid bare today, with new figures showing that more than four in 10 are forced to stand on their way to work on some services.
  
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• Pokémon GO: Japanese officials plead with people to stop playing game in Hiroshima memorial park

  28-07-2016 14:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Japanese authorities have called for Pokémon GO creators to remove all characters from a memorial park dedicated to victims of the atomic bomb.
  
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• Pervert followed boy, 15, on London transport and offered him money to perform a sex act

  28-07-2016 13:58 via standard.co.uk
  
  A man who offered a teenage boy drugs and money to perform a sex act on him on the DLR has been jailed.
  
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• George Naoupu joins Harlequins following recent departure from Connacht

  28-07-2016 13:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Harlequins sign former Connacht number eight George Naoupu for the new Premiership season.
  
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• Police quiz man over 'sex assault' on 11-year-old at Hamleys

  28-07-2016 13:29 via standard.co.uk
  
  A man has been interviewed under caution after an 11-year-old girl was allegedly groped in London's most famous toy shop.
  
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• Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Further 250,000 tickets to be sold

  28-07-2016 12:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A quarter of a million extra tickets for the new two-part Harry Potter play are to go on sale.
  
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• Top London dance DJ and wife left their children alone in hotel while they went on holiday booze session

  28-07-2016 12:55 via standard.co.uk
  
  A London couple ended up in court after leaving their two young children sleeping in a hotel to go on a holiday drinking session into the early hours.
  
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• Inside a 3D printing restaurant

  28-07-2016 12:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  See inside a pop-up restaurant where everything, including the food, is 3D-printed
  
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• Ikea customers warned as payment glitch hits UK stores

  28-07-2016 12:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  Ikea shoppers have been urged to check their bank balances amid fears they may have been charged twice for purchases.
  
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• Impact of Brexit on housing market 'isn't yet clear,' says Nationwide

  28-07-2016 12:42 via standard.co.uk
  
  It could take months for the full impact of Brexit on the London housing market to become clear, according to the UK's biggest building society.
  
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• Girls 'who stabbed classmate to please fictional Slender Man' to be tried as adults

  28-07-2016 12:33 via standard.co.uk
  
  Two girls accused of trying to kill their 12-year-old classmate in an attempt to please fictional character Slender man should be tried as adults, a Wisconsin appeals court has ruled.
  
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• Byron burger chain staff arrested in immigration raids

  28-07-2016 12:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dozens of workers from Albania, Brazil, Nepal and Egypt are arrested in "intelligence led" raids by immigration officials at Byron burger restaurants across London.
  
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• Labour challenger Owen Smith 'would make a better leader than Corbyn,' say voters in poll

  28-07-2016 12:23 via standard.co.uk
  
  Jeremy Corbyn suffered a blow today as a new poll showed his rival Owen Smith soaring into a commanding lead on which of them would make the best Labour leader and Prime Minister.
  
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• Moment Pope Francis falls over before giving mass to TV audience of millions

  28-07-2016 12:22 via standard.co.uk
  
  This is the moment Pope Francis tumbled to the ground as he arrived to give Holy Mass broadcast to millions of people across the world.
  
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• Mother of France priest butcher told police: 'He's a good Frenchman'

  28-07-2016 12:15 via standard.co.uk
  
  The mother of one of the Islamic State fanatics who butchered a French priest at the altar of a church told police hunting the terrorist before the attack: "He's a good Frenchman."
  
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• Man shot dead at Surrey pool party had been cleared of gun charges

  28-07-2016 12:12 via standard.co.uk
  
  A man shot dead at a mansion in a quiet Surrey village had been cleared of gun charges two years ago, it emerged today.
  
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• Revealed: Scale of use of legal highs among young people

  28-07-2016 12:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  More than 160,000 young people took a "legal high" last year despite growing health concerns about the content of the drugs, official Home Office figures revealed today.
  
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• Theresa May meets Eastern European leaders to lay groundwork for Brexit talks

  28-07-2016 12:02 via standard.co.uk
  
  Theresa May was today set for tough face-to-face meetings as she tried to win over Eastern European leaders for positive talks on a future Brexit deal.
  
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• Londoner's Diary: British Vogue's Emily slams the May issue

  28-07-2016 11:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  As the dust settles on the Age of Cameron, the couture gloves are off for Emily Sheffield, deputy editor of Vogue. Writing in this week's Spectator, the former Prime Minister's sister-in-law pulls no punches.
  
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• Gun sales soar by 50 per cent in Switzerland amid fears of a terror attack

  28-07-2016 11:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  Gun sales in parts of Switzerland are soaring amid fears they will be the next country targeted by jihadis.
  
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