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• Making a Murderer's Brendan Dassey has conviction overturned

  12-08-2016 23:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Making a Murderer's Brendan Dassey has had his murder conviction overturned by a federal court judge.
  
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• Pictured: Adorable seal pup caught napping beneath car outside police station

  12-08-2016 22:43 via standard.co.uk
  
  A baby seal has been taken into custody after being found lost in the car park of a police station.
  
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• Conservationists scour Greater Thames Estuary by land, sea and air to count seal population

  12-08-2016 22:25 via standard.co.uk
  
  A team of marine conservation experts are scouring the Greater Thames Estuary by land, sea and air this week, as the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) conducts its fourth annual seal survey.
  
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• 'Quiet' family funeral held for Britain's third richest man Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor

  12-08-2016 22:07 via standard.co.uk
  
  A funeral has been held for Britain's third richest man the Duke of Westminster, his family have said.
  
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• Londoner pleads for humanitarian rescue of 10-year-old Syrian niece

  12-08-2016 22:02 via standard.co.uk
  
  The London-based aunt of an injured Syrian girl is pleading for authorities to allow the 10-year-old to leave her besieged home town to find safety.
  
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• Isis leader in Afghanistan and Pakistan 'killed in US drone strike'

  12-08-2016 21:34 via standard.co.uk
  
  The leader of a branch of Isis in Afghanistan and Pakistan has been killed in a US drone strike, according to reports.
  
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• Crowdfunding appeal launched to save historic HMS President from the scrapheap

  12-08-2016 21:14 via standard.co.uk
  
  Members of the public are being urged to donate funds to save London's last remaining First World War battleship from the scrapheap.
  
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• Almost one in five Londoners admit to fly-tipping, survey finds

  12-08-2016 21:10 via standard.co.uk
  
  Almost one in five Londoners have illegally dumped rubbish in the capital, a new survey has found.
  
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• Deliveroo plans to pay workers £3.75-per-job branded 'Victorian' by Labour party

  12-08-2016 20:23 via standard.co.uk
  
  Deliveroos' new proposed pay deal has been branded as a "return to Victorian Britain" by the Labour party.
  
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• Boomtown Fair: Fire engulfs vehicles in car park at music festival

  12-08-2016 20:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  This is the giant plume of black smoke that filled the skies above Boomtown Fair music festival in Hampshire after a row of cars "exploded".
  
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• Tottenham murder: Woman guilty of stabbing partner to death in flat they shared above popular pub

  12-08-2016 19:53 via standard.co.uk
  
  A woman has been found guilty of stabbing her partner to death in flat they shared above a Tottenham pub.
  
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• Council-funded letting agency slammed for only filling two properties in 10 months

  12-08-2016 19:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  Haringey Council has come under fire after it was revealed that a letting agency set up and funded by the local authority has only filled two properties in 10 months.
  
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• Jailed: Rapist extradited from US to face trial over attacking woman as her children slept in next room

  12-08-2016 19:19 via standard.co.uk
  
  A US citizen who was extradited to the UK to stand trial has been jailed over a violent rape he committed 20 years ago.
  
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• Perseid meteor shower 2016: amazing time lapse footage captures light show in the Spanish skies

  12-08-2016 19:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  This amazing time-lapse footage has captured the Perseid meteor shower lighting up the skies over Spain.
  
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• Senior Asian Met policewoman Parm Sandhu sets example

  12-08-2016 19:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Metropolitan Police's highest ranking Asian policewoman has spoken out about diversity in the force and defying public perceptions.
  
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• Jailed: Men who attacked Lloyds bank staff with claw hammers and knives in north London robbery

  12-08-2016 18:43 via standard.co.uk
  
  Three men who attacked cashiers with claw hammers and knives during a "terrifying" masked robbery at an east London bank have been jailed.
  
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• Twitter goes into meltdown after Nigel Farage appears on TV sporting a new moustache

  12-08-2016 18:10 via standard.co.uk
  
  Nigel Farage caused a stir on Twitter after he was spotted on TV sporting a new moustache.
  
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• Twitter goes into meltdown after Nigel Farage appears on TV sporting a new moustace

  12-08-2016 18:10 via standard.co.uk
  
  Nigel Farage caused a stir on Twitter after he was spotted on TV sporting a new moustache.
  
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• Eurostar strike suspended to 'allow more time' for last-ditch talks

  12-08-2016 17:44 via standard.co.uk
  
  A strike by Eurostar workers will be suspended from midnight to allow further peace talks.
  
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• Visitors are helping to keep London open. But for how long? - The Guardian (blog)

  12-08-2016 17:28
  
  The Guardian (blog)
  Visitors are helping to keep London open. But for how long?
  The Guardian (blog)
  Dave Hill has been writing for the Guardian since 1984 and its award-winning London commentator since 2008. @DaveHill. Friday 12 August 2016 11.28 EDT Last modified on Friday 12 August 2016 11.29 EDT. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share ...
  
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• Two six-year-old girls sexually assaulted at Legoland

  12-08-2016 17:27 via standard.co.uk
  
  Police hope people visiting the park may have inadvertantly taken a picture of the attacker
  
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• Heart-stopping moment 'confused' pensioner drove wrong way on M23 for SIX MILES

  12-08-2016 16:54 via standard.co.uk
  
  This was the moment a "confused" pensioner diced with death after doing a u-turn on a motorway and then driving the wrong way for six miles.
  
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• Man airlifted to hospital after train smashes into car on level crossing

  12-08-2016 16:44 via standard.co.uk
  
  The East Coast mainline has been hit with severe after a train struck a vehicle on a level crossing in Cambridgeshire.
  
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• Labour leadership contest: New members barred from voting after NEC appeal victory

  12-08-2016 16:24 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Labour party has won its appeal to overturn a High Court decision allowing new party members to vote in the leadership contest.
  
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• Nigel Wilkinson: Fitness photographer jailed for date-raping men he lured to his flat through social media

  12-08-2016 16:16 via standard.co.uk
  
  A male fitness photographer who lured men to his home before spiking their drinks with Rohypnol and raping them has been jailed for more than 11 years.
  
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• Kiss-in planned at Hackney Sainsbury's where gay couple were 'thrown out for holding hands'

  12-08-2016 15:44 via standard.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of demonstrators have pledged to stage a mass kiss-in at a London Sainsbury's after a gay couple were allegedly escorted from the store for holding hands.
  
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• Pictured: Theresa May and husband take in mountain air on Swiss getaway

  12-08-2016 15:15 via standard.co.uk
  
  Theresa May and her husband Philip took the mountain air in Switzerland today at the start of their summer holiday.
  
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• Even after Brexit, Airbnb says 'London is more popular and diverse than ever' - Business Insider

  12-08-2016 14:45
  
  Business Insider
  Even after Brexit, Airbnb says 'London is more popular and diverse than ever'
  Business Insider
  I stayed in a tiny house, and it made me want to throw out everything I... The 17 highest-paying jobs for people who don't mind sitting at a desk... 16 things successful 20-somethings do in their spare time · A financial planner explains what everyone ...and more »
  
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• Adverts at Clapham Common Tube station to be replaced with pictures of cats

  12-08-2016 14:23 via standard.co.uk
  
  Advertisments at Clapham Common station will be replaced with a picture of cats after a campaign group raised £23,000 to pay for the idea.
  
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• UPS delivery man filmed punching window of London bus in rage at driver

  12-08-2016 14:12 via standard.co.uk
  
  This is the moment a UPS driver was filmed launching a tirade of abuse at a London bus driver and punching the window in a rage.
  
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• London businessman killed in jet ski horror crash on the French Riviera while son fights for life

  12-08-2016 14:04 via standard.co.uk
  
  A British father has been killed in a jet-ski accident while on holiday on the French Riviera with his family.
  
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• East Coast rail strike will hit August bank holiday

  12-08-2016 13:07 via standard.co.uk
  
  Train workers are set to stage three 24-hour strikes in a row over jobs, working conditions and safety.
  
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• 32 fun things to do in London this weekend - Time Out London (blog)

  12-08-2016 12:58
  
  Time Out London (blog)
  32 fun things to do in London this weekend
  Time Out London (blog)
  Pick up vintage gold at the Netil Market Yard Sale, visit David Bowie's old stomping ground for a festival celebrating The Starman, or watch a free screening of 'The Talented Mr Ripley' at the House of Vans. Get your mates together and have the best ...
  
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• Heritage bosses clash with council over tower 'threat' to Nash terrace

  12-08-2016 12:54 via standard.co.uk
  
  Heritage bosses have asked ministers to block a proposed 25-storey apartment building that they claim would "fundamentally harm" views of one of London's grandest Regency terraces.
  
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• China cracks down on air rage 'epidemic'

  12-08-2016 12:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  Authorities grappling with an air rage epidemic in China revealed plans to tighten rules and raise fines to up to £5,000 to curb bad behaviour among passengers.
  
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• Fabric: London superclub to close after deaths - BBC News

  12-08-2016 12:49
  
  BBC News
  Fabric: London superclub to close after deaths
  BBC News
  One of London's biggest nightclubs has said it will be closed this weekend after two young men died from suspected drugs overdoses at the club. Fabric, in Farringdon, says it has agreed with authorities that it should suspend operations while the ...
  London superclub Fabric to close this weekend following 'drug overdose' deaths of two 18-year-oldsMirror.co.uk
  Fabric nightclub to close while police investigate two drug deathsEvenin
  
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• Revealed: the parts of London where Brexit could cause house price nosedive - Evening Standard

  12-08-2016 12:48
  
  Evening Standard
  Revealed: the parts of London where Brexit could cause house price nosedive
  Evening Standard
  The London neighbourhoods most vulnerable to a potential housing market dive sparked by the Brexit vote have been revealed in a new analysis. It comes amid fears of a mass exodus of EU citizens from the capital — a “Brexodus” — following the ...
  Brexit rattles London commercial propertyMoneyWeekall 6 news articles »
  
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• Greenwich fire: Strangers pledge thousands of pounds to send body of dead nightclub worker back to Lithuania

  12-08-2016 12:48 via standard.co.uk
  
  More than £7,000 has been pledged in a touching effort to send the body of a Lithuanian nightclub worker back home after he died in a fire.
  
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• Revealed: the parts of London where Brexit could cause house price nosedive

  12-08-2016 12:40 via standard.co.uk
  
  The London neighbourhoods most vulnerable to a potential housing market dive sparked by the Brexit vote have been revealed in a new analysis.
  
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• Rio Olympics: policeman dies after being shot in the head near favela

  12-08-2016 12:36 via standard.co.uk
  
  A Brazilian policeman at the Rio Olympics has died after being shot in the head near a favela.
  
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• London weather: Capital to bask in glorious heatwave next week, forecasters say - Evening Standard

  12-08-2016 12:32
  
  Evening Standard
  London weather: Capital to bask in glorious heatwave next week, forecasters say
  Evening Standard
  Londoners are set to bask in glorious sunshine as a heatwave hits the capital next week. Temperatures may reach 31C on Tuesday as warm weather arrives from southern Europe. Met Office forecaster Emma Sharples said: “Tuesday looks like the peak of the ...
  
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• London weather: Capital to bask in glorious heatwave next week, forecasters say

  12-08-2016 12:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  Londoners are set to bask in glorious sunshine as a heatwave hits the capital next week.
  
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• Jet ski crash kills British father and injures son, 3, on French Riviera

  12-08-2016 12:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  A British father has been killed and his toddler son badly injured in a jet ski accident during a family holiday on the French Riviera.
  
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• London schoolgirl who travelled to Syria to join IS 'feared dead'

  12-08-2016 12:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  One of three schoolgirls who left east London last year to join so-called Islamic State is believed to have been killed in a Russian air strike in Syria, the solicitor representing her family says.
  
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• Warning by Jeremy Corbyn ally throws future of Labour Party boss into doubt

  12-08-2016 12:26 via standard.co.uk
  
  Labour Party boss Iain McNicol's future was thrown into doubt today when one of Jeremy Corbyn's allies stressed he was in the post at the "will and pleasure" of its National Executive Committee.
  
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• London's small firms urged to plan for impact of major terror attack

  12-08-2016 12:19 via standard.co.uk
  
  Thousands of small and medium-sized firms need to strengthen their plans to cope with a Mumbai-style terror attack in London, business chiefs warned today.
  
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• Death of London jihadi bride Kadiza Sultana 'must deter others from joining Isis'

  12-08-2016 12:12 via standard.co.uk
  
  The death of London schoolgirl Kadiza Sultana who fled to Syria to become a "jihadi bride" should dissuade other young people from seeking to join Islamic State, her family's lawyer said today.
  
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• Report: Girl who fled London to join ISIL killed in airstrike - USA TODAY

  12-08-2016 12:05
  
  USA TODAY
  Report: Girl who fled London to join ISIL killed in airstrike
  USA TODAY
  LONDON — A schoolgirl who fled her home in the British capital to join the Islamic State terror group is believed to have been killed in an airstrike in Syria, according to a media report. Kadiza Sultana, 17, left her home in Bethnal Green, east ...
  London schoolgirl who travelled to Syria to join IS 'feared dead'BBC News
  London schoolgirl who fled UK to join Isis 'killed in airstrike as she tried to escape'
  
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• Heritage bosses clash with council over tower 'threat' to historic Chester Terrace in Regent's Park

  12-08-2016 12:04 via standard.co.uk
  
  Heritage bosses have asked ministers to block a proposed 25-storey apartment building that they claim would "fundamentally harm" views of one of London's grandest Regency terraces.
  
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• 'Spectacular views': London gets its first ever naked sun terrace - Telegraph.co.uk

  12-08-2016 11:54
  
  Telegraph.co.uk
  'Spectacular views': London gets its first ever naked sun terrace
  Telegraph.co.uk
  There appears to be a nudist craze sweeping the capital - first we had the spectacularly popular nude restaurant Bunyadi, and now there is a naked sun terrace in the middle of London. The venue opened on Tuesday and offers 'spectacular views' of the ...and more »
  
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