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• Londoner's petition to review use of police Tasers passes 50,000 signatures

  17-08-2016 23:02 via standard.co.uk
  
  A Londoner's petition calling for an urgent review of Tasers in the wake of the death of former footballer Dalian Atkinson has passed 50,000 signatures.
  
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• 'Just go away!: Sir Philip Green clashes with reporter who questions him whilst he holidays on his superyacht

  17-08-2016 22:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  Sir Philip Green clashed with a reporter who found him holidaying on his superyacht as thousands of BHS employees are left unemployed.
  
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• London Bridge chaos: Protesters clash with motorists during rush hour demo

  17-08-2016 21:38 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Bridge was brought to a standstill tonight as protesters armed with smoke grenades held a demonstration at the height of rush hour.
  
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• Battersea stabbing: Teenager arrested after man is fatally knifed in car park

  17-08-2016 20:18 via standard.co.uk
  
  Detectives investigating the fatal stabbing of a man in Battersea have made a second arrest after a teenager was held on suspicion of murder.
  
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• Reddit users' fury at £1600-a-month ad to rent 'corridor' in Camden

  17-08-2016 19:48 via standard.co.uk
  
  An apartment in Camden so small it's described as being like a "corridor" has gone on the market for almost £1600 a month – and people are not happy about it.
  
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• Reddit users fury at £1600-a-month ad to rent 'corridor' in Camden

  17-08-2016 19:48 via standard.co.uk
  
  An apartment in Camden so small it's described as being like a "corridor" has gone on the market for almost £1600 a month – and people are not happy about it.
  
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• Drivers face chaos after car becomes wedged on top of bollard outside South Wimbledon station

  17-08-2016 19:20 via standard.co.uk
  
  Drivers have been warned to avoid roads around a south London Tube station after a car became wedged over a bollard following an accident.
  
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• Man arrested after six-year-old girls 'touched inappropriately' at Legoland

  17-08-2016 18:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  A 22-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the sexual assault of two six-year-old girls at Legoland.
  
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• Trainee pilot spared jail after stealing designer jewellery from shop at Gatwick Airport

  17-08-2016 18:38 via standard.co.uk
  
  A trainee pilot from north-east London has been spared jail after she stole thousands of pounds worth of designer jewellery from a duty-free shop at Gatwick Airport.
  
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• 'Tatler Tory' at the centre of bullying scandal allowed to work despite allegations of aggressive behaviour

  17-08-2016 18:22 via standard.co.uk
  
  A Conservative activist with a record of "aggressive and bullying conduct" was still able to work in a key role in the party despite complaints, an inquiry has found.
  
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• RSPCA hunts 'unacceptable' man who repeatedly punched dog outside supermarket

  17-08-2016 18:08 via standard.co.uk
  
  Sickening footage has captured the moment a man repeatedly punched a dog outside a north London supermarket.
  
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• RSPCA hunts 'unacceptable' man who beat dog outside supermarket

  17-08-2016 18:08 via standard.co.uk
  
  Sickening footage has captured the moment a man beat a dog outside a north London supermarket.
  
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• France train crash: One person fighting for life after train struck tree near Montpellier

  17-08-2016 17:38 via standard.co.uk
  
  Dozens of passengers were injured after a high-speed train struck a tree in southern France
  
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• France train crash: At least 60 injured after train strikes tree near Montpellier

  17-08-2016 17:38 via standard.co.uk
  
  At least 60 people have been injured after a train struck a tree in southern France, according to reports.
  
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• George Low murder: Brit tourist 'was stabbed to death in Ayia Napa in row about public urination'

  17-08-2016 16:44 via standard.co.uk
  
  A British tourist was fatally stabbed in Ayia Napa after he and a friend were embroiled in a row about urinating in public, a woman told a court.
  
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• Owen Smith embroiled in bitter row after calling for Isis peace talks

  17-08-2016 16:28 via standard.co.uk
  
  Labour leadership hopeful Owen Smith has come under fire after suggesting Isis leaders should be brought into peace talks.
  
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• Livvy Christopher: Tributes to 'beautiful' teenager found dead in tent at BoomTown Festival

  17-08-2016 16:24 via standard.co.uk
  
  Friends today paid tribute to a teenager who died after being found unconscious in her tent at the BoomTown Fair music festival.
  
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• Thames Valley Police 999 call handler sacked for hanging up on rape victim

  17-08-2016 16:19 via standard.co.uk
  
  A 999 call handler has been sacked for hanging up on a woman who it later emerged had been raped.
  
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• Sadie Hartley murder: Women guilty of killing love rival in 'demonic' attack

  17-08-2016 16:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Two killers who saw themselves as "Batman and Robin" have been found guilty of stabbing to death a businesswoman in a brutal "love triangle" murder.
  
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• Nicola Sturgeon demands end to 'inhumane' limbo for EU nationals post-Brexit

  17-08-2016 15:49 via standard.co.uk
  
  Nicola Sturgeon today urged the government to "do the humane thing" and guarantee the right of EU nationals to remain in the UK post-Brexit.
  
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• Chinese student accused of Buckingham Palace security breach is sectioned

  17-08-2016 15:34 via standard.co.uk
  
  A man accused of possessing a folded knife near Buckingham Palace has been sectioned under the Mental Health Act.
  
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• Selsdon stabbing: First picture of teenager hacked to death 'by youths with machetes'

  17-08-2016 14:47 via standard.co.uk
  
  This is the first picture of a teenager hacked to death after being chased through the streets by youths "armed with machetes".
  
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• Top law firm delights staff by hiring ice-cream van during heatwave

  17-08-2016 14:38 via standard.co.uk
  
  A top law firm delighted their staff during sunny weather - by hiring an ice cream van offering free 99s.
  
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• Activist to go on trial for 'anti-semitic campaign' against Jewish Labour MP Luciana Berger

  17-08-2016 14:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  An activist accused of mounting an anti-semitic campaign against Jewish Labour MP Luciana Berger will stand trial in December.
  
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• Night Tube: Staff fling vegetable soup in carriages during dress rehearsal for launch

  17-08-2016 14:05 via standard.co.uk
  
  Tube staff threw open cans of vegetable soup around London Underground carriages in a dress rehearsal for the launch of all-night services this weekend.
  
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• Police hunt conman at large who faces six years in jail for tricking pensioner out of home

  17-08-2016 13:50 via standard.co.uk
  
  A bogus financial adviser who tricked a pensioner out of her £650,000 home is facing six years in prison — once police manage to track him down.
  
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• Queen is biggest draw for US visitors to London, new tourism figures show - Evening Standard

  17-08-2016 13:47
  
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  Queen is biggest draw for US visitors to London, new tourism figures show
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  The number of visitors from the US to London's top museums and galleries has soared since the 2012 Olympics, a study reveals today. The capital's biggest cultural attractions welcomed about 2.3 million visitors from the States last year, a rise of 11 ...
  London & Partners: Nine out of Ten US Tourists More Likely to Come to Britain Following Brexit Vote, as American ...Business Wire (p
  
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• Man, 29, falls ill then dies after police called to west London home

  17-08-2016 13:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  A man has died after he "became unwell" when police were called to reports of a disturbance at a home in west London.
  
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• Queen is biggest draw for US visitors to London, new tourism figures show

  17-08-2016 13:24 via standard.co.uk
  
  The number of visitors from the US to London's top museums and galleries has soared since the 2012 Olympics, a study reveals today.
  
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• London council protects historic pubs from conversion - The Guardian

  17-08-2016 13:19
  
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  London council protects historic pubs from conversion
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  The Railway pub in Putney will now need planning permission to be redeveloped. Photograph: Wandsworth council. Hilary Osborne. Wednesday 17 August 2016 07.19 EDT. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via Email · Share on LinkedIn · Share ...and more »
  
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• Police bust huge DIY cannabis farm in south-west London suburb

  17-08-2016 13:18 via standard.co.uk
  
  Police in south-west London have shut down a huge cannabis farm that was being used to grow industrial quantities of the illegal drug.
  
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• Paramedic tells cyclist knocked out in crash to 'go home' after collision that broke shoulder

  17-08-2016 13:07 via standard.co.uk
  
  A cyclist who was hit unconscious by a car was told by a paramedic to get up and go home – despite suffering head injuries and having broken his shoulder in two places.
  
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• Labour supporters more impressed with Theresa May than with Jeremy Corbyn, poll shows

  17-08-2016 13:05 via standard.co.uk
  
  Labour supporters are more impressed with Theresa May than by their own party leader Jeremy Corbyn, an extraordinary poll reveals today.
  
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• Extraordinary moment hero commuter leaps onto Tube tracks to rescue stranger who fell in front of train

  17-08-2016 13:03 via standard.co.uk
  
  This is the extraordinary moment a heroic commuter saved a stranger's life by jumping onto Tube tracks and pulling him to safety.
  
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• Asia Pacific|North Korea's No. 2 Diplomat in London Defects to the South - New York Times

  17-08-2016 13:02
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  Asia Pacific|North Korea's No. 2 Diplomat in London Defects to the South
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  SEOUL, South Korea — A high-ranking North Korean diplomat who was based in Britain has defected to South Korea, one of the most prominent officials to do so in recent years, the government in Seoul said on Wednesday. The arrival of the diplomat, Thae ...
  Seoul: North Korean diplomat in London defectsUSA TODAY
  North Korea's Deputy Ambassador in London Has DefectedTIME
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• London's brightest maths pupils need more support, expert warns

  17-08-2016 12:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  Maths is key to London's economic future but more needs to be done to support the brightest pupils, the head of the capital's only maths sixth form said today.
  
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• Teenager stabbed to death in south London street - The Guardian

  17-08-2016 12:47
  
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  Teenager stabbed to death in south London street
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  A 19-year-old man who was stabbed to death in a residential street was left lying terrified and bleeding heavily, a witness has said. The neighbour heard the man screaming and found him in Heather Way in Selsdon, south Croydon, south London, at about ...
  Fourth teenager is knifed to death in London in less than a fortnightMirror.co.ukall 10 news articles »
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn stuns viewers by admitting he doesn't know who Ant & Dec are

  17-08-2016 12:43 via standard.co.uk
  
  Jeremy Corbyn failed to identify Ant and Dec today — even though the Geordie stars are Labour backers.
  
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• London dines out in Brexit bonanza as tourists flock to pubs and restaurants - Evening Standard

  17-08-2016 12:37
  
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  London dines out in Brexit bonanza as tourists flock to pubs and restaurants
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  London's remarkable post-Brexit summer boom is rapidly gathering pace, with residents and tourists flocking to pubs and restaurants after the referendum, new figures reveal. Takings were up in July — a robust 2.9 per cent increase on last year in ...and more »
  
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• London commuters being ripped off by 'stealth tax' on fares, watchdogs say

  17-08-2016 12:33 via standard.co.uk
  
  Rail passengers are being fleeced out of hundreds of pounds a year by a Government "stealth tax" on fares, watchdogs revealed today.
  
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• Anjem Choudary case shows law could improve, says government terrorism expert

  17-08-2016 12:24 via standard.co.uk
  
  The conviction of Anjem Choudary for inviting support for Islamic State shows there is "room for improvement" in the UK's anti-terror laws, the Government's independent reviewer of terrorism legislation said today.
  
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• London dines out in Brexit bonanza as tourists flock to pubs and restaurants

  17-08-2016 12:23 via standard.co.uk
  
  London's remarkable post-Brexit summer boom is rapidly gathering pace, with residents and tourists flocking to pubs and restaurants after the referendum, new figures reveal.
  
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• Michael Gove spotted sporting new beard on jog near London home

  17-08-2016 12:17 via standard.co.uk
  
  Michael Gove sports a crop of facial hair as he goes for a run near his London home.
  
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• Minicab firms Addison Lee and Uber at war over Mayor's private hire rules

  17-08-2016 12:16 via standard.co.uk
  
  The biggest minicab firm in Europe has written to Sadiq Khan attacking Uber's bid to water down tough new private hire rules.
  
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• Sadiq Khan's deputy mayor for environment: London's toxic air is my priority

  17-08-2016 12:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  Sadiq Khan's new deputy mayor for the environment today vowed to put cleaning London's toxic air at the top of her list of priorities.
  
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• Drummer sues snowboarding star Shaun White for 'sexual harassment'

  17-08-2016 12:08 via standard.co.uk
  
  American snowboarding star Shaun White is being sued over claims of sexual harassment.
  
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• Football fans miss one-and-a-half games a season by leaving matches early

  17-08-2016 11:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  London's top flight football fans are missing the equivalent of one-and-a-half home games a season by leaving early to beat crowds, new research claimed today.
  
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• 82,000 ordered to flee homes as wildfires rampage through California

  17-08-2016 11:54 via standard.co.uk
  
  More than 82,000 people have been ordered to flee their homes in southern California as rapidly spreading wildfire sparked 80ft-high flames.
  
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• Meningitis warning to students after rise in deadly strain

  17-08-2016 11:51 via standard.co.uk
  
  Health officials have warned school leavers to ensure they are vaccinated against meningitis following a steep rise in the number of cases of a deadly strain of the disease.
  
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• Family 'petrified' after finding huge venomous tarantula at west London home

  17-08-2016 11:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  A seven inch tarantula which "petrified" a family at their London home had to be captured and removed by the RSPCA.
  
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