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• Police cordon off London Victoria station after man stabbed and slashed 'with broken bottle'

  22-08-2016 23:11 via standard.co.uk
  
  A man is in hospital after being stabbed and slashed outside London Victoria rail station.
  
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• Wealthy businessman vows to pay fines of women fined for wearing burkinis on French beaches

  22-08-2016 23:03 via standard.co.uk
  
  A wealthy French businessman has vowed to pay the fines of women who defy a ban on wearing burkinis on a French beach.
  
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• Student Jady Duarte pictured 'in bed' with Usain Bolt 'is widow of brutal Rio drug lord'

  22-08-2016 22:05 via standard.co.uk
  
  A 20-year-old student who shared pictures appearing to show her in bed with Usain Bolt is the widow of a notorious drug lord known as Diná Terror, it is claimed.
  
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• Nick Grimshaw flips car while 'swerving to avoid a cat' in Stoke Newington

  22-08-2016 22:04 via standard.co.uk
  
  Radio One DJ Nick Grimshaw has apparently flipped his car onto its side while swerving to avoid a cat.
  
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• Selsdon murder: Fourth man charged after teen Andre Aderemi stabbed to death

  22-08-2016 21:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  A fourth man has been accused of murdering a 19-year-old who was stabbed to death on a housing estate in south London.
  
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• British schoolboy dies in grenade attack in Sweden

  22-08-2016 20:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  A British schoolboy has been killed after a grenade was thrown through the window of a flat in Sweden.
  
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• King penguin promoted to Brigadier in ceremony at Edinburgh Zoo

  22-08-2016 20:40 via standard.co.uk
  
  This is the highly decorated king penguin who was today given a promotion in a special ceremony at Edinburgh Zoo.
  
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• Resident finds live grenade while gardening in south London

  22-08-2016 20:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  Police were called after a frightened resident discovered a live grenade while digging up flowerbeds in their south London garden.
  
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• Ex-French president Nicolas Sarkozy to run for office again after 2012 defeat

  22-08-2016 19:59 via standard.co.uk
  
  Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy will run once again for his country's top job in next year's elections.
  
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• Donald Trump 'possesses stronger psychopathic tendencies than Adolf Hitler'

  22-08-2016 19:03 via standard.co.uk
  
  US presidential candidate Donald Trump possesses stronger psychopathic tendencies than Adolf Hitler, academics from the University of Oxford have suggested.
  
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• Brussels attack: Woman shot by police after knife rampage on bus

  22-08-2016 19:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  A woman has stabbed and wounded three people in front of terrified passengers on board a bus in Brussels, Belgian prosecutors say.
  
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• Briton 'killed in blast while defusing Isis bomb in Iraq'

  22-08-2016 18:21 via standard.co.uk
  
  A British national has died in Iraq while apparently trying to defuse a bomb planted by Islamic State.
  
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• Man injured during 'attempted robbery' in Brixton

  22-08-2016 18:12 via standard.co.uk
  
  A man has been rushed to hospital after he sustained a head injury during a suspected robbery.
  
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• Harambe: Please stop making fun of us, asks Cincinnati Zoo where gorilla was shot dead

  22-08-2016 17:59 via standard.co.uk
  
  A US zoo which shocked the world when it shot dead gorilla Harambe has asked people to stop making memes and jokes about the tragedy because staff cannot move on.
  
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• Retired headteacher 'had sex with teen he met at Christian youth group'

  22-08-2016 16:56 via standard.co.uk
  
  A retired headmaster is in the dock over allegations he had sex with a 14-year-old boy he met through a Christian youth group about 40 years ago.
  
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• 'Nun's rosary beads stolen in knifepoint robbery'

  22-08-2016 16:53 via standard.co.uk
  
  A nun was robbed at knifepoint by a mugger who stole her rosary beads, police say.
  
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• London weather: Capital set to bask in heatwave as temperatures soar

  22-08-2016 16:31 via standard.co.uk
  
  Londoners are set for a week of glorious sunshine as a heatwave sweeps across the capital.
  
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• EU Parliament sparks backlash with medal tally tweet knocking Team GB off podium

  22-08-2016 16:31 via standard.co.uk
  
  The EU Parliament has sparked a backlash with a medal tally graphic which knocked Team GB off the podium.
  
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• First weekend of Night Tube has 100k users

  22-08-2016 16:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  More than 100,000 journeys were completed by people using the Night Tube during its first weekend of operation, Transport for London says.
  
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• William and Kate will visit rainforest and island cluster on Canada trip

  22-08-2016 16:07 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's tour of Canada will take them to the Great Bear Rainforest and the remote archipelago of Haida Gwaii, Kensington Palace has announced.
  
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• 'Muslim bully, 35, launched violent attack on 16-year-old boy for cuddling his girlfriend in east London street'

  22-08-2016 16:04 via standard.co.uk
  
  A Muslim "bully" attacked a 16-year-old schoolboy and branded his girlfriend a whore after spotting them cuddling in the street, a court heard today.
  
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• Ex-priest Laurence Soper in court on child sex abuse charges

  22-08-2016 16:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A former Roman Catholic priest accused of historical sex offences against five victims appears in court after being returned to the UK from Kosovo.
  
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• Labour leadership: Ballot papers for contest being sent out

  22-08-2016 15:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The two candidates to become Labour leader urge members to back them as ballot papers begin to be sent to nearly 650,000 people.
  
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• Terror as 'police officer's gun goes off inside cabin in front of passengers' on Ibiza flight

  22-08-2016 15:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  Holiday-makers were left shocked after a police officer's gun was reportedly accidentally fired on board.
  
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• Police hunt man after girl, 14, subjected to sex attack on Tube

  22-08-2016 15:26 via standard.co.uk
  
  Police are hunting a man after a 14-year-old girl was sexually assaulted in a crowded carriage on the Tube.
  
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• 'Don't call your ex': Night Tube 'rules' appear on Underground to remind late night revellers how to behave

  22-08-2016 15:14 via standard.co.uk
  
  Comedy stickers reminding people how to behave on the new Night Tube services have mysteriously appeared in train carriages.
  
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• Drones seized over HMP Pentonville carrying drugs and phones

  22-08-2016 15:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Drones carrying larges amounts of drugs and mobile phones are intercepted by police as they were being flown near a north London jail.
  
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• Counter-terror police arrest girl, 16, and woman, 20, arrested for trying to go to Syria

  22-08-2016 15:02 via standard.co.uk
  
  A woman and a teenage girl have been arrested on suspicion of trying to travel to Syria to join a banned organisation.
  
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• Ex-DJ Chris Denning admits child sex offences

  22-08-2016 14:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former BBC Radio 1 DJ Chris Denning pleads guilty to 21 child sex offences between 1969 and 1986, following a police inquiry into a popular teenage disco which ran for four decades in Surrey.
  
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• London 'one of the most unethical tourist destinations in the world'

  22-08-2016 14:40 via standard.co.uk
  
  Exploitation of hotel staff is 'shameful' in the capital, union claims
  
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• Ofcom rejects complaints over Muslim journalist reporting on Nice attack

  22-08-2016 14:28 via standard.co.uk
  
  Broadcast regulator Ofcom has rejected complaints that it was inappropriate for Channel 4 to allow a Muslim journalist wearing a hijab to report on the Nice attack.
  
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• Police hunt 'Justin Bieber look-a-like' after violent mugging close to V Festival site

  22-08-2016 14:09 via standard.co.uk
  
  Police are hunting a man with an uncanny resemblance to Justin Bieber after a mugging
  
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• Pioneering TV weatherman Trevor Baker dies aged 94

  22-08-2016 14:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Pioneering TV weatherman Trevor Baker has died at the age of 94, ITV announces.
  
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• Poster for Islington shop job leaves bystanders baffled with ambiguous phrasing

  22-08-2016 13:41 via standard.co.uk
  
  A job advert in a north London shop window left passers-by baffled by its ambiguous phrasing
  
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• Student Jady Duarte 'dying of shame' after posting pictures of herself 'in bed' with Usain Bolt in Rio

  22-08-2016 13:26 via standard.co.uk
  
  A student who shared pictures of herself apparently in bed with bare-chested Usain Bolt has said she is "dying of shame".
  
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• Double parked: One car ends up on roof of another in mishap

  22-08-2016 13:17 via standard.co.uk
  
  Bad parking was taken to a new level at the weekend when this Volkswagon rolled onto the roof of another car.
  
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• Thousands sign petition to save Tom Daley diving centre from axe

  22-08-2016 13:10 via standard.co.uk
  
  Cost-cutting plans to scrap a diving centre in Barnet will dash the dreams of a generation of young Londoners hoping to follow in the trail of their Team GB heroes, campaigners said today.
  
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• Sporting dreams of young Londoners at risk as council prepares to bulldoze Tom Daley Diving Academy

  22-08-2016 13:10 via standard.co.uk
  
  Cost-cutting plans to scrap a diving centre in Barnet will dash the dreams of a generation of young Londoners hoping to follow in the trail of their Team GB heroes, campaigners said today.
  
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• Ex-Radio 1 DJ Chris Denning admits appalling catalogue of sex crimes

  22-08-2016 12:49 via standard.co.uk
  
  One of the founding DJs of Radio 1 has admitted another appalling catalogue of sex crimes against young boys stretching across his showbiz career.
  
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• British tourist dies after 10-year-old girl rescued off Spanish coast

  22-08-2016 12:40 via standard.co.uk
  
  A British man died after seeing his 10-year-old daughter being rescued when they got into difficulties while swimming off a Spanish beach.
  
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• Sadiq Khan tells Corbyn supporters to be 'civilised' after being booed at rally

  22-08-2016 12:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  Sadiq Khan urged Jeremy Corbyn's supporters to conduct a "civilised" campaign today after he faced a backlash for encouraging them to ditch their Labour leader.
  
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• AFC Wimbledon: Sadiq Khan returns Plough Lane stadium decision to Merton Council

  22-08-2016 12:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  AFC Wimbledon move closer to a new home in Merton as the Mayor of London hands the decision back to the local council.
  
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• Londoner's Diary: Fedoras off to George Galloway and his vintage shop

  22-08-2016 12:25 via standard.co.uk
  
  THERE'S been a surprising retail boom post-Brexit, with many brands reporting high sales. So no wonder the ever opportunistic George Galloway, who suddenly has even more time on his hands, is riding the wave of commercial promise and making a bid to become the next Sir Philip Green.
  
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• Team GB heroes pledge to inspire a new generation after Rio 2016 gold rush

  22-08-2016 12:21 via standard.co.uk
  
  Team GB's victorious athletes today vowed to inspire a new generation of heroes with their record-breaking Olympic performance — and win even more medals in London next summer.
  
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• Theresa May 'will not block' bigger role for ex-Labour minister at BBC

  22-08-2016 12:11 via standard.co.uk
  
  Downing Street sources today indicated Theresa May would not attempt to block former Labour Cabinet minister James Purnell being appointed the BBC's next director of radio.
  
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• Jean-Claude Juncker deepens rift with EU leaders after border comments

  22-08-2016 12:07 via standard.co.uk
  
  Jean-Claude Juncker today claimed secure borders were "the worst invention ever" in remarks that deepened the divide between the Brussels chief and other European leaders.
  
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• Jason and Irha Atherton on cooking for the Camerons and keeping their cool in the kitchen

  22-08-2016 12:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  With a new restaurant in the Philippines, Jason and Irha Atherton's empire has gone global. Here, they tell Rosamund Urwin about balancing their work and home lives
  
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• Man in India who swallowed 40 knives has them surgically removed from stomach

  22-08-2016 12:02 via standard.co.uk
  
  A man in India had to have 40 knives surgically removed from his stomach after he became "addicted" to the taste of metal.
  
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• Tate boss Sir Nicholas Serota would be welcomed as Arts Council chief

  22-08-2016 11:53 via standard.co.uk
  
  Tate boss Sir Nicholas Serota would be "warmly welcomed" if he became head of Arts Council England because the Government would listen to him, according to sources.
  
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• Night Tube: Service a 'great success' after opening weekend attracts more than 100,000 passengers

  22-08-2016 11:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  The opening weekend of the Night Tube was today hailed as a "great success" after more than 100,000 passengers used the service in its first 48 hours.
  
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