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• Developers fined £93k for destroying 'historic fabric' of listed building

  26-08-2016 22:55 via standard.co.uk
  
  A property-owning couple and an engineer have been ordered to pay more than £93,000 after destroying the "historic fabric" of a Grade II listed building.
  
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• Gang stole £100,000 of fire-fighting equipment from across London

  26-08-2016 22:49 via standard.co.uk
  
  Three men have been convicted for their role in the theft of fire-fighting equipment worth more than £100,000 from fire stations across London and the south-east.
  
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• Stay indoors, hotel guests told as bomb squad swoop in after terror arrests

  26-08-2016 22:06 via standard.co.uk
  
  Staff and guests at a central Birmingham hotel were told to shelter indoors after an army bomb disposal team was called in following terror arrests in the area.
  
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• Jailed: Jilted lover who falsely accused her ex of rape, stabbings and acid attacks

  26-08-2016 21:29 via standard.co.uk
  
  A jilted lover who falsely accused her ex-boyfriend of a catalogue of serious crimes while harrassing his new partners has been locked up for five years.
  
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• North Middlesex Hospital hires more doctors since A&E closure threat

  26-08-2016 20:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A hospital threatened with the closure of its A&E unit amid safety fears has hired more doctors since a damning inspection, it says.
  
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• Army bomb squad called as police make string of terror arrests

  26-08-2016 19:53 via standard.co.uk
  
  Police have arrested five men in the West Midlands on suspicion of terrorism offences.
  
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• Notting Hill Carnival bus driver strike called off

  26-08-2016 19:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A planned bus drivers' strike which had threatened to disrupt Notting Hill Carnival is called off.
  
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• London boy, 14, killed in Italy quake

  26-08-2016 19:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Three Britons killed in the earthquake in Italy are named as Marcos Burnett, 14, and couple Will and Maria Henniker-Gotley, all from London.
  
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• Jailed: Teen who knifed man to death in east London park in broad daylight

  26-08-2016 19:38 via standard.co.uk
  
  This is the moment a teenage killer fled the scene after stabbing a man to death in broad daylight in an east London park.
  
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• Woman suffers broken ankle in 'race hate attack' after night out in West End

  26-08-2016 19:37 via standard.co.uk
  
  Police are hunting a man who knocked a woman to the ground causing her to break her ankle - after she stepped in when he racially abused her friend.
  
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• Tumble dryer warning issued after huge blaze in Shepherd's Bush tower block

  26-08-2016 19:27 via standard.co.uk
  
  London Fire Brigade is urging people to stop using tumble dryers that have been recalled by the manufacturer following a huge fire last week at a tower block in Shepherd's Bush.
  
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• Man dies after being found unresponsive on the pavement in the middle of the afternoon

  26-08-2016 18:44 via standard.co.uk
  
  A man has died in hospital after he was found lying on the pavement outside a block of flats in Southwark in the middle of the afternoon.
  
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• Notting Hill Carnival: Angry residents board up homes and demand festival is moved ahead of 'invasion'

  26-08-2016 18:43 via standard.co.uk
  
  Angry residents today demanded Notting Hill Carnival organisers move the festival elsewhere as they boarded up their homes ahead of the street party this weekend.
  
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• Notting Hill Carnival bus strike: Walk-out that was set to hit festival is called off

  26-08-2016 18:10 via standard.co.uk
  
  Industrial action by London bus workers that was planned for Bank Holiday Monday has been called off.
  
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• Three men charged with fraud after 'selling horsemeat disguised as beef'

  26-08-2016 17:25 via standard.co.uk
  
  Three men have been charged with fraud after they allegedly mixed horsemeat with beef before passing it off as beef.
  
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• Mia Ayliffe-Chung: British backpacker hurt fleeing Australia knife rampage 'devastated' by friend's death

  26-08-2016 17:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  A British backpacker today told of his devastation after being caught up in a knife rampage in Australia which ended in his friend being stabbed to death.
  
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• Police receive 100 calls in urgent appeal after child 'bundled into van and abducted' in Surrey

  26-08-2016 17:10 via standard.co.uk
  
  Surrey Police officers are sifting through up to 100 calls from members of the public in an appeal sparked by the suspected abduction of a child in Redhill.
  
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• Australian footballer Nic Naitanui left with 'hurt heart' after child's backfired 'blackface' tribute

  26-08-2016 16:55 via standard.co.uk
  
  Australian footballer Nic Naitanui today told how he was left with "hurt heart" after a mother "blacked up" her child in a backfired tribute to him.
  
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• Judge 'LOLs' as he sentences boastful criminal

  26-08-2016 16:31 via standard.co.uk
  
  A judge who was taunted on Facebook by a thug he spared from prison told him as he was finally jailed: "As they say, LOL."
  
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• Southall crash: Elderly woman dies after being hit by lorry in busy shopping street

  26-08-2016 15:55 via standard.co.uk
  
  An elderly woman died after she was hit by a lorry in a busy shopping street in west London today.
  
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• Burkini ban: France's top court suspends controversial move amid international outrage

  26-08-2016 15:28 via standard.co.uk
  
  France's top judges have suspended a ban on burkinis on French beaches which sparked worldwide outrage and criticism.
  
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• Retired head of Croydon school facing jail for sex with boy, 14

  26-08-2016 14:58 via standard.co.uk
  
  A retired headmaster of a Croydon school who was honoured for his work with children is facing jail for having sex with a 14-year-old boy from his Christian youth group.
  
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• First picture of London schoolboy Marcos Burnett, 14, killed in Italian earthquake

  26-08-2016 14:47 via standard.co.uk
  
  This is the first picture of a London schoolboy killed when a devastating earthquake hit central Italy.
  
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• Londoner's Diary:RGS members bemoan awfully small adventure

  26-08-2016 14:38 via standard.co.uk
  
  FELLOWS at the Royal Geographical Society waited with bated breath at the news that their beloved expeditions — an annual, society-funded adventure — would be returning after 20 years. The event was once the highlight of the society's calendar, and many were itching to get going. Would a ticket to the wilds of Peru be required? A boat to Antarctica? Alas, their hearts sank when Migrants on the Margins, a geopolitical project, was announced.
  
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• 'I thought I was going to die': Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson 'cheats death' in horror bike crash

  26-08-2016 14:15 via standard.co.uk
  
  Sir Richard Branson told today of how he feared he would die when he was involved in a horrific bicycle crash.
  
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• £20 million boost for train stations announced after Lea Bridge relaunched in north London

  26-08-2016 14:03 via standard.co.uk
  
  A £20 million boost to the UK's rail network was today announced after an earlier funding drive helped to relaunch a disused London station.
  
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• WhatsApp and Facebook data sharing: How to opt out of controversial change

  26-08-2016 13:54 via standard.co.uk
  
  WhatsApp users are urging others to opt out of new privacy rules which will see data shared with Facebook to help target advertising.
  
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• Tech pioneer raises £100,000 with 40 marathons on the trot

  26-08-2016 13:38 via standard.co.uk
  
  An internet pioneer has raised more than £100,000 for charity by completing a marathon a day in London over 40 consecutive days.
  
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• Cricklewood stabbing: Boy, 17, knifed in street brawl

  26-08-2016 12:57 via standard.co.uk
  
  A teenager is in hospital after being stabbed when a street fight broke out in north London.
  
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• Oscar Pistorius: Appeal against 'lenient' six year murder sentence rejected

  26-08-2016 12:48 via standard.co.uk
  
  A legal challenge to Oscar Pistorius' "lenient" six-year murder sentence was today rejected for having "no reasonable prospects of success".
  
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• Tom Watson 'trolls Jeremy Corbyn with tweet about traingate row'

  26-08-2016 12:46 via standard.co.uk
  
  Tom Watson today appeared to troll Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn with a tweet about his explosive 'Traingate' row with rail operator Virgin.
  
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• How teenager used the dark web to buy gun for Munich mass murder

  26-08-2016 12:34 via standard.co.uk
  
  The full story of how a mass murderer used the "dark net" to obtain a gun and plan his shooting spree is re-vealed today.
  
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• Nicolas Sarkozy calls for nationwide burkini ban in France

  26-08-2016 12:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  Ex-French president Nicolas Sarkozy has called for a nationwide burkini ban after launching his campaign to return to office.
  
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• Police urgently investigate 'child snatching' after 'boy bundled into black van' in Surrey

  26-08-2016 12:22 via standard.co.uk
  
  Police were today investigating reports that a young boy was snatched off the street and bundled into a van.
  
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• Proms musician reunited with 300-year-old violin after its found dumped in London street

  26-08-2016 12:21 via standard.co.uk
  
  An internationally acclaimed musician whose 300-year-old violin went missing from a train, just a week before she was due to play in the Proms, today told of her joy at being reunited with the instrument.
  
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• Brexit used to stall extradition on sex charges

  26-08-2016 12:16 via standard.co.uk
  
  Britain's decision to exit the European Union has been used to derail the extradition of an alleged sex offender from Ireland — prompting fears that dozens of suspected criminals could use Brexit to avoid trial.
  
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• Woolwich drug dealer reveals heroin stashed in bottom after 'soiling himself' in hospital queue

  26-08-2016 12:03 via standard.co.uk
  
  A teenager who tried to hide thousands of pounds worth of drugs inside his bottom was caught after he couldn't hold it in any longer.
  
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• Revealed: Isis sends new waves of jihadis to attack Europe

  26-08-2016 12:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Exclusive: Europol chief warns: fanatics using fake passports to sneak in from Syria
  
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• Hillary Clinton launches scathing attack on Nigel Farage after Trump rally appearance

  26-08-2016 11:59 via standard.co.uk
  
  Hillary Clinton has launched a scathing attack on Nigel Farage after the former UKIP leader spoke at a rally for her White House rival Donald Trump.
  
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• Labour split grows with row over 'purge' of Left-wingers

  26-08-2016 11:52 via standard.co.uk
  
  Labour's divisions deepened today as the party's most senior official clashed with shadow chancellor John McDonnell.
  
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• Italy braces against aftershocks after earthquake kills 267 including one London teen

  26-08-2016 11:51 via standard.co.uk
  
  Strong aftershocks have hit central Italy as the death toll from the devastating earthquake rose to 267 today, including a teenager from London.
  
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• Egyptian police 'using Grindr to hunt LGBT people'

  26-08-2016 11:49 via standard.co.uk
  
  Egyption police are using gay dating apps like Grindr to track down LGBT people, it has been alleged.
  
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• London hospitals could merge and units close over NHS funding crisis

  26-08-2016 11:40 via standard.co.uk
  
  Growing cash deficits in London's hospital trusts are revealed today amid pressure on health chiefs to merge hospitals and close smaller units around the capital.
  
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• Student 'slashed across face by ex-boyfriend as she left for International Women's Day event'

  26-08-2016 11:36 via standard.co.uk
  
  A student was slashed across the face by her ex-boyfriend who lay in wait as she left campus to go to an International Women's Day event, a court heard.
  
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• Night Tube: Jubilee line set to be third 24-hour Underground service

  26-08-2016 11:25 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Jubilee line is to become the third Night Tube service, Transport for London announced today.
  
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• Notting Hill Carnival: 'Super recognisers' backed up by face-scan cameras to spot criminals

  26-08-2016 11:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  A new facial recognition system to identify wanted offenders will be in operation at the Notting Hill Carnival this weekend to help catch criminals.
  
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• Camber Sands: London brothers who drowned 'would have done anything for each other'

  26-08-2016 10:58 via standard.co.uk
  
  The family of two brothers who drowned alongside three childhood friends in the Camber Sands beach tragedy today paid tribute to their "beautiful boys" who "would have done anything for each other".
  
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• Police officer apologises as motorway tailback selfie sparks anger

  26-08-2016 10:55 via standard.co.uk
  
  A police officer has apologised after being criticised after posting a selfie as motorists were stuck in 19-mile queues.
  
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• London City Island developer puts 200 more apartments up for sale in 'Mini-Manhattan'

  26-08-2016 10:33 via standard.co.uk
  
  Two hundred new apartments will go on sale next week in east London's so-called "Mini-Manhattan".
  
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• Kinks star Dave Davies slams 'soulless' Denmark Street redevelopment where Mumford & Sons and Dizzee Rascal recorded

  26-08-2016 10:27 via standard.co.uk
  
  Kinks star Dave Davies says London risks becoming "soulless" and "sterile" as he condemned the redevelopment of Denmark Street, once the centre of the country's music industry.
  
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