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• Tottenham Marshes fire: Firefighters battle blaze the size of three football pitches on north London scrubland

  30-08-2016 23:28 via standard.co.uk
  
  Fire crews battled a huge blaze on grassland in north London.
  
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• Harlow murder: Polish man killed 'by mob in hate attack' named locally as Arek Jozwik

  30-08-2016 22:53 via standard.co.uk
  
  A Polish man killed in a suspected "hate crime" attack in Essex has been named locally as Arkadiusz Jozwik.
  
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• Walworth murder: Teenager arrested over death of Reginald Ofei-Berko, 25, found unconscious in street after brawl

  30-08-2016 22:32 via standard.co.uk
  
  A teenager has been arrested over the murder of a 25-year-old man found unconcious in a busy street after being involved in a brawl.
  
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• Leyton fire: Car bursts into flames after crash in north-east London

  30-08-2016 22:10 via standard.co.uk
  
  A car has burst into flames in north-east London.
  
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• Leyton fire: Car bursts in to flames after crash in north-east London

  30-08-2016 22:10 via standard.co.uk
  
  A car has burst in to flames in north-east London.
  
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• Charlie Webster returns home for treatment after Rio Olympics malaria 'hell'

  30-08-2016 21:40 via standard.co.uk
  
  TV presenter Charlie Webster who contracted malaria in Brazil during the Olympics has arrived back in the UK after going through "hell".
  
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• Frustrated commuters complain of 'overcrowding on narrow platforms' at refurbished London Bridge station

  30-08-2016 21:26 via standard.co.uk
  
  Frustrated commuters have slammed the new layout of London Bridge station claiming platforms are "narrower than ever before".
  
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• Turnpike Lane shooting: Teenager fighting for life after being shot in the head

  30-08-2016 20:04 via standard.co.uk
  
  A teenager is fighting for life in hospital after he was shot in the head near a busy north London junction this afternoon.
  
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• Southern Railway confirms return of over 100 services cut in emergency timetable

  30-08-2016 20:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Southern Railway will reinstate more than 100 daily train services which were cut to make its timetable more "resilient".
  
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• Jailed: Dangerous sex attacker who dragged woman in to garden during attempted rape

  30-08-2016 19:24 via standard.co.uk
  
  A "dangerous" sex attacker who assaulted a woman against a parked van before dragging her into a garden and trying to rape her in north London has been jailed.
  
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• Ealing Met Police officer jailed after having sex with child rape victim he met on Tinder

  30-08-2016 19:19 via standard.co.uk
  
  A Met Police officer has been jailed for four years after having sex with a child rape victim he met on dating app Tinder.
  
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• Metropolitan Police Federation calls for review into Notting Hill Carnival

  30-08-2016 19:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chair of the Metropolitan Police Federation and the director of the Notting Hill Carnival Trust discuss possible solutions to security concerns.
  
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• MPs 'receive identical death threats and picture of beheaded person' over email

  30-08-2016 18:49 via standard.co.uk
  
  MPs have received identical death threats showing a picture of a beheaded person, it has been revealed.
  
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• Bexleyheath mother blasted with paintball gun by 'smiling' man as she drives car on A2 in Kent

  30-08-2016 18:47 via standard.co.uk
  
  A mother-of-one claims she was blasted with a paintball gun by a "smiling" youth this morning as she drove to work along a busy road.
  
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• Conjoined twins: 'To see how far they've come is amazing'

  30-08-2016 18:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The mother of twins who were born conjoined and given just a 20% chance of survival says it's 'amazing' how far her daughters have come.
  
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• French court overturns burkini ban in Cannes

  30-08-2016 18:27 via standard.co.uk
  
  A French court has overturned a ban on burkinis in glamorous Cannes.
  
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• Fabric nightclub is 'a safe haven for drug use and there could be more deaths' police warn

  30-08-2016 17:31 via standard.co.uk
  
  Fabric nightclub has become a "safe haven" for illegal drug use and warned there will be more tragedies without major changes, according to a damning police report.
  
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• Oliver Dearlove death: Banker died of a suspected brain haemorrhage after single punch attack

  30-08-2016 17:11 via standard.co.uk
  
  A banker died of a suspected brain haemorrhage after he was punched by a thug as his friends chatted to a group of women following a night out.
  
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• Parliament will have 'a say' on Brexit launch but MPs may not be given a vote

  30-08-2016 17:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Parliament will be given "a say" on the process leading up to the Brexit, Downing Street has confirmed.
  
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• Bromley: Police chase involving cars and helicopter ends in crash

  30-08-2016 16:34 via standard.co.uk
  
  A police chase involving cars and a helicopter ended in a dramatic smash in south-east London this morning.
  
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• BBC's Jeremy Vine receives tirade of foul-mouthed abuse in road rage row while cycling in west London

  30-08-2016 16:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  Broadcaster Jeremy Vine has released shocking footage of a road rage clash with an angry motorist on the streets of Kensington.
  
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• Jailed: Drunk driver who fell asleep in traffic with a gun in his lap

  30-08-2016 15:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  A dad-of-two who fell asleep in London traffic with a loaded gun on his lap after getting drunk has been jailed.
  
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• Matilda actress Mara Wilson leads ridicule of blog on 'how to talk to women wearing headphones'

  30-08-2016 14:12 via standard.co.uk
  
  Matilda actress Mara Wilson today led ridicule of a blog entitled "how to talk to a woman who is wearing headphones".
  
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• Adam Chicksen: Charlton sign former Brighton defender

  30-08-2016 13:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  League One side Charlton Athletic sign former MK Dons and Brighton left-back Adam Chicksen on a one-year deal.
  
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• Apple hit with £11bn tax bill after EU ruling

  30-08-2016 13:45 via standard.co.uk
  
  Apple was hit with a record-breaking £11 billion back tax bill today after Brussels ruled that the iPhone maker had entered an illegal "sweetheart deal" with the Irish government.
  
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• Katla volcano in Iceland rocked by earthquakes

  30-08-2016 13:36 via standard.co.uk
  
  A volcanic eruption in Iceland could be imminent after two earthquakes struck in rapid succession.
  
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• Londoner's Diary: Jezza finally gets with the EU's digital program

  30-08-2016 13:33 via standard.co.uk
  
  Jeremy Corbyn this morning made a big announcement at Newspeak House in Shoreditch: his digital democracy manifesto. But hang on, doesn't some of it sound rather familiar? Indeed, any Brussels-watchers will have been ticking off the boxes. First up was the Labour leader's promise on high-speed broadband. "We will deliver high-speed broadband and mobile connectivity," Corbyn's team announced, "for every household, company and organisation in Britain from inner-city neighbourhoods to the remotest
  
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• Saima Ahmed death: Five officers face misconduct probe

  30-08-2016 13:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Five Metropolitan Police officers face a misconduct investigation over the case of woman found dead near an Edinburgh golf course.
  
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• TfL launches 'Baby on Board-style' badges for disabled passengers

  30-08-2016 13:25 via standard.co.uk
  
  Londoners with disabilities or hidden ailments are to be offered badges urging other passengers on London's transport network to give up their seat.
  
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• Pokémon Go players warned not to enter Shard construction site after dozens of trespass incidents

  30-08-2016 13:02 via standard.co.uk
  
  The building giant behind The Shard has put up notices on construction sites warning Pokémon Go players not to enter in their obsessive pursuit of digital "virtual creatures".
  
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• Benjamin Clementine, interview: There are things that need to be said – I think it's my obligation to say them

  30-08-2016 13:01 via standard.co.uk
  
  He's just returned from a sell-out tour of America but Benjamin Clementine is still a maverick at heart. Here, he talks maths and music with Phoebe Luckhurst
  
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• Ruler of Dubai forces top officials to 'retire' after finding empty office on surprise spot check

  30-08-2016 13:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Several top government officials have been ordered to retire after the ruler of Dubai made a surprise spot-check of their offices but found no-one at work.
  
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• Harlow: Six teenagers arrested after Polish man killed 'by mob in hate crime'

  30-08-2016 13:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Six teenage boys have been arrested after a Polish man was killed in a suspected "hate crime" in Essex.
  
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• Harlow: Five teenagers arrested after Polish man killed 'by mob in hate crime'

  30-08-2016 13:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Five teenage boys have been arrested after a Polish man was killed in a suspected "hate crime" in Essex.
  
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• Harlow: Five teenagers arrested after Polish man 'beaten to death in hate crime'

  30-08-2016 13:00 via standard.co.uk
  
  Five teenage boys have been arrested after a Polish man was beaten to death in a suspected "hate crime" in Essex.
  
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• US accused of offering crumbs as doubts grow over EU trade pact

  30-08-2016 12:48 via standard.co.uk
  
  The proposed trade deal between the EU and United States has been cast into further doubt after the French trade minister called for an end to talks.
  
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• Top Tory to hand back CBE in protest at Cameron's cronies honours list

  30-08-2016 12:30 via standard.co.uk
  
  A senior Conservative is handing back his CBE in disgust at David Cameron's "Dishonour List" of gongs for cronies and donors, the Standard can reveal.
  
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• Southern strikes: Train drivers' strike ballot called off as hopes rise for end to rail dispute

  30-08-2016 12:23 via standard.co.uk
  
  Hopes of an end to the long-running Southern rail dispute affecting hundreds of thousands of commuters were raised today as passengers returned to work after the bank holiday.
  
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• 'Hold Notting Hill carnival in a park': fresh calls for event to move after horrific stabbing of teenager

  30-08-2016 12:22 via standard.co.uk
  
  Organisers are facing fresh calls to relocate the Notting Hill carnival to a London park after 16 people were stabbed at this year's event, including one teenager who was left with horrific stomach wounds.
  
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• Britain and France 'will stay united after call to end Calais border deal'

  30-08-2016 12:20 via standard.co.uk
  
  Home Secretary Amber Rudd arrived in Paris today with a warning that any attempt by France to scrap border checks at Calais could backfire.
  
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• David Cameron gave 'shameful' pay rises of up to 24% to aides

  30-08-2016 12:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  David Cameron faced a new storm after it was revealed he gave aides massive pay rises of up to 24 per cent while preaching austerity to the nation.
  
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• Boundary review 'will force MPs to fight for seats' in bitter selection battles

  30-08-2016 12:04 via standard.co.uk
  
  Most of London's 73 MPs are facing bitter selection battles because of a carve-up of constituency boundaries, new analysis reveals.
  
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• London siblings are 'youngest brothers to reach Everest base camp'

  30-08-2016 11:58 via standard.co.uk
  
  Three London siblings are believed to be the youngest brothers to reach Mount Everest's base camp.
  
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• Italian town hit by earthquake holds mass funeral for over 200 victims

  30-08-2016 11:46 via standard.co.uk
  
  The Italian town at the centre of last week's devastating earthquake was today preparing to lay to rest more than 200 victims as the families of three Britons killed in the disaster mourn their loved ones.
  
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• Lily Allen 'absolutely fine' after Notting Hill Carnival collapse

  30-08-2016 11:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lily Allen reassures fans after she is seen collapsed at Notting Hill Carnival in west London.
  
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• How a two-metre-high electric fence will help elephants and humans to live in harmony

  30-08-2016 11:29 via standard.co.uk
  
  Four months after the Giants Club summit, our conservationists are starting to deliver the innovative projects that aim to save Africa's threatened herds
  
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• Patrick Bamford: Burnley sign Chelsea striker on loan

  30-08-2016 11:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Burnley sign Chelsea's England Under-21 striker Patrick Bamford on a season-long loan.
  
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• London 'most prosperous UK city' but others closing the gap, report finds

  30-08-2016 11:20 via standard.co.uk
  
  The capital may be the powerhouse of the UK economy but other cities are closing the gap, a new report shows.
  
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• Web entrepreneur Kim Dotcom wins YouTube extradition battle

  30-08-2016 11:14 via standard.co.uk
  
  Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom has been allowed by a judge to stream on YouTube his appeal against extradition from New Zealand to the United States.
  
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• London weather: 27C heat to make the capital hotter than Barcelona

  30-08-2016 11:13 via standard.co.uk
  
  Londoners were continuing to enjoy a mini heatwave today with the capital set to be hotter than Barcelona.
  
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