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Woolwich police investigate meat cleaver attack - video
Police cordon off the scene of the murder of a British soldier in Woolwich, south-east London, on Wednesday evening. Two men have been arrested following the attack in which witnesses say a meat cleaver was used to hack at the victim. Following the incident dozens of English Defence League protesters gather near the scene on Wednesday ...
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Woolwich terror attack Day 2 of news and reaction after soldiers murder
WARNING: Pictures and video below may contain graphic content Member of armed forces killed in suspected terror attack in Woolwich Two suspects shot by police are in hospital under armed guard Another meeting of government Cobra emergency response committee to be held Security increased at barracks across London Email your photos of the scene to newsroom@london.newsquest.co.uk Did you see what ...
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EMD cinema appeal rejected
Waltham Forest Cinema Trust members Bill Hodgson (left) and Neil Gerrard A church's appeal to turn the former EMD cinema into a centre of worship has failed. The government today rejected the United Church for the Kingdom of God's (UCKG) bid to turn the site in Hoe Street, Walthamstow, into a church-cinema hybrid, five months after a public inquiry into the issue. The ...
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Four cars involved in M25 pile-up at Leatherhead
, Reporter Four cars were involved in a pile-up on the M25 last night. Firefighters were called to the traffic accident between junction 9, to Leatherhead, and junction 8, to Reigate, at 11pm. A Leatherhead fire station spokesman said he believed no one was seriously injured or trapped in the cars. He said: "Firefighters just made the scene ...
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Catalogue of errors contributed to patients death in hospital
Jason Washington died aged 43 at St Helier Hospital A hospital has been severely criticised after a catalogue of errors in its care contributed to a patient's death. Jason Washington, 43, from Carshalton, died after lying undiscovered in a coma for at least 20 minutes outside a toilet entrance in the ward where he had been admitted at St Helier Hospital. He had been ...
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Kingston Muslims condemn Woolwich machete attack
The scene in Woolwich yesterday afternoon The Kingston Muslim Association (KMA) has condemned yesterday's brutal machete attack that left a British soldier dead in Woolwich, south east London. The KMA has issued a statement this morning branding the killing a "sensless act" that "runs contrary to the fundamental teachings of Islam". The attack happened at ...
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Lee stabbing victim released from hospital
By Mark Chandler A 35-YEAR-OLD man stabbed in Lee has been released from hospital, police say. Officers were called to Manor Lane at 10.13am on May 20 to reports of a man with stab injuries. The victim is believed to have called an ambulance from a nearby hairdressers Hair Deco, in Manor Lane. Shopkeepers rushed to the victim's aid to treat his wounds while waiting for ...
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MP for Hendon criticises Woolwich terrorist attacks
, Reporter The MP for Hendon Matthew Offord has condemned yesterday's suspected terrorist attack in Woolwich and said he would be working to reassure people in his constituency. He said: "The people who live in Hendon are concerned about the impact this terrorist attack will have on the local area. "I will be spending the next few days with the Muslim and Jewish ...
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Leyton girls 8 and 10 to have art displayed at Olympic Park
Suzanne Wilson and Maariya Patel's winning drawing. Two girls from a Leyton primary school will have artwork showcased to an international audience of thousands after winning a UEFA initiative. Suzanne Wilson, 8, and Maariya Patel, 10, submitted the work as part of a program called Shine on Saturdays, which is a charity based in the school where 60 children attend each Saturday for ...
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Mayor of London welcomes new British citizens
Chair of the London Assembly, Darren Johnson, Durriyah Akram and Mayor Boris Johnson The Mayor of London welcomed new citizens to the UK at a special ceremony. Durriyah Akram, originally from Pakistan and now lives in Harrow was welcomed by Mayor Boris Johnson Citizenship ceremony at City Hall in central London. He was one of 38 new citizens, representing all 32 London boroughs, ...
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MP urges government to tackle anti-social behaviour
By Jaber Mohamed The MP for Edmonton urged the government to do more to tackle anti-social behaviour after data showed there were almost 12,000 reports in Enfield last year. Andy Love made the request after figures from a freedom of information request revealed there were 11,930 incidents in 2012. This means that, on average, there were 38 incidents of anti-social behaviour for ...
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Central line service resumes with delays
By Daniel Binns Services on the Central line have resumed but with severe delays. The railway was part suspended earlier westbound between Leytonstone and Liverpool Street due to a faulty ...
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Campaigners accuse south London incinerator firm of blackmail
Campaigners will now lobby Boris Johnson to overturn Sutton Council's approval of the south London incinerator Campaigners have accused a company of blackmail to get planning permission for a controversial incinerator. Sutton Council last week gave planning permission for waste management company Viridor to build an Energy Recovery Facility (ERF) in Beddington Lane to incinerate the ...
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Woolwich attack interview with eyewitness Ingrid Loyau-Kennett
Ingrid Loyau-Kennett "I asked him what he was going to do next because the police were going to arrive soon. He said it was a war and if the police were coming, he was going to kill them. I asked him if that was a reasonable thing to do but it was clear that he really wanted to do that. He talked about war but he did not talk about dying and then he left to speak to someone ...
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All South African public servants may have to retrain
an article on South Africa's Business Day Live , public service minister Lindiwe Sisulu has said the country's 1.6 million public servants would all need training if the Public Administration Bill were to be passed. Directors-general would also have to sit a compulsory exam, the minister reportedly said earlier this week.The bill is part of a wider programme of reform which aims to cut ...
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David Cameron to chair Cobra meeting after Woolwich attack
The government's emergency response committee, Cobra, will reconvene on Thursday morning to discuss security measures after a man was butchered in broad daylight on the streets ...
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Video Woolwich attack - man with bloodied hands and knife addresses camera
Amateur footage has captured one of the suspected killers in the Woolwich attack directly addressing an onlooker, who was at the scene and had a camera. The video obtained by ITV News shows a man with bloody hands and a knife, saying: 'You will never be safe, remove your government. They don't care about ...
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Cross-dressing spy embarrassed UK newly released records claim
Lieutenant Colonel Dudley Clarke, a key figure in British intelligence in the Middle East in the Second World War, set alarm bells ringing in Whitehall when he was arrested in Madrid dressed as a woman. Files released by the National Archives show that Lt Col Clarke - who was supposed to maintain a low profile, travelling under cover as a war correspondent for The Times - had stopped off in ...
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Woolwich attacker was known to banned Islamist organisation
Anjem Choudary, the former leader of the group, Al Muhajiroun, confirmed that he had known the man who was seen on video in the immediate aftermath of yesterday's horrific killing waving a cleaver with bloodied hands and making political statements.Mr Choudary said Mujahid, who he said had converted to Islam in 2003 and was a British-born Nigerian, had stopped attending meetings of Al ...
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The cost of unlocking economic potential from core reference data
open data white paper. The stand-out is a proposal that government should work to identify a collection of national core reference data for priority release.Core reference data is commonly understood to mean authoritative "backbone" datasets that are necessary to make effective use of other data produced by the public sector. Popular examples include national address data and details ...
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Jeremy Hunt under fire over GP reforms Politics live blog
bbcr4today Whereas Jeremy Hunt was sounding rather contrite, I thought. Realising the strength of feeling by GPs at last?- Sarah Matthews ...
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New mayor of Barnet takes office
Councillor Melvin Cohen The new Mayor of Barnet has been sworn in at a ceremony in Hendon Town Hall. Councillor Melvin Cohen began his second term as Mayor of Barnet on Tuesday night after being officially sworn in at Barnet Borough Council's Annual General Meeting. Cllr Cohen, who has represented Golders Green ward since 1982, is only the second councillor to take the role ...
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Student to showcase photo exhibition in memory of grandmother
A photography student who created a fashion shoot as a tribute to her late grandmother will have her work exhibited in central London. Emma Barrow, 22, of Hendon has been chosen to exhibit her work at the Old Truman Brewery in Brick Lane from June 7-10. Emma, who studies at Middlesex University, took her pictures in Plymouth where she is originally from. She said: "I have a ...
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Mothers make plans for autistic free school
Two mothers have joined forces to open a free school for autistic children. Mother-of-three Sophy Lamond, 38, from Weybridge, and Camilla Buxton, 39, mother-of-two from Walton, are putting together an application for Temple's Free School. The pair, who both have children with autism, hope one day their children and others will be able to sit GCSE and A-level exams at a school ...
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Squatters removed from council owned buildings
By Jaber Mohamed Squatters who occupied two buildings owned by Haringey Borough Council have been removed so the site can be used for a recycling centre. In March, the Crouch End Active Community, a group of 30 homeless people, took over two properties in Cranford Way Industrial Estate, in Cranford Way, which have been empty since 2011. The group had asked the council for ...
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London bike sharing a success
London in July of 2010 became one of over 44 cities in the world to introduce an aspect of communal consumerism into its public transport system with the implementation of a bike-sharing network and just ten weeks later had recorded over 1 million trips taken, proving the initiative to be feasible and sustainable.
Bike-sharing has been around since as early as the 1960s when the first community bike-sharing scheme was introduced in the Netherlands, but it lacked formal sharing systems and was overly-reliant on the good nature of the public, leading to mass theft, which ultimately destroyed the system. Read more
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