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Vigilante crime fighters help detain two men charged with burglary
By Chris Hewett A vigilante band of Jewish crime fighters helped police detain two men who are appearing in court today charged with burglary offences. Members of Shomrim London assisted officers in the early hours of Sunday when they detained the pair in Princes Park Avenue, in Golders Green. Marian Florin Datcu, 36, of Deansbrook Road, Edgware, and Silviu Utoiu, 36, of no fixed ...
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I said goodbye to a lot of good memories
Tony Walker celebrates with Totteham supporters The owner of a Tottenham icon said an "emotional" goodbye to his nightclub which closed because of the redevelopment of the Spurs stadium. Rudolph's Club shut its doors for the last time on Sunday after almost 40 years and will be turned into a car park for the new Tottenham Hotspur football stadium. Tony Walker, 62, ...
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Smallfield dance school pupils join Strictly stars on stage
News Fifty girls from Smallfield's Whiteside's School of Dance took to the stage at Dorking Halls recently to perform in An Evening with the Stars from the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing. The girls performed two medleys to a packed theatre and Strictly stars Pasha Kovalev and Katya Virshilas performed many different types of dance, along with Got to Dance semi-finalists, ...
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It’s not really about winning the money it’s about the recognition
Contestants of the Enfield Innovation Competition pitching their business idea Entrepreneurs from Enfield wait with bated breath after the final stage of a competition to find the best business idea. Business men and women pitched their plans to a judging panel yesterday evening as part of the 2013 Enfield Innovation Competition. The winning ideas will receive 10,000 worth of ...
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Sutton shopping centre buyers look at turning Times House into flats
Times Square The future of Times Square in Sutton town centre is up for discussion this week. A specially convened development control committee meeting will take place at Sutton Council on tomorrow night (May 22), to look at an application for part of the land. Times House, on Throwley Way, is part of the deal which is set to see the Times Square Shopping Centre sold. The ...
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Wrotham dementia sufferer launches successful support group
By Alan Woods BEING diagnosed with dementia was "like stepping off a cliff," according to one sufferer. With this week being Dementia Awareness Week, Tom Coppins, 61, who lives in Wrotham has explained how he joined forces with 56-year-old Brian Fuller to help others cope. Mr Coppins, who lives with his wife Pauline, was diagnosed four years ago and used his own ...
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UPDATE Stabbing at Orpington bowling alley was actually a slapping
By Robert Fisk A BIT like a game of Chinese whispers, a slapping at an Orpington bowling alley has been widely reported on social networking sites as a stabbing. Countless tweets have been posted on Twitter about an incident at the Palace Superbowl, Homefield Rise, which happened just before 9pm last night (May 20). Bromley police were called and arrested a 20-year-old woman on ...
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Bexley Council in row with Eltham MP over Greenwich parking zone plans
BEXLEY Council is locked in a row with a Labour MP over plans to regulate parking just inside the Greenwich border. Clive Efford has reacted angrily after the council objected to proposals for a Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) stretching from Avery Hill to Eltham Heights and around Crown Woods School. Discussions between Bexley and Greenwich have been rumbling on for three years over the ...
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Weekly local music gigs round-up
This five-piece jazz act have a varied repertoire of pieces ranging from old school to modern in style. The show, which is free, takes place at Ye Olde Rose and Crown pub in Hoe Street and starts around 9pm. Rock band Graham Larkbey and the Escape Committee headline the Redbridge Green Fair Live Music Club this Friday night (May 24). Support comes from the talented and ...
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Gold medal win secures Redhills Vocal Dimension a date in the USA
News Redhill-based women's barbershop chorus Vocal Dimension have added another award to their trophy cabinet - and secured a place in a USA final. The chorus won the gold medal in the small chorus category in the national competition of the Sweet Adelines International Convention for the UK and the Netherlands, held in the Sage Gateshead earlier this month. The win has secured ...
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Chingford growing co-op goes organic
, Reporter A growing co-operative in the borough are celebrating the harvest of their first fully certified organic produce. Organiclea announced yesterday that they are now recognised by The Soil Association as a certified organic grower at their Hawkwood Plant Nursery in Chingford. The cooperative also recently announced it is helping to save the Walthamstow Yellow Cress, an ...
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Mayor reflects on year in office
Mayor Richard Sweden (left) with council leader Cllr Chris Robbins outside the town hall The Mayor of Waltham Forest hopes he has helped encourage more people to cycle as he comes to the end of his year-long tenure. Mayor Richard Sweden became the borough's first openly gay mayor after being unanimously elected by his fellow councillors last summer, but hopes it is his use of his ...
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Edgware Specsavers offers NHS hearing services
, Reporter People in Edgware suffering from hearing loss can now access NHS hearing aids on their high street for the first time. Specsavers hearing centre in the Broadwalk Shopping Centre can now offer patients NHS hearing aids and aftercare free of charge as part of a Government scheme. This means patients can be referred by their GP directly to the Specsavers shop, rather than ...
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New pictures of Millwall FA Cup semi-final violence suspects
POLICE investigating violence in the Millwall vs Wigan FA Cup semi-final at Wembley have released 16 more images of people they want to trace. Among the images are four new stills of people police have previously appealed for information on, but have yet to trace. It is hoped these better quality images may help people identify them. The release of the images comes as those suspected ...
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Parliament’s guardian Angel | Anglu Farrugia
Newly appointed Speaker of the House Dr Anglu Farrugia may not enjoy universal support, but he is confident that he can still put political pique behind him in his new ...
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Police investigate historic abuse claims at school linked to Cyril Smith
Sir Cyril Smith was chairman of governors at Knowl View school: the latest allegations are not thought to involve the former MP. Photograph: PA Archive/Press Association ...
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Steve Bell on infighting in the Conservative party – cartoon
nicholaswatt: No 10: meeting of Conservative cabinet ministers before main cab is 'happening pretty frequently'. (So Tory pol cab now meets ...
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Gay marriage is a detox symbol for Cameron but is it worth the trouble
gay marriage bill from his own wreckers, as he did later in the day. Why? Because Labour supports the measure and to vote otherwise would be mere tactics. Impatient voters nowadays do not like mere party tactics."I believe the job of the opposition is to oppose. Any opportunity to humiliate Cameron's government and help bring it down should be taken," countered my strongly ...
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Shocking example of incompetence over stockpiled flu drug Tamiflu
Health officials spent 424 million stockpiling a flu drug that has divided experts over how effective it is, a public spending watchdog ...
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David Cameron offers review of civil partnerships as gay marriage Bill clears major hurdle
Consultation could be completed before 2015 general election as 'wrecking' amendment tabled by Conservative opponents of same-sex marriage defeated by 375 to 70 ...
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The Work Programme is failing the taxpayer | Richard Johnson
By failing to use the specialist services aimed at unemployed people who find it hardest to find a job, the Work Programme is putting the public purse at ...
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UK inflation since 1948
Inflation in the UK has fallen for the first time since autumn 2012, hitting 2.4% in April. Get the full data over time, see how it compares with pay - and understand the new ...
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Peter Mandelsons selection argument is about politics not procedure | Len McCluskey
You report that Peter Mandelson is accusing my union, Unite, of "manipulating selection procedures" in the Labour party, which "stores up danger for a future Labour government" ...
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Gay marriage bill survives
Ed Miliband, right, agreed to vote against an amendment to the gay marriage bill after an appeal by Tory whips for Labour support. Photograph: ...
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Public has right to know Boris Johnson fathered child during affair court rules
Boris Johnson had an extramarital affair with a woman who later gave birth to their daughter, the appeal court has ruled.Three senior judges decided on Monday that voters were entitled to be told that the mayor ...
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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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