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Historic London pub, which lent its name to an entire area, closes after 200 years
Staff and punters at a landmark pub styled on a Swiss chalet but located on a north London roundabout, where regulars have included actor Sean Bean, are ‘gutted’ after it unexpectedly closed down at the weekend.
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Daniel Khalif jailed for 14 years for spying for Iran and escaping from prison
Former soldier Daniel Khalife was dubbed a ‘dangerous fool’ and and ‘attention-seeker’ as he was jailed for 14 years for spying for Iran and escaping from prison at Woolwich Crown Court today.
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Barclays IT glitch derails house purchase, leaving family homeless
Paola Mereu, 39, sold the house her and her husband and their daughters lived in at Uxbridge and were meant to buy their new home on Friday.
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Barclays customers encounter a second day of disruptions following an IT outage
Barclays customers are experiencing intermittent errors with payments and transfers for a second day after serious IT problems that also affected the bank’s app and online banking.
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London’s skyline will transform with the approval of a controversial 54-storey skyscraper
A new 54-storey skyscraper is set to change London’s skyline as planning permission for the ‘undesirable’ building is approved.
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Oxford Street faces a major setback as multiple retailers announce plans to leave
Major brands are planning to flee Oxford Street because they are not attracting enough shoppers.
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Steaming flashmobs drive UK phone theft epidemic: Gangs ransack stores for devices sent to Africa or sold to second-hand shops
Britain’s phone theft epidemic is being fuelled by ’steaming’ flashmobs bombarding their way into stores and ransacking as many devices as possible in brazen 20-second heists.
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Immigration fraudster disguised with wigs to take UK citizenship tests on behalf of others
A 61-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly using an ‘array of wigs’ and other disguises to complete UK citizenship tests for at least 14 applicants.
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Woman excluded from body-shaming father’s will receives £125k, plans to spend it on breast augmentation
Roger Howe left daughter Jenna penniless after his death in 2020, but a judge at Central London County Court has awarded her £125,000 after hearing of her mental anguish growing up.
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Supporters of Lucy Letby celebrate her 35th birthday at a Clapham pub
A pub in Clapham Common was the venue of choice for supporters of convicted child killer Lucy Letby to celebrate her 35th birthday.
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Police search for ruthless gang following £2m burglary spree targeting four luxurious homes featured in the hit TV comedy Ted Lasso
A gang is being hunted after a £2million raid on homes featured in TV show Ted Lasso.
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Son accused of murdering his 75-year-old architect father in their £3.5 million London home
A son has been charged with stabbing his 75-year-old architect father to death at a £3.5 million home in south west London.
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Senior military intelligence officer faces imprisonment for groping a female colleague during a drunken night out in Dubai
A highly decorated military intelligence chief is facing jail for groping a female officer.
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Rudakubana faces isolation and risk as "No.1 target" in notorious UK prison
Axel Rudakubana has been detained at the 900-capacity HMP Belmarsh in southeast London, where he will wear a paper jumpsuit to prevent self-harm in his small cell.
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The Holme in Regent’s Park sells for £139m, well below £250m asking price
The Holme in Regent’s Park, which has 40 bedrooms, was put on the market two years ago for £250m
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Man arrested after environmental group claims responsibility for fibre optic cable sabotage
Protest group says it targeted insurers ‘due to their critical role underpinning the fossil fuel economy’
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Man dies after alleged escalator push at London’s Waterloo Station
A man died after he was allegedly pushed down an escalator at Waterloo Station in London, police said.
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Seven people rescued after 60 firefighters were called to a flat fire in south London
Firefighters battled to save seven people from huge flames after a blaze broke out at a block of flats in south London this morning.
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Masked men storm London cinema, shouting ’down with India’
A group of masked men stormed a west London cinema shouting ‘down with India’ during a Bollywood film leaving customers ‘terrified’.
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Citibank boss found beaten to death in her London home, police search for killer
Citibank boss Marianne Kilonzi, 43, was found dead in her home in Woolwich, south-east London - a post-mortem has now revealed her cause of death as a manhunt to find her killer continues.
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Prince George might attend £10,000-a-term day school in north London as Kate tours the campus, hinting at Royals leaving Eton
The Princess of Wales has toured two elite north London day schools – sparking rumours Prince George could be educated at one of them.
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Jet2 flight diverts mid-air after declaring emergency, departing from UK airport
The Boeing plane was travelling from the UK to Rome when a 7700 squawk alert was issued to signal an emergency onboard - forcing it to make a U-turn and head to London.
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Paedophile kidnapped and assaulted girl, 11, as she walked home from school
A paedophile has been sentenced to life in prison after he kidnapped an 11-year-old girl on her way home from primary school and sexually assaulted her.
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Search underway for man who followed and attacked teenage girl after she got off a bus
Police have launched a hunt for a man who assaulted a 19-year-old woman in an alleyway after following her off a bus.
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Over 70 arrested at Palestine protest as crowds attempt to reach the BBC
More than 70 people were arrested at a Palestine Solidarity march in central London after protestors were told to use a different route.
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