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Anjem Choudary: Radical preacher released from prison

The cleric is let out of prison after being jailed in 2016 for inviting support for the Islamic State group.

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Anjem Choudary: Radical preacher released from prison

BBC

Diesel and petrol ban should come much faster, say MPs

The government's 2040 deadline for shifting to electric-powered cars criticised as 'unambitious'.

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Diesel and petrol ban should come much faster, say MPs

BBC

Half of banks have closed to 13 million people

A BBC analysis of official figures finds nearly 6,000 local bank branches have closed since 2010.

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Half of banks have closed to 13 million people

BBC

Karen Carney: Football Association appalled by rape and death threats on Instagram

The Football Association urges police to tackle abuse on social media after death threats are made to England's Karen Carney.

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Karen Carney: Football Association appalled by rape and death threats on Instagram

BBC

London Oxford Street £150m improvements plans unveiled

A "piazza" at Oxford Circus is one of the suggested improvements, after original ideas were scrapped.

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London Oxford Street £150m improvements plans unveiled

BBC

Man guilty of attempted murder of Ilford shop worker

Leon Scott stabbed his victim about 30 times in an unprovoked attack in north London.

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Man guilty of attempted murder of Ilford shop worker

The Guardian

Father of man who died in Battersea says he 'would often confront drug dealers'

Relatives paid tribute 46-year-old Ian Tomlin as a 'great father' worried about his kidsA man who died after a fight by a block of flats in south London would often confront drug dealers on his estate, his father has said.Scotland Yard launched a murder investigation after the 46-year-old man, who was ...

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Father of man who died in Battersea says he 'would often confront drug dealers'

The Guardian

Peter Lewis obituary

My husband, Peter Lewis, who has died aged 73, was called 'dentist extraordinaire' by his patients. Several dubbed him 'a legend'.A blunt man from Hanford, Staffordshire, he never minced his words ''What are teeth for' For smiling and yours are crap' ' and his patients, from all walks of life, loved ...

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The Guardian

Peter Lewis obituary

The Guardian

Fire brigade's 'false hope' cost lives, says Grenfell survivor

Farhad Neda, 25, says message that help was coming deterred people from trying to escapeThe son of a man who fell to his death from the top floor of Grenfell Tower has accused the fire brigade of giving 'false hope' and ultimately costing lives by telling residents that rescuers were on their way.

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Fire brigade's 'false hope' cost lives, says Grenfell survivor

The Guardian

Gatwick plans using emergency runway to increase flight capacity

London's second airport hopes to rival Heathrow with 70m passengers a year by 2032Gatwick is proposing to spend £500m to widen its emergency runway and bring it into daily use as a second runway, as part of a plan to bring more than 100,000 additional flights a year to the airport by 2032.The core proposal ...

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The Guardian

Gatwick plans using emergency runway to increase flight capacity

The Guardian

Unilever reports sales boost after HQ row but investors unimpressed

A 3.8% rise in third quarter for firm behind Ben & Jerry's ice cream and Dove soap Unilever, which this month was forced to scrap plans to move its headquarters from London to Rotterdam after a shareholder rebellion, said a hot summer across Europe and a recovery in Brazil boosted sales in the third ...

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The Guardian

Unilever reports sales boost after HQ row but investors unimpressed

The Guardian

Tell us: are you taking part in the people's vote march?

Share your views if you plan to be in London on 20 October and tell us a little about whyThousands of people are expected to march in London on Saturday calling for a referendum on the final Brexit deal. Related: Here's what the people's vote campaign needs to do | John Harris Continue reading...

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Tell us: are you taking part in the people's vote march?

Bing News

The ICR responds to the FDA approval of talazoparib for women with BRCA-mutant advanced breast cancer

The Institute of Cancer Research, London, strongly welcomes the news that talazoparib (trade name Talzenna) has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for patients with advanced br...

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The ICR responds to the FDA approval of talazoparib for women with BRCA-mutant advanced breast cancer

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Thursday's Scholastic Scoreboard - Middlesex/New London Counties

As high school teams begin to wind down the regular season, we take a look at results from Thursday for schools in Patch towns in Middlesex and New London counties. Here are the day's scores, as ...

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Thursday's Scholastic Scoreboard - Middlesex/New London Counties

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Silver Alert Issued For Missing New London Teen: PD

NEW LONDON, CT – A silver alert has been issued for a teenager reported missing from New London since Wednesday, Oct. 17. Anyone with information is asked to contact police immediately.

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Silver Alert Issued For Missing New London Teen: PD

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Shopping, Palaces and Pubs: A Londoner's Guide to Knightsbridge and Kensington

Walk past the candy-striped houses in Kensington. (Photo: Getty Images) From Queen Anne architecture to colonnaded townhouses, West London is all about elegance. Whether you walk through leafy squares ...

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Shopping, Palaces and Pubs: A Londoner's Guide to Knightsbridge and Kensington

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LSE to increase stake in LCH for ?438mln, reports third quarter revenue growth

London Stock Exchange Group PLC (LON:LSE) said it has agreed to a further stake of up to 15.1% in clearing house LCH Group Holdings – a key driver of growth in third quarter. The British stock exchang...

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LSE to increase stake in LCH for ?438mln, reports third quarter revenue growth

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London Stock Exchange ups stake in clearing house LCH to 80%

The London Stock Exchange has increased its stake in the clearing house LCH to 80% – a show of confidence in a business line that is under threat from Brexit. The LSE already owns around 65% of LCH, w...

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London Stock Exchange ups stake in clearing house LCH to 80%

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London Stock Exchange to lift stake in LCH clearing house

The London Stock Exchange Group unveiled plans to buy another 15.1 per cent of LCH, strengthening its grip on the clearing house at the centre of arguments between regulators of the global derivatives ...

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London Stock Exchange to lift stake in LCH clearing house

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Rents edge up in the UK, but growth is largely unchanged, and down in London

Rents in the UK's private rented sector increased by 0.9% in the 12 months to September 2018, unchanged from the year to August 2018, official data shows. In England, rents grew by 0.9%, Wales experie...

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Rents edge up in the UK, but growth is largely unchanged, and down in London

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London midday: FTSE gains fleeting as retail sales disappoint

(Sharecast News) - London stocks mounted a failed attempt to climb out of their early hole on Thursday as Brexit developments helped investors shrug off disappointing retail sales data and hawkish min...

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London midday: FTSE gains fleeting as retail sales disappoint

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London close: Stocks slip as Brexit summit and retail sales disappoint

(Sharecast News) - London stocks limped lower on Thursday as Brexit squabbling hit the pound along with disappointing retail sales data and hawkish minutes from the US Federal Reserve. The FTSE 100 cl...

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London close: Stocks slip as Brexit summit and retail sales disappoint

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Site virtual reality swings London skyscraper planning appeal

London developer LBS Properties has secured planning at appeal for a £230m mixed-use skyscraper on the Isle of Dogs in London next to Canary Wharf. It's the first time architect Make has used virtual ...

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Site virtual reality swings London skyscraper planning appeal

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Opinion: Why we must remember that Mark Carney's warnings about house prices are a worst case scenario

Even in the wake of the near-collapse of the worldwide banking system in 2008, and a fall of up to 24 per cent in Prime Central London, the property market had recovered to pre-2008 levels by mid-2011 ...

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Opinion: Why we must remember that Mark Carney's warnings about house prices are a worst case scenario