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A south London fancy dress shop which was set on fire during the riots in 2011 has reopened. Party Superstores on Lavender Hill, Battersea, was looted and £500,000 worth of stock was destroyed. Duncan Mundell, managing director, told the BBC that the building was insured and it cost £150,000 to refit the shop. He said: […]
Police and constables in England and Wales will see their starting salary slashed by £4,000 to £19,000, the home secretary said. The cuts follows last years proposals for an overhaul of police pay, conditions and allowances. The Police Federation says it is “disappointed” by the announcement. The Scottish Ministry of Justice tweeted: “Home Office cuts […]
West African troops will travel to Mali within days to assist French forces against Islamist rebels, Nigeria says. Commander, Gen Shehu Abdulkadir, told the BBC a regional West African force will help the French intervention. Military commanders met in Mali’s capital, Bamako, to discuss the move. France has nearly 800 troops in the area and […]
London Metropolitan University took on a first-year undergraduate student who was only educated to GCSE standard. The student had no formal English language qualifications, said an admissions tutor from a rival “middle-ranking” university. The academic told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that the student approached him about enrolling on a new course. He claims he […]
This weekend London’s Tube network will suffer closures to replace changes made for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. From Saturday, work will restart to replace network signals. There will also be closures on the Overground. Westminster resident Leon Smith said: “Tube closures are always a pain, but at least they’ve chosen to close them during […]
A British father, mother and grandmother have been shot dead and a seven-year-old girl violently beaten during a camping holiday in the French Alps. AFP identified the father as 50-year-old Badhdad-born Saad El Hilli and the family are thought to be from London. The four-year-old daughter was found alive hiding inside the BMW people carrier […]
The RAF will use “lethal force” if the Olympics are threatened, the Games air security commander has said. Speaking at RAF Northolt in north-west London, Air Vice-Marshal Stuart Atha said a plane could be shot down as a last resort in a “worst-case scenario”. Asked who would give the order, he said: “The highest level […]
There’s so much at stake in the restaurant industry these days – from money, to reputation, to loyal customers, and then there’s ego. Heading to a restaurant that headlines with three prominent names one might expect these to be the chef, owners, artistic directors or culinary visionaries. But no, I later (and thankfully) find out. […]
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