Teenager stabbed to death in south London

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South London police have launched a murder inquiry after a 16-year-old boy was stabbed on Lupus Street in Pimlico. The Evening Standard reported that eyewitnesses claim the mother of the victim wailed and pleaded with police to let her through the police cordon and be with her son as he bled to death. Police arrived […]

Demand for London property reaches record high

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Last year, the demand for London flats has reached record levels with 48 per cent sold before they were built. According to new figures supplied by international property advisers CBRE, sales of high-value London properties rose 240 per cent in 2012 compared with the previous year. Demand from foreign investors have particularly boosted sales last […]

12-year-old children are being treated for alcoholism in London

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Earlier today, the Evening Standard revealed children in London, with most in Barking and Dagenham, are being treated for drinking problems. Figures show that over 65 children aged 12 or 13 and 353 aged 14 or 15 are being treated for alcohol abuse. Earlier this year research indicated drink-related hospital admissions cost London’s NHS an […]

Rebekah Brooks and husband Charlie Charged over phone hacking cover-up

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Rebekah Brooks was today charged with attempting to hide evidence of phone hacking from police. The former News International chief executive and her racehorse trainer husband Charlie were accused of attempting to pervert the course of justice. The charges against Mrs Brooks, 43, include conspiring to remove seven boxes of material from the archive of […]

Businessman filmed Tube rant woman Jacqueline Woodhouse to protect his daughters from racism

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A man whose video of a woman racially insulting Tube passengers helped convict her did it because he wanted to save his two daughters from similar abuse, he said today. Secretary Jacqueline Woodhouse, 42,  from Romford, faces prison after admitting racially aggravated harassment. She was returning from a champagne party when a black woman accidentally […]

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