Watchdog to investigate Chelsea shoot-out
	8:06am Wed 7 May 08
	Britain's police watchdog is to look into the killing of a suspected gunman following a five-hour stand-off with armed police in the wealthy Chelsea area of London last night.

	TV's Flood couldn't happen say experts
	8:13am Wed 7 May 08
	A TV disaster movie showing London flooded is a "complete fiction" says the Environment Agency.

	Arsonist targeted hotel with TV star inside
	8:16am Wed 7 May 08
	A serial arsonist from Wandsworth is facing jail after setting fire to the Savoy Hotel with actor Martin Clunes inside.

	Barnet man held over headless body murder
	9:49am Tue 6 May 08
	A Barnet man has been remanded in custody charged with the murder of a driver whose headless and handless body was found dumped in Herfordshire.

	LEWISHAM: Care worker killed in shoot-out
	3:42pm Tue 6 May 08
	A hospital care worker was shot dead when she walked into a "Wild West" style shoot-out, the Old Bailey heard today.

	Children must apply for travel photocards
	2:41pm Tue 6 May 08
	Youngsters have until Saturday to apply for an Oyster photocard to travel on London's buses.
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WALTHAM FOREST: Fine against Mayor is withdrawn

3:57pm Tuesday 6th May 2008

A fine levied against the borough's Mayor and his wife for the unauthorized absence of their daughter from school has been withdrawn.

	CCTV not cutting capital's crime, says police chief
	12:17pm Tue 6 May 08
	CCTV has failed to cut crime in the capital with only three per cent of street robberies solved using the camera images, a top police officer has said.
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	Meredith 'killed after cash row with flatmate'
	11:01am Tue 6 May 08
	Meredith Kercher accused housemate Amanda Knox of stealing her money to buy drugs the night she was killed, it has been claimed.

	GREENWICH: Attack has residents afraid for their lives
	7:46am Tue 6 May 08
	A brutal attack by a gang which left a man with a fractured skull has left residents scared for their safety.

	DARTFORD: Mum wins nearly £60,000 for sex discrimination
	7:27am Tue 6 May 08
	A thirty-nine-year-old woman who was demoted after becoming pregnant has won nearly £60,000 in compensation from her former company.

	Man in serious condition after being hit by train
	9:38am Tue 6 May 08
	A man is in intensive care after being hit by a train at Leatherhead station yesterday.

BEXLEY: Mourner killed after friend's funeral

7:53am Tuesday 6th May 2008

An inquest has heard how a man attending a friend's funeral was killed himself later the same day.

	Protest at ‘Bart’ headstone plan
	7:56am Tue 6 May 08
	The parents of a pupil who died while playing rounders at his school want to put up a headstone on his grave of his favourite cartoon character, Bart Simpson.

	HOUNSLOW: Woman hit by train
	7:39am Tue 6 May 08
	A woman has died after being hit by a train at Hounslow.

	Boris to begin mayoral work
	7:58am Mon 5 May 08
	Boris Johnson will be setting out his programme for action next week after becoming mayor of London.

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