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Hospital faces 'decade of deficits'

5:12pm Friday 9th November 2012

Crippling debt at Epsom Hospital could continue for a decade worried residents were told today.

Zombie dancers scare celebrities on Come Dine with Me

2:20pm Wednesday 31st October 2012

Zombie dancers gave celebrities a fright during a dinner party on the television show Come Dine with Me Halloween special being aired tonight.

Man guilty of manslaughter outside KFC

12:10pm Wednesday 17th October 2012

A man was jailed yesterday for killing a man with a metal pole outside KFC in Brixton last year.

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Asbestos left in road for months

12:40pm Tuesday 16th October 2012

Slabs of potentially lethal asbestos have been left crumbling in a Streatham street four months after they were first reported to the council.

Police investigate double shooting in Rosehill

10:35am Sunday 23rd September 2012

Police are investigating reports of a double shooting in Rosehill last night.

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Remembering the 1910 Belmont workhouse porridge riot

3:00pm Thursday 31st December 2009

Doing porridge is synonymous with imprisonment and the breakfast was one which actor Ronnie Barker’s character Fletcher regularly found revolting in the hit TV series of the same name.

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BUCKS: Wycombe's top cop praises Christmas card warning

12:16pm Friday 9th January 2009

A scheme in which police sent out warning Christmas cards to known trouble makers has been branded a success by Wycombe's top policeman.

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Mixed sex hospital wards still exist despite Labour pledges

11:48am Friday 9th January 2009

Seven London hospital trusts are still treating patients in mixed-sex wards, despite government’s decade old promises to stop the practice, according to research by the Conservative Party.

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BARNET: Anti-Semitic attacks fuelled by Gaza conflict

8:57am Friday 9th January 2009

The current crisis in the Middle East has led to violent reprisals against the Jewish community in the borough of Barnet.

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SUTTON: Police follow snowy footprints to apprehend bungling burglars

8:29am Friday 9th January 2009

Bungling burglars were quickly apprehended after cops followed a trail of footprints they unwittingly made in the newly laid snow.

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SUTTON: Carshalton College investigates 'staff sex romp'

8:25am Friday 9th January 2009

Two senior staff members have been suspended from a Sutton college following sex romp allegations.

LEYTONSTONE: Fourth ward closed at Whipps Cross as norovirus continues to spread

8:18am Friday 9th January 2009

A fourth ward has been closed at Whipps Cross Hospital in east London as fears mount over the continuing outbreak of the winter vomiting bug.

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WOODFORD GREEN: Biker is killed by cricket star's dad

3:39pm Thursday 8th January 2009

The father of England cricket star James Foster has been told he could go to prison for killing a motorcyclist.

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WALTHAMSTOW: Council leader apologies to pensioner left without heating

2:23pm Thursday 8th January 2009

Waltham Forest Council leader Clyde Loakes has apologised to an elderly woman who was left without heating for three days.

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