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  • Hornets kop Liverpool in semis

    WATFORD have been drawn against Liverpool in the Semi-Finals of the Carling Cup. The Hornets, who dumped Premiership Portsmouth out of the competition in sensational fashion with a 3-0 victory at Vicarage Road, will meet Rafael Benitez's side, who

  • Club killer’s appeal fails

    A former bouncer jailed for three years after he killed a dad-of-one outside a Croydon nightclub has failed to have his sentence reduced. George Lumsden, 42, of Whittingham Road, New Biggin Hill, Newcastle, was jailed at the Old Bailey in March after

  • Letter sparks race row in Harrow

    A PROMINENT Labour councillor in Harrow has denied urging fellow Asian councillors to put their race before their political beliefs when voting. Deputy leader of Harrow Council, Councillor Sanjay Dighe came under fire from irate Conservatives after his

  • Letter sparks race row

    A PROMINENT Labour councillor has denied urging fellow Asian councillors to put their race before their political beliefs when voting. Deputy leader of Harrow Council, Councillor Sanjay Dighe came under fire from irate Conservatives after his controversial

  • Seeing red over yellow Lamborghini

    Jeweller David Barlow expected a perfect re-spray job to be done on his £200,000 Lamborghini, especially as the work was being done by the Italian manufacturers themselves. But the 40-year-old classic car enthusiast, who has four shops in south London

  • Arrest in City director's murder

    A man has been arrested in the stab murder of a wealthy City director in his Chelsea home. Scotland Yard confirmed that the suspect was seized in a west London street at 9pm yesterday, less than a day after the attack on bonds dealer John Monckton and

  • Trafalgar tree lights up London

    Lights on an 80-foot Christmas tree brought from Norway to Trafalgar Square were switched on last night. The 150-year-old pine tree was cut down in the forests of Oslo and brought across the North Sea as a token of gratitude for Britain's help in the

  • Foster children sent to other areas

    Children waiting to be placed in foster care are being sent to other counties because of a huge delay in background checks into prospective carers, Croydon's social services has revealed. Some foster children have been sent to Essex, Sussex, Surrey

  • Business offers stake in the moon

    A NORTH London man has gone into business selling gifts as diverse as pieces of the moon and visits to the wreck of The Titanic. Mr James Bowler of Aldenham Grove, an ex-pupil of St Columba's School in St Albans, Hertfordshire, is one of three directors