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EDL protests may explain Abu Qatada’s alleged bail breach, tribunal hears

Radical cleric Abu Qatada’s alleged breach of his bail conditions may have been because of English Defence League (EDL) demonstations outside his house, Qatada’s lawyer told an immigration tribunal today.

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Parents of Chloe Johnson, five, who died in Egypt say there ‘was no doctor for at least an hour’

The grief-stricken father of a five-year-old girl who drowned in a hotel pool in Egypt fought back tears today as he spoke of how he was left to make the first attempts to resuscitate his daughter.

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Abu Qatada. File picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Abu Qatada to make freedom bid

Radical preacher Abu Qatada is to ask to be freed from prison today at an immigration tribunal.

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The Met's famous revolving sign will be located outside its new Victoria Embankment headquarters. Picture: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire

Met Police to move to new HQ in Victoria Embankment in 2015

A competition has been launched to design the new Metropolitan Police Service headquarters on Victoria Embankment.

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Sir Sean Connery playing James Bond. Picture: PA

Collectable Bond watch could sell at Christie’s for £60,000 after turning up at car boot sale

A James Bond gadget wristwatch bought for £25 from a car boot sale could sell for £60,000 when it auctions in London this June.

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Timothy Peake is to become the first UK astronaut in space for more than 20 years. Picture: ESA - M. Koell, 2009

First UK astronaut in space for 20 years ‘represents the very best of British’

The first UK astronaut to go into space for more than 20 years was introduced this morning at the Science Museum in London.

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Sydenham school pays tribute to pupil, five, who died in Egypt hotel pool

A five-year-old girl who died in a hotel pool in Egypt has been described as “a popular little girl with many friends”.

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Man shot in Bromley

Police are appealing for information after a man was shot in the leg in Bromley.

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Man dies in Fulham flat fire

A man has died in a fire at a flat in Fulham.

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Police reappeal for information after man pushed on Tottenham Court Road Tube station platform

Police are continuing to appeal for information after a man was pushed on a Tube station platform and narrowly missed falling on to the track.

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Actress Kate Winslet and Clive Anderson (left) co-host a fund raising dinner for the charity Cardboard Citizens at the Drapers Hall in the City of London. Picture: Sean Dempsey/PA Wire

Kate Winslet hosts fundraiser for homeless charity

A-lister Kate Winslet ramped up the glitz and glam to address the “heartbreaking” situation of youngsters living rough.

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Police are searching for three men after Britannia Building Society in Station Road, Edgware was robbed. The first suspect is black, aged around 17, 5ft 6ins tall, with broad shoulders and close cut short black hair. He was wearing a navy coloured baseball cap, black sweatshirt, black tracksuit bottoms and black fabric gloves. Picture: Metropolitan Police

Search for three men after Edgware robbery

Police are searching for three men following a robbery of a building society in Edgware.

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Crowds at the Save Our NHS demo in London. Picture: Clive Peedell/Twitter

Thousands march in Save Our NHS demonstration

Protesters took to the streets of London today to show their anger at decisions to downgrade A&E departments in hospitals across the capital.

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Girl, five, from south London dies in pool in Egypt

A five-year-old girl from south London who died in a pool at a hotel in Egypt has been named.

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Hospital campaigners to march against London NHS changes

Thousands of people are expected to take part in a march today to protest changes to A&E departments across London.

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Man charged with 13 offences across Camden, Barnet and Haringey

A man has been charged with 13 offences, including indecent exposure and knifepoint robbery.

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Rupert van der Werff of Summers Place Auctions with the sign for Abbey Road, which was auctioned off today. Picture: Andrew Hasson

Downing Street and Abbey Road signs auctioned off

Famous signs for streets including Abbey Road and Downing Street have gone under the hammer.

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