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Surbiton Iraq war veteran praised by PM

An Iraq war veteran from south London has been praised by the Prime Minister after winning a prestigious Soldiering On award recently. Former Rifleman Stephen Vause was left severely disabled by a... Read more »
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The two London councils that have been at war for 10 years over traffic on one small road

Two London councils have been at war for 10 years over traffic on one small residential road. County Gate, in Bexley, borders Greenwich and locals have become increasingly frustrated as speeding cars... Read more »
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‘I was born in war’: an Afghan family’s joy at resettlement in UK | Immigration and asylum

An intricately handwoven rug is one of the few things British embassy worker Shukoor Sangar and his family were able to bring with them when they were hastily airlifted out of Kabul... Read more »
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Healthcare group sparks recruitment war for medics with private hospital in London

A healthcare company planning to open a new private hospital in London has started a recruitment war for top medical staff by offering them high fixed salaries. Cleveland Clinic, which is due... Read more »
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London town wages war on tower blocks as new flats and nursery blocked

Plans for huge towers above the leafy London borough of Kingston have caused fury among local residents. Plans to bulldoze a nursery on Cromwell Road and replace it with a seven-storey block... Read more »
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Russians sent ‘carnivorous’ pelicans to London during the Cold War

For 360 years, there have been pelicans in St James’s Park. When they were first presented to Charles II by the Czar of Russia in the 1660s, Londoners crowded into the park... Read more »
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Boris Johnson goes back on holiday as war in Afghanistan comes to an end

Boris Johnson has resumed his summer break which was interrupted by the fall of Kabul but Downing Street has insisted the Prime Minister is “continuing to work”. As the last British troops... Read more »
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World War 2 Wren, 101, shares stories about plotting D-Day and secrets she kept for ’50 years’

“Very, very exciting but very, very secret” is how 101-year-old Christian Lamb describes the work she conducted during her time posted in London as a Wren intelligence officer. The secret work she... Read more »
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France-UK relations lowest since ‘Iraq War’ – Boris and Macron on collision course | Politics | News

Paris and London sources said disputes over vaccine orders, fishing, migrants and the Northern Ireland protocol have put Mr Macron and Boris Johnson on a collision course. The disputes include a row involving... Read more »
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Violence against Jews quadrupled in London after Gaza war broke out

V iolence against Jewish people in London reached a “worrying” spike in the spring following escalating tension in the Middle East, new figures have shown. A Freedom of Information request to the... Read more »