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London Tube is evacuated as 'carriage fills with smoke'

The incident happened on the Tube at Mansion House station at 7.30am. Passengers were ordered off the westbound train and it has sparked major delays on the Circle and District line. File photo.




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Parsons Green bomber lied about age to stay in Britain, rules judge

Ahmed Hassan claimed he was a 16-year-old orphan when he entered the UK illegally three years ago and applied for asylum. The case raises concerns over how many terrorists are using the loophole.




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London bus driver's racist road rage rant at van driver

Shocking footage shows the Transport for London worker (pictured) threatening the other man, who is sat in a van, as they shout at each other on a busy main road in the capital.




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London Tube passenger sparks outrage in blackface for Halloween

The man, said to have been from Bulgaria, on the Central Line in London appeared to have dressed up as Samuel L Jackson’s character Jules Winnfield from the 1994 film Pulp Fiction.




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Vintage images show construction of 55 Broadway London Underground HQ

Astounding black and white images from 1928 show 'human flies' hanging off the construction site for 55 Broadway - the London Underground headquarters near St James's Park.




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TfL forced to apologise after woman fined for not paying congestion charge after miscarriage

Cairis Hickey told Transport for London she would pay the £11.50 fee for travelling through the city centre the following day as she got home late. But she suffered a miscarriage and forgot.




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SUV driver is spotted driving along dual carriageway on the WRONG side

Footage captures the terrifying incident close to the ExCeL centre in Canning Town, East London.




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Driver with indecent child images caution was among 43 Uber workers who faked IDs to get fares

The ride-hailing firm was stripped of its licence to operate in London yesterday after Transport for London found 14,000 rides had been provided by drivers using bogus identification.




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Maria Sharapova announces her retirement at the age of 32 after five Grand Slam titles

Maria Sharapova has announced her retirement from tennis after winning five Grand Slam titles during her career. She has announced she will be quitting tennis in an interview with Vanity Fair.




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Alice's Adventures Under Ground review: Gerald Barry's opera will delight audiences of all ages

Hats off to the little-known Irish composer Gerald Barry, whose late-flowering career (he's almost as old as me!) has produced a generally joyous take on Lewis Carroll's oeuvre to his own libretto.




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Fox News' Megyn Kelly encourages America to 'get behind' Donald Trump

Megyn Kelly encouraged Americans to say a prayer for Donald Trump on Wednesday morning while appearing in Live With Kelly, while also revealing that she thought Clinton would win early.




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YouGov poll finds that 80 per cent of voters believe coverage of the election was biased

In the aftermath of the presidential election, most voters believe the media coverage of the campaign was biased, particularly leaning in favor of Clinton, according to a new poll.




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Russia's Facebook ads used image of black woman with gun

One of the Russian-bought Facebook ads showed imagery of a black woman 'dry firing' a rifle, which was indicative of the 'divisive social and political messages' used in the campaign.




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Stephen Kenny replaces Mick McCarthy as Republic of Ireland manager

Mick McCarthy says he is 'hugely disappointed' after being replaced by Stephen Kenny as Republic of Ireland manager with the delay to Euro 2020 having brought forward the bizarre succession plan.




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Robbie Keane left furious after new Ireland manager Stephen Kenny SNUBS him for coaching role

The country's record goalscorer - who has two years to run on his £220,000-a-year contract - had assumed he would be part of Kenny's coaching staff having served under Mick McCarthy.




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Republic of Ireland manager Stephen Kenny responds after snubbing Robbie Keane

Robbie Keane, who is also Jonathan Woodgate's assistant at Middlesbrough, is furious he has been left in the cold despite having two years to run on his £220,000-per-year Ireland contract.




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Kate Middleton joins the Queen's carriage procession at Royal Ascot

The monarch, 93, was accompanied by Kate, 37, and the Duchess of Cornwall, 71, for the traditional carriage procession, which marks the official start of the day's races.




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KENNETH ROSE: Queen sent six-page letter on the death of a beloved corgi

The late veteran newspaper diarist Kenneth Rose reveals more of the Royal Family's intriguing secrets in his private journals.




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Queen's 'pro-EU' message from clothing worn for Speech

The Queen 93, addressed the nation wearing a royal blue dress coupled with a brooch that has been compared to the EU flag by academics including Dr James Anderson of the University of Reading.




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Queen gave Prince Harry Frogmore Cottage to keep UK link

In the negotiations, the monarch was keen for her grandson to retain a comfortable home in this country so that he remains a part of the Royal Family. Frogmore Cottage sits in an estate in Windsor.




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Party organisers could face worrying Christmas shortage of taramasalata

Supermarkets including Tesco, Sainsbury's, Marks & Spencer and the Co-op may see disruption to the supply of taramasalata and other chilled dips, the Unite union claims.




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FTSE 100 bosses will have earned an average annual wage by 5pm TONIGHT, study reveals

Chief executives of FTSE 100 companies earned £3.46million on average in 2018, or the equivalent of £901.30 an hour. The shocking wage disparity was revealed by an institute and a think-tank.




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Quaker oats are 'packaged by SLAVES in same Chinese jail where inmates made Tesco Christmas cards'

Quaker oats were slid into sachets before being wrapped in bags with an English-language leaflet at Shanghai's Qingpu prison, four prisoners released within the last year have said.




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Tesco launches 35 new vegan items including 'Hoisin duck' wrap and sausage rolls

Tesco is showing its committed to its vegan shoppers by expanding its plant-based range with 35 new items, including a hoisin duck-style wrap and a coronation cauliflower wrap.




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Pinotage is given a bad rap. But this is a mistake

For some reason, Pinotage has been left in a corner rather like a litter tray that no one wants to admit is still there. This is a mistake




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Darcie Ginger goes viral with her mother's sassy response to a sex pest who messaged her online

Darcie Ginger, 23, from Brentwood, shared her mother's hilarious response to a troll who messaged her on Instagram asking for sex. 




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Tesco manager jailed for six years after dumping man's body in woodland when he died during chemsex

Hiran Chauhan, 24, went to the home of Neil Cuckson, 32, after they chatted on dating app Grindr and discussed taking drugs, Manchester Crown Court heard.




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Megan Barton Hanson shares a sweet message written by a fan who saw her in Tesco

The Love Island beauty shared a sweet message tweeted by a fan who saw her in Tesco and admitted she is feeling 'anxious.' 




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Paedophile Travelex manager at Tesco Rochdale stole £70,000 on Christmas Eve and fled to the US

A former junior football club secretary abused a 12-year-old boy, then stole £70,000 and fled to America. David Aspden stole from a Travelex in Tesco, Rochdale in December 2018 and spent five months abroad.




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Gordon Ramsay and his family risk further outrage from Cornish locals

The celebrity chef has been condemned by neighbours in sleepy Trebetherick on the Cornish coast after moving to the £4.4million property in mid-March.




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Jimmy Carr cuts a casual figure in a camouflage top as he pushes a pram in London amid lockdown

The comedian, 47, cut a casual figure in a camouflage top and khaki baseball cap as he pushed a pram near his London home on Monday.




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Deborah James, who has stage four bowel cancer, reveals she's had to have a new tumour zapped

Deborah James, from South London, was told she was free of the disease earlier this year. However, her tumour markers, which indicate a new growth, have spiked in recent weeks.




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Police unmask plague prankster as teenage boy

The teenager had been spotted strolling past homes in Hellesdon dressed in a long, black overcoat with a wide-brimmed hat and a pointed mask with a beak-shaped nose.




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Estate agents get staff back to work to cope with 28% rise in lettings requests

Savills predicts that the coronavirus crisis could mean a drop in London house values of up to 10 per cent, bringing the average price from £483,922 down to £435,529.




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Bomber Command hero who completed 48 missions by the age of 21 dies just weeks before VE Day 

Flight Sergeant Robert 'Bob' Gill, from London, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal for his role in the Allied bombing campaign against Berlin's war machine.




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One of Marine Le Pen's teenage daughters is hospitalised after attack

The woman, 19, was approached by two men outside a bowling alley in the western suburb of Nanterre at 2am on Friday. They molested her before attacking both her and her male cousin.




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Karl Lagerfeld displays missing teeth as he flashes a broad grin

While he sported his usual look, the 85-year-old designer was transformed slightly as he displayed missing teeth while giddily beaming at the chic event




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Karl Lagerfeld's cat Choupette could inherit the designer's fortune

After Karl Lagerfeld's sudden death aged 85, fans of the Chanel icon are asking whether his £150 million fortune could be inherited by Choupette - or could it perhaps go to his young godson, Hudson.




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Jennifer Lawrence keeps low profile as newly-engaged star steps out

Jennifer Lawrence was spotted enjoying a night out in the French capital on Tuesday following another busy day at Paris Fashion Week.




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Karl Lagerfeld dies aged 85: Victoria Beckham leads tributes

Victoria Beckham has lead a host of tributes to fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld, pictured together right, who died in Paris, France, at the age of 85, today.




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Tina Arena is 'devastated' by Notre Dame cathedral fire as tragedy strikes her second home

Australian singer Tina Arena has revealed she is 'devastated' by the Notre-Dame de Paris fire that has destroyed many priceless and irreplaceable artworks.




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ROBERT HARDMAN is among first witnesses inside ravaged Notre Dame

EXCLUSIVE by ROBERT HARDMAN: I can faithfully report that the Cathedral of Notre Dame is not entirely destroyed. Because I am standing inside it – alongside the French prime minister.




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Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell in Paris with underage sex slave in photo

Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell seem carefree as they walk through Paris in a photo taken two decades ago by Virginia Roberts, their 'underage sex slave.'




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Kim Kardashian on engagement ring stolen in Paris robbery

The 39-year-old reality star addressed whether or not she was actually wearing the engagement ring gifted to her by her 42-year-old rapper husband in an interview with Entertainment Tonight .




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London Olympics 2012: Laura Trott becomes double champion aged just 20

The blonde 5ft 4in cyclist from Cheshunt, Hertfordshire is lucky to be alive after she was born a month prematurely suffering from a collapsed lung.




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Laura Trott announces engagement to Olympic cycling champion Jason Kenny on Twitter 

The 22-year-old tweeted: 'Merry Christmas everyone :) I've had the most amazing couple of days thanks to @JasonKenny107 and the whole family #engaged X'




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Image on Paris attacks jihadi's phone points to Birmingham bomb plot

Bullring in Birmingham is one of the busiest shopping centres in the UK. Pictures of the site were found on Abdelhamid Abaaoud's phone by police. It was one of several 'targets' on the device.




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Funeral for Eagles of Death Metal manager murdered in Paris attacks

More than 250 mourners attended the funeral of Nick Alexander at St Andrew's Parish Church in Weeley, near Colchester, Essex, today following his death at the Bataclan concert hall last month.




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British Paris attacks hostage Christine Tudhope is refused help

Christine Tudhope (right) was urged by the PM to seek compensation over the Paris attacks but was turned down as the Government hadn't declared them an act of terrorism.




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ISIS copying 19th century German tactics to wage war on the West

Invoking the Germany Army's historical strategy of 'Auftragstaktik', the policy helps ISIS carry out attacks abroad when its chain of command is restricted by Western intelligence agencies.