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Blow for Boris as deputy is forced to quit
Boris Johnson's deputy Ray Lewis resigned yesterday over sleaze allegations,
plunging London's Mayor into his first serious crisis since taking over from
Ken Livingstone.
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Robbery may have been motive for murder of French students
Detectives investigating the murders of two French students in London fear they were tied up and tortured for computer games and the codes to their bankcards.
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Police make knife crime top priority
Knife crime has replaced terrorism as the police's highest priority, Scotland Yard said yesterday after six people were stabbed to death in just five days.
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Tories claim Brown 'fixed' expenses vote
Gordon Brown said he was disappointed with 33 of his own ministers, including Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, for voting to continue with the "John Lewis List" of MPs' allowances for furnishing their second homes.
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Should you be a Good Samaritan – or walk by?
Boris Johnson, London's Mayor, says the streets are now so dangerous that he has told his children never to intervene in trouble. Is he right?
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Spy chief in coma as doctors battle mystery illness
Britain's most senior intelligence officer is said to be showing no sign of recovery after being in a coma for five days with a mysterious illness which doctors have so far failed to diagnose.
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Football chiefs to tackle hidden trade in Africa's children
The scandal of trafficking young boys from Africa to Europe with the lure of fame and fortune as a football star is to be targeted in a new clampdown, The Independent has learnt. The move will throw a spotlight on the recruitment practices of clubs in England and on the continent.
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Church in the lurch
Big words are being thrown around in the Church of England these days; words such as schism, with echoes from 1,000 years ago when the world divided between Rome and the Orthodox; words such as Reformation, with echoes of the split between Catholic and Protestant, which spilt a deal of English blood in the 16th century.
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London deputy mayor resigns
Ray Lewis resigned tonight as deputy mayor of London amid allegations of
inappropriate behaviour and financial irregularities.
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John Rentoul: Book of the Week
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Family sees teenagers in court over Ben murder
The family of teenager Ben Kinsella today came face to face with the three
youths accused of his murder.
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Deadhead who took top intelligence job
Alex Allan was appointed head of the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) last
November.
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I want my mum, said stabbed 16-year-old
The latest teenage victim of London's knife crime crisis pleaded for his
mother as he lay dying in the street.
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UK's top spy 'in coma'
The Government's top intelligence adviser is seriously ill in hospital, the
Cabinet Office said today.
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Farmers threaten legal action over badger culling
Farmers tonight threatened legal action if the Government decides not to allow
a cull of badgers to tackle tuberculosis in cattle.
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