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Plans to put Tower Bridge at the heart of 2012 celebrations have been revealed today (Monday, 27 June) include the temporary installation of giant Olympic Rings and the Paralympic Agitos during the Games period.

The news comes following a deal announced recently by ...

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A self styled Lord, who tried to steal £6.8m from the public purse, was jailed for 12 months at the Old Bailey this week, after a complex investigation by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC). 

Gregory Roberts, 39, of London, admitted sending fake repayment claims ...

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Mayor Boris Johnson has added his name to the growing calls for Greece to leave the Euro in his weekly column in the Daily Telegraph with an attack on the Coalition Government "we are all still kidding ourselves that the moment of reversal can ...

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For a second month in a row, Facebook user numbers in the UK have dropped in May, according to statistics from the tracking company Inside Facebook.  Figures have shown that there is a general slowdown in the numbers of accounts with a 2,1 per ...

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Facebook owner Mark Zuckerburg faces new legal action after a New York man claims he is entitled to 50 per cent of the social network's shares.

Just a day after a US court threw out a claim from ...

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Residents in the north London suburb of Southgate woke up to see a BMW X3 parked inside a high road sweet shop, in what police initially suspected could have been a failed "smash and grab" but was later discovered to have been "driver error".

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The Government has today confirmed that the deadly HUS virus has spread to the UK, with one recorded case and three new cases of bloody diarrhoea.

In Germany cases of HUS have risen to 470, with nine reported deaths. German authorities have also reported 1,064 ...

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London retailers will be one of the major benefactors from the Royal Wedding with the New West End Company, representing 600 retailers on Bond Street, Oxford Street and Regent Street, releasing forecasts on the impact the Royal Wedding will have on West End stores.

By Leanne Bennett

The government will fine "sun-salons" or businesses that provide suntan treatments in the UK, £20,000 for allowing under 18's the use of sun beds, under a strict new law.

The Sunbeds (Regulation) Act 2010 comes into force after research showed more than two ...

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- London basks in hotter temperatures than Athens, water levels at record lows

Reservoirs in the south-east of England are recording their lowest water levels in 50 years, with water companies already pumping extra supplies from supplies from rivers, prompting fears of hose-pipe bans.