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Peckham teen raped boy, 13, for 'having a poor phone'
Tuesday 16 July 2013
A teenager raped a 13-year-old boy he had intended to rob and then told him he deserved it for not having a phone worth stealing, a court heard yesterday.
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Saturday 11 August 2012
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Teen guilty of murdering budding teenage athlete
Tuesday 29 May 2012
A 19-year-old has been found guilty of murdering a budding teenage athlete.
PCSO charged with rape
Wednesday 16 May 2012
A Scotland Yard community support officer has been charged with rape.
Open Jaw: 'The officials in Miami are the rudest I have met'
Friday 20 April 2012
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CCTV snares cross-eyed arsonist
Monday 20 February 2012
A cross-eyed arsonist who set fire to a shop and post office during the August riots has been jailed for eight years, after police spotted his unusual eyes on CCTV.
Teen gang murderer given life sentence
Thursday 16 February 2012
A teenager accused of two gang murders at the age of 16 was today given a life term.
Athlete's killer sentenced to minimum 30 year prison term
Thursday 16 February 2012
A young gang member was given a life sentence with a minimum term of 30 years today for the shooting murder of a promising athlete.
Carpetright warns on profits again as sales in UK take a tumble
Wednesday 01 February 2012
Having issued five profit warnings in 2011, the floor-coverings retailer Carpetright began the new year with another one.
Damilola Taylor's killer freed from prison
Wednesday 25 January 2012
One of schoolboy Damilola Taylor's killers who was recalled to jail after breaching the terms of his licence has been released.
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'There were so many children and lots of people were thanking God that they were still alive'
Monday 16 January 2012
Michael Day reports from the Tuscan village inundated by survivors
Best state schools add £77,000 to the value of nearby homes
Monday 29 August 2011
A top-performing state school can add up to £77,000 to the value of a house within its catchment area, according to new research, with the cost of properties near the 50 best-performing state schools 35 per cent higher than in the rest of the UK.
The 2011 riots: What happened? What now?
Sunday 14 August 2011
The clean-up is well under way on the damaged streets. Now, it’s time to count the cost of four days of lawlessness and destruction
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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