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Tracey Corkish with the crutch that helped save a man's life Pic:  Dieter Perry

Woman speaks of dramatic Regent’s Canal boat blaze rescue

A woman has spoken of how she and two men helped rescue a man from a burning canal boat.

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Missing teen last seen in Islington tells mother: “I’m OK”

A missing teenager last seen in Islington has contacted her family to say she is safe, according to her mother.

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Paul Federici, owner of Chaps and Dames, is interviewed by Kate Middleton’s stylist Richard Ward for a planned reality TV show

Kate Middleton’s hairdresser visits Finsbury Park salon – showing it’s cut above the rest

Kate Middleton’s stylist dropped into a Finsbury Park salon in a visit which showed it’s a cut above the rest.

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Canonbury parents embark on mammoth France cycle ride for cancer charities

A group of parents are set to embark on a gruelling 500km cycle ride to raise funds for cancer charities after coming up with the idea in a pub.

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Boris blamed for Islington crime rise amid plummeting police numbers

An Islington-wide crime rise was today blamed on Boris Johnson as figures emerged showing 100 less police are patrolling the borough’s streets.

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Arsenal's Laurent Koscielny (right) celebrates his crucial winning goal at St James' Park.

Arsenal season review: Hope for the future as Gunners get back to basics

Jem Maidment reflects on Arsenal’s campaign after Arsene Wenger’s side rediscovered their steel to confound Tottenham’s head coach Andre Villas-Boas.

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Jennifer Kidd as Larisa and Sam Philips as Sergei Paratov in Larisa and the Merchants by Alexander Ostrovsky, in a new version by Samuel Adamson. ©Richard Davenport 2013.

Theatre review: Larisa and the Merchants, Arcola Theatre, E8

Lashings of authentic Roma Gypsy music and chilly Russian bite colour this engaging 19th century play by Ostrovsky, brought to life in its UK premiere by Insite Performance. Originally entitled, ‘Without A Dowry’, this version has been re-coined ‘Larisa and The Merchants’ by Samuel Adamson and it expertly details the wavering fickleness of the human spirit and the price of love.

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Grab a new wardrobe for you, a loved one and maybe even your best friend with £3,000 to spend at H&M.

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Lucas Rosselli, one, from London, inspects a model landscape of London made from 2,186 sugar cubes. Picture: Geoff Caddick/PA Wire

Sweet! London skyline made out of sugar cubes

It might look sweet, but a sugar cube recreation of London’s skyline is not for eating.

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