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Charred remains of the playground

Finsbury playground destroyed by fire to be rebuilt

A children’s playground ravaged by fire in a suspected arson attack is set to be rebuilt.

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Iberia House, where Joyce Evans lived with Colin Ballinger

Hornsey Rise gran who smothered her former partner with a spurs bag escapes jail term.

A gran who smothered her terminally-ill former partner with a Tottenham Hotspur plastic bag escaped a jail term yesterday.

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Andrew Jaipaul

Andrew Jaipaul murder trial: neighbours tried to stem the blood as he lay dying

Good samaritan neighbours tried to save a young man’s life as he lay dying from dozens of stab wounds near a children’s play area, a court heard.

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Jasmine Bouchami

Police appeal for help in search for missing Finsbury Park teen

Police are appealing for the public’s help in tracing a missing teenage girl.

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Axel Peanberg King

Staffing standards ‘not being met’ at Camden and Islington’s out-of-hours care provider Harmoni where baby Axel Peanberg King died

Staffing standards are not being met at Camden’s controversial out-of-hours GP service – which was criticised over the death of a baby last year – an inspection has found.

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Arsenal's manager Arsene Wenger. Photo: Mike Egerton/EMPICS

Wenger: To play games without pressure is the worst thing

Arsene Wenger admits he would rather be involved in tomorrow’s all-or-nothing encounter at Newcastle than to just be going through the motions.

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Leonardo DiCaprio and Carey Mulligan in The Great Gatsby. Picture: Warner Bros.

Review: The Great Gatsby

Flora Drury goes to see Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby, and finds there is a lot more to like than she was expecting.

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Amazons record-breaking e-reader has gone from strength to strength with the release of the Kindle Paperwhite.

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Rupert van der Werff of Summers Place Auctions with the sign for Abbey Road, which was auctioned off today. Picture: Andrew Hasson

Downing Street and Abbey Road signs auctioned off

Famous signs for streets including Abbey Road and Downing Street have gone under the hammer.

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