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When NOT to call 999

WALTHAM FOREST: Body in graveyard murder probe launched

9:40am Thursday 9th October 2008

Examples of inappropriate 999 calls to Bromley police in the last year.

WALTHAM FOREST: "Call 999 to report squirrel drownings" - police appeal

 It is illegal to drown squirrels

12:19pm Tuesday 7th October 2008

Allotment holders who trap and drown squirrels are being targeted by police - and officers are even urging people to call 999 if they witness them doing it.

London's fittest fireman is single

 Fit . . . fireman Lee

8:20am Tuesday 7th October 2008

Some readers may need a hosing down after learning that this man - who is officially London’s fittest firefighter - is single.

Bride and groom arrested on wedding day

The bride on her not so happy day

12:30pm Wednesday 1st October 2008

A bride and groom were arrested on their wedding day in Crystal Palace as part of a police swoop on suspected illegal immigrants.

BEXLEY: Help solve 'spaceship' noise mystery

The noise has been compared to what a spaceship might sound like

10:10am Thursday 25th September 2008

A desperate couple are looking for clues to track down the source of a vibration which is making their lives a misery.

BARNET: It’s a dog-aid-dog world for pet pooch

 Alive and well: Dave Trollope with his dog Milly, four, who was given four blood transfusions that saved her

7:56am Wednesday 24th September 2008

A former greyhound racing dog saved the life of a Finchley family pet by donating his blood to the critically-ill pooch.

Runners race at Heathrow runway

 Marie Curie nurses Honor Wright and Hope Price start the run. Picture by Alison Whitlock

3:58pm Monday 22nd September 2008

Runners raced for charity at midnight on the runway at Heathrow.

BUCKS: Tearaway tortoise returns after months adventure

Brenda and Alan Thomas with their adventurous tortoise Sioux

9:39am Thursday 18th September 2008

A tearaway tortoise that escaped from its owners for five weeks did not get far on its slow-paced adventure, after it was discovered just 300 yards from home.

MERTON: Raynes Park man builds £40k railway in his garden

 Paul Gumbrell has installed 500ft of track for a model railway in his back garden

11:18am Tuesday 16th September 2008

His family and friends may think he’s gone off the rails, but a Raynes Park man has spent 20 years and £40,000 building a model railway in his back garden, and says he’s not finished yet.

UFO mystery in Mill End

9:25am Tuesday 16th September 2008

Shocked residents in Mill End say they watched in wonder yesterday evening as a UFO circled above their homes.


National News

'UK will lead way through crisis'

Gordon Brown

Updated 9:11pm Saturday 11th October 2008

Gordon Brown invoked the spirit of the Blitz as he promised Britain would "lead the way" through the global financial crisis.


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