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Dozens of children abused
8:04am Wednesday 27th August 2008
Dozens of children were physically and sexually abused at a country care home, yourlocalguardian.co.uk can reveal
Comments (3)Organisers deny yoga conference linked to 'cult'
6:03pm Wednesday 27th August 2008
A yoga conference held at Epsom College has been linked to an alleged cult that has been accused of exploiting its members.
Footballing tribute for dead fan
7:00pm Wednesday 27th August 2008
A footballing tribute is planned for a young man who tragically died from a brain tumour just a week after his 29th birthday.
Squatters removed from estate
5:42pm Wednesday 27th August 2008
Squatters who took over a whole housing estate have finally been evicted, two days after we highlighted the occupation.
Young troublemakers need help
4:35pm Wednesday 27th August 2008
Volunteers are needed to give young offenders a wake-up call and stop them re-offending.
Star's absolutely fabulous nursing home visit
4:19pm Wednesday 27th August 2008
Actress Helen Lederer, best known for her roles in TV sitcoms French and Saunders and Absolutely Fabulous, delighted residents of Nightingale care home when she dropped in to speak about her life in TV and radio.
Revellers get loaded in the park
3:10pm Wednesday 27th August 2008
Forget Reading -thousands of revellers enjoyed some festival fun much closer to home over the bank holiday weekend, as Clapham Common played host to an annual two-day music event.
Train line electrocution warning
2:38pm Wednesday 27th August 2008
Railway cops have repeated their warning to children to stay off train tracks after releasing CCTV footage of a group of youths who almost electrocuted themselves on a live rail.
Hope for near-blind pensioner
1:42pm Wednesday 27th August 2008
A near-blind pensioner could soon get sight-saving treatment after a change in NHS guidelines.
Man caught taking cigarette lighter flick knife to court
1:23pm Wednesday 27th August 2008
An absent minded Swansea man felt the full force of the law when he tried to enter Kingston Crown Court with a flick knife hidden inside an adapted lighter last week.
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UK condemns Russian military action
Updated 3:34am Thursday 28th August 2008
Britain has condemned Russia's "excessive use of military force" in Georgia.
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Britain's Olympic heroes reunited with families at Egham hotel
Egham’s Runnymede Hotel welcomed Britain’s returning Olympic heroes today.
Surfer braves current to save children from sea
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Chariot Festival brings music and worship to Tooting
Tooting was bought to life with colour and music today thanks to a stunning spectacle of Hindu worship.
A 20-mile ‘super sewer’ will start in Chiswick
A huge crater may be dug in Chiswick to make way for a massive underground “super sewer” entrance.
Frying tonight: Fire crew tackles blaze in chippy
An investigation has been launched after a fire broke out in a fish and chip shop causing staff and nearby residents to be evacuated.
‘The public should have a say in park’s future’
A Brentford resident who has seen Gunnersbury Park go from riches to rags has accused Hounslow Council of being undemocratic, after meetings on the park’s future have been held in secret.
‘PCT ignored my letters’
A campaigner for the Stroke Association has criticised what he described as the “rudeness and callous indifference” shown by Hounslow Primary Care Trust (PCT) towards the charity.
Merton exhibition will bring out the child in you
Visitors to Merton’s Heritage Centre will have the opportunity to get in touch with their inner-child thanks to a new exhibition.
Only one per cent of you know MPs...
An investigation by the Croydon Guardian has revealed that 99 per cent of Croydon residents do not recognise their local member of Parliament is and 100 per cent have no idea what their European parliament representative looks like.
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