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Jail for prisoner freed in Feltham armed ambush
A dangerous prisoner who escaped when masked bandits ambushed his security van at gunpoint in Feltham has been jailed for five-and-a-half years. Wayne Joseph Connor, 20, fled after two men wearing balaclavas smashed the window of the Serco
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'Land Girl years were the best of my life'
Eighty-year-old Rosemary Hyder was among the former Land Girls who met to recount their fond memories of the war days. The former members of the Women’s Land Army (WLA), along with members of the Women’s Timber Corps (TC), met at a special
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Taking a dip with giant piranhas
It’s probably not the first time a councillor has found himself at the biting end of angry residents - but for once he will be hoping it isn’t the last. In a bid to highlight the plight of the Tropical Forest, which is facing closure, Syon ward councillor
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Campaigner lodges complaint against police handling of G20 protest
A Teddington resident has made an official complaint against the police after finding himself trapped in the same G20 protest that claimed the life of a 47-year-old man. Green Party member Mark Sanders-Barwick joined thousands of demonstrators on
