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    Police aoutside flat in Staines Road, Bedfont

    Four people found dead in Hounslow flat named

    The bodies in the west London property include those of an 11-year-old girl and a three-year-old boy.

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    Railway worker celebrates 50 years of service

    Shashi Vyas, 74, works at London's Euston station, five decades on from first joining British Rail.

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    Officer murder accused was thinking clearly - court

    A court hears Louis De Zoysa was able to "control his actions" when he shot Sgt Matiu Ratana.

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    Eileen Cotter

    Man convicted over cold case death 49 years ago

    John Apelgren, 80, is found guilty of strangling Eileen Cotter, 22, after having sex with her in June 1974.

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    Roof caves in at east London nursery school

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