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  1. Taking the 'llama drama' out of lockdownpublished at 20:50 Greenwich Mean Time 3 November 2020

    A London family takes the stress out of impending lockdown by going llama trekking - in England.

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  2. Men jailed for smuggling boats of migrants to UKpublished at 19:26 Greenwich Mean Time 3 November 2020

    Iraqi Assad Abdul Latif Sayed Abdulghany and Iranian Ali Azarkish have been jailed for 16 months.

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  3. New hospital gets green lightpublished at 11:39 Greenwich Mean Time 3 November 2020

    Lizzie Massey
    BBC Live reporter

    Health Secretary Matt Hancock has given the green light to a new hospital for Surrey and south-west London, based in Sutton.

    It is planned to open in 2025 and is part of the government’s £3.7bn pledge to build 40 new hospitals by 2030.

    It is anticipated to cost £500m.

    Daniel Elkeles, head of Epsom and St Helier University Hospital Trust, said he was "delighted" and will be "proceeding at full speed to design the new hospital".

    It is hoped builders will be on site in Sutton in spring 2022.

  4. 'Great response' to barber's van salonpublished at 01:12 Greenwich Mean Time 3 November 2020

    Aaron Simmons converted a van during the first lockdown, and now cuts hair outside clients' homes.

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  5. Libyan sues MailOnline over arena bombing storypublished at 20:01 Greenwich Mean Time 2 November 2020

    The MailOnline identified Alaedeen Sicri as a suspect in the Manchester Arena attack in May 2017.

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  6. Hundreds of birds culled at farm hit by avian flupublished at 17:13 Greenwich Mean Time 2 November 2020

    A restricted zone has been placed around the farm in Kent "to prevent the disease spreading".

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  7. Juror's Covid contact stalls lorry deaths trialpublished at 13:07 Greenwich Mean Time 2 November 2020

    The juror is awaiting a Covid-19 test result after meeting her sister who later tested positive.

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  8. House party organiser fined £10,000published at 17:08 Greenwich Mean Time 1 November 2020

    Officers face "violence and abuse" as they break up 100-strong party in Brighton.

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  9. Second England lockdown 'a devastating blow'published at 14:13 Greenwich Mean Time 1 November 2020

    Some are better prepared, others will diversify businesses and several want more financial support.

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  10. The wedding DJ who wants to stop migrant boatspublished at 00:25 Greenwich Mean Time 1 November 2020

    A growing band of campaigners is trying to push the government to stop migrants crossing from France.

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  11. Rare spider spotted for first time in generationpublished at 00:56 Greenwich Mean Time 31 October 2020

    The great fox-spider had not been seen since the early 1990s and was feared extinct in the UK.

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  12. Death of 'gentle giant' leaves family 'broken'published at 19:29 Greenwich Mean Time 30 October 2020

    A man faces a murder charge after the body of Stephen Chapman was found at a property in Rochester.

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  13. Men jailed for smuggling boats of migrants to UKpublished at 18:32 Greenwich Mean Time 30 October 2020

    Iranians Ghodratallah Donyamali Zadeh and Ahmed Nayat Quadir have each been jailed for 24 months.

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  14. Girl, 14, charged with stabbing murderpublished at 16:07 Greenwich Mean Time 30 October 2020

    The teenager is accused of killing Nimroy Hendricks, who was found in the street with stab wounds.

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  15. Teenager beats heart scare to pursue racing dreampublished at 14:47 Greenwich Mean Time 30 October 2020

    Thirteen-year-old Caitlin has beaten a heart condition to pursue her top flight racing dream.

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  16. Peacocks score new roost after dispatch fearspublished at 12:23 Greenwich Mean Time 30 October 2020

    A local person is offering the birds sanctuary on their land, after complaints were made to police.

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  17. 'Will never know truth' of ex-racer's wife's deathpublished at 21:11 Greenwich Mean Time 29 October 2020

    Sean Emmett and his new wife Abigail Elson had been drinking for more than 11 hours before she died.

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  18. Murder-accused mother denies 'squeezing' babypublished at 17:03 Greenwich Mean Time 29 October 2020

    Tiffany Tate says while she struggled with night feeds she would never hurt her daughter.

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  19. Girl, 14, arrested on suspicion of murderpublished at 12:23 Greenwich Mean Time 29 October 2020

    The teenager is being questioned about a 24-year-old man found stabbed to death in Crawley.

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  20. Hundreds of Scout groups 'at risk of closure'published at 12:11 Greenwich Mean Time 29 October 2020

    Social distancing has ended fundraising activities like jumble sales, the Scout Association says.

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