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Top choreographers drafted in for Epsom Playhouse show

6:00am Friday 24th May 2013

Top West End choreographers are rehearsing students for an upcoming production being put on by Epsom’s Laine Theatre Arts.

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Terrified teen woken by snarling fox on her chest

6:00am Friday 24th May 2013

A teenager was terrified when a fox jumped on to her chest in bed and bared its teeth at her.

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Bulldog 'dragged me whole length of road'

6:00am Friday 24th May 2013

Jurors listened to the distressing 999 call an elderly woman made after a bulldog attacked her and her two dogs for the second time in a month.

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New cows brought to Petersham Meadows as dog ban continues

5:30am Friday 24th May 2013

Petersham Meadows has welcomed a different herd of cattle on to its land now that the grazing season has started.

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Message of hate daubed on bridge in wake of Woolwich slaughter

5:41pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

A message of hate was painted near Mitcham Junction station in the aftermath of yesterday brutal murder of a soldier in Woolwich.

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Replacement for St Helier A&E could open just 12 hours a day

3:00pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

Exclusive: A 24-hour urgent care centre (UCC) proposed to replace St Helier's under-threat accident and emergency department could in reality open for only 12 hours a day, it has emerged.

• Work on £5.5m St Helier Hospital A&E revamp enters final phase
• Sutton GPs vote to back downgrading of St Helier Hospital
• BSBV NHS leak reveals St Helier hospital downgrade will be worse than previously feared

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Tate Modern builders win £400m Battersea Power Station contract

2:22pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

The UK construction firm which built the Tate Modern has won the race to build the £400m first phase of the Battersea Power Station development.

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Surrey police chief insists he's 'not giving up'

12:08pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

Exclusive: Surrey's outspoken new police commissioner wrote his own headline this week when he called out to the press: "The headline is ‘police and crime commissioner is not giving up’."

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Woman calls for fox cull after dog savaged to death overnight

12:40pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

A mum has been left devastated after her three-year-old dog was savaged by a fox overnight.

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