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Polio: we're developing a safer vaccine that uses no genetic material from the virus

Recent reports of poliovirus detected in samples from a sewage treatment works in London have rightly generated significant concern among public health agencies and medical staff. The poliovirus detected is what is called vaccine-derived poliovirus – this is not “wild poliovirus”.

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Man finds his car 8ft from where he left it with Range Rover on top after shooting drama

Luke returned to find "a Range Rover in the air where he thought his car was" after police were called to reports of gunfire on a street in north west London last night

Daily Mirror

What is polio, what are the symptoms and should we be worried about the discovery of poliovirus in London?

It is the first time since 1984 that the virus has been found to be spreading in the community in the UK.

Evening Standard

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Diana Ross at the London O2 review – A still-gleaming star

Six decades in, Ross still relishes the music and remains ravishing in performance

Evening Standard

All the trains running during nationwide rail strike

In the forthcoming strikes by Network Rail signallers, only about 20% of lines will open for trains

The Independent UK

London commuters face further headaches as weekend rail strike looms

Rail passengers faced further disruption on Friday because of a deadlocked dispute over jobs, pay and conditions.

Evening Standard

When is the UK train strike? Dates, times and everything you need to know

In the forthcoming strikes by Network Rail signallers, only about 20% of lines will be open for trains – many of which might not run anyway

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You and your friends can charter your own yacht around London for £100

The summer cruises come complete with cocktails and food

Wales Online

Vladimir Putin ally says London will be bombed first in World War 3 in chilling outburst

One of Vladimir Putin's close allies, reservist general MP Andrey Gurulyov, 54, who is also a member of Russianparliament’s defence committee, said Moscow won't target "Warsaw, Paris or Berlin" and launch missiles at London instead

Daily Mirror

London Tube strike: Hopes rise for end of action after Sadiq Khan signals he has accepted union demands

Hopes of an end to the dispute that has caused four Tube strikes in three months have risen after Sadiq Khan signalled he accepted union demands not to cut staff pensions.

Evening Standard

Nigerian couple charged with plotting to get child to UK to harvest organs

A Nigerian senator and his wife were remanded in custody in London on Thursday charged with plotting to have a 15-year-old boy brought into the United Kingdom to harvest his organs, the BBC and police said.

Reuters

Police launch frantic search for missing Scot who left home for London

Damian Gray's family haven't had any contact with him since Friday, June 18, and are becoming increasingly worried as this is out of character for him

Edinburgh Live

London’s newest green spaces — from bee-friendly gardens in Hyde Park to floating east London wetlands

From bee-friendly planting by algorithm to a floating Thames estuary park, George Hudson finds the capital’s newest green spaces

Evening Standard

Man arrested after mother and son, 5, stabbed to death is released with no further action

A 37-year-old woman and a five-year-old child were found with stab wounds at an address in Barnet, north London on Tuesday.

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Evening Standard

Why I live in Aldgate East: furniture maker Felix Conran on his ‘endlessly entertaining’ London area

Felix Conran is the grandson of designer Sir Terence, and the co-founder of luxury furniture brand Maker&Son. Here’s his insider guide to the bustling East End

Evening Standard

East London mansion block with 24 flats to be auctioned off at starting price of £7.5 million

The late Victorian building in Bethnal Green is the largest lot in the area to ever go under the hammer, according to auctioneers

Evening Standard

Inside Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank’s big move to ‘Lisbon’s answer to the Hamptons’

As it’s revealed the royals will be splitting life between Comporta and London, Luciana Bellini delves into what life will be like in the new celebrity hot spot on the Portuguese coast

Evening Standard

Best Sunday roasts in London, from Blacklock to The Bull and Last

From cosy boozers to high-end hotels, here’s where to find the roasts with the most

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WA premier, Qantas chief bury the hatchet

Qantas will launch direct flights from Perth to Johannesburg and Jakarta as Western Australia continues its reopening after years of border closures.

The Times of India

England's Adil Rashid to miss India white-ball series for Hajj pilgrimage

LONDON: England will be without the services of Adil Rashid in next month's white-ball series against India as the leg-spinner has received clearance from the country's cricket board (ECB) to make Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca.

Evening Standard

Elton John on supporting new artists, how charity begins at home and why AR is the future of live gigs

The global superstar is playing in London as part of his farewell tour, but he’s not done yet

Daily Mirror

Taylor Swift buys modest family motor in bid to drive around London undetected

Pop superstar Taylor Swift hopes to travel around London under the radar after purchasing a modest Nissan family car

Evening Standard

Rowan Atkinson poses with flower sculpture of himself to help endangered bees

Increase in honeybee hives in London in the last ten years has meant that there’s now not enough nectar and pollen to sustain them

The Independent UK

Man arrested following death of mother and son released with no further action - OLD

A 37-year-old woman and a five-year-old child were found with stab wounds at an address in Barnet, north London on Tuesday.

Evening Standard

Low polio vaccination rates among London children ‘concerning’ after alert issued

Just 35% of Year 9s are fully vaccinated in Hillingdon - the lowest uptake among the cohort in the country

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