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Does London actually need the Shard?
As the Shard’s viewing platform prepares to open to the public, Sarah Smith looks at Qatar’s growing presence in London’s property market and asks: why is the Shard there?
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London Underground at 150: Oyster card for ma’am?
As the London Underground marks its 150th birthday, Channel 4 News digs out three films from the ITN archive featuring some royal tube rides (oh, and commuters complaining about overcrowding).
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Boxing day: London shoppers smash sales records
Boxing day shoppers smash sales records with visitors to London’s west end shops up 31.3 per cent over last year by 11am.
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London tube strike could cause Boxing day chaos
Transport for London warns “significant disruption” is likely on the tube due to a Boxing day strike by train drivers’ union Aslef over holiday working conditions and pay.
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Wife and children’s death in ‘worst London fire for decade’
A father whose wife and five children were killed in a house fire which started behind a chest freezer, tells an inquest how he braved flames and smoke as he tried to rescue them.
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Questions over south London school ‘cheating’ inquiry
Why, 15 months after pupils and teachers submitted allegations of widespread cheating at a Dulwich academy school, have exam boards failed to conclude their inquiries?
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Is Boris Johnson London 2012’s ‘victor ludorum’?
For all the talk of Mo Farah, Jessica Ennis and Dave Weir, has anyone had a better London 2012 than London Mayor? Political Editor Gary Gibbon assesses Boris Johnson’s prospects.
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The End of London 2012 is Nigh
The last night of London 2012 is upon us – the end of the most amazing summer of sport many people have ever seen in this country. The closing ceremony of the Paralympics begins at 8.30pm and once again I will tell you what I can, having seen the rehearsal, but won’t spoil the surprise.…
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For the London 2012 Games makers, it is forever Games Time
The purple outfits are being folded away, the giant sponge fingers consigned to storage. But what was it like for the 70,000 volunteers who made the London 2012 experience quite so special?
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Interview: Tony Blair on the London 2012 Games
Tony Blair is interviewed by Krishnan Guru-Murthy about the Olympic and Paralympic Games and how they have changed the way the UK is viewed.
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Paralympics: David Weir wins second London 2012 gold
David Weir wins gold in the T54 1,500m – his second of London 2012.
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Paralympic legacy set for London tube stations
Tube bosses tell Channel 4 News they will try to keep and even expand a network of accessible ramps for disabled passengers which were only expected to remain for the Paralympic and Olympic Games.
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London Metropolitan University foreign students Q & A
Channel 4 News explains the implications of the decision to stop London Metropolitan University from sponsoring visas for foreign students.
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US military chief on London 2012 Paralympics
Jon Snow meets chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff and US Paralympics team head of delegation, General Martin Dempsey, to talk about the team, TV coverage, and ‘green on blue’ killings.
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Paralympics: Top tips for London 2012
The Channel 4 News guide to the London 2012 Paralympic Games – how, where and who to watch, ahead of Wednesday’s opening ceremony.