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Deadline for London 2012 Paralympic tickets
As applications for London 2012 Paralympic tickets close organisers say demand is “like nothing ever seen before”.
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London 2012 Olympic athletes named
Britain’s greatest Olympic sailor, Ben Ainslie, is among the first athletes to be named for London 2012. The 34-year-old describes his selection as “a big relief”.
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Arms fair opens in London amid protests
Defence Secretary Liam Fox gives strong support to the defence industry at the opening of the UK’s DSEi arms fair, which includes delegates from Bahrain.
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FactCheck: The Met’s bombshell bill for the London riots
After the funeral of Mark Duggan today, whose death sparked the riots a month ago, it is understood that police forces from Cornwall to Northumbria will finally leave the capital – ending four weeks of unprecedented extra support for the Metropolitan Police. Will the government pay up, or will the police foot the bill? FactCheck investigates.
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London 2012 Paralympic tickets Q and A
As tickets for the London 2012 Paralympics go on sale, Channel 4 News answers your questions about price, availability, access and more.
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London 2012 Paralympics: the ones to watch
As the London 2012 Paralympics event schedule is released Channel 4 News profiles some of the athletes to watch. They include a teenage basketball star and a Commonwealth Games gold medallist.
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Police release more images after London riots
The Metropolitan Police has released a further 39 images of people it would like to speak with in connection to the London riots.
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FactCheck: London’s Met Police vs New York’s NYPD
Boris Johnson doesn’t want America’s Supercop swooping down on the Met Police with his hard-line “zero tolerance” policies. But how does the NYPD with it’s hard-line tactics, compare to the London’s Metropolitan poilce?
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Riots and stone throwing, but it’s London not Jerusalem
How is the world viewing Britain after the scenes of street violence? From east Jerusalem to east London, an Israeli journalist working in the UK writes for Channel 4 News on the chaos he witnessed.
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LIVE BLOG: UK riots from Manchester to London
After the riots across the UK, the clean-up and condemnation as David Cameron and Ed Miliband return to Westminster to address what went wrong. Follow updates as they happened.
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Londoners hit out at Mayor Boris Johnson
The Mayor of London is heckled by angry Londoners as he picks through the riot-hit streets near Clapham Junction.
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Cameron returns to UK as fire and riots grip London
David Cameron flies home to deal with a massive escalation of unrest in London as rioters loot shops and set buildings on fire. The trouble has spread to Birmingham, Liverpool and Bristol.
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Cameron recalls Parliament as London riots spread
David Cameron vows to do “everything necessary to restore order to Britain’s streets as he recalls Parliament and trebles police presence in London. There will be 16,000 officers on patrol tonight.
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London closes its shutters amid warnings of more violence
Shopping centres, high street shops and other businesses have closed early across the capital as police warn of a fourth night of disturbances.
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Riots cast ‘dark shadow’ on London Olympics
Coverage of riots in cities around the UK has made headlines across the globe, with interest in the story intensified by London’s hosting of the 2012 Olympic Games.