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European financial tax – is the City worth saving?
As David Cameron trades blows with other European leaders over a financial transactions tax, Channel 4 News asks if the City should be protected.
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London ranks 38th in tale of 221 world cities
A quality of life index ranks London top among British cities. But the UK capital can only manage 38th position compared to its international rivals, with Vienna claiming top spot.
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London police officers in ‘butcher’s knife’ stabbing
Four police officers have been taken to hospital after being stabbed with a 12-inch butcher’s knife while attending a disturbance in Kingsbury, north west London.
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London student protest – ‘not a quiet affair’
After the 2010 student protests, there was speculation today’s London demo against education cuts would be similarly violent. But a sizeable police presence meant there was only sporadic disruption.
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St Paul’s dean resigns over Occupy London protest
An Occupy London spokesman tells Channel 4 News they never intended for people to lose their jobs, after the dean of St Paul’s becomes the latest cathedral figure to quit. Victoria Macdonald reports.
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Occupy London protesters criticise police surveillance
Occupy London protesters at St Paul’s Cathedral rubbish claims that only 10 per cent of tents are occupied at night and tell Channel 4 News police are wasting taxpayers’ money on surveillance.
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London banks targeted in Occupy Wall Street-style protest
Hundreds of campaigners target London’s City in a bid to replicate New York’s Occupy Wall Street protest. One protester tells Channel 4 News it is “direct democracy” but will stay peaceful.
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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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‘Oi – stop destroying our city’
The riots have brought out the best, and worst, in communities across England. Channel 4 News has been speaking to some of the people going out of their way to help the victims of violence.
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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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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.
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London 2012: race to the finish line and beyond
Olympian Jonathan Edwards tells Channel 4 News he has to “pinch himself” on seeing the London 2012 venues with a year to go – but what else is left to do to make the games, and the legacy, a success?
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Terror tests begin for London 2012 Olympics
Sports fans will face airport-style security at the 2012 Olympic Games say police, as they start testing London’s venues against potential terror threats.
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Dissident Republicans make London bomb threat
Scotland Yard sources say Irish Republican dissidents have issued a credible bomb threat for central London using a recognised code word, a security source tells Channel 4 News.