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Last orders for five pubs a day
Updated 6:18am Monday 8th September 2008
British pubs have closed at the rate of five a day during the first half of this year, according to new figures.
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Human pets remembered in 'Hunt the Hermit'
An annual hunt commemorates the bizarre craze for keeping fake holy men as pets in eccentric England. Reporter Louise Robertson finds out more.
Man jailed for knifing partner in broccoli row
A man who stabbed his partner to death after she threw a piece of broccoli at him has been jailed for five years.
Theatre beckons for slimmed down pensioner
A Putney pensioner will finally achieve her dream of appearing on a West End stage - after losing a third of her body weight.
PC given award for saving man
A police officer who talked a suicidal man down from the edge of Walton bridge has been awarded a Chief Constable’s Commendation.
Prop's barefoot success
A Weybridge rugby player has proved he can be fairly light on his feet, if a little wet, at more than 40mph.
Princess Diana's wedding cake sold for charity
A slice of Princess Diana’s wedding cake found in a Furzedown attic fetched over £1,000 at an auction on Tuesday.
Squatters take over homes of returning servicemen
Squatters evicted from a Balham council estate last week have moved into army quarters meant for the families of servicemen.
Yobs cop fines not convictions
Police have handed out hundreds of on-the-spot fines for drunken and disorderly behaviour on the streets of Kingston but none of the offenders will have been given a criminal record.
Polish man stabbed in race attack
A young Polish man who was stabbed in the head with a broken bottle was saved when a good Samaritan managed to drag him into his car.
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