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Conga challenge to fund research into rare cancer

A group of friends are embarking on a series of bizarre Christmas challenges this week to help a young woman who has a rare form of cancer

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Prints of pop: stars pose for 31 pictures in 31 days

A photographer has captured well-known musicians in 31 pictures taken over 31 days

Cross-Channel swimmer is mistaken for illegal migrant

A swimmer who completed the gruelling 21-mile cross-Channel challenge for charity was stopped by French officials who thought she was trying to enter the country illegally

School in path of high speed rail terminus wants £20m to relocate

A girls' school under threat from plans for the Government's £32 billion high speed rail link wants at least £20 million compensation to help it relocate

£4m lottery funds to restore London parks

Investment in London's parks has reached £100million as two more green spaces have been saved

I'm sorry about the Gherkin

Ken Shuttleworth, the man behind the Gherkin, says he now regrets the 'crazy shapes and silly profiles' of his landmark design

With a year to go, BBC rents 2012 penthouse

The BBC has already signed a lease for a penthouse overlooking the Olympic stadium which will be used as a studio

Man died after two hours in custody

Michael Sweeney died in police custody following a fight at a pub in east London where he was celebrating the news that he was to become a father.

Joseph Turner's cows are fenced in to protect the public

A herd of cows that has grazed Petersham Meadows for more than 200 years is to be penned in over concerns for public safety

Number of City cyclists soars to overtake rush-hour drivers

Cyclists are outnumbering motorists on some of the capital's busiest commuter routes in rush hour

Tycoon's basement plans labelled 'blot under the landscape' by furious neighbours

A billionaire's plans for a 'super basement' beneath his £48 million Highgate home have been branded 'disgraceful' by neighbours

Nepalese choir found after airport mix-up

A Nepalese choir who sparked an immigration alert after vanishing from Heathrow were found after three days at a house in Wembley

£200,000 bill for wrong fuel in Met's cars

Met police put the wrong fuel in their cars 612 times in the last three years - costing the taxpayer more than £200,000

Prisoners claiming for being too hot or cold

Compensation culture is rife in London prisons - with inmates claiming tens of thousands of pounds for being too hot or too cold.

Family of man who lived in house for 100 years won't sell

The grandchildren of a 100-year-old man who fought to protect his house from developers vow to keep it in the family

Airline loses gifts of clothes and toys for shanty town children in Africa

Charity worker taking toys and clothes to African children in a shanty town arrived empty-handed after an airline lost his luggage

5,500 empty council houses denied to desperate families

Thousands of council homes in London are lying empty for months despite a 33-year waiting list

Bloomsbury street that makes £2.5m a year in traffic fines

Southampton Row is the most lucrative road in London for parking fines and traffic penalties — raking in up to £2.5 million a year

Property owners make £7,000 a year renting out parking spaces

Homeowners are earning up to £7,000 a year renting out their drives to motorists looking for a convenient and cheap place to park

X Factor firm pays family for naming rights to their home

London family becomes first in the country to sell the naming rights to their home - to the sponsors of The X Factor

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