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  • Five bailed after attack on teenage girl

    A 16-year-old girl was today recovering in hospital after being wounded in the stomach during an assault. Police were called just before 1am on Saturday to reports of the teenager being attacked at the junction of Burlington Lane and Paxton

  • RUG welcomes a change to planning meetings

    Following their campaigning, Richmond United Group is delighted that from 6th August, for a trial period, the order of speakers for and against planning applications will alternate. Currently, all those against an application must speak first,

  • Jools tops bill at concert for forces

    Pop legend Jools Holland will be topping the bill at this year’s Rhythm Force concert. The former Squeeze musician and host of BBC music show Later . . . is due to return to Kneller Hall as the headline act on Saturday, September 19. He will

  • Teen accused of fatal stabbing acted in 'self defence'

    A teenager accused of knifing his sister's lodger to death in a row over the state of her flat told police he was scared the victim would kill her, a court heard. Jahangir Hussain, 18, left 27-year-old Fijian Robert Venenavuci with fatal injuries

  • G20 protester admits hurling rucksack at police

    A former soldier who was “kettled” by riot police during the violent G20 protest hurled his rucksack at police lines after spending five hours penned in near the Bank of England. Jobless lorry driver William Harvey, 44, of Argyl Avenue, Hounslow