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Hospital watchdogs came under fresh pressure to intervene to protect patient safety after research found 12 trusts were "significantly underperforming". The latest analysis by the Dr Foster organisation also identified 27 trusts with unusually high mortality rates - totalling 5,000 more deaths than expected.

Syracuse at Connecticut in Big East action. The Huskies won last season's meeting 39-14. UConn scored two TDs with :19 remaining in the game on a punt return followed by an interception return.

The bodies of an adult and a child have been found in a flat after reports of a fire in Earlsfield, south west London.

Families of the 52 people killed in the July 7 bombings have condemned the decision to hold joint inquests into the victims' deaths and those of the bombers.

A MAN has been jailed for 15 months after assaulting a 14-year-old girl in Ipswich before hauling her into his van and driving off.

Sir Jeremy Greenstock arrives to give evidence on the fourth day of the Iraq Inquiry on November 27, 2009 in London, England.

Two former IRA prisoners used threats in a bid to pocket a 150,000 pay-off from millions allegedly raised using the group's name, a court has heard.

A father and his 14-year-old son have been jailed for life for stabbing a man to death in a pub.

A competition to design the first tartan for London will be launched on St Andrew's Day, organisers have said.

A Londoner dubbed the 'clown prince of robbers' was this week jailed for 11 years for a string of raids including one on an armoured van in Leamington.

A soldier from Suffolk has been nicknamed the "Herriot of Helmand" by his colleagues after setting up a veterinary clinic for Afghan farmers.

Managers at a scandal-hit hospital should resign after a report found a catalogue of failings and an unusually high death rate, the head of a patient group has said.

Firefighters douse a fire in a block of flats in Peckham on November 26, 2009 in London, England.

Detectives have released a photograph showing a 20-year-old man lying in a coma in hospital after being attacked on a train in Essex.

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Around 150 people were evacuated from their homes after a huge blaze at a building site spread to several blocks of flats.

Commuters will be able to use Oyster Pay as you go on overground rail services in the capital from January 2, creating, for the first time, a fully integrated transport payment system for London.

Actor Sylvester Stallone arrives at the UK gala premiere of 'Rambo' at the Vue cinema, Leicester Square on February 12, 2008 in London, England.

Detectives are investigating whether a man suspected of stabbing his three-year-old son to death is related to a wanted evangelist.

A father of two is alleged to have killed his three-year-old son and then tried to kill his wife and himself after she said she wanted a divorce.