http://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/londonsoutheast/default.aspxen-gbFri, 17 Jul 2009 08:31:48 GMThttp://www.teletext.co.uk/images/Logo64x64.gifhttp://www.teletext.co.ukA convicted rapist from west London is facing a lengthy jail term after he admitted trying to murder a prostitute in a hammer attack.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/news/regional/london/~4/10Pmb0aNKpE" height="1" width="1"/>
Christopher Hughes, 28, hit Loredana Cirstouiu repeatedly on the head at his flat in Bravington Road, Maida Vale.

He pleaded guilty when he appeared via videolink at the Old Bailey. Hughes was convicted of rape in 1999.

]]>73812ac3a06bd2a56914d4572684cb63http://feeds.teletext.co.uk/~r/news/regional/london/~3/10Pmb0aNKpE/Rapist+admits+hammer+attack.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/londonsoutheast/73812ac3a06bd2a56914d4572684cb63/Rapist+admits+hammer+attack.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/londonsoutheast/73812ac3a06bd2a56914d4572684cb63/Rapist+admits+hammer+attack.aspxA woman who would have been spared years of abuse by her mother if a local authority in Camden had acted as it should has won &#163;60,000 damages.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/news/regional/london/~4/IdqN3K2fdXs" height="1" width="1"/>
The 33-year-old sued the London Borough of Camden for its negligent failure to protect her by not taking her into care before 1989, when she was 14.

The High Court ruled there was a breach of duty, resulting in the damages sum.

]]>5412f96d4fa76ef6905800ef32f7e14ehttp://feeds.teletext.co.uk/~r/news/regional/london/~3/IdqN3K2fdXs/Woman+wins+care+damages.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/londonsoutheast/5412f96d4fa76ef6905800ef32f7e14e/Woman+wins+care+damages.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/londonsoutheast/5412f96d4fa76ef6905800ef32f7e14e/Woman+wins+care+damages.aspxThousands of postal workers are to go on a 24-hour strike in a fight for better jobs, pay and services, including staff in London.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/news/regional/london/~4/-VmF9V05CNw" height="1" width="1"/>
CWU deputy general secretary Dave Ward said Royal Mail is cutting jobs and freezing pay, threatening to turn the strikes into a national dispute.

But Royal Mail blames CWU for failing to accept "modernisation".

]]>c8de6a32cbe689540e4191bcb887fe06http://feeds.teletext.co.uk/~r/news/regional/london/~3/-VmF9V05CNw/Royal+Mail+staff+to+strike.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/londonsoutheast/c8de6a32cbe689540e4191bcb887fe06/Royal+Mail+staff+to+strike.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/londonsoutheast/c8de6a32cbe689540e4191bcb887fe06/Royal+Mail+staff+to+strike.aspxSinger Amy Winehouse, from London, and her estranged husband Blake Fielder-Civil have divorced.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/news/regional/london/~4/vHswpBUoKAU" height="1" width="1"/>
Fielder-Civil, 27, was granted a "quickie" divorce from the 25-year-old singer at a hearing in central London after Winehouse admitted to adultery.

Neither was present for the proceedings before District Judge Michael Segal at the High Court's family division.

]]>5b53e577143fa8946f6496863829e7afhttp://feeds.teletext.co.uk/~r/news/regional/london/~3/vHswpBUoKAU/Husband+divorces+Winehouse.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/londonsoutheast/5b53e577143fa8946f6496863829e7af/Husband+divorces+Winehouse.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/londonsoutheast/5b53e577143fa8946f6496863829e7af/Husband+divorces+Winehouse.aspxAn actor who stars in the Harry Potter films has admitted growing cannabis at his mother&#39;s home in north-west London.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/news/regional/london/~4/AITH3cfyvLk" height="1" width="1"/>
Jamie Waylett, 19, who plays Vincent Crabbe, pleaded guilty to growing 10 plants in tents at the Kilburn house.

At the City of Westminster Magistrates' Court, Waylett admitted production of cannabis. John Innis, 20, of Barnet, admitted possession of cannabis.

]]>90addc6c9b2997507066753666db08c7http://feeds.teletext.co.uk/~r/news/regional/london/~3/AITH3cfyvLk/Film+star+admits+drug+charges.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/londonsoutheast/90addc6c9b2997507066753666db08c7/Film+star+admits+drug+charges.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/londonsoutheast/90addc6c9b2997507066753666db08c7/Film+star+admits+drug+charges.aspxChris Tarrant&#39;s ex-wife Ingrid has been fined &#163;2,700 after she was wrestled to the ground by police in a confrontation over a parking ticket in Surrey.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/news/regional/london/~4/dFKJ5wtmshk" height="1" width="1"/>
Tarrant, 54, was said to have been "abrupt and rude" to the officer when he tried to issue a ticket in Cobham.

Tarrant was convicted of failing to stop for a Pc and and resisting a Pc at Staines Magistrates' Court.

]]>551e0640f8f168dff5de8ee70ce0bed2http://feeds.teletext.co.uk/~r/news/regional/london/~3/dFKJ5wtmshk/Tarrant+ex+in+ticket+row.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/londonsoutheast/551e0640f8f168dff5de8ee70ce0bed2/Tarrant+ex+in+ticket+row.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/londonsoutheast/551e0640f8f168dff5de8ee70ce0bed2/Tarrant+ex+in+ticket+row.aspx<b>CITY</b> Six-month intensive courses to train former City workers as teachers will be trialled by the Institute of Education in the University of London.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/news/regional/london/~4/bBQdkvbKfAo" height="1" width="1"/>CITY Six-month intensive courses to train former City workers as teachers will be trialled by the Institute of Education in the University of London.

POLICE The new deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan Police has been announced as Tim Godwin.

JOBS More than 2,000 workers in higher education in the London region could lose their job, it has been warned.

]]>12729efe5bb8d59de3cca176a28d6b0bhttp://feeds.teletext.co.uk/~r/news/regional/london/~3/bBQdkvbKfAo/Capital+news+in+brief.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/londonsoutheast/12729efe5bb8d59de3cca176a28d6b0b/Capital+news+in+brief.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/londonsoutheast/12729efe5bb8d59de3cca176a28d6b0b/Capital+news+in+brief.aspxA Brighton journalist investigating a seal hunt in Namibia has been attacked and arrested, the World Society for the Protection of Animals said.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/news/regional/london/~4/OuHIqLcd4gM" height="1" width="1"/>
Jim Wickens was assaulted along with his cameraman Bart Smithers as they tried to film seals being killed at the Cape Cross Seal Reserve.

A group of hunters apparently attacked them and police seized their cameras.

]]>a4aae509fcd60a18c8006be67f1448f4http://feeds.teletext.co.uk/~r/news/regional/london/~3/OuHIqLcd4gM/Seal+hunt+reporter+arrested.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/londonsoutheast/a4aae509fcd60a18c8006be67f1448f4/Seal+hunt+reporter+arrested.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/londonsoutheast/a4aae509fcd60a18c8006be67f1448f4/Seal+hunt+reporter+arrested.aspxA 22-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the death of a man who collapsed in a street in Dover.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/news/regional/london/~4/4cLMihhpiAA" height="1" width="1"/>
Police were called at 3pm on Wednesday after the 31-year-old man was found in Clarendon Street.

He was taken to the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford by ambulance, but died en route. A post-mortem examination is due to be carried out.

]]>3896889d94ea4c2c895b9002ffc7b236http://feeds.teletext.co.uk/~r/news/regional/london/~3/4cLMihhpiAA/Man+held+after+collapse+death.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/londonsoutheast/3896889d94ea4c2c895b9002ffc7b236/Man+held+after+collapse+death.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/londonsoutheast/3896889d94ea4c2c895b9002ffc7b236/Man+held+after+collapse+death.aspxBanking giant Lloyds has been accused of "betraying" the taxpayer after plans were revealed to cut another 1,200 jobs including in Southend.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/news/regional/london/~4/tv75XT9RS0Q" height="1" width="1"/>
Unite said it was "Groundhog Day" because of the number of jobs lost this year is estimated to be 8,200.

National officer Rob MacGregor said the decision to cut jobs at the taxpayer supported institution is "disgraceful".

]]>e0892a4f87d72654e3f3ec2148165f2bhttp://feeds.teletext.co.uk/~r/news/regional/london/~3/tv75XT9RS0Q/1,200+more+jobs+go+at+Lloyds.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/londonsoutheast/e0892a4f87d72654e3f3ec2148165f2b/1,200+more+jobs+go+at+Lloyds.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/londonsoutheast/e0892a4f87d72654e3f3ec2148165f2b/1,200+more+jobs+go+at+Lloyds.aspxThousands of well-wishers have turned out in Lewes to cheer soldiers who have returned from Afghanistan and Iraq.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/news/regional/london/~4/6pSPxoZ-DKk" height="1" width="1"/>
More than 200 troops from the 1st Battalion the Princess of Wales' Royal Regiment marched through the town.

Captain Jay Smith said: "It's absolutely brilliant. When you see how far the support for them extends it increases their morale tenfold."

]]>dd4f9046d94c47d909edbe8b792ce964http://feeds.teletext.co.uk/~r/news/regional/london/~3/6pSPxoZ-DKk/Thousands+cheer+on+troops.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/londonsoutheast/dd4f9046d94c47d909edbe8b792ce964/Thousands+cheer+on+troops.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/londonsoutheast/dd4f9046d94c47d909edbe8b792ce964/Thousands+cheer+on+troops.aspxA 61-year-old woman has been charged with running a brothel after a raid on an address in Faversham.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/news/regional/london/~4/wg3LD-IkHDk" height="1" width="1"/>
Lyn Brown, from Bridge, was charged with controlling prostitution for gain after officers carried out a warrant at an address in Ospringe Road.

A 41-year-old woman from the Whitstable area who was also arrested at the scene was released on bail until August 25.

]]>84d2ad14cfa100ed42aa29b34c647724http://feeds.teletext.co.uk/~r/news/regional/london/~3/wg3LD-IkHDk/Woman+charged+over+brothel.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/londonsoutheast/84d2ad14cfa100ed42aa29b34c647724/Woman+charged+over+brothel.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/londonsoutheast/84d2ad14cfa100ed42aa29b34c647724/Woman+charged+over+brothel.aspxBAA is facing another setback over the sale of Gatwick after its principal suitor reportedly refused to meet the group&#39;s final price tag.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/news/regional/london/~4/OkvdMx8BKcM" height="1" width="1"/>
A consortium led by Manchester Airports Group is said to be standing its ground on its £1.4bn offer, which is thought to be £100m short of BAA's demands.

The stalemate may threaten moves by BAA to reduce a £12bn debt mountain.

]]>d368a7cc7231fbed2b7233900b69d076http://feeds.teletext.co.uk/~r/news/regional/london/~3/OkvdMx8BKcM/Airport+sale+hits+setback.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/londonsoutheast/d368a7cc7231fbed2b7233900b69d076/Airport+sale+hits+setback.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/londonsoutheast/d368a7cc7231fbed2b7233900b69d076/Airport+sale+hits+setback.aspxA father who spent hundreds of pounds on cosmetic procedures to make himself look like the devil has been banned from leaving his Kent home at night.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/news/regional/london/~4/3WlqAipqGMU" height="1" width="1"/>
Gavin Paslow, 39, from Seasalter, near Whitstable, had a community service order for benefit fraud revoked.

Magistrates issued a three-month curfew order, which means he must stay in his home between 5pm and 5am every night.

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