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HAMMERS TALK: Villa line up £12m bid for Irons striker

8:32am Saturday 30th August 2008

DEAN ASHTON is a £12 million transfer target for ambitious Aston Villa, according to reports.

Spurs can cope if they lose Berbatov

7:55am Saturday 30th August 2008

SPURS midfielder Jermaine Jenas claims that the north Londoners still have the potential to succeed if star striker Dimitar Berbatov follows Robbie Keane out of the White Hart Lane exit door.

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Spurs warned they need to up their bid to land Arshavin

7:47am Saturday 30th August 2008

TOTTENHAM have been warned to up their offer if they want to sign Russian ace Andrei Arshavin.

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Arsenal boss will go to the wire to sign targets

7:39am Saturday 30th August 2008

ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger claims he is prepared he is ready to go right to the wire to land his transfer targets.

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Gunners boss believes Adebayor is not as bad as Berbatov

7:32am Saturday 30th August 2008

ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger has rubbished media suggestions that Emmanuel Adebayor's transfer saga this summer was similar to the situation Tottenham find themselves in with Dimitar Berbatov.

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Ince return set to take the heat off Hammers boss

9:17am Saturday 30th August 2008

WEST HAM boss Alan Curbishley will be hoping counterpart Paul Ince can take some of the heat off him when Blackburn visit Upton Park today

Hammers quintet set for return against Rovers

8:07pm Friday 29th August 2008

WEST HAM should have Mark Noble, Scott Parker, Matthew Etherington and Lucas Neill back in the squad for tomorrow's clash with Blackburn, while Craig Bellamy could also make a shock return to action.

Gunners boss refusing to splash the cash

3:01pm Friday 29th August 2008

ARSENE Wenger has rejected director Danny Fiszman's invitation to splash up to £30million on a player in favour of pursuing his policy of keeping faith with a young side.

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Gunners boss happy with strikers progress

2:57pm Friday 29th August 2008

ARSENE Wenger admits he is 'amazed' by how quickly striker Eduardo is recovering from injury and insists he is 'ahead of schedule.'

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Spurs have made contact with former United striker Forlan

11:39am Friday 29th August 2008

TOTTENHAM target Diego Forlan has revealed that he has received offers to join a Premier League club this summer, but insists he is happy to remain at Atletico Madrid.

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Two bodies found at fire-hit home

Christopher Foster, 50, his wife Jill, 49, and their 15-year-old daughter Kirstie

Updated 9:37am Saturday 30th August 2008

Two bodies have been found in the burnt-out Shropshire home of millionaire businessman Christopher Foster.


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The screening of the handover is abandoned because of yet another murder! That will certainly echo all around the World and tell people - don't come to Waltham Forest you will not be safe - even in the Town Square where the incident took place (police cordoned area).  − Redfox

Murder of 18-year-old CJ Hendricks »

I cannot believe somebody would suggest that the council should have just cleared the crime scene and continued with Olympic hand over. Im sure that he/she wouldn't want that to have been the caes if it was one of their family members who had been MURDERED. People need to see and recognise how we REALLY live in london! Its not about sporting events its about the pure evil that lives on our streets and in our neighbourhood.  − rebecca-leyton

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Knife culture claims another life

Another young man has been stabbed to death in Walthamstow.

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Nuovo - South Woodford

ONE glance inside the Nuovo restaurant, in South Woodford, and I feel it will be way above the budget of a trainee reporter.

Mustapha Al Turk (left) and Ross Davies go head-to-head on the card table
Was a real pasting on the cards for Ross?

A poker game with a BIG difference was held in Walthamstow. The event, billed as possibly the 'Most Dangerous Poker Tournament in the World', pitted more than 70 punters against the massive newly-crowned British Cage Rage Heavyweight Champion Mustapha Al Turk, who is also a dab hand on the poker table. The Guardian sent its very own cardsharp, sports reporter ROSS DAVIES, to try and win the special prize by knocking out Mr Al Turk.

Ryan Jarvis in action during Leyton Orient’s goalless draw with Carlisle on Saturday
Jarvis wings his way back into contention with the O's

ORIENT striker Ryan Jarvis was happy to be back in the east Londoners’ starting line-up even if it was on the wing against Carlisle.

The harbour at St Peter Port, Guernsey's capital. Pic: Clare Smith
A return to innocence

Guernsey and nearby Herm island are untouched by the major fast food and coffee shop chains, and amusement parks and arcades. Instead visitors are free to concentrate on the simple things in life like beaches, rock pools, coastal walks and relaxed cafés.

Joyce Monk with her display
Joyce Monk with her display

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World champion Sevda Arif with sport president Cory Shaefer
SOUTH WOODFORD: Kickboxer returns with gold

A WORLD Champion kickboxer has returned from her triumph to start her own martial arts academy for the next generation of sporting stars.


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