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A female cyclist died yesterday following a collision with a lorry, bringing the number of cycling fatalities on London’s roads to four over just eight days. The woman, who was in her mid-20s, had been dragged under a truck on the Bow roundabout in east London and was pronounced dead at the scene. MORE
Single-earner poverty trap
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Mafia may plot to kill the Pope
Pope Francis’s life is in danger from Italy’s most feared crime group, an anti-mafia judge has claimed. Nicola Gratteri warned that the Pontiff’s crackdown on financial corruption in the Vatican has angered the bosses of ’Ndrangheta, thought to rule Europe’s cocaine trade. MORE
Three acquitted over tanker wreck
All three people charged in the 2002 sinking of the Prestige oil tanker off Spain’s coast 11 years ago, which triggered an environmental catastrophe, have been acquitted. Judge Juan Luis Pia said the court found no criminal responsibility and absolved the three defendants.
Right-wing parties combine for election
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‘Whitey’ Bulger faces his victims’ families
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Fears grow for missing teenager
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Bolshoi ‘charged £6,000 for solos’
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