The screening process for Ebola is being reviewed after a nurse with the virus was allowed to leave Heathrow Airport despite being tested. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/health/screening-process-for-ebola-under-review-after-nurse-with-virus-travels-through-heathrow-9951291.html
A man has been charged with murder after a woman was found dead at a flat in Whitechapel. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/man-charged-with-murder-after-woman-found-dead-at-flat-in-whitechapel-9947794.html
A man is fighting for his life in hospital after falling from an escalator inside a busy department store in central London. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/man-in-hospital-after-falling-from-sloane-square-department-store-escalator-9950470.html
Detectives have launched a murder investigation after a man was stabbed to death in north east London. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/detectives-launch-murder-investigation-after-man-is-stabbed-to-death-in-redbridge-9947146.html
A 24-hour general strike has been declared by Israeli Arabs and protesters and thousands of people took to the streets in Kafr Kana in the country’s north after Israeli police violated protocol, shooting and killing a man during a raid. http://rt.com/news/203555-israel-arab-police-shooting/
[Watch moment of sentencing above] PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Oscar Pistorius has been sentenced to five years in prison for killing… http://www.aol.com/article/2014/10/21/oscar-pistorius-to-finally-learn-his-sentence/20981532/?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk2%26pLid%3D549162
Lindsay Lohan was certainly shining after her performance in the West End’s Speed the Plow last night. http://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/star-of-the-night-lindsay-lohan-shines-at-after-party-for-speed-the-plow-9771889.html
A 24-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a police officer was run over by a car during a police chase in west London. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/police-officer-run-over-by-car-in-west-london-9770578.html
Jeremy Clarkson and the Top Gear team had to abandon their cars and flee Argentina after being pelted with stones by furious locals. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/celebritynews/jeremy-clarkson-pelted-with-stones-as-top-gear-crew-abandon-cars-and-flee-argentina-9772716.html
Lindsay Lohan was certainly shining after her performance in the West End’s Speed the Plow last night. http://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/star-of-the-night-lindsay-lohan-shines-at-after-party-for-speed-the-plow-9771889.html
Two female teachers from the same school have been arrested after allegedly having a threesome with a 16-year-old student. Shelley Dufresne, 32 and Rachel Respess, 24, of Destrehan High School, Louisiana, have been charged with carnal knowledge o… http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/10/03/teachers-rachel-respess-shelley-dufresne-arrested-threesome-student-16_n_5925744.html?utm_hp_ref=uk
It was conceived by Aristotle and dismissed as superstition in the late 19th century. – New Zealand Herald http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11335620
As troops return to the Middle East, the true cost of our decade at war is just beginning to be felt at home. Kumi Taguchi goes inside the PTSD healing process. http://www.abc.net.au/interactives/ptsd
A YOUNG man who allegedly led police on a 170km chase in a stolen car yesterday will face court today charged with 30 offences. http://www.news.com.au/national/western-australia/man-faces-30-charges-after-170km-police-chase-from-perth-to-dandaragan/story-fnii5thn-1227077599226
A pro-Israeli group has filed a lawsuit against New York’s transportation authority after it refused a bus advertisement campaign that includes the phrase “Hamas Killing Jews.” It was rejected because of fears it could incite violence. http://rt.com/usa/192472-newyork-buses-advertisement-jews/
Sainsbury’s was forced to apologise after a motivational poster urging staff to squeeze an extra 50p from every customer was mistakenly put in the window of its Stratford store for customers to see. http://www.london24.com/news/quirky-london/sainsbury_s_in_social_media_gaffe_after_fifty_pence_challenge_poster_goes_viral_1_3789181
A female cyclist was rushed to hospital with leg injuries after being involved in a collision with a coach in Oxford Street this morning. http://www.london24.com/news/cycling/cyclist_injured_after_crash_with_national_express_coach_in_oxford_street_1_3791130
UPDATE: Delays are expected on all services into and out of Liverpool Street station until 9.30pm after a ‘tresspass incident’ http://www.london24.com/news/transport/rush_hour_chaos_at_liverpool_street_after_person_on_track_1_3789704
A cyclist was forced to use his bike as a shield to dodge blows from a metal rod after a man launched an attack on him in Camden Town. http://www.london24.com/news/crime/cyclist_uses_his_bike_as_shield_after_iron_bar_attack_in_camden_1_3791852
A female cyclist was rushed to hospital with leg injuries after being involved in a collision with a coach in Oxford Street this morning. http://www.london24.com/news/cycling/cyclist_injured_after_crash_with_national_express_coach_in_oxford_street_1_3791130
Flares were thrown onto the pitch at the Arsenal v Galatasary Championship League match last night – with seven men arrested for various disorder offences. http://www.london24.com/news/crime/fans_arrested_after_flares_thrown_at_arsenal_v_galatasary_1_3791322
A leader of Islington’s Muslim community has voiced his fear that the attempted murder of an Archway shopkeeper may have been fuelled by Islamophobia following the atrocities committed by extremist group Isil. http://www.london24.com/news/crime/mosque_leader_gives_hate_crime_warning_after_archway_attack_1_3791315
Tucking into a greasy kebab after a night out is not usually the most satisfying affair. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/would-you-like-some-mouse-droppings-with-your-kebab-takeaway-owners-fined-after-health-inspectors-discover-grim-surprise-9770370.html
East European immigrants facing eviction from a “shanty town” on the banks of a canal in north London today said: “We’ve got to live somewhere.” http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/residents-anger-after-group-of-immigrants-build-filthy-shanty-town-in-north-london-park-9768850.html