Highlights
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Rents are falling but many Londoners spend half their wages on rent
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South London's foodie enclave with a rural feel, minutes from the City
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Four picture-perfect Cotswolds villages with do-able London commutes
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This couple added 70sq ft of space to their home without an extension
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Windmill once built for £13 is now a family home for sale for £595k
Pictures of the day
Pictures of the day
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1/25 Is it beginning to look like a Crown?
The Prince of Wales is shown how to make headwear from balloons during a visit to Yavneh College, an Orthodox Jewish school in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire
Toby Melville/PA
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2/25 Where to now?
A man carries a mattress outside the £15 million Grade II listed mansion on Belgrave Place, after police evicted squatters
Yui Mok/PA
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3/25 Remembering a Watford legend
A Watford support watches the giant screen ahead of the funeral service for Graham Taylor held at St Mary's Church, Watford
Simon Cooper/PA
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4/25 Motorway Eye In The Sky
A kestrel on a CCTV mast by the M5 in Gloucestershire
Highways England
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5/25 You're about 1,000 years late
Members of the Jarl Squad dressed in Viking suits on a galley after marching through the street in Lerwick on the Shetland Isles during the Up Helly Aa Viking festival
Jane Barlow/PA
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6/25 Bafta preparations
A completed BAFTA mask at New Pro Foundries in West Drayton, Middlesex, ahead the ceremony in February
Victoria Jones/PA
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7/25 Only seafood on the menu I'm afraid
Florence Lutje Spelberg and Nicolas Mouchart have dinner while sitting inside "The Pearl", a spheric dining room placed five metres (16ft) underwater in the NEMO33 diving center, one of the world's deepest pools in Brussels
Yves Herman/Reuters
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8/25 Mummy bear
Zookeepers at ZSL London Zoo have recruited a special teddy-bear to take on the role of surrogate mum to its newest arrival; a tiny baby anteater
ZSL London Zoo
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9/25 Beyond parody
A piece of graffiti on a wall in Shoreditch, east London, uses a parody of the Top Trumps card game to criticise US President Donald Trump
Kirsty O'Connor/PA
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10/25 In La La Land
Emma Stone is overcome and comforted by Jonah Hill after she wins Best Actress at the Screen Actors Guild Awards
Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP
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11/25 Cute cubs
Tourists look at tiger cubs born on the first day of the Lunar New Year and Year of the Rooster at Sriracha Tiger Zoo in Chonburi province, Thailand
Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters
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12/25 Ace selfie
A woman takes a selfie with Switzerland's Roger Federer as he holds the trophy during a photo call the morning after he won the Men's singles final at the Australian Open
Issei Kato/Reuters
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13/25 She's back
The Queen, on her first engagement of 2017, looks at a Fijian warrior dressed in traditional costume as she arrives to view an exhibition on the Pacific nation at the Centre for Visual Arts, University of East Anglia in Norwich
Toby Melville/Reuters
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14/25 Happy New Year
A woman lays out a stand in Gerrard Street in Chinatown, London, as preparations are made ahead of the Chinese New Year celebrations
Victoria Jones/PA
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15/25 Mt Doom
The Colima Volcano, the most active in Mexico, during an eruption as seen from the site of Carrizalillos, Colima, Mexico
Ulises Ruiz Basurto/EPA
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16/25 Hair Farce One
US President Donald Trump salutes as he steps off Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland upon his return from Philadelphia
Nichoilas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images
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17/25 Our wall Trumps yours Mr President
View of the border fence between Mexico and US taken from Mexico's side in Tijuana
AFP/Getty Images
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18/25 Homeless
A young couple rest in a football field after a forest fire devastated Santa Olg, 150 miles south of Santiago, Chile
AFP/Getty Images
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19/25 Football United
Former Chapecoense goalkeeper Follmann, in wheelchair, and Alan Ruschel, behind him, greet Brazil's players prior to a friendly match with Colombia at the Nilton Santos stadium, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The match was a tribute to Chapecoense soccer players who died in a plane crash in Colombia last November
Silvia Izquierdo/AP
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20/25 On the march
An Indian military contingent marches past during the Republic Day Parade at Rajpath in New Delhi
AFP/Getty Images
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21/25 Big heads
Three 8 foot models of the heads of The Grand Tour presenters, Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond pass by Buckingham Palace in London on the back of flatbed trucks after travelling 30,000 miles across 3 continents as part of the programme's promotion
Matt Alexander/PA
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22/25 Punky Paris
A model wears a creation as part of Vetements' Spring-Summer 2017 Haute Couture fashion collection presented in Paris
Thibault Camus/AP
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23/25 Happy Hippo
A Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden employee swaddles a female Nile hippopotamus calf
Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical/AP
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24/25 First Class stamp
One of the 10 special stamps Royal Mail are issuing as a tribute to David Bowie
Royal Mail
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25/25 Government hopes sunk
Satirical artist Kaya Mar with one of his paintings outside the Supreme Court in London before the decision rulling MPs must vote on triggering Article 50 for Brexit
Jonathan Brady/PA
news
Restored mosaic goes back on display at Tottenham Court Road station
A celebrated mosaic by artist Eduardo Paolozzi has gone on show again to commuters at Tottenham Court Road station.
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Westminster accused of 'tax grab' over planned charges for diesels
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EXCLUSIVE: Scotland Yard to adopt new fleet of hybrid police cars
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Squatters evicted from Russian oligarch's £15m Belgravia townhouse
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'Airtight houses needed to protect Londoners from rise in pollution'
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London drivers 'lose five days a year looking for a parking space'
Wizz Air plunges as cheap fares take their toll
Shares in Wizz Air nosedived 7% on Wednesday — off 118p to 1663p — as the budget airline to eastern Europe warned cheap fares and severe weather will slice up to €30 million (£25.7 million) off this year’s profit.
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Kim Woodburn loses Best Argument prize at Celebrity Big Brother awards
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How political dramas like House of Cards are tackling Donald Trump
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Blondie announce comeback album Pollinator and new single Fun
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David Tennant: Olivia Colman would be ‘magnificent’ Doctor Who
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Calum Best hits out at 'disrespectful' Jedward after CBB eviction
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Jamie O'Hara calls Bianca Gascoigne 'wifey material' in CBB interview
Radiohead and Kasabian announced as first headliners for TRNSMT
The British bands will take to the stage at the brand new festival this summer
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Johnny Depp ‘brought to the brink of ruin’ by 'ultra-extravagant' life
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Denise Gough: Migrants give back to society… just look at me
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David Furnish feels ‘blessed’ as he celebrates British citizenship
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Petition to replace Lady Gaga at Super Bowl passes 50,000 signatures
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Drake declares love for London at first UK date in tour
- Homes & Property
The smartest London postcodes to buy an investment property in 2017
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The Obamas trade the White House for Necker Island's Great House
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Moated former rectory on a miniature East Sussex island for sale
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Penthouse for sale next to Taylor and Zayn's 50 Shades Darker shoot
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New hip Bermondsey Street apartments with rooftop views of the Shard
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Dramatic glass box extension transforms Camberwell 'green house'
3 HIIT classes that don’t actually feel like HIIT
These fitness classes will work you to the max but won’t feel as punishing as HIIT, says Rebecca Pearson
Matthew d'Ancona: Will Judge Gorsuch bring touch of sanity US needs
Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nomination at least breaks the pattern of chaos of the President’s first days in office
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Protests are fine but what matters is what happens in Congress
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Sarah Sands: We need to be citizens of the world post-Brexit
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Evening Standard comment: At last Brexit comes before the Commons
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Damian Green: By devolving power we are helping London’s unemployed
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Sam Leith: Theresa May is tied by Brexit on speaking out
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Patrick Cockburn: Trump travel ban is divisive & a gift for jihadists
The chaos of the President’s first week in office has made it even harder for the US to tackle the crises in Iraq and Syria