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The Evening Standard's Homeless Helpline appeal hits £3million
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'Your donations have saved lives and given us a second chance’
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'The helpline is imperative in breaking cycle of young homelessness'
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'I had to have the strength to go back for help'
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'I would walk the streets at night and then go to college'
Highlights
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The Don't Move, Improve awards name the best London extension projects
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The smartest London postcodes to buy an investment property in 2017
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New house price forecast predicts average property values in 2027
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Rents are falling but many Londoners spend half their wages on rent
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Flexible 'shells' tailored to budget set to transform London housing
Pictures of the day
Pictures of the day
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1/25 Hoping to be a hero
Ghana's Brimah Razak kisses his lucky Spider-Man toy figure during their semi-final Africa Cup of Nations match vs Cameroon
Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters
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2/25 Splash of colour
Models present creations by Pilar Vera during the SIMOF 2017 (International Flamenco Fashion) in Sevilla
Cristina Quicler/AFP/Getty Images
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3/25 Going Gaga for the Super Bowl
Lady Gaga throws a football as she meets with the press during the Super Bowl LI Pepsi Zero Sugar Halftime Show Press Conference
Timothy A.Clary/AFP/Getty Images
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4/25 Rescued
A woman is assisted by members of the Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms, as they crowd on board of a rubber boat sailing out of control in the Mediterranean some miles north of Sabratha, Libya
Emilio Morenatti/AP
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5/25 Lego plans Only Fools and Horses movie
Not really - Britain’s celebrated ‘Legographer’ Andrew Whyte has teamed up with The LEGO® Batman Movie to shoot picttures of the Caped Crusader in London to promote the film
Andrew Whyte
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6/25 Blooming during pregnancy
Beyonce shares nude pregnancy snaps via her website as she announces she is pregnant
Beyoncé
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7/25 Sure we had this picture last year...
Handler John Griffiths introduces Punxsutawney Phil to the crowd at Gobbler's Knob on the 131st Groundhog Day in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania
Alan Freed/Reuters
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8/25 Pretty Un Pink
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits Pyongyang Orphans' Primary School to give guidance to the children
Reuters
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9/25 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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10/25 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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11/25 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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12/25 Motorway Eye In The Sky
A kestrel on a CCTV mast by the M5 in Gloucestershire
Highways England
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13/25 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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14/25 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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15/25 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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16/25 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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17/25 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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18/25 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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19/25 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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20/25 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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21/25 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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22/25 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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23/25 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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24/25 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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25/25 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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Hundreds of New Zealanders mark national day with London pub crawl
Hordes of New Zealanders converged on the capital's streets on Saturday for a huge pub crawl marking Waitangi Day.
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Schoolboy, 14, stabbed in neck during gang brawl in Croydon
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Fears mount over future of HMV flagship Oxford Street store
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Man who was 'naked from the waist down' arrested on Tube at Waterloo
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Sadiq Khan 'delighted' as Tube strike suspended after 'excellent deal'
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'Manipulative' rapist lured tourist across London before attacking her
Growth worries cloud Snapchat’s $25bn float move
SNAPCHAT’S blockbuster $25 billion (£19.8 billion) stock market listing faces a backlash because of rising scepticism about the popular social media app’s ownership structure and slowing growth.
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Jim Armitage: It may be cool but is Snapchat really worth billions?
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Market report: All aboard Go-Ahead as strike pain ends
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Protectionism pay-off in sight for Trump as Samsung considers US plant
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Services sector sounds warning on inflation
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Mead Johnson bosses hit £25 million jackpot after Reckitt takeover
going out or staying in...
Comptoir Libanais: Bringing mezze to the masses
The restaurant group may be a full on chain now, but it still has Eastern allure
The Good Karma Hospital, ITV: Everything you need to know
Amanda Redman and Neil Morrissey star in the brand new Sunday night drama
CBB's Kim Woodburn slams Coleen Nolan for being 'boring fag ash lil'
TV star Kim Woodburn has lashed out at ex-housemate and Celebrity Big Brother winner Coleen Nolan, saying that the "boring fag ash Lil" should never have won the show.
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Cameron appears in bizarre video with Arnie vowing 'I'll be back'
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Michael Bublé says son Noah’s cancer treatment is ‘progressing well’
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Natives praise Matt Willis for 'fighting their corner'
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Russell Brand is letting daughter Mabel ‘formulate her own gender’
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Beyoncé ‘set to perform’ at Grammys after pregnancy announcement
Riccardo Tisci leaves Givenchy after 12 years
Rumours have been circulating recently that Tisci is heading for Versace
- Homes & Property
Three-bedroom house hidden inside a Norman church for sale for £725k
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Sotheby's first erotic auction is perfectly timed for Valentine's Day
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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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Guinness family's 5,000-acre holiday home for sale for £24m
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Graham Shearsby of Design Bridge reveals his top London shops
10 reasons to visit Devon in 2017
Heather-clad moorlands, fashionable seaside towns, Michelin-starred spots… and great cream tea. Liz Connor struggles to narrow it down
How economy class became strictly for the birds of prey
Arab royalty is right to offer the highest respect to falcons - few predators can match them for their skill and speed
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Another fine mess for Labour: can it get any worse? - Rosamund Urwin
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History shows we have never wanted to be too tied to Europe
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Matthew d'Ancona: Will Judge Gorsuch bring touch of sanity US needs
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The Met goes green: others should follow suit
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Richard Godwin: Hollywood knows it helped create quite a monster
Valentine’s Day gift ideas for him
The day of love is just around the corner, so it’s time to think about a present for your loved one. We round up the best buys to gift your guy
Dan Jones: You forgot this motley crew, Mr President...
Saladin, the 12th-century sultan of Egypt and Syria, smiter of crusaders and scourge of infidel pigs, would not be allowed into the US today. Good! Bad hombre! In that respect, Donald Trump has made America safe again.