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One of the winners was Church Walk, a bespoke housing development in Hackney. Picture: RIBA/Tim Crocker

In pictures: 13 London buildings pick up top architectural award

Modernist family houses in Tower Hamlets, a sculptural Energy Centre at the Olympic Park and a state-of-the-art cancer treatment centre in Camden are among 13 buildings in London which have been given a national architectural award.

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Paloma Faith is one of many stars supporting the agit8 campaign. Picture: John Stillwell/PA Wire

Popstars take to Thames stage in G8 poverty campaign

Singer-songwriter Paloma Faith joined other artists to perform outside the Tate Modern gallery this afternoon as part of a campaign to fight world poverty.

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Clothing designer Sir Paul Smith. Picture: Philip Toscano/PA Wire

Design Museum to recreate original Paul Smith boutique

A London museum is going to recreate the tiny shop where Sir Paul Smith launched his fashion empire as part of a new exhibition about the designer.

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Picasso’s work to auction at ‘accessible’ prices in London sale

Original work by Picasso will sell in London later this month for just a few hundred pounds a pop, it has been announced.

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Christian Vogt's work is on show at the Margaret Street Gallery.

Exhibition review: Today I’ve Been You by Christian Vogt

“What moves me: what, when and how things come together – in photography as well as in life.

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Saif Osmani at Queen's Market, Upton Park.

New exhibition to recreate feel of Queen’s Market, Upton Park

A new art exhibition aims to recreate the hustle and bustle of Queen’s Market in Upton Park.

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The Tate Modern on London's South Bank. Picture: Isabel Infantes

John Constable masterpiece acquired in Tate deal

A Tate deal has saved one of “the great masterpieces of British art”, which will soon go on show in London and across the country.

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Father figure day. Left: Dil Hussain (uncle), right Zain Azad Jilu

Plaistow pupils say thank you to their father figures

Youngsters invited the male relatives they look up to in to share the school day with them to say thank you for being fantastic!

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Win £500 worth of New Look vouchers

We are giving away £500 worth of vouchers for New Look to let you spend on anything that you want!

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Wood you believe it? Rescue full of coincidences

A series of “unbelievable” coincidences saw a firefighter named Woods rescue a tree surgeon from Woodland Way in Petts Wood.

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