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London 'burns' on Great Fire anniversary

Crowds gathered on the river banks to watch the 120-metre-long model go up in flames.

The inferno in September 1666 raged for four days, destroying most of the old walled city, which at that time was built almost entirely of wood.

The 120m-long wooden replica of old London - built by US "burn artist" David Best - was moored in the river to prevent the fire from spreading again.

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London-bound plane catches fire on Las Vegas runway

Smoke and ash started pouring out of the plane's left side engine, which had caught fire. Those aboard safely fled down emergency slides and across the tarmac as flames leaped from the British Airways Boeing 777-200 and dark black smoke billowed.

'Bin Laden's son Hamza urges terror attack' on London

Hamza bin Laden, believed to be in his mid-20s and reportedly known as the ‘crown prince of terror’, has been touted as a future leader of al-Qaeda.

In the message, which was shared on Twitter, he calls for lone wolf jihadist attacks on America and its allies and marks out London, Washington, Paris and Tel Aviv as specific  targets.

The message made no mention of Isis.

Rita Katz, director of Site, a terror intelligence group, tweeted: "Hamza Bin Laden, son of Usamah bin Laden [sic], gives strategies in continuing global jihad in audio message.