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Nancy Pexton, 70, stabbed Jennifer Abbott, 69, and left her body in Camden flatA woman has been found guilty of murdering her sister by slashing her neck before leaving with her diamond-encrusted gold Rolex watch.Nancy Pexton stabbed…

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The ZSL has given us the word ‘zoo’, inspired artists and birthed a quarter of all Sumatran tigers. It has fascinated me since childhood – and the world since 1826In the spring of 1826, two extraordinary things occurred in central London.…