Image copyright @SiobhanBenita Image caption Leroy Logan (left) announced he would join the Lib Dems, alongside Siobhan Benita and Chuka Umunna Sadiq Khan’s former policing adviser has joined the Liberal Democrats, saying his children were no longer safe in London due to rising violence. Leroy Logan, a former police superintendent, said he quit the Labour […]
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Image copyright Google Image caption The victim was knocked out but members of the public hauled him to safety before a train arrived A man has jailed for three years for pushing a man on to train tracks at Barons Court Tube station. Mathuram Muthuraja, 23, from Northolt, was found guilty of pushing Harsha Jayasekera, […]
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThe Mall shopping centre has 66 stores on one level and restaurants on another level Firefighters spent more than four hours tackling a blaze that has left an east London shopping centre badly damaged. One woman was taken to hospital after the fire broke out at the […]
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Image copyright PA Media British Airways has cancelled all flights to the Egyptian capital Cairo for a week as a security “precaution”. Passengers about to board a BA flight to the city from London’s Heathrow Airport were told that it was cancelled – and that there would be no alternative flights for a week. The […]
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Image caption Nadhim Zahawi said full regulation of some 16+ accommodation would be a “knee-jerk reaction” to criticism Unregulated accommodation for 16 and 17-year-olds may be subject to licensing and registration after claims children were being put at risk. Children’s minister Nadhim Zahawi told BBC Newsnight he wanted to eliminate a “rogue element” in some […]
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Image copyright Joseph Okpako London rapper Unknown T, real name Daniel Lena, is due in court on Thursday after being charged with murder. It’s after 20-year-old Steven Narvaez-Jara was stabbed at a party in Islington, London in the early hours of New Year’s Day 2018. Steven was London’s first stabbing victim last year. Police confirmed […]
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Lois Toulson (left) and Eden Cheng also won gold in the women’s 10m synchronised event at the European Championships in 2018 Britain’s Lois Toulson and Eden Cheng secured a place in the 2020 Fina Diving World Series by finishing sixth at the World Championships in South Korea. The teenage pair, who won European 10m synchronised […]
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Image caption Darren Pencille stabbed his victim 18 times A man who stabbed a passenger to death in a row on a train has been found guilty of murder and jailed for life. Lee Pomeroy was travelling with his 14-year-old son when he was “savagely” stabbed 18 times by Darren Pencille on the Guildford to […]
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Matt Milnes (pictured) and Darren Stevens took nine of the ten Surrey wickets in eth second innings Specsavers County Championship Division One, Kia Oval (day four): Surrey 271-9& 218: Elgar 65; Stevens 5-60, Milnes 4-61 Kent 369& 118-5: Robinson 51*; Morkel 2-22 Kent (23 pts) beat Surrey (5 pts) by five wickets Scorecard Kent survived […]
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Image copyright LFB Image caption At its height, the fire in Rainham covered an area of about two hectares (five acres) East London residents have been told to keep their windows closed as fire crews battle a large grass fire which has been burning for four days. About 70 firefighters and 10 fire engines were […]
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