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Sadiq Khan: ‘Rough sleeping is a blight on London’
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has been out launching a new rough sleeping campaign, in conjunction with 18 different charities.
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Pussy Riot activist recreates Russian prison in London
London’s Saatchi Gallery has been transformed into a Russian-style prison through immersive theatre. Political artist and Pussy Riot founder Nadya Tolokonnikova devised the show, she spent two years in a Russian jail after her group’s anti-Putin protests, and is now fighting for prison reform. Before he worked on this programme Channel 4 News’ Kieron Bryan…
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Saudi oil giant could gain access to London Stock Exchange
Human rights concerns? Not part of my job. That’s according to the financial regulator who’s deciding whether to change the rules, potentially allowing oil giant Saudi Aramco to float on the London Stock Exchange. But Andrew Bailey of the Financial Conduct Authority told MPs that he had met the Saudi firm’s Finance Director earlier this year.…
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United Nations intervenes in proposed regeneration of London market
What you may ask has a local authority run market got to do with the Office of the United Nations High Commission for Human Rights? Well in the case of the Seven Sisters area of London quite a lot. The Latin American community there objected to the proposed regeneration of it’s stalls and their phone-a-friend…
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Michael Bloomberg on Brexit: ‘London as a financial centre will continue’
Michael Bloomberg, reportedly the tenth richest person on the planet, is a businessman, a philanthropist, author and ran New York as mayor for more than a decade. He’s a major player on the world stage and a point of reference for many – from finance, to politics, to gun control.
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‘Toxicity charge’ introduced in London
A new charge on some of the most polluting vehicles has come into effect in central London. It’s called the T-Charge, or “toxicity charge”, and affects most diesel and petrol cars registered before 2006. Drivers of these cars will now face an additional £10 charge when entering the central London congestion zone, but some motoring groups have said it…
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11 hurt in London ‘road traffic accident’ that sparked terror alert
Police have ruled out as terror an incident in the capital this afternoon where a car mounted the pavement in one of London’s busiest tourist districts injuring several people.
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Half a million call for reversal of decision to strip Uber’s London licence
Anger is growing over the decision not to renew the London operating licence of taxi firm Uber. More than half a million people have now signed a petition calling for the ruling to be reversed. But the Mayor of London today stood by the move saying passengers’ safety and security were paramount and that the…
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Fatberg: going underground in London’s sewers
In the bowels of subterranean London, something isn’t stirring. It’s sitting there… accumulating. It’s just one of a staggering ten fatbergs blocking London’s Victorian sewers. This one is a 50 metre long rancid blob of congealed, sanitary products, napkins, wet wipes and similar items that do not bio-degrade. But all is not lost – there are now plans to break…
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Uber loses London operating licence
The ride-hailing app Uber has lost its London operating licence because the capital’s regulator said the company isn’t “fit and proper” to operate in the city. That’s because Transport for London has concerns about public safety and “security implications”. Uber said it wouild appeal and hit back instantly, saying the decision showed the world that…
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Eyewitness: terrorism in London ‘is a fact of life’
Richard Aylmer-Hall, whose video was in Paraic O’Brien’s report, discuss what he witnessed at Parsons Green.
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Goodbye to London’s Garden Bridge
It was to have been a leafy vista spanning the river Thames. But the garden bridge has finally been scrapped after the Trust behind the scheme said it couldn’t go ahead without public cash. It blamed the London Mayor Sadiq Khan for failing to support it, but he hit back saying Londoners should be “very…
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Global elite a ‘key factor’ in London’s housing crisis
Its almost two months since the Grenfell fire but many of those who survived are still living in temporary accommodation both out of choice and because of a dire shortage of social housing in Kensington. There is one development where many of the former Grenfell residents are due to be rehoused. Channel 4 News has…
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Family urges peace after protesters clash with police in London
The family of a black man who died after being apprehended by the police have appealed for peace on the streets after unrest broke out in the wake of his death. Rashan Charles, who was 20, died in Dalston, east London, a week ago.
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Grenfell: deprivation in wealthy London borough
The new figures on life expectancy reveal the stark inequality in many parts of the country, not least Kensington, where some of the wealthiest residents live just a few streets from the wreckage of Grenfell Tower, a neighbourhood ranked in the most deprived 10% in England.
