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Queen Elizabeth II: Tributes paid to Queen as King Charles travels to London
Tributes are being paid to Queen Elizabeth II, who died on Thursday in Balmoral. In the Houses of Parliament, a minute’s silence was held before MPs and peers began paying their own tributes, led by Prime Minister Liz Truss. Books of condolence have been opened in churches, theatres and local council offices across the country…
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London hosts first all female boxing card
The victory of England’s Lionesses in the Euros this summer unleashed a wave of optimism and investment in women’s football, and now other sports are looking to get in on the act. This Saturday will see a historic night of women’s boxing at London’s O2 arena – the first ever fully-female card, with top billing…
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London’s Notting Hill Carnival returns for first time since Covid
Europe’s biggest street festival was cancelled for the last two years because of the pandemic, but now the music, the floats and the afterparties are back.
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London brought to halt by transport strikes
Today it was Londoners who were stopped in their tracks by industrial action, with strikes by both Tube workers and bus drivers.
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People ‘more open-minded’ about disability since London 2012 Paralympics, says Wales Para athletics captain
We spoke to the captain of the Wales Para athletics team, Livvy Breen from the athletes’ village.
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Birmingham ready to match London Olympics with spectacular opening ceremony
Organisers of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham promise that tonight’s opening ceremony will be on a par with the spectacular event that launched the London 2012 Olympics games.
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UK heatwave: London Fire Brigade in busiest day since WW2
The country is counting the cost of yesterday’s record-breaking high temperatures.
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Heatwave: London Fire Brigade receives five times more emergency calls
We speak to London’s Mayor – Sadiq Khan – as the city faces blazes across the capital.
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‘Some don’t know if they have homes to go back to’: Live from the scene of London’s heatwave fires
A hundred firefighters were sent to tackle a huge blaze in east London. It has set buildings and fields on fire near the village of Wennington.
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Fires burn around London as heatwave sees UK hit 40 degrees for first time
This is no ordinary weather – burning wildfires, melting runways, warped roads and overheated hospitals – this is the reality of the UK’s unprecedented heatwave.
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Cost of Living: Thousands march in London to protest rising bills
Britain’s rail network will grind to a standstill next week as three days of strikes go ahead across the country – while London underground staff will also walk out on Tuesday.
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East London hosts royal street party for refugees
Among the thousands of street parties up and down the country, Leytonstone in East London has been hosting a special celebration aimed at refugees who’ve been welcomed here from around the world after fleeing war and conflict from Ukraine and Afghanistan, to Syria and the Caribbean.
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Man arrested after four people stabbed to death in London
A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after three women and a man were stabbed to death at a home in south east London in the early hours of the morning.
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Homes for Ukraine: Kharkiv to south London thanks to online video game friendship
Nearly 30,000 visas have been granted allowing Ukranians to join family members already in the UK.
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Racism cited in strip-search of school-girl in East London
A “shocking” and “deeply concerning case”. That’s the verdict of the Mayor of London after an incident in 2020 in which a 15-year-old black girl was strip searched at an East London school by two police officers.