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6 days ago
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Key street between Bank and Monument junctions to be closed for 18 months

King William Street in Central London will undergo 18 months of works to enhance the area for pedestrians, including widening pavements and planting more trees.
The City of London Corporation's program aims to make the area more accessible and green, extending the improvements from Bank Junction to Monument.
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1 month ago
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Capital gears up for Mayor of London's spectacular St Patrick's Day celebrations

Irish celebrations in Central London
Diverse entertainment at the event
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1 month ago
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All aboard the Pirate Castle charity boats

The Pirate Castle promotes learning and healthy living through canal-based activities in central London.
Activities at The Pirate Castle are stimulating, inclusive, and accessible.
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3 months ago
London

Central London enjoys Boxing Day shopping bonanza as number of bargain hunters rises by 13%

NewsSportBusinessLifestyleCultureGoing OutHomes & PropertyComment Bond Street leads the way with 20% jump in Boxing Day shoppers...but the picture is much gloomier across the UK as a whole A line of shoppers outside Selfridges on Oxford Street (Jordan Pettitt/PA) Michael Howie2 minutes ago Central London's shops enjoyed a booming Boxing Day with a near-13% rise in the number of bargain hunters on the streets, data suggests.
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3 months ago
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Thai Square Spa London

Thai Square Spa in Central London offers a variety of luxurious treatments and therapies, including traditional Thai massages and expert facials.
The spa is housed in a grand building that combines Victorian Turkish bath influences with Thai, Roman, and Turkish decor.
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9 months ago
London

Mums for Lungs mount protest outside anti-Ulez MP Theresa Villiers' office

Theresa Villiers, Chipping Barnet's Conservative MP, had spoken out against the expanded Ulez in Parliament on Wednesday, garnering agreement from Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.But in a protest mounted 24 hours later, on Clean Air Day, members of the campaign group Mums for Lungs, along with Mothers CAN [Climate Action Network] and Barnet Friends of the Earth, turned up outside her office to show support for the London-wide Ulez.
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3 months ago
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Four Met Police Officers under investigation after fighting while off-duty

Four Met Police officers have been put on restricted duties while being investigated for a brawl in central London.
The Met is seeking information from anyone involved, including a group of Romanian men who may have more information about the fight.
www.independent.co.uk
9 months ago
UK news

Camilla stamps Queen Bee' on paper art installation at beekeeping charity event

The Queen stamped the words Queen Bee onto a piece of paper and added it to an art installation at a beekeeping charity's garden party.Camilla attended the Bees For Development (BFD) event in sun-soaked Marlborough House in central London on Wednesday together with hundreds of guests, including Great British Bake Off judge Dame Prue Leith, celebrity chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and television presenter Kate Humble.
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9 months ago
UK news

Barbara Kingsolver wins Women's Prize for Fiction for second time

Barbara Kingsolver has made history after becoming the first author to be awarded the Women's Prize for Fiction for a second time.The American author, 68, scooped the prestigious literary prize for her tenth novel Demon Copperhead after previously winning in 2010 with The Lacuna.Set in the Appalachian mountains in Virginia, her latest work is a modern retelling of Charles Dickens' classic David Copperfield.
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9 months ago
UK news

A month's rain could fall on UK but country still hotter than Monaco

Almost a month's rain could fall over parts of the UK in the next 12 hours but the country will still be hotter than Monaco.New weather warnings have been issued by the Met Office for thunderstorms and rain on Sunday and Monday.The mercury hit 32C at Kew Gardens in south-west London on Sunday and much of the UK was hotter than Monaco and the French riviera where temperatures languished in the low 20s.
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9 months ago
UK news

In Pictures: Heat proves too much for some as temperatures soar

While blue skies and soaring temperatures across the UK were welcomed by many on Saturday, not everyone was free to enjoy the sunshine.Thousands flocked to the beaches and rivers to cool off, but a royal event in central London saw dozens of military personnel sweltering in heavy dress uniforms, with the conditions proving too much for a couple.
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9 months ago
UK news

Coronation Street actress suffered years of abuse due to phone hacking stories'

Nikki Sanderson suffered years of physical and verbal abuse because of newspaper stories she believes were based on phone hacking and other illegal activities by journalists, a court heard.The 39-year-old actress made the allegation as she gave evidence as one of four claimants in the trial involving Prince Harry at the High Court in central London.
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3 months ago
London

Four Met Police Officers under investigation after fighting while off-duty

Four Met Police officers have been put on restricted duties while being investigated for a brawl in central London.
The Met is seeking information from anyone involved, including a group of Romanian men who may have more information about the fight.
www.independent.co.uk
3 months ago
London

Four Met Police Officers under investigation after fighting while off-duty

Four Met Police officers have been put on restricted duties while being investigated for a brawl in central London.
The Met is seeking information from anyone involved, including a group of Romanian men who may have more information about the fight.
www.independent.co.uk
9 months ago
UK news

Man wanted in connection with investigation into missing girl, 15

A man is wanted by police in connection with an investigation into a missing 15-year-old girl.Thames Valley Police want to speak to Billy Ross, 19, of no fixed abode, in connection with an investigation being carried out to find Macey whose surname was not given and was reported missing from Milton Keynes on Monday.
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9 months ago
UK news

Cabinet Office wary of Boris Johnson handing unredacted Covid details to inquiry

Boris Johnson's notebooks could be withheld from the former prime minister to stop him from handing over unredacted documents to the Covid inquiry, Government lawyers have appeared to suggest.Inquiry chairwoman Baroness Hallett had given the Government until Friday to set out its position on whether it would submit the pandemic leader's WhatsApp messages, notebooks and diaries uncensored to her investigation.
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9 months ago
London

Met says it will make public key findings of coronation arrests review

Scotland Yard has said it will make public the key findings of a review into arrests made around the coronation but the Metropolitan police assistant commissioner Louisa Rolfe declined to say when and defended her officers' right to make arrests without evidence.At a hearing of the London assembly's police and crime committee, Rolfe said officers in central London had been acting on a developing intelligence picture when they detained 64 people, of whom 42 remain on bail pending investigation.
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9 months ago
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Covid Inquiry could see unredacted Johnson WhatsApp messages despite legal clash

The UK Covid-19 Inquiry could receive all of Boris Johnson's unredacted WhatsApp messages and notebooks relating to the pandemic despite a Government legal challenge, a preliminary hearing has been told.The Cabinet Office is bringing forward a judicial review of inquiry chairwoman Baroness Hallett's request for all of the former prime minister's WhatsApp correspondence and notes.
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9 months ago
UK news

Thousands march to decriminalise abortion after woman jailed for ending pregnancy

Thousands of protesters calling for the decriminalisation of abortion have marched in central London following outrage at the conviction of a woman for ending her pregnancy beyond the legal cut-off of 24 weeks.Campaigners stressed that abortion is healthcare, not a crime, after Carla Foster, 44, was this week sentenced to 28 months in jail, having obtained drugs to end her pregnancy at 32 to 34 weeks during lockdown.
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9 months ago
London

Sunak urged to call out Tories dismissing the science' of air pollution

In a letter to Mr Sunak, some 36 air pollution scientists warned there had been mainstream political endorsement of suppression campaigns aimed at denying the medical impacts of poor air quality.Though Mayor Sadiq Khan's plans to expand the Ultra low emission zone (Ulez) to cover the whole of Greater London is not referred to by name, it is understood to be the letter's implicit focus.
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9 months ago
London

Where and how to use Wi-Fi, 4G, and 5G on the London Underground

G one are the days when you couldn't get a signal on the Tube.Now, you can easily get online at every station and even in some tunnels across the London Underground.And the north of London has been included with Camden Town Tube station the latest addition to the Underground network's 4G and 5G mobile coverage.
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9 months ago
UK news

Every day is hell': Killer mould leaves four year-old girl struggling to breathe

A four-year-old girl hospitalised after living in mould-ridden squalour has escaped her damp and overcrowded London flat following an investigation by The Independent.Zainab Hamid suffered terrible breathing problems as a result of the black mould covering the walls and ceilings of the one-bedroomed housing association flat she shared with her parents and three siblings.
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10 months ago
London

Time to resurrect crucial' pedicab law to protect central London from menace' operators, council warns

N uisance pedicab operators will continue to wreak havoc in London's West End without new legislation to crackdown on them, a council has warned.The Pedicab industry in central London has been blighted by complaints of blasting out loud music , ripping off customers and swerving dangerously through packed pedestrian areas.
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10 months ago
London

RideLondon 2023: When and where is the annual cycling event?

F ord RideLondon, one of the capital's biggest mass-participation cycling events, is returning this bank holiday weekend.The standard London- Essex ride is expected to see thousands pedal in the 100-mile rides either for charity or for a personal challenge.There are also 60 and 30-mile alternatives, while RideLondon also encompasses the Classique, a three-day event that is part of the UCI Women's WorldTour, and the Ford RideLondon FreeCycle.
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9 months ago
London

CCTV footage released of brazen central London bag swipe as police warn of thieves who use any opportunity'

C ity of London Police have released unbelievable CCTV footage showing the moment a bag was swiped from an unassuming restaurant patron as they warn of thieves across the capital.The footage shows a man at a restaurant in the Bloomgberg Arcade, near Mansion House, who appears to be talking on the phone.
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9 months ago
London

Cheaper Boris bike' rides and more bike lanes in bid to get more Londoners cycling

D iscounts on the cost of hiring a Boris bike could be given to low-income Londoners under an ambitious plan to boost cycling in London by a third by 2030.Transport for London wants to increase the number of daily trips by bike from about 1.2m to 1.6m by the end of the decade by expanding the appeal of cycling to a more diverse range of Londoners and moving away from focusing on cycle commuters.
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9 months ago
UK politics

Woking council to cut ties with firm behind debt-ridden skyscraper

Woking council plans to sever ties with the Northern Irish developer behind a skyscraper venture that helped tip the tiny Surrey local authority into effective bankruptcy.Amid ballooning costs and delays, a dramatic plunge in the value of the council's Victoria Square development which is 52% owned by Moyallen, a business from Dungannon, County Tyrone is at the centre of the local authority's financial meltdown.
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10 months ago
UK politics

Shredding the green belt is a recipe for disaster. We need a saner planning policy | Simon Jenkins

Is the green belt doomed?One of the great creations of postwar British planning the concept of a national park within reach of every city-dweller is fast losing friends.Under siege from centralist housing targets, argued between Tories and their lobbyists, it has now been undermined by Labour's Keir Starmer.
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9 months ago
London

Ulez generated more than 220m in 2022, figures reveal

A total of 224,633,003 was raised by the Ulez in 2022, according to figures obtained by the BBC.Roughly a third of the money came from penalty charge notices (PCNs), with the rest from daily charge payments.Transport for London (TfL) has said the money is being used to cover "set-up costs" for the Ulez expansion and "running and improving" the rest of London's transport network.
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9 months ago
London

Thousands of holidaymakers hit by easyJet Gatwick flight cancellations

M ore than 15,000 easyJet passengers have been hit by flight cancellations due to severe weather.The airline axed 54 flights scheduled to take off or depart from Gatwick airport on Sunday, with a further 55 grounded on Monday.EasyJet told the PA news agency its operations at the West Sussex airport on Sunday night were impacted by thunderstorm activity, which caused a knock-on effect on Monday as aircraft and crew were out of position.
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9 months ago
London

Fresh action to stop rental e-bikes being abandoned on pavements in central London

N ew efforts to stop rental e-bikes being abandoned on pavements in central London have been unveiled.Camden council has signed contracts with two dockless e-bike firms, Lime and Human Forest, that include requirements for poorly parked bikes to be moved swiftly into approved bays and for riders who abandon them on pavements to be penalised.
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9 months ago
London

Second Superloop bus route details unveiled

This would link North Finchley and Walthamstow via the North Circular Road and upgrade the existing X34 limited stop service that is already in place, Transport for London said on Friday.It would run every 12 minutes from Monday to Saturday in the daytime and every 15 minutes during evenings and Sundays.
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9 months ago
London

Heathrow boss regrets lack of diggers' over Boris Johnson's constituency

O utgoing Heathrow airport boss John Holland-Kaye has expressed frustration there are no diggers over my friend Boris Johnson's constituency due to expansion delays.He insisted a third runway at the west London airport is vital for the UK to have a thriving, healthy economy.Mr Johnson, who is the Conservative MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip near the airport, pledged in 2015 that he would lie in front of the bulldozers if expansion went ahead.
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9 months ago
UK news

Heathrow boss regrets lack of diggers' over Boris Johnson's constituency

Outgoing Heathrow airport boss John Holland-Kaye has expressed frustration there are no diggers over my friend Boris Johnson's constituency due to expansion delays.He insisted a third runway at the west London airport is vital for the UK to have a thriving, healthy economy.Mr Johnson, who is the Conservative MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip near the airport, pledged in 2015 that he would lie in front of the bulldozers if expansion went ahead.
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9 months ago
UK news

Matt Hancock feared being pushed down escalator' by anti-vax protester, court told

Former health secretary Matt Hancock feared being pushed down an escalator by an anti-vaccination protester who accused him of murdering people during the coronavirus pandemic, he told a court.Geza Tarjanyi, 62, of Leyland in Lancashire, who has denied causing harassment without violence, is accused of shoulder-barging the MP and shouting ridiculous conspiracy theories on two separate occasions on January 19 and 24.
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9 months ago
UK news

Labour donor Dale Vince joins Just Stop Oil protest in Westminster

Labour donor and green entrepreneur Dale Vince joined a Just Stop Oil protest for the first time on Thursday, saying he can't not speak out.Mr Vince joined demonstrators on a slow-walk protest along Whitehall to Trafalgar Square in central London as part of JSO's ongoing campaign against new fossil fuel licences.
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9 months ago
London

Just Stop Oil activists attacked during protest in central London

J ust Stop Oil supporters were pushed off the road by angry members of the public during a slow march through central London on Thursday morning.In footage shared online, four activists from the group are seen slowly walking down Pall Mall when they are then confronted by two men.After a brief confrontation with the activists, one of the men proceeds to shove two activists into a nearby hoarding.
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9 months ago
UK news

Actor reconstructs Harry's courtroom evidence in bonkers' scenes

Sky News has hired hiring an actor to reconstruct the Duke of Sussex's courtroom evidence.Outlander star Laurence Dobiesz will be bringing to life significant moments from the statements made by Prince Harry in London's High Court this week in his claim against the publisher of the Daily Mirror, in what has been branded on social media as a bizarre editorial decision.
www.independent.co.uk
9 months ago
UK news

Live: Duke of Sussex arrives to resume evidence at High Court in hacking claim

The Duke of Sussex is giving evidence in his High Court claim against the publisher of the Daily Mirror over alleged unlawful information gathering.The duke, 38, is suing MGN for damages, claiming journalists at its titles which also include the Sunday Mirror and Sunday People were linked to methods including phone hacking, so-called blagging or gaining information by deception, and use of private investigators for unlawful activities.
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9 months ago
UK news

Duke of Sussex arrives at High Court for second day of evidence in hacking trial

The Duke of Sussex has arrived at the High Court in London to continue giving evidence in his claim against the publisher of the Daily Mirror over alleged unlawful information gathering.Harry arrived outside the Rolls Building in central London at 9.52am in a black Range Rover and stepped out wearing a dark suit and silver tie.
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9 months ago
UK news

Sunak says stop the boats' plan is starting to work' as he announces two new barges

Rishi Sunak has insisted that his plan to tackle the problem of small boat crossings in the English Channel is starting to work, as he announced that two more barges will be used to house asylum seekers off the coast of Britain.The prime minister hailed a 20 per cent fall in asylum seekers making the crossing compared to last year, and claimed that a 90 per cent drop in the number of Albanians arriving by small boat was proof that migrants can be deterred by the measures introduced as part of his crackdown.
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9 months ago
UK politics

Sunak urged to distance himself from Tories who dismiss air pollution risks

World-leading air pollution scientists have called on Rishi Sunak to distance himself from Conservative colleagues who are dismissing the facts on the serious health risks of toxic air.In a letter, Prof Frank Kelly and 35 other prominent air pollution scientists call on the prime minister to tell his colleagues not to endorse merchants of doubt who undermine the factual and truth foundations of life.
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9 months ago
UK news

Sunak reveals two new asylum barges and says small boats plan working'

Rishi Sunak has claimed that his plan to tackle small boats is now working, as he announced two more barges to house asylum seekers arriving via the English Channel.The prime minister used a speech in Kent to say the number of migrants making the crossing were down by 20 per cent since last year and boasted: Our plan is starting to work.
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9 months ago
UK news

Sunak announces two new asylum barges and says plan to stop the boats' working

Rishi Sunak said his plan to tackle small boats crossing the English Channel is working, but there is work to do, as he announced two more barges to house asylum seekers.The Prime Minister said the numbers making the crossing were down by around a fifth since last year and our plan is starting to work.
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9 months ago
UK politics

UK asylum system riddled with abuse', says immigration minister

The immigration minister, Robert Jenrick, has said Britain's asylum system is riddled with abuse and that targets to reduce net immigration are not particularly helpful, despite previous pledges in successive Conservative election manifestos.Jenrick also deflected questions on Sunday about how many people had been removed from the UK under a gold standard UK-Albanian deal, which targets people arriving illegally from Albania mainly by crossing the Channel.
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9 months ago
London

TfL wants to buy more Elizabeth line trains to cope with HS2 demand

T fL has revealed it wants to buy more Elizabeth line trains to cope with demand from HS2.Under the plans, confirmed in TfL board papers, the Department for Transport is being lobbied to provide funding for more trains on the Elizabeth line to support HS2's terminus at Old Oak Common.The station, which is currently being constructed in west London, will have an interchange with the Elizabeth line into central London, piling demand on the service.
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9 months ago
UK news

UK government to keep lobbying for jailed Sikh blogger's release from Indian jail

Scotland's first minister has vowed to keep lobbying for the release of a Scottish Sikh blogger who has been jailed in India for more than five years.Humza Yousaf made the pledge during a meeting with the brother of Jagtar Singh Johal at the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday afternoon.Mr Singh Johal from Dumbarton was in Punjab in northern India for his wedding in 2017 when his family say he was arrested and bundled into an unmarked car.
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9 months ago
London

Sadiq Khan: Other cities' air is at stake if Ulez doesn't expand

The Mayor of London told an audience of scientists on Tuesday that London was leading the way internationally in the battle against air pollution - but that other cities would grow nervous about taking their own measures if the Ulez does not expand.There are great mayors in great cities across the world looking to London in relation to this issue and if we don't succeed, they're going to get nervous, and they're not going to be as passionate about this issue, said Mr Khan.
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9 months ago
UK news

Gray's Inn bomb plot accused tells of brotherly woe over lottery win

A wealthy businessman at the heart of an alleged bomb plot in Britain's legal district has described how he spent most of a 2.4 million lottery win on his brother.Jonathan Nuttall, 50, is on trial at the Old Bailey accused of conspiring to plant two devices in Gray's Inn in London over a financial wrangle with the National Crime Agency (NCA).
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9 months ago
UK news

Minister orders Border Force to see me in my office' after e-gates failure

Aviation minister Baroness Vere joked that Border Force should see me in my office after passport e-gates stopped working during the May half-term holiday.The 24-hour outage caused long queues at airports across the UK on May 26 and 27.In a light-hearted speech at an event held by the Airport Operators Association in central London on Monday night, Baroness Vere said she takes her job very seriously so went on a quick trip to Croatia's Dalmatian coast ahead of the half-term holiday just to make sure airports were running smoothly.
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9 months ago
London

Twice as many journeys in outer London are by car than in centre of capital

T wice as many journeys in outer London are by car than in more central areas, a new study has found, prompting calls for more cycle lanes and bus routes in the capital's suburbs.A report by the Centre for London think tank says millions of outer Londoners are forced to use their cars even for short journeys due to limited public transport.
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9 months ago
Design

Lina Ghotmeh unveils Serpentine Pavilion as "an invitation to dwell together"

Lebanese architect Lina Ghotmeh has created a glulam structure named À Table for the 2023 Serpentine Pavilion in central London, which was informed by table discussions and the surrounding tree canopy.Ghotmeh designed the 300-square-metre pavilion structure to enclose a trio of scalloped-shaped tables, which wee also designed by the architect, creating a gathering space that aims to encourage conversation.
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9 months ago
Design

First image of Lina Ghotmeh's timber Serpentine Pavilion revealed

The first image of this year's Serpentine Pavilion in London, which was designed by Lebanese architect Lina Ghotmeh, has been revealed.Set to open to the public this Friday, June 9, the pavilion in London's Kensington Garden is a circular timber structure that shelters a "concentric table".
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9 months ago
UK politics

We don't want to use hotels for asylum seekers - minister

The UK has to "reduce its reliance on hotels" for housing asylum seekers, immigration minister Robert Jenrick has said.But while hotels were in use, it was "fair and reasonable" to ask asylum seekers to share rooms in some circumstances, he said.Speaking to the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg, he said he had to look after taxpayers and his duty was to the British public over migrants.
www.independent.co.uk
9 months ago
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Asylum system riddled with abuse' and needs fundamental change Jenrick

The Immigration Minister has claimed the UK's asylum system is riddled with abuse and revealed that migrants will be asked to share hotel rooms as the Government comes under pressure to reduce net migrations.Robert Jenrick said a lot of progress has been made on illegal migration in a short period of time, with really unique landmark deals with France seeing a big increase in the number of interceptions on the beaches.
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9 months ago
UK news

Asylum seekers will be told to share hotel rooms, says Tory minister

Thousands of single male asylum seekers across the country are to be told to share hotel rooms in a push by Rishi Sunak's to bring down costs and act as deterrent to those arriving in small boats.It comes amid a major row over a group of asylum seekers who staged a protest after being forced to give up single rooms at a hotel in Pimlico in central London.
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9 months ago
UK news

Asylum system riddled with abuse' and needs fundamental change Jenrick

The Immigration Minister has claimed the UK's asylum system is riddled with abuse and revealed migrants will be asked to share hotel rooms as the Government comes under pressure to reduce net migrations.Robert Jenrick said a lot of progress has been made on illegal migration in a short period of time, with really unique landmark deals with France seeing a big increase in the number of interceptions on the beaches.
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10 months ago
UK politics

I was told it's normal': Afghan refugee who worked for UK sleeping rough in London

Almost two years after he fled to the UK from Kabul following an attempt on his life by the Taliban, Mohammad Seddeqi , 32, a former World Bank and UK Department for International Development contract worker, is sleeping on the streets outside Victoria station in London.He was evicted from a Home Office-funded hotel at the start of May and has been unable to find alternative accommodation.
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9 months ago
UK news

Thousands more Londoners will be able to swap polluting vehicles for greener alternatives

Thousands more Londoners will be able to swap their polluting vehicles for greener alternatives, the London mayor has announced.Sadiq Khan has expanded the Ultra Low Emission Zone (Ulez) scrappage scheme to cover families receiving child benefits and small businesses across the capital from the end of July.
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10 months ago
UK news

Serco fined more than 2m for failures that led to custody officer death

Security contractor Serco has been fined more than 2 million for health and safety failings that led to a mentally-ill prisoner kicking a custody officer to death.Humphrey Burke, 29, attacked 54-year-old Lorraine Barwell as she tried to escort him from his cell in Blackfriars Crown Court in central London in June 2015.
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10 months ago
London

Sadiq Khan urged to cut Tube fares on Mondays and Fridays to boost office working

S adiq Khan has been urged by a think tank to cut Tube fares on Mondays and Fridays, to boost office attendance in central London.A new report by the Centre for Cities has found that on average, central London workers are coming into the office 2.3 days per week - which it said is having an uncertain economic impact on the capital.
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10 months ago
London

On your bike: Ride London set to break records as 25,000 cyclists take to the road

A record number of cyclists are expected to ride up to 100 miles as London marks the 10th anniversary of what has become the biggest city bike festival in the world.The three-day Ride London event will culminate on Sunday with three sold-out mass rides from central London to Essex and back, finishing on Tower Bridge with 25,000 riders due to complete the 30, 60 or 100-mile routes on closed roads.
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10 months ago
London

Work halted at Tottenham Court Road building site following fatal cyclist collision with lorry

Camden Council told Derwent London to suspend activities at the 107m office block it is building in Tottenham Court Road while police investigate the death of a young rider killed in the HGV crash on Wednesday morning.The man, who was said by the Met to be in his 20s but whose name has not been released, was believed to have been riding a Lime rental e-bike at the time he collided with a 32-tonne tipper truck that had exited Derwent's Network Building site nearby.
BBC News
10 months ago
London

London still losing pubs and restaurants post-pandemic - research

A higher proportion of pubs, bars, restaurants and nightclubs have closed in central London than in most other British cities since the pandemic, according to new research.Data from consultants CGA and AlixPartners suggests the number of licensed premises since March 2020 declined 12% in British cities.
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10 months ago
World politics

Car Crashes Into Downing Street Gates in London

A car crashed into gates near the prime minister's office on Downing Street in Central London on Thursday afternoon, and the police arrested a man on suspicion of criminal damage and dangerous driving.There were no immediate reports of injuries.The vehicle hit the gates around 4:20 p.m., and armed officers arrested the man at the site, according to London's Metropolitan Police.
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10 months ago
UK news

Onlooker shouts you morons' at Just Stop Oil protesters at Chelsea Flower Show

An angry onlooker shouted you morons at Just Stop Oil (JSO) protesters who threw orange paint over a Chelsea Flower Show display minutes before they were sprayed with a hose.The three women climbed over a rope barrier on Thursday and smothered the RBC Brewin Dolphin Garden, designed by Paul Hervey-Brookes, an award-winning plantsman, with the paint.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Just Stop Oil explain why they protested against Chelsea Flower Show

Just Stop Oil protesters have thrown orange paint over a garden at the Chelsea Flower Show in London.The Metropolitan Police said three people were arrested on suspicion of criminal damage.A photo from the scene, shared on Twitter by the force, shows orange paint splashed across an exhibit.In a statement, Just Stop Oil confirmed three women had thrown paint over the RBC Brewin Dolphin Garden, designed by Paul Hervey-Brookes, an award winning plantsman, after stepping over a rope barrier at 9am on Thursday.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Paint thrown over Chelsea Flower Show garden in Just Stop Oil protest

Just Stop Oil protesters have thrown orange paint over a garden at the Chelsea Flower Show in London.The Metropolitan Police said three people were arrested on suspicion of criminal damage.A photo from the scene, shared on Twitter by the force, shows orange paint splashed across an exhibit.In a statement, Just Stop Oil confirmed three women had thrown paint over the RBC Brewin Dolphin Garden, designed by Paul Hervey-Brookes, after stepping over a rope barrier at 9am on Thursday.
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10 months ago
London

Three arrested as Just Stop Oil protesters target Chelsea Flower Show

Scotland Yard said the three were arrested on suspicion of criminal damage.A photo from the scene, shared on Twitter by the Met, appeared to show orange paint - frequently used in protests by the climate activism group - splashed across a garden at the show.Social media users have slammed the stunt as disgusting, and have questioned the group's motive for targeting an event that celebrates plant life.
www.theguardian.com
10 months ago
Everyday cooking

Ice-cream with gherkins! Mash sandwiches! Maltesers in wine! 21 weird snacks loved by top chefs

Chefs are grazing animals, forever playing with ingredients, nibbling at leftovers and then, back home at 1am, trying to conjure a quick bite from whatever is there.In these moments of curiosity and urgency, bizarre snack habits are born.People think we go home and have elaborate dinners, but give me some string cheese, chilli sauce, a Fab and a Stella and I'll be happy, says Jack Stein, the chef director at the Rick Stein group.
BBC News
10 months ago
London

Fitzrovia: Cyclist killed in central London lorry crash

A male cyclist has been killed in a crash with a lorry in central London.The incident happened on Fitzroy Street, Fitzrovia, at about 07:40 BST.The cyclist, aged in his 20s, was treated by paramedics but died at the scene.He is the first cyclist to be killed on the capital's roads this year, according to Transport for London (TfL).
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10 months ago
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Cyclist killed in lorry crash in central London

A cyclist has been killed in a collision with a lorry in central London.The collision is understood to have happened around 8.15am on Wednesday in Fitzroy Street, Fitzrovia, near the junction with Maple Street.The rider is said to have died at the scene.Onlookers reported a tipper truck had been turning left.
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10 months ago
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Staff work in central London offices for 2.3 days a week, study finds

Office workers in central London are spending on average 2.3 days a week in the workplace, according to a report that warns against a wholesale switch to working from home.The thinktank Centre for Cities carried out polling of office workers in the capital and found they were spending 59% of the time in their workplace compared with pre-Covid levels.
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10 months ago
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LBC presenter Iain Dale breaks hip in fall at Charing Cross station

L BC presenter Iain Dale has undergone a hip replacement after tripping on an escalator at Charing Cross Tube station.The 60-year-old was rushed to St Thomas' Hospital in central London following the fall on Saturday afternoon.He told his 270,000 Twitter followers: This afternoon I tripped at the top of an escalator at Charing X Tube.
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10 months ago
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Just Stop Oil protesters clash with drivers as slow marches block London bridges

C limate change protesters have again clashed with drivers as they staged marches on three bridges in central London.Forty-five Just Stop Oil (JSO) activists blocked the roads on Blackfriars, London and Tower bridges on Tuesday morning by walking slowly in the road.One man was handcuffed by police after he appeared to push two JSO supporters in a bid to clear the road.
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10 months ago
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Just Stop Oil protesters attacked by motorcycle as slow march blocks London bridges

Climate change protesters have again clashed with drivers as they staged marches on three bridges in central London.Forty-five Just Stop Oil (JSO) activists blocked the roads on Blackfriars, London and Tower bridges on Tuesday morning by walking slowly in the road.One man was handcuffed by police after he appeared to push two JSO supporters in a bid to clear the road.
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10 months ago
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Union leaders promise to defy' minimum service levels Bill during rally

Union leaders have promised to defy the Government's controversial legislation on minimum levels of service during strikes in a series of speeches at a rally in central London.More than one hundred people gathered in Parliament Square waving colourful union flags as they cheered at criticism of the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill, which returns to Parliament for MPs to discuss amendments put forward by the Lords.
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10 months ago
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Apprentice star Tom Skinner becomes voice of Elizabeth line to mark new direct link between Essex and Heathrow

A pprentice star Tom Skinner has become the voice of the Elizabeth line as it celebrates the first direct services between Heathrow and Essex.TV personality Skinner, 32, will entertain passengers with his famous catchphrases to help mark the first services between Heathrow and Shenfield on the line's east London and Essex branch.
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10 months ago
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Passengers can now travel directly from Essex to Heathrow on Elizabeth line

Passengers can now travel directly from Essex to Heathrow airport as part of changes to London's Elizabeth line.Updates to the line's timetable mean trains will run from Shenfield in Essex, through east London to Heathrow Terminal 5 all day.The airport will now receive six Elizabeth line trains per hour.
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10 months ago
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Man arrested after attack on statue at BBC HQ with hammer and chisel

A suspect has been arrested after a man wearing a Spider-Man mask appeared to attack a statue on the front of the BBC's Broadcasting House in central London with a hammer and chisel.Scotland Yard said that officers were called to Portland Place on Saturday at around 4.15am, to a report that someone had scaled scaffolding and was damaging the sculpture, and an arrest was made just after 6pm.
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10 months ago
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Masked man attacks controversial statue at BBC HQ with hammer

A masked man has attacked a statue on the front of the BBC's Broadcasting House in central London with a hammer and chisel.It comes days after repair work was started to the previously-attacked Grade II listed statue, of Prospero and Ariel from Shakespeare's The Tempest by Eric Gill, who is said to have sexually abused two of his daughters.
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10 months ago
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Man attacks statue at BBC HQ with hammer and chisel

A masked man has attacked a statue on the front of the BBC's Broadcasting House in central London with a hammer and chisel.It comes days after repair work was started to the previously-attacked Grade II listed statue, of Prospero and Ariel from Shakespeare's The Tempest by Eric Gill, who is said to have sexually abused two of his daughters.
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10 months ago
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Man interrupts Just Stop Oil protest, throwing activist to the ground

A Just Stop Oil protestor has been thrown to the ground by a member of the public during a protest in central London, footage shared to social media shows.A video shows a man approaching the group of campaigners, marching slowly with banners on Mansell Street close to the Tower of London - on Friday morning.
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10 months ago
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The Strand closed after man, in 20s, collapses and dies'

A man has died after collapsing on The Strand, in central London.Charing Cross Station was temporarily closed as emergency services rushed to reports of a man taken ill on The Strand just before 1am on Thursday.A Met spokesman said: Officers and London Ambulance Service attended but despite the efforts of the emergency services the man, believed to be aged in his 20s, was pronounced dead at the scene.
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10 months ago
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Office working should be default' to avoid loss of creativity' says Jeremy Hunt

Working from the office should be the default for employees, chancellor Jeremy Hunt told business leaders on Wednesday as he claimed that logging on from home could stifle creativity.He told the British Chambers of Commerce conference he believes the shift to home working during the Covid-19 pandemic is being reversed by firms.
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10 months ago
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King and Queen meet old friends and new in London's Covent Garden

The King and Queen have met performers, traders and schoolchildren in central London as part of their first joint engagement since the coronation weekend.Charles and Camilla visited Covent Garden on Wednesday to celebrate the 390th anniversary of St Paul's Church, known as the Actors' Church, before meeting crowds and performers outside the Royal Opera House.
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10 months ago
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E-scooter riders pay for flouting Tube ban

E -scooter owners caught breaking the ban on taking them on to London's transport network have paid out more than 12,000 in fines and legal costs this year, after a fire safety crackdown.Transport for London banned private e-scooters from Tubes, trains, and buses in 2021 after one caught fire and caused panic on a packed District line train at Parsons Green.
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10 months ago
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Influential committee of MPs interrupted by Just Stop Oil protesters

Just Stop Oil (JSO) protesters interrupted an influential committee of MPs as senior police officers were quizzed about arrests made during the coronation.MP Tim Loughton was questioning Metropolitan Police Temporary Assistant Commissioner Matt Twist about Operation Golden Orb when a campaigner was heard interrupting proceedings.
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10 months ago
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Crystal Palace and Penge to host London Festival of Architecture events this June

Crystal Palace Park (Image: Nick Forbes) Penge and Crystal Palace will play host to a major London architecture festival in June, when it comes to the area for the first time.The London Festival of Architecture (LFA), an annual series of events celebrating architecture and city-making, has taken place in central London since it started in 2004.
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10 months ago
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Former Cameron adviser joins race to be Tory candidate for London mayor

The Conservative Party race to be the candidate to take on Sadiq Khan in next year's London mayoral contest is heating up after another prospect put their name in the hat.Daniel Korski, a businessman and one-time adviser to former prime minister David Cameron, said on Tuesday he was putting himself forward to be the Tory contender.
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10 months ago
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More than 330,000 workers on zero hour contracts in London and South East

M ore than 180,000 Londoners are employed on zero hour contracts, official figures revealed on Tuesday.They showed a rise in workers in the capital in jobs employed in this way from 118,000 in January to March 2021, to 158,000 a year later, and 181,000 for this period of 2023.The recent high was in the summer months of 2022, July to September, of 188,000.
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Rush-hour chaos at Paddington as passengers stuck on Elizabeth line for more than an hour'

One of the 1bn fleet of trains is thought to have got stuck in the 20bn line's central section, between Paddington and Abbey Wood causing a massive knock-on impact on the western section of the route.Some passengers reported being stuck on a train outside Paddington for 75 minutes.The delay was so long that one passenger apparently had to urinate on board despite there being no toilets on the trains.
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10 months ago
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Giant high-vis vest mural erected in London's West End amid shocking suicide rate among tradespeople

A giant artwork made of 687 high-vis vests has been erected in central London to commemorate the average number of tradespeople who lose their lives to suicide each year.The 12 metre-tall mural just off Charing Cross Road in the heart of London's West End has been created to mark Mental Health Awareness Week, which began on Monday, May 15.
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Three large scale models of London to enjoy

Three large scale models of London that have usually been in three different buildings can currently be seen together in one room.The largest of the three is the huge scale model of central London, covering roughly zones 1-3 on the travelcard, and is the one that many people will have seen at the Building Centre over the years, or more recently at temporary sites in King's Cross and Stratford.
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E20 IS THE HOTTEST NEIGHBOURHOOD IN LONDON RIGHT NOW

The 2012 London Olympics put Stratford on the map and now it's become one of the most vibrant areas of the capital to live, work and play If you like being in the middle of all the action - we're talking world-class shopping, a thriving restaurant scene, a huge variety of cultural experiences, plenty of green spaces to explore and stylish rental apartments like Coppermaker Square to live in - then E20 really is the neighbourhood you'll want to call home.
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10 months ago
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Call 999 if you see this missing 13-year-old girl from Thamesmead

Missing 13-year-old girls from Thamesmead (Image: Met Police) Police are searching for a missing 13-year-old girl from Thamesmead and are urging people to call 999 if they see her.Saddja, 13, went missing from Thamesmead yesterday (May 13) and is believed to be wearing black trousers, a black coat and a white t-shirt.
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10 months ago
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13,000 south east Londoners left waiting more than 28 days for GP appointments

Data released on April 27, 2023 by the UK government showed that a total of 13,935 people waited more than 28 days for an appointment at practices across south east London in March.This equates to 1.8 per cent of total patients - which is lower than the national average of 3.8 per cent left waiting more than 28 days.
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10 months ago
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Sunak faces criticism from ex-Cabinet ministers and Tory MPs

Rishi Sunak is facing a barrage of criticism from within his own party, as Tory ranks expressed anger at the local election results and the decision to scale back post-Brexit plans to scrap EU laws.As some MPs appealed for unity and cautioned against division, others gathered in Bournemouth for the first conference of the Conservative Democratic Organisation where Mr Sunak and the party leadership were the subject of stinging criticism.
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10 months ago
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Starmer prepared for dirty and nasty' campaign after local elections success

Labour is prepared for a dirty and nasty campaign ahead of next year's general election, Sir Keir Starmer has said.It comes as the Labour leader claimed his project of reforming the party in the aftermath of the Corbyn era is an on steroids version of Sir Tony Blair's symbolic rewriting of Clause Four.
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Met's actions during Coronation prevented much more serious questions', Sir Mark Rowley tells Sadiq Khan

T he Metropolitan Police Commissioner has defended the force's policing operation during the Coronation saying there would be much more serious questions to answer if not for their actions.In a public letter written to London Mayor Sadiq Khan, Sir Mark Rowley said he did not see the coronation as an operation where he needed to call out our shortcomings adding: No major operation is ever perfect.
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10 months ago
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Met's actions during coronation prevented much more serious questions' Rowley

The Metropolitan Police Commissioner has defended the force's policing operation during the coronation saying there would be much more serious questions to answer if not for their actions.In a public letter written to London Mayor Sadiq Khan, Sir Mark Rowley said he did not see the coronation as an operation where he needed to call out our shortcomings adding: No major operation is ever perfect.
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