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The driver in the Croydon tram disaster broke down in court as he told jurors: In some ways I held myself responsible.Alfred Dorris, 49, was allegedly going three times the speed he was supposed to be doing before his tram derailed on a sharp curve at Sandilands in south London, killing seven passengers and seriously injuring 19 more.

Sabah Ahmedi, 29, is one of Britain's youngest imams.He uses social media to tackle misconceptions about Islam and to start conversations about everything from Eid to men's mental health.BBC London went to Baitul Futuh mosque in south London to find out why his posts are so popular.Video by Chelsea Coates

The Princess of Wales was told she was the most appealing thing on the menu when she interrupted Chelsea Pensioners sat down to lunch.Kate was delighted to see the ex-servicemen and women when she visited Chelsea Flower Show and joined school children touring some of the attractions, including a walled kitchen garden designed by Mark Gregory.

Up to 80 people have been forced to leave a block of flats after a fire ripped through the building in south London.Members of the public have been urged to avoid Whitehorse Road in Croydon where around 60 firefighters have been dealing with a blaze on part of the first, second, third and fourth floors of a five-storey block of flats on Wednesday.

A jury has been shown CCTV of the moment a gunman under arrest for possessing bullets is alleged to have murdered a Metropolitan Police custody sergeant.Louis De Zoysa, who was still handcuffed when Sergeant Matt Ratana was shot with a revolver in a holding cell, is said by the Crown to have deliberately fired the weapon without warning into the officer's chest.

A jury has been shown CCTV footage of the moment a gunman under arrest for possessing bullets is alleged to have murdered a Metropolitan Police custody sergeant, firing three shots in three seconds.Louis De Zoysa, who was still handcuffed when Sergeant Matt Ratana was shot with a revolver in a holding cell, is said by the Crown to have deliberately fired the weapon without warning into the officer's chest.

A n 85-year-old man was pushed to the ground on a London bus by a thug who then pickpocketed him in broad daylight.The victim had just boarded a route 194 service at West Croydon Bus Station in south London when the incident happened, shortly before midday on April 11.He felt a person behind him attempt to pickpocket him, and turned to react.

An 80-year-old man has gone on trial accused of strangling a young woman nearly 50 years ago following a DNA breakthrough in the cold case.John Apelgren was 31 when he allegedly hit sex worker Eileen Cotter in the face and throttled her before throwing her body out of his car in 1974.The 22-year-old's death in Islington, north London, came two years after Apelgren allegedly indecently assaulted an 18-year-old guest at his own wedding.

Grenfell survivors and bereaved families have described the Prince of Wales as being very passionate about the community getting justice and closure following the devastating blaze.William, who attended last year's memorial marking the fifth anniversary of the blaze, visited Championship football club Queens Park Rangers (QPR) to hear how it provided support in the aftermath of the fire and since.

A former Metropolitan police officer who investigated Wayne Couzens over two indecent exposure incidents hours before he kidnapped, raped and murdered Sarah Everard has been barred for life from the police service after being found guilty of gross misconduct.Samantha Lee carried out a sloppy and unprofessional investigation after Couzens, 50, exposed himself to female staff at a drive-through McDonald's in Kent on 14 and 27 February 2021, a police disciplinary hearing has found.

Surrey all-rounder Sean Abbott equalled the fastest century in the T20 Blast off 34 balls as they beat Kent at The Oval.Abbott, whose previous highest T20 score was 41, matched Andrew Symonds' effort for Kent in 2004 with a display of extraordinary hitting.Coming in with Surrey in trouble on 64-4, the Australia international smashed 11 sixes to finish 110 not out off 41 deliveries and take the hosts to 223-5.

A senior police officer has described the investigation into the death of 15-month-old Jacob Lennon as distressing and emotional and the saddest of his 30-year career.Jacob suffered a catalogue of cruel and sadistic injuries over a period of three weeks at the hands of his mother's boyfriend Jake Drummond.

Britain's inflation rate dropped its lowest level in more than a year in April as the effects of last year's surge in energy prices started to ease.Consumer prices in Britain rose 8.7 percent from a year earlier, the slowest pace since March 2022, the Office for National Statistics said on Wednesday.