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London’s Oxford Street to be converted into a pedestrian zone under new mayoral plans
London’s famed Oxford Street could finally be pedestrianized, according to new plans announced by city mayor Sadiq Khan on Tuesday, following years of debate about how to revitalize the area.
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Four young boys died in a fire ’surrounded by excrement after their mother went to Sainsbury’s’
Deveca Rose is accused of the manslaughter of her four sons, twins Kyson and Bryson, four, and three-year-old twins Leyton and Logan after a devastating a house fire in December 2021
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The council set to ban ’dangerous’ Lime bikes
In Brent, local people are upset with abandoned green bikes creating a hazard and teenagers speeding along pavements
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Denis Gorbunenko, an associate of Ukrainian oligarch Firtash, launders money of Russian oligarchs through the Dzing payment system
Russian oligarchs are laundering money through the fintech company Dzing, which is linked to Putin’s “wallet” Arkadiy Rotenberg and has been caught in fraud.
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Inquest begins in London into death of infant linked to contaminated IV nutrition
Mother describes the loss of Yousef Al-Kharboush at nine days old in 2014 as the "worst experience a parent could have" during the hearing.
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The London council that wants to ban Lime bikes over e-cycle ‘havoc’
One London borough could soon be a Lime bike-free zone after a council gave an ultimatum over scattered e-bikes.
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A study finds that London workers are slower to return to the office than those in New York or Paris
Office attendance in UK capital similar to levels in Toronto and Sydney, thinktank finds
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Huge fire breaks out near the O2 after an explosion is filmed raging ‘out of control’
A huge fire erupted across the river from London’s O2 Arena after a controlled blast on a film set raged ‘out of control’.
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Horror as baby ’kidnapped from pram in TK Maxx’ on Bromley High Street, man arrested
A man has been arrested by police after allegedly trying to kidnap a two-year-old toddler who was in a pram at a TK Maxx on Bromley High Street, in southeast London
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Major breakthrough in the murder case of Britons found dead in a burned-out car in Sweden
A breakthrough has been made in connection with the murder of two British men who were found in a burnt-out car in Malmö.
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A major incident has been declared after a massive fire tore through a tower block in East London
A ‘significant’ search and rescue operation is underway after a fire broke out in a bloke of flats in east London.
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Somerset House fire extinguished after 125 firefighters battled the blaze
No reported injuries as flames brought under control after part of third floor and roof caught fire on Saturday
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Dozens of firefighters battle blaze at London’s iconic Somerset House
Around 70 firefighters are tackling a fire at London’s famous Somerset House on The Strand.
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Met Police is ‘inadequate at investigating crime’, damning report finds
The Metropolitan Police isn’t the best at policing, apparently, according to inspectors.
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Heathrow reports losing 90,000 transfer passengers following new £10 fee
ETA scheme introduced last year by the Conservatives is ‘devastating’ for competitiveness, the airport says
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Girl, 13, dies after sipping Costa Coffee hot chocolate
Hannah Jacobs died within hours of drinking a hot chocolate that was supposed to be made with soya milk in February 2022, a coroner is told. Her mother says she informed staff her daughter had a severe dairy allergy when ordering the drink.
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Girl, 11, stabbed in ’targeted attack’ in London’s Leicester Square, saved by tea shop worker
A security guard tackled a knifeman to the ground as he attacked an 11-year-old girl and a woman in central London’s Leicester Square.
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Banksy’s sixth artwork in just one week appears in London
Banksy has confirmed a sixth new mural in London within a week after a fresh graffiti was unveiled today.
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The horrific nature of the Turkish criminal underworld leaks as the murders unfold
An escalation in violence involving major Turkish gangs has spilled over into European cities, where suspected mafia figures have been shot in broad daylight.
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Keir Starmer confirms that the Online Safety Act will be reviewed following far-right riots
Remarks follow concern about role of misinformation in unrest and come as people are jailed for inciting violence online
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Huge gas cylinder fire shuts major rail line in and out of London
A huge fire involving a gas cylinder has shut down a major train line between Suffolk and London.
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UK motorist sentenced to 10 years for killing pedestrian in high-speed crash
Ali Xhaferri was driving at between 70mph and 92 mph in a 40mph zone in north London when he killed Ahmed Moneer
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Maoist cult leader was found dead in bed in prison cell, inquest hears
Aravindan Balakrishnan, jailed in 2016 for string of sexual assaults, died of natural causes, coroner rules
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Tommy Robinson says he has been arrested under Terrorism Act
Post on far-right activist’s X account on day after central London demonstration says he has been detained by police
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Man arrested in connection with fatal house fire in east London
A man in his 70s died in a house fire in east London that police are treating as suspicious.