Image copyright PA Wire Extinction Rebellion protests continued in central London despite police banning the group’s climate change demonstrations in the capital. Activists blocked Oxford Circus with a wooden pyramid structure and descended on Westminster before moving to Trafalgar Square. One man, who was dressed up as Boris Johnson, scaled the scaffolding surrounding Big Ben. […]
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Image caption Ms Ali does not usually wear a niqab but said she wanted to keep a low profile for her interview The head teacher of an unregistered school, prosecuted for operating it illegally, has said it has a “unique” approach and will remain open. Nadia Ali, of Ambassadors High, in Streatham – which an […]
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Image copyright PA Media Image caption Police remove an Extinction Rebellion protester from Trafalgar Square in central London Police have been clearing Extinction Rebellion activists from Trafalgar Square after issuing a London-wide ban on the group’s climate change protests. In a statement issued on Monday evening, the Metropolitan Police said demonstrators protesting in the capital […]
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Image copyright Met Police Image caption Baptista Adjei, 15, lived with his family in North Woolwich, London A 15-year-old boy has been charged with murder following the fatal stabbing of another 15-year-old near a London shopping centre. Baptista Adjei, from North Woolwich, was found critically injured on Stratford Broadway, east London, shortly after 15:20 BST […]
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Image copyright PA Media Image caption The boy died on Stratford Broadway on Thursday afternoon A teenager has been stabbed to death near Stratford Shopping Centre. Officers found the 15-year-old boy suffering from stab wounds on Stratford Broadway in east London shortly after 15:20 BST on Thursday. Police believe he was either attacked on a […]
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A university student has taken an unusual approach to try and get work experience. Josue Bapeck, 21, has been standing outside busy London Tube stations holding a cardboard sign asking for help. The University of Southampton student said he “had to take matters into his own hands” and spent four days asking commuters for job […]
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionLydia Lawrence has been stabbed twice but now helps others to avoid the dangers of knife crime The rate of knife attacks in some regional towns and cities is higher than in many London boroughs, BBC analysis of police figures suggests. Overall, London remains the most dangerous […]
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Image copyright Metropolitan Police/PA Wire Image caption Aman Vyas is accused of the rape and murder of Michelle Samaraweera in 2009 A man has been charged with murdering a woman in London 10 years ago after being extradited from India. Aman Vyas, 35, arrived at Heathrow on Friday and was charged with the rape and […]
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Pret a Manger has completed a roll-out of more comprehensive labelling on foods across its stores in the wake of a girl’s death after suffering an allergic reaction to one of the chain’s sandwiches Natasha Ednan-Laperouse, 15, died in 2016 because her sandwich contained sesame, but it wasn’t listed as an allergen on the packaging […]
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang became the first Arsenal player to score seven or more goals in the first seven Premier League games of a season since Dennis Bergkamp in 1997-98 Manchester United and Arsenal played out a grim stalemate at Old Trafford that provided compelling evidence to illustrate just how far away from a Premier League challenge […]
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