80 m. ago Transport police CCTV appeal after 'man attacked and pensioner assaulted' by three girls on London trains

The alleged attacks took place on two Southeastern services from London Bridge on the evening of March 18

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6 h. ago Protest march police who face 'trial by social media' should be given mental health support, says report

Public order police ‘handing in their tickets’ to avoid demonstrations

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9 h. ago Notting Hill Carnival at risk of ‘mass casualty event’ due to crowd control problems

Police warn in new report for London Assembly over ‘dangerous level of crowd density’ at event

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11 h. ago Safety review of Notting Hill Carnival demanded after police fear crowd crush will cause 'mass casualty event'

Mayor Sadiq Khan urged to issue guidance for minimum number of stewards

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13 h. ago Met Police urged to 'act' over 'unacceptable' placards at trans rights protest in London

Scotland Yard has already launched an investigation after seven statues were daubed with graffiti before thousands of trans rights protesters marched through central London

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16 h. ago Jean Charles de Menezes’s mother says ‘everyone should watch’ TV drama about his killing

Disney+ series revisits killing of Brazilian man wrongly identified as a terrorist by Met police officers in 2005The mother of a man shot dead by police in a London Underground station after being mistaken for a terrorist has said “everyone should watch” a new dramatisation of her son’s killing.Jean Charles de Menezes was shot seven times by two police marksmen in Stockwell tube station on 22 July 2005. De Menezes was wrongly identified as one of the fugitives involved in a failed bombing two weeks after the 7/7 attack in London, which killed 52 people. Continue reading...

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23 h. ago Harvard sues Trump administration over efforts to ‘gain control of academic decision

University fights back against threats to cut about $9bn in funding for school after it refused to comply with demandsIn a new lawsuit, Harvard University alleged that the Donald Trump administration is trying to “gain control of academic decision-making at Harvard”, several news outlets are reporting.The university is fighting back against the administration’s threat to review about $9bn in federal funding after Harvard officials refused to comply with a list of demands that included appointing an outside overseer to ensure that the viewpoints being taught at the university were “diverse”. Harvard is specifically looking to halt a freeze on $2.2bn in grants. Continue reading...

Politics

32 h. ago Met Police investigate hate crime at Hackney Park after swastikas painted at children's playground

The ‘abhorrent graffiti’ is being investigated by the force

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50 h. ago Four arrests as dozens gather for annual 420 cannabis protest in Hyde Park

Dozens were seen gathering in Hyde Park for the annual 420 rally

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3 d. ago Portsmouth police investigate Saturday afternoon shooting on London Boulevard

Portsmouth police investigate Saturday afternoon shooting on London Boulevard  WTKR

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3 d. ago Man killed and passenger fighting for life after police chase ends in horror crash

Man killed and passenger fighting for life after police chase ends in horror crash  London Evening Standard

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3 d. ago Man killed and passenger fighting for life after south London police chase ends in horror crash

Five other people were injured in the collision on Wickham Road

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4 d. ago 'Indulging Kleptocracy' Review: Inside the Industries Enabling Dirty Money in London

'Indulging Kleptocracy' Review: Inside the Industries Enabling Dirty Money in London  Foreign Policy

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4 d. ago Full list of UK areas affected by Met Office yellow warning today as 'changeable' conditions expected

Some parts of the UK could see heavy rain today and tomorrow.

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4 d. ago From homework to housework, how British attitudes have changed since the 1930s

Study shows women today are happier being women – but getting up to go to work remains as punishing as everThe mundane tasks of everyday life, such as homework after school and household chores at the weekend, may not have changed in the past 80 years, but societal attitudes towards them could not be more different.A study by the Policy Institute at King’s College London (KCL), comparing public attitudes now and in the 1930s and 40s, reveals how significantly views on everyday life in Britain have shifted over the decades. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago FBI and police search Inkster home of missing teen London Thomas' boyfriend

FBI and police search Inkster home of missing teen London Thomas' boyfriend  WMYD

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5 d. ago Police issue urgent warning after man 'who poses risk to public' absconds from mental health unit before being seen travelling through Central London

Vasile Coceban, 36, was reported missing by staff at the Park Royal Centre for Mental Health in Acton Lane, Brent on Wednesday at 10.32am.

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5 d. ago Thief caught after trying to steal luxury watch from plain clothes officers

Yakob Harket, 21, was apprehended in a Metropolitan Police crackdown operation in west London on October 10 last year.

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5 d. ago Toby Carvery boss apologises for ‘upset caused’ by felling of centuries

The tree was cut down in Whitewebbs Park, north London on April 3.

Politics

5 d. ago Toby Carvery owner apologises after ancient oak tree felling in north London

The cutting down of the tree has been compared to that of the landmark Sycamore Gap tree

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