3 h. ago Thousands cross finish line of London Marathon as temperatures hit 22.2C

Crowds of supporters, many holding banners, have lined the streets of the city to cheer on the runners and wave to their loved ones.

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5 h. ago Fathers of Southport victims crosses London Marathon finish line after gruelling 26.2

David Stancombe, whose seven-year-old daughter Elsie Dot, and Sergio Aguiar, father to nine-year-old Alice, said their little girls were with them as they ran the 26.2mile course.

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6 h. ago Thousands of runners cross the finishing line of London Marathon

More than 56,000 participants are expected on the 26.2-mile course through the capital on a warm, dry day with temperatures of up to 22C.

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10 h. ago Two runners stunned the world when they held hands and crossed the line TOGETHER at the first ever London Marathon... but did they ever regret it?

Instead of sprinting against each other, US runner Dick Beardsley and his Norwegian Inge Simonsen decided to join hands and cross the finishing line of the first ever London Marathon together.

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56 h. ago Hiroshige’s peerless prints, McCartney’s unseen snaps and Vancouver’s blue skies – the week in art

Van Gogh’s favourite Japanese artist is at the British Museum, Lisa Milroy’s memories of Canada are on show in London, and new thresholds are crossed by Do Ho Suh – all in your weekly dispatchHiroshige: Artist of the Open RoadIt’s not hard to see why Hiroshige was Van Gogh’s favourite Japanese printmaker – his colours have a radiant intensity almost without equal in art. • British Museum, London, from 1 May until 7 September Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Brockwell Park festivals 'welcome scrutiny' amid £31k legal challenge

Festival organisers who run events in Brockwell Park have paid over £300,000 to help look after the green space

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3 d. ago Circa/LPO/Gardner review – Exhilarating, exquisite and extraordinary as Ravel melds with acrobatics

Royal Festival Hall, LondonMultitudes festival opened with a stunningly effective collaboration between the Australian circus company and the London Philharmonic OrchestraThe Southbank Centre’s cross-genre Multitudes festival opened with a double bill of Ravel’s ballets Daphnis et Chloé and La Valse, played by the London Philharmonic Orchestra under Edward Gardner, and performed by the Australian company Circa with choreography by their artistic director Yaron Lifschitz. Circa’s style amalgamates circus and acrobatics with contemporary dance, and the combination of athletic beauty, agility and strength suits Ravel uncommonly well.Rather than use the music as accompaniment to display, Lifschitz worked with the score rather than against it, though he dispensed with Daphnis et Chloé’s narrative, replacing it with a sequence of contrasting abstract tableaux, now exhilarating,now erotic, always rooted in the pulse and throb of the music, played with exquisite finesse and detail by the LP...

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3 d. ago Brockwell Park festivals 'welcome scrutiny' amid £31m legal challenge

Festival organisers who run events in Brockwell Park have paid over £300,000 to help look after the green space

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4 d. ago Immobile pensioner, 84, who died alone was unable to call for help after being sent home from hospital with no care plan in place

Samuel Brookes was transported to his bed where he could not reach his pendant alarm or the hand held device as he was left unattended for two weeks.

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5 d. ago Detained Palestinian activist in Vermont prison says he's 'in good hands,' focused on peacemaking

A Palestinian man who led protests against the war in Gaza as a student at Columbia University and was recently arrested during an interview about finalizing his U.S. citizenship says he’s “in good hands” at the Vermont prison where he's being held

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1 week ago London travel news LIVE: Lorry blocks M25 lanes at Dartford Crossing as Easter travel plans thrown into disarray

Train cancellations on the Bakerloo line is causing minor delays

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1 week ago Exact date Dartford Crossing to close as major bridge to cause delays for thousands of drivers

Dartford Crossing is set to close as work is done across the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge - the only way to cross the Thames East of London - overnight on April 26

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2 w. ago Family of teenager killed in car and bus crash ‘completely devastated’

The three victims, passengers in the car and pronounced dead at the scene, have been named by police.

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2 w. ago David Beckham handed clear run at stunning Kevin De Bruyne transfer after 'conversations' held

Kevin De Bruyne will be waving goodbye to Manchester City at the end of the season

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2 w. ago London woman calls for traffic light at crosswalk by Children's Museum, amid safety concerns

London woman calls for traffic light at crosswalk by Children's Museum, amid safety concerns  CBC

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3 w. ago Nick Rockett holds off I Am Maximus to win thrilling 2025 Grand National – live reaction

Willie Mullins-trained horse ridden to victory by sonTom Jenkins’s best pictures from AintreeAnd send Simon an email with your thoughtsWilliam Hill Handicap Hurdle (1.20pm)And they’re off Jipcot, always held up in the past, is up there in the very early stages Building Bridges has taken over the lead Dartan and Timmy Tuesday are also prominent Act Of Authority and Double Powerful are at the back no fallers with a circuit to go and not much change in the running order for now but Bill Joyce has gone at the first hurdle in the back straight he’s up and going on riderless Building Bridges has kicked clear with Dartan who is under pressure Timmy Tuesday comes with a challenge Deep Cave comes late and gets there close home.I love that ITV still open up their National day coverage (as the Beeb used to) with the theme music from the 1984 film Champions based on the victory of Bob Champion and Aldaniti in 1981. I still haven’t seen the movie but I found it for a quid last year on DVD. Conti...

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3 w. ago Onlookers say they ‘struck gold’ after seeing Ed Sheeran perform at King’s Cross

The singer performed outside the London station to promote his new single Azizam.

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3 w. ago Ed Sheeran surprises fans with gigs from a London bus and outside King's Cross station

The singer has been busy promoting his new single Azizam

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3 w. ago Husband left 'utterly bereft' after wife and two daughters killed in New York crash

North London-raised Natasha Saada and three of her children were crossing the road when they were hit by a blue Audi

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3 w. ago April on the London Stage: The Oliviers Approach, Gatsby Crosses the Atlantic and a Manhunt Ensues

April on the London Stage: The Oliviers Approach, Gatsby Crosses the Atlantic and a Manhunt Ensues  Broadway Shows

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