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Whistleblower warns London Underground users they are ‘breathing in toxic waste’
'People are being put in danger down there.'
Drink-driver admits killing child and seriously injuring two others in crash
Noah Campbell, 13, was killed in the crash after Jamie Fountain drove into him and two other boys (Picture: Bedfordshire Police/PA Wire) A drink and drug driver killed a child and seriously injured two others after crashing into them as they rode on a bike and scooter. Jamie Fountain, 2...
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Tube toxic dust warning as whistleblower speaks out
Micky Steeds won an employment tribunal in May, after complaining about dangerous working conditions on the London Underground
Speedboat killer charged with attacking new girlfriend after prison release
Jack Shepherd has been charged with two counts of ABH and controlling and coercive behaviour towards a woman in her fifties
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Police seek two men after fatal stabbing in Hackney
Elijah Seriki was found with stab wounds in Hackney on Monday July 13
When will it rain again in London? Capital faces longest dry spell in eight years
It has not rained in the capital since July 5 when some small showers were recorded in the city
Doritos issues urgent recall of popular snack over ‘possible health risk’
PepsiCo is recalling its Dorito Chilli Heatwave packs after some were stuffed with Tangy Cheese flavoured crisps (Picture: Bloomberg via Getty Images) Doritos has issued an urgent recall of one of its most popular flavours. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) said the product could pose a â...
Will Larry the cat be staying at 10 Downing Street when Starmer moves out?
Larry the Cat’s future as Chief Mouser decided with change in leadership coming at Downing Street
National March for Palestine LIVE: Thousands take to streets of London
Pro-Palestine protesters are calling on Andy Burnham to impose sanctions on Israel
England’s smallest county to be wiped off map for good under historic shake-up
Rutland County Council will be abolished and replaced by a larger local authority stretching around Leicester (Picture: Google Maps) England’s smallest county is set to disappear off the map forever under the biggest government shake-up in 50 years. Rutland County Council will be abo...
London restaurant launches second bid to bring back worker banned 'for safety of women and girls'
The move has been criticised by the Metropolitan Police as an attempt to ‘circumvent’ the ban
Family of mum stabbed to death ‘by stranger’ while asleep next to baby demand ‘justice’
Kirandeep Kaur, 24, was allegedly attacked by stranger Daniel Sean James in her home in Hayes, west London, on the morning of July 12 (Picture: X) The family of a young mum who was stabbed to death by an intruder while she slept alongside her husband and their three-month-old baby have s...
Grosvenor Square to reopen to public after £25m makeover
The new-look square boasts more than 150,000 new plants and 44 new trees as well as a new cafe kiosk
‘Black Widow’ fraudster who scammed woman, 89, out of £300,000 arrested in Tenerife
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Car crashes off motorway bridge injuring two women
The M8 was closed at 8.40pm on Thursday after a vehicle went through the barrier on Refrew Road, which goes over the motorway heading westbound (Picture: Google Maps) Two women have been taken to hospital after a car crashed through a motorway barrier and off a bridge onto the road below...
Green east London council introduces mandatory 'trans inclusion' training for all staff
The council said it would ‘ensure that trans awareness and inclusion form part of mandatory equalities training for all staff and elected members’
Two men discover they were switched at birth 38 years ago after chance DNA test
Jeremy Morrison shows a baby photo of him, left, and of the other baby he says was switched at birth (Picture: AP Photo/Thomas Peipert) Kyle Bylin and Jeremy Morrison were the only two babies born at the Unity Medical Center in Grafton, North Dakota, on January 26, 1988. But somehow the...
School apologises after allowing staff to use OnlyFans ‘with caution’
Delph Side Primary School in Skelmersdale, Lancashire, has apologised to parents (Picture: Google Maps) A primary school has apologised to parents after OnlyFans was listed amongst acceptable social media accounts for staff. Delph Side Primary School in Skelmersdale, Lancashire, wrote ...
Quantum computing – what is the thing that’ll be way bigger and smarter than AI?
'Quantum computers could help us probe parts of the universe we have never seen.'