All news on the topic: London

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The Shard to share title of UK’s tallest building as new skyscraper gets approval
The new building, 1 Undershaft, will be 309.6m tall, matching the height of the Shard to the centimetre
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Man sentenced to life for raping and murdering NHS worker on a park bench
Mohamed Iidow attacked Natalie Shotter ‘over and over again’ after she had passed out in London park
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Woman arrested following Buckingham Palace staff Christmas party
Police officers were called to a bar in central London following reports a customer had smashed glasses and tried to assault a member of staff.
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Oligarch’s daughter buys £32.5m mansion, then sues seller over ’millions of moths’
Iya Patarkatsishvili and husband Dr Yevhen Hunyak are suing the previous owner of their luxury £32.5million London mansion after alleging he did not disclose a moth infestation
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Student ’electrocuted in St James’s Park while taking a photo’
Anastasija Grigorjeva is taking legal action against Royal Parks after she says she was electrocuted and left with brain damage
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Hundreds of tractors converge on Westminster in latest farmers’ protest
Farmers and tractors have started to descend into London today to protest against the Labour government’s changes to inheritance tax.
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Floyd Mayweather ’attacked by mob’ in central London over ’support for Israel’ while shopping on jewelry street
Floyd Mayweather has been attacked in the street while he was shopping in central London.
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House explosion narrowly misses London bus
A London bus had a lucky miss when a house exploded just as it approached this afternoon.
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Images released of two possible witnesses who may hold ’vital’ information over Mussie Imnetu’s death near Notting Hill Carnival
Mr Imnetu, 41, died four days after he was found with a brain injury on Queensway, west London, while visiting the UK from Dubai.
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Week-long county lines crackdown leads to 1,600 arrests, £3 million in drugs, and 557 weapons seized
More than 1,600 people have been arrested following a week-long crackdown on county lines drug gangs.
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M&S has been given the green light by Angela Rayner to demolish its Oxford Street store
Approval for Marks & Spencer to rebuild flagship London store ends three-year planning battle over art deco building
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Evangelical pastors implicated in charity fraud scheme
Several evangelical pastors in East and North-East London exploited children’s charity funds to steal over 1 million British pounds, betraying the trust of their communities.
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Prolific London fraudsters who dealt with over 5,000 stolen phones jailed
The Met police said the cost of their crimes totalled at least £5.1 million.
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Boys, 14 and 16, charged over suspected chemical attack at Surbiton station
British Transport Police ‘exposed to a substance believed to be alkaline’ at railway station
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Huge brawl erupts as punches are thrown during West Ham vs Arsenal in chaotic scenes
Arsenal’s win over West Ham was marred by a huge brawl breaking out among Hammers fans as their team fell four goals down with punches being thrown before stewards moved in
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British teen fighting for life after crash on Albania trip for sister’s birthday
A British teenager is in a serious condition in hospital after a car crash in Albania.
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Two-year-old girl who drowned in bin in London was failed by council, coroner finds
Social workers declined to provide short-term foster care for Mazeedat Adeoye whose mother had overstayed visa
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Man, 32, arrested for ’attempted murder’ after 8-year-old girl and her father were shot in a car attack
A second man has been arrested after an eight-year-old girl was ‘caught in the crossfire’ of a shooting in west London on Sunday night.
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Iconic London club, popular with celebrities, closed over ’serious crime’ allegation
Soho’s Groucho Club has been closed with immediate effect over claims it is associated with ‘serious crime’.
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Westminster Bridge closed and man fighting for life after ’attempted murder’
Westminster Bridge has been closed this morning after a stabbing, which left a man fighting for his life.
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Bodies of woman and daughter found at home five months after their deaths
The bodies of the 83-year-old mum and her daughter, 56, were only found when neighbours called police and reported the flies and smell coming from their home in Redbridge, London
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International manhunt launched for husband of woman found in car boot
The husband of a woman who was found dead in a car boot in east London is a prime suspect in the case and is believed to have fled the country, police said.
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Murdered woman found in car boot identified as police suggest she may have been ’targeted’
Police believe Harshita Brella was attacked by someone known to her, but say they are keeping an "open mind" about the circumstances leading to her death.
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Sadiq Khan brands Donald Trump racist saying he ’came for me’ because of skin colour
London Mayor Sadiq Khan told a podcast that Donald Trump decided to ’come for me’ because of his religion and skin colour and branded his policies ’racist’
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Woman’s body discovered in car boot in east London as two police forces begin murder investigation
A woman’s body has been found in the boot of a car in East London.