All news on the topic: London

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Girl, 11, stabbed in ‘targeted attack’ in London’s Leicester Square, saved by tea shop worker
A security guard tackled a knifeman to the ground as he attacked an 11-year-old girl and a woman in central London’s Leicester Square.
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Rush hour disruption on London Underground after Tube line closure
The Monday morning commute is off to a sticky start on the London Underground after severe disruption on Tube lines.
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Was the Hackney shooting of a nine-year-old girl connected to a Europe-wide gang rivalry?
Fatal clashes between Turkish criminals in the heroin trade are spreading in Europe, an Observer investigation reveals
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The horrific nature of the Turkish criminal underworld leaks as the murders unfold
An escalation in violence involving major Turkish gangs has spilled over into European cities, where suspected mafia figures have been shot in broad daylight.
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Huge gas cylinder fire shuts major rail line in and out of London
A huge fire involving a gas cylinder has shut down a major train line between Suffolk and London.
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Banksy wolf artwork in Peckham taken away by masked people within hours of being unveiled
The silhouette of a howling wolf was the latest in a series of animal images painted by anonymous artist Banksy across London this week.
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Rioters receive a shock as police carry out dawn raids across London
Suspected rioters got quite the awakening this morning as police conducted a wave of dawn raids, arresting 10 people.
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Why Elon Musk is taking on Keir Starmer over UK’s far-right riots
From posting about civil war being ‘inevitable’ to tweeting at Keir Starmer about the Rotherham grooming gang scandal – surely Musk knows exactly what he’s doing with his platform, writes James Moore
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UK arrests two in "Russian Coms" scam, shuts down platform
U.K. authorities announced Thursday in London the arrest of two individuals suspected of developing and administering the “Russian Coms” caller ID spoofing service, believed to have defrauded hundreds of thousands of people out of millions of dollars.
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Boy, 15, becomes youngest British chess grandmaster
Shreyas Royal, whose family was granted visa after appeal by Rachel Reeves, aspires to become world chess champion by 21
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Two men charged in connection with alleged Russia-linked arson plot
Two more men have been charged in relation to an alleged arson attack against a Ukraine-linked business in London, taking the total number of suspects to seven.
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Shocking moment man shoves Tube passenger onto tracks at Oxford Circus station
A postman was just inches from death from electrocution and seconds from being hit by a train after being pushed from a Tube platform.
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Far-right march through London and clash with police over Southport stabbings
Far-right protesters have clashed with police in central London during a protest over the Southport stabbings.
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Israeli private eye appears in London court over alleged hacking offences
An Israeli private investigator wanted by the United States for allegedly carrying out a "hacking for hire" campaign appeared in a London court on Friday, ahead of his fight against extradition to the U.S. next year.
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Newham fire: Three children killed in a tragic flat fire named as parents give heartbreaking tribute
Nakash Malik, 13, 11-year-old girl Aayat Malik and seven-year-old boy Muhammad Hanan Malik died in the fire at a property in Newham, east London, the Metropolitan Police said
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’Human organs were found inside a container’ at Rosehill Park
A heavy police presence remains in place within the cordoned off area as investigations continue
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Channel 4 Hunted star, 26, found dead at his home in southwest London
Harry Savage, who starred in the Channel 4 show Hunted in 2019, was found dead in his home in London.
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Gordon Brown launches London’s first ‘multibank’ amid UK child poverty fears
The ex-PM is opening the new facility supplying food and basic necessities against a backdrop of concerns for the wellbeing of children over the summer holidays
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Woman who killed neighbour’s little girl, 11, with bedbug poison gas spared prison
A judge found that Akter’s decision to import the poison gas from Italy on a passenger flight could have caused a "catastrophic mid-air incident and put hundreds of lives at risk"
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Tesco puts booze in high-tech cabinets dubbed ‘Freedom Cases’ with 4-step access process to stop shoplifters
The futuristic tech is yet another supermarket anti-shoplifting ploy
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London bus smashes into shop scaffolding on busy street leaving multiple people injured
The double-decker bus crashed into the scaffolding of a shop on a busy street on Harrow Road in Maida Vale, northwest London, this afternoon - and pictures show several people affected
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London’s Albert Bridge lit up with fireworks and flares as one lands on Uber boat in dangerous scenes
Many people passing near Albert Bridge on Monday night saw the Thames lit up by a barrage of fireworks and flares that covered the bridge and landed on boats, churches and nearby trees
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Victims in Bristol suitcase case identified as man charged with double murder
A man has been charged with the murder of two men after the discovery of human remains in suitcases at Clifton Suspension Bridge and a flat in west London.
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Met cop sacked for gross misconduct over sex and drug orgies dies in jail
Arter was due to appear at Woolwich crown court next month
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Brave mum ’saved child’ during house fire that killed two others
A "very strong and motivated" mother reportedly saved her third child from a house fire in East Ham, London that killed her two other children and sent other family members to the hospital