All news on the topic: London

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Child killed and five people rushed to hospital after massive house fire in London
Several fire engines rushed to the blaze in East Ham, London, in the early hours of Saturday morning, with five people taken to hospital and one child sadly killed
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U.S. company involved in Malta scandal paid spies $1.6 million before filing for bankruptcy
Steward Health Care, a U.S. company at the heart of Malta’s biggest-ever corruption scandal, paid out nearly US$1.6 million to a private spy company just before declaring bankruptcy, filings from the case show.
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Police launch a murder investigation after a newborn baby is discovered dead in a bin
A murder investigation has been launched by the Met Police following the death of a baby girl in Camden, whose tiny body was discovered in a container
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Major UK firm Dyson to cut up to 1,000 jobs nationwide in significant restructuring
Find out below what your rights in redundancy are
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Inside the ’UK’s worst city’ where junkies deal £10 heroin in ’Oliver Twist’ crack dens and a ’wrong look gets you knifed’
Watch our video as even the local buskers say they are mugged for money by thugs
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Investment manager stripped in park, stuffed mud in boxers, behaved inappropriately
Bollag lives in nearby Queen’s Gate Place, South Kensington, where apartments go for more than £5million
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A pub running for election aims to ban all other pubs in town
A London pub is running in this year’s General Election and the owner has warned of some harsh policies on the horizon if he wins.
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Britain’s Armed Forces are no longer credible amid cuts to record-low, warns ex-defence chief Lord Dannatt
He said allies expect the UK to field 35,000 soldiers in a division of three brigades
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A new train line from London to Manchester could address the gap left by the controversial HS2 project
Plans for new trains with ‘up to 50% cheaper fares’ between London and Manchester have been revealed after the HS2 drama that ended with its northern leg being cancelled.
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Military horses have run loose again in central London
Military horses have broken free and run loose through central London for the second time since April.
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Rush hour disruption affected a major London Underground line due to a fire alert
Commuters have been warned of severe disruption to their morning journeys across the London transport network.
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Revealed: 428-year-old secret dossier uncovers Elizabeth I’s spy network
For more than a century, it lay undisturbed in the National Archives: a single sheet of paper, headed The names of the Intelligencers, with the power to unveil a hidden network of secret Elizabethan spies.
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London Pride: Sadiq Khan leads 32,000 participants in a march through the capital
Crowds gathered in London on Saturday as part of the capital’s Pride celebrations, with a parade making its way from Hyde Park to Trafalgar Square.
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Ryanair Boeing 737 Max plunged 2,000 feet in 17 seconds on a flight to London
A Ryanair flight plummeted more than 2,000ft at high speed in just 17 seconds as it came in to land, an investigation has found.
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Police seek to locate man after woman punched in face with bike at Leytonstone High Road Overground station
Anyone who recognises him - or has any other relevant information - is asked to contact police.
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Met Police officer charged with misconduct for allegedly stealing money from a dead man who collapsed
PC Chris Carter faces a misconduct in public office charge over the alleged incident in Haringey, north London
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London council boss charged with drink driving and possession of class A drugs
The leader of a London council has been charged with drug and driving offences after allegedly failing to stop at the scene of an accident.
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Man arrested in connection with Westminster honeytrap case
A man has been arrested in connection with the Westminster "honeytrap" scandal.
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Julian Assange’s wife ’elated’ by US plea deal
The wife of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has said she is "elated" after her husband agreed a plea deal under which he will be freed.
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange freed from London jail in US plea deal
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been released from prison in the UK as part of a plea deal with the US government.
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’Cannabis crooks dumped 10 tonnes of soil in my bedroom’
"I turned the lights on and it’s ’Oh my God, 3ft of soil in my bedroom’," Charles Reeves says, still in disbelief, as he shows the BBC his home. "I’m surprised the floors are even withstanding all this stuff."
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Two dealers suspected of operating an illegal £1bn cryptocurrency exchange arrested in London
Metropolitan Police also seized several digital devices during raids on two homes in the capital
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Prince William’s wild dance moves at Taylor Swift concert delight fans
Prince William and his children were reportedly spotted at the Taylor Swift Eras concert in London as the US pop star performed for almost 90,000 people at Wembley Stadium on Friday
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Secret spy tunnels may be unveiled in new £220 million UK tourist attraction
Mysterious wartime tunnels sprawling under the heart of London are set to be transformed into a high-tech visitor attraction.