Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionStella Creasy says she led a knife crime meeting following a miscarriage Women are forced to choose between “being an MP and being a mum” because of Parliament’s rules, a pregnant Labour MP has said. Walthamstow MP Stella Creasy said that Ipsa – the body which regulates […]
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThe US president and London mayor Sadiq Khan have been in a “political grudge match” for years US President Donald Trump has once again criticised London Mayor Sadiq Khan, calling him a “national disgrace” who is destroying the UK’s capital. His comments came after five attacks in […]
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionChuka Umunna tells Today there’s only room for one centre ground party in British politics Former Labour and Change UK MP Chuka Umunna has joined the Liberal Democrats, saying he was “wrong” to think “millions of politically homeless people… wanted a new party”. The Streatham MP said […]
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The Met Police hopes the change will make police work more attractive to both men and women with family commitments The Met Police will recruit part-time police constables for the first time as the force tries to “break down barriers” deterring women from joining. From November, all new constable […]
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionLocal resident: “The whole thing was an inferno”. No fire alarm was heard when a block of flats was engulfed in flames in Barking, a London Assembly member has said. Twenty flats with wooden balconies were destroyed and another 10 damaged in the fire in De Pass […]
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Image copyright Met Police Image caption Malcolm Mide-Madariola died shortly after being taken to hospital The family of a 17-year-old murdered while standing up for his friend have said they will help fund education and school clothes for “vulnerable” youths. Malcolm Mide-Madariola was stabbed to death near Clapham South Tube station in south-west London on […]
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Image copyright Instagram Anna Shapiro Image caption A picture of Alex King and Anna Shapiro, posted on Ms Shapiro’s Instagram account in 2015 A drug dealer who sparked fears of a Novichok attack similar to that which hospitalised a former Russian spy and his daughter has been jailed. Alex King went on the run in […]
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Protesters against Donald Trump’s UK visit have launched a talking and moving robot named the “Trump-Dumper”. The robot, which depicts President Trump sitting on the toilet, talks in a tongue-in-cheek fashion and takes on the US President’s sometimes controversial tweets. Its creators hope its popularity overtakes the Donald Trump baby blimp which flew over London […]
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Jose Antonio Reyes in action for Arsenal Former Arsenal winger Jose Antonio Reyes has died in a car accident aged 35, Spanish club Sevilla have announced. “We couldn’t be confirming worse news,” the La Liga club said on Twitter. The Spaniard joined the Gunners from Sevilla in January 2004 and was part of the ‘Invincibles’ […]
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Patrick Bauer (right) scored the goal which secured victory for Lee Bowyer’s Charlton in the League One play-off final Charlton Athletic have offered new deals to Joe Aribo, Patrick Bauer, Jake Forster-Caskey and Tariqe Fosu after winning promotion from League One. Centre-back Bauer, 26, scored the 94th-minute goal which sealed a 2-1 win over Sunderland […]
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