Image copyright LDRS Image caption A group of 453 artefacts are due to go on display at a museum next year Ancient weapons discovered on a building site will go on display at the Museum of London Docklands next April. The group of 453 artefacts found in Havering, east London, is the third largest ever […]
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Image copyright PA Wire Extinction Rebellion protests continued in central London despite police banning the group’s climate change demonstrations in the capital. Activists blocked Oxford Circus with a wooden pyramid structure and descended on Westminster before moving to Trafalgar Square. One man, who was dressed up as Boris Johnson, scaled the scaffolding surrounding Big Ben. […]
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Hundreds defied the protest ban to gather in Trafalgar Square Celebrity Extinction Rebellion supporters have admitted in an open letter being “hypocrites” over their high-carbon lifestyles. But stars including Benedict Cumberbatch, who last week joined London protests, called for “systemic change” to the “fossil-fuel economy”. It comes as Extinction […]
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Finley Quaye was named Best British Male Solo Artist at the 1998 Brit Awards A Brit Award-winning musician has been ordered to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work for punching a bar manager and threatening to stab him during an unprovoked drunken attack. Finley Quaye, 45, assaulted Robert […]
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Image copyright Met Police Image caption Baptista Adjei, 15, lived with his family in North Woolwich, London A 15-year-old boy has been charged with murder following the fatal stabbing of another 15-year-old near a London shopping centre. Baptista Adjei, from North Woolwich, was found critically injured on Stratford Broadway, east London, shortly after 15:20 BST […]
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Image copyright @Slimpriz Image caption The boy died on Stratford Broadway on Thursday afternoon A teenager has been stabbed to death near Stratford Shopping Centre, police have said. Officers found the 15-year-old boy suffering from stab wounds on Stratford Broadway in east London shortly after 15:20 BST. Police believe he was either attacked on a […]
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Image copyright PA Media Image caption Demonstrators who refuse to move to a specified area of Trafalgar Square face arrest Extinction Rebellion activists intending to continue protesting in central London “must” go to Trafalgar Square or risk arrest, police have warned. Police enforced a Section 14 notice to stop “serious disruption” to communities, after officers […]
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Mobile fingerprint technology, pioneered by the Met Police, is allowing officers to check people’s identity out on the beat – saving time and reducing costs. At the moment when an individual is arrested they have to be taken to a police station with a custody suite to process finger and palm prints and take photographs. […]
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Image copyright Metropolitan Police/PA Wire Image caption Aman Vyas is accused of the rape and murder of Michelle Samaraweera in 2009 A man has been charged with murdering a woman in London 10 years ago after being extradited from India. Aman Vyas, 35, arrived at Heathrow on Friday and was charged with the rape and […]
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Tammy Abraham has played 74 minutes in friendly matches for England’s senior team Chelsea striker Tammy Abraham says he “has not decided” on his international future after scoring in Wednesday’s Champions League victory over Lille. The 22-year-old is yet to play in a competitive fixture for England but appeared in friendly draws with Germany and […]
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