Noora Mykkanen Published May 30, 2026 8:42am Updated May 30, 2026 9:45am A teenager has been charged with murder after a boy was knifed to death on an east London towpath. Brayan David Saldarriaga, 15, from Haringey, died on Monday evening after being found with fatal stab wounds along the towpath near Hackney Marshes. The […]
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Darren Wood (left) with parkrun founder Paul Sinton-Hewitt (Handout/PA) A man who will become the first person in the world to complete 1,000 parkruns said he wants the milestone to celebrate the event’s community spirit rather than his own achievement. Darren Wood, 43, from Carshalton, south London, first took part in October 2004 and has […]
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London is set for heavy rain after days of record-breaking heat across the UK. However, temperatures could fall to as low as 11C in the capital by the end of next week as the weather cools. The Met Office forecasts some level of rain in London every day after until at least next Friday. London […]
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London is set for heavy rain after days of record-breaking heat across the UK. However, temperatures could fall to as low as 11C in the capital by the end of next week as the weather cools. The Met Office forecasts some level of rain in London every day after until at least next Friday. London […]
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“The driver, a 31-year-old man, from Berkshire, has been arrested on suspicion of driving a vehicle whilst unfit through drugs, driving dangerously, possession of a Class C drug and failing to provide a specimen. He has been bailed while our enquiries continue.”
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London‘s political landscape has been transformed with the Green Party now leading five councils in the city after forming minority and coalition administrations. Labour suffered a series of crushing defeats in the local elections on May 7, losing control of 11 town halls in the capital. Hackney, Lewisham and Waltham Forest fell to the Greens, […]
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Brooke Davies Published May 29, 2026 4:01pm Updated May 29, 2026 4:01pm To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video New video of the boy throwing a sofa over the balcony at Westfield narrowly avoiding shoppers below has been released. The 16-year-old, who cannot be […]
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Sam Corbishley Published May 29, 2026 2:07pm Updated May 29, 2026 4:49pm A child, woman and man have all died after falling from a high-rise block of flats in south London. Emergency services were called to reports that people had plunged from height in Churchyard Row, Elephant & Castle, at around 7.30am on Wednesday. Paramedics […]
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Londoners have just survived a record-breaking heatwave when the final boss is already around the corner – a wave of summer strikes. Commuters are bracing for disruption just days after enduring sweaty journeys on the London Underground during the heat blast as Tube drivers’ strike by members of the RMT union is set to go […]
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The heatwave may have ended, but the sunshine is still going strong. And you know what that means… It’s time to sit outside with a Spritz (not that we needed an excuse). If Aperol is your Spritz of choice, then there’s a new spot in London you might want to head to. Simmons has several […]
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