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Sadiq Khan calls on TfL to lift ban on abortion ad campaign

TfL is understood to have banned the adverts on the grounds that they could bring City Hall and the police service into disrepute

Evening Standard

TfL blocks ads calling on people to lobby MPs to decriminalise abortion

London transport body says allowing Bpas adverts on its network could bring police and City Hall into disrepute

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Case for decriminalising some cannabis possession ‘compelling’, Sadiq Khan says after London policing review

Sir Sadiq clashes with Met Police who insist drug peddling ‘drives and underpins’ gang violence across the capital

Evening Standard

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No more samba on the strand? Rio de Janeiro aims to curb unauthorised vendors and noise on beaches

Set to come into force at the beginning of June, the new rules restrict live music, food and drink sales, chair rentals and even the name of kiosks.

Euronews

Anger as Rio de Janeiro brings in sweeping changes to famous tourist hotspots

Is this the end of Samba on the beach?

The Independent UK

500 empty homes to be given to homeless Londoners under Sadiq Khan's plan to eradicate rough sleeping by 2030

Woman breaks down in tears in front of mayor as she tells of the terror of being forced to live on the streets and wait for help

Evening Standard

Developer asks permission to slash affordable housing at north London scheme

Council is told developer faces ‘commercial risk’ if they deliver all of the affordable homes they had said they would

Evening Standard

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London should learn lessons from Sweden to save its trees from climate change threat, says expert

At a City Hall meeting, experts acknowledge there has been a ‘really big cultural shift’ in the public’s attitude towards trees

Evening Standard

Government slashes Sadiq Khan's affordable housing target after number of homes started last year was second lowest on record

Deputy PM Angela Rayner offers mayor a lifeline after fewer than 4,000 affordable homes were started in 2024/25

Evening Standard

Canary Wharf student rooms skyscraper gets go-ahead as City Hall overrules council

Deputy mayor says project will help tackle housing crisis and boost economic growth, months after Tower Hamlets Council refused scheme

Evening Standard

Scrapping congestion charge exemption for EVs is huge threat to London's clean air gains, warns report

Transport for London insists the discount must end on Christmas Day

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan unveils plan to rip up green belt to build flats for Londoners

The controversial move is likely to face opposition from environmental campaigners

The Independent UK

All aboard! Campaigners demand free travel for Londoners to 'open up the city' to all residents

Mayor urged to follow lead of cities in Brazil and offer free public transport

Evening Standard

London cladding scandal: Sadiq Khan hails 'significant step' in making other tall buildings safer

Work is yet to start on more than 1,500 residential blocks in the capital with flammable cladding

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AP PHOTOS: Lady Gaga rocks Copacabana Beach with a free concert for more than 2 million fans

Lady Gaga performed a free concert on Copacabana Beach on Saturday night, the second such show in as many years organized by Rio de Janeiro’s City Hall. The show was the biggest of the pop star’s career, as it was for Madonna who also turned the expansive stretch of sand…

Evening Standard

OPINION - Susan Hall is back — and Sadiq Khan and Labour should be very worried

She was once dubbed “the one Sadiq Khan fears”. The phrase was splashed on billboards, blared from vans and echoed across social media. For a while, Susan Hall was everywhere. But it was more than just a line, it was a warning. A warning to a Mayor who had coasted…

The Independent UK

Lady Gaga to rock Copacabana Beach with a free concert for more than 1 million fans

Lady Gaga will give a free concert on Copacabana Beach Saturday night, the second such show in as many years organized by Rio de Janeiro’s City Hall

Evening Standard

Bereaved families urge Sadiq Khan to honour pledge to ban gambling ads on Tube

Families who have lost relatives to gambling-related suicide beg mayor to act on his 2021 pledge to ban betting and casino ads on London transport

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Evening Standard

Susan Hall reclaims Tory leadership at City Hall and pledges to renew battle with Sadiq Khan

Surprise as defeated mayoral candidate returns as Tory group leader on the London Assembly

Evening Standard

Call for action to prevent 'endemic' misogyny affecting young Londoners

London Assembly warns ‘much more’ needs to be done to stop violence against women and girls ‘spiralling out of control’

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan urged to boost high streets with public art and new community projects

Too many Londoners do not feel ‘meaningfully involved’ in high street regeneration schemes, London Assembly warns

Evening Standard

Safety review of Notting Hill Carnival demanded after police fear crowd crush will cause 'mass casualty event'

Mayor Sadiq Khan urged to issue guidance for minimum number of stewards

Evening Standard

Shoreditch towers plan secures 'support in principle' from City Hall

Development would reach 12 storeys high on a disused patch of land between two busy railway lines

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan welcomes £27m for 'skills bootcamps' aimed at 'fast-tracking' Londoners into 'good jobs'

Flexible courses lasting between two weeks and three months will offer training in key sectors like the digital and creative industries

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan confirms plan for almost 300 affordable homes next to North Middlesex University Hospital

All of the homes will be available either for social rent or shared ownership, and “will meet the highest standards of design and energy efficiency”

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