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Drivers are advised to avoid roads in Hackney, Clapham, the West End and Islington this weekend as people flock to London in their millions for the Platinum Jubilee

From Hackney’s oldest house to a 1700s architectural ‘experiment’, some of London’s most striking properties are open to visitors this weekend. Here’s our pick of the best.

A new study by Confused.com analyses the burglary rates between 2017 and 2021 across Britain to show the "most dangerous" and safest areas to live

He was sentenced to two-and-a-half years’ imprisonment

Jardel Jones carried out the attack in June 2020 after travelling in a car with several others in a bid to find and kill a member of a rival gang

The four-storey house in trendy Hackney boasts a south-facing garden, off-street parking and two bedrooms with property connected by a bespoke steel and timber staircase

In 2020, two police officers in Hackney strip-searched a 15-year-old Black girl at her school. Police conducted the search of this child, known as Child Q, without the consent of her parents, without an appropriate adult present (despite this being required by the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984), and…

Islington, Camden, Southwark and Hackney were named as being in the ten most miserable local authorities

Diesel prices have increased by 24% since the last fare increase in 2018, from 135.1p to 177.5p per litre

Rahel Stephanie, host of cult Indonesian supper club Spoons, on falling for Brockley’s green hills and quieter pace

May 5 sees a big set of elections across the UK. In England, there are contests across 146 councils. In London, every council seat is up for election across all 32 boroughs. Elsewhere where there are elections, at least one-third of the council seats are being contested, with some authorities…