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London mayoral election: Starter's orders as Sadiq Khan and Susan Hall set out pitch for votes

Well-informed activists believe low turnout and changes in the voting system could leave 'only 10,000 votes' between Labour mayor and his Tory rival

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Number of hit-and-run collisions in London hit record high with offence 'almost normalised'

There were 7,708 incidents recorded in 2021

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London house prices fall at fastest pace since 2009

The average London home has lost £26,000 in value in just two months, according to official data

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Tottenham targeting their Harry Kane replacement – but may have to fend off Arsenal for him: report

Tottenham, Arsenal and even West Ham United are said to be in the hunt in something of a cross-London signature scramble

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Woman fighting for life after knife attack in south-east London

Police are hunting for the attacker following the assault in Penhill Road, Bexley

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UK curator of African film to receive Bafta award

June Givanni founded London archive documenting Pan-African cinema over 40 years

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Police seek two men after man assaulted with metal pole in brawl outside east London pub

The victim was injured outside the Queen's pub in Upton Park on October 21 last year

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Measles: Urgent vaccine plea as London cases treble in a year

Experts warn low MMR vaccination rate leaves capital vulnerable to outbreak

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Flexjet: How top business executives travel in luxury without needing their own private jet

Only the richest elite can afford to own a private jet, but that does not mean having to miss out on top luxury travel, Josh Salisbury discovers

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Fifty years on, could we see another Centre Point-style housing protest?

In January 1974, campaigners took over a large vacant tower block in central London to protest against the housing crisis. We hear from those who were there

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£25,000 for a burial plot next to Karl Marx? The philosopher would turn in his grave

Highgate cemetery in north London is preparing new plots – but there’s a distinctly un-Marxist price tag attached

The Guardian - UK

The inside story of two rape trials: ‘It’s as bad as I’ve ever known it’

In sexual assault cases, the work of prosecution barristers is complex, poorly paid – and essential. With conviction rates extraordinarily low and barristers quitting criminal practice in droves, the Guardian shadowed one prosecutor for two years

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London 'unprepared' for effects of climate change, report warns

Review commissioned by City Hall warns of 'lethal risk' of global warming

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Julia Skala: Police search for London teenager who went missing from her home 8 days ago

Police are growing 'increasingly concerned' for Julia Skala

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The Guardian - UK

Top London school taken to high court over prayer ban

Michaela community school, run by ‘Britain’s toughest headteacher’, Katharine Birbalsingh, introduced ban last March

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David Kernan obituary

Musical actor renowned for devising and performing Side By Side By Sondheim who was a regular on That Was the Week That Was

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LNER to scrap off-peak rail tickets between London and Edinburgh

Firm claims pilot will ‘simplify’ fares but users say it means end of affordable train travel between two capitals

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Revealed: Shocking extent of abuse and sexual harassment faced by women cycling in London

London Cycling Campaign report demands action from mayor and TfL

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London gym bandit who raided lockers and splashed out on exotic trips jailed for same crime before

Ashley Singh was sentenced to six-and-a-half years in prison for the same crime in 2019

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OPINION - Kate Moss at 50: there's a reason she will always be the poster girl for London

Ask Londoners what they know about Croydon and here’s what they definitely won’t say: Croydon has white cliffs (who knew?); it was originally a centre for saffron cultivation (who cares?); Charlie Chaplin was once kidnapped at Croydon Airport (the weirdest thing here is that Croydon used to have an airport).…

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Holocaust memorial in London 'ever more important' amid rising antisemitism since Israel-Hamas war outbreak

The chair of the National Holocaust Centre and Museum has warned there is “something sick happening in this society” as antisemitism has risen

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Sarah Weir obituary

Head of Arts Council England provision for London, the Design Council and arts and cultural strategy at the 2012 Olympics

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Dog attacks surge in London with more than 3,000 in a year

A further 600 attacks took place last year compared to 2022, figures obtained by the Standard show

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London's grassroots music venues are in crisis – how do we save them?

A new annual report from the grassroots charity Music Venues Trust makes for deeply concerning reading – amid mounting costs, 125 venues were forced to close down in 2023.

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London’s independent music venues in crisis despite bumper year - The Standard podcast

Noah Vickers and Robert Dex discuss London's hospitality sector boom, and why small music venues are struggling despite it.

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