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The Latest Breaking News from The London Ambulance Service

Negotiators appeal to man to come down from Big Ben clock tower

The man scaled the tower at around 7.20am on Saturday and is holding a Palestine flag.

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Parliamentary tours cancelled as man remains metres up Elizabeth Tower

Video shows a barefoot man standing on a ledge holding a Palestine flag up the tower, in an apparent act of protest.

Evening Standard

'We won't forget you': Tribute to London’s Covid victims five years on from first case

On February 12, 2020, London recorded its first positive Covid-19 case

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Lewisham incident LIVE: Armed police lock down London high street in stand-off with knifeman

Police are at the scene alongside the London Ambulance Service

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Man held after five people injured in suspected stabbing near Asda in Croydon

Police were called to Marlowe Way in Beddington on Thursday morning.

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Former international karate fighter died after choking on burger at east London care home

A coroner’s report into Elan Adams’ death found qualified staff failed to provide key information to the London Ambulance Service

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Murder investigation launched after woman in her 60s dies in south London

A 61-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder and remains in custody.

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LAS 'receiving same number of calls as New Year's Eve' as demand surges this winter

Exclusive: Call volumes are higher than at the peak of winter during the Covid pandemic

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Hackney 'bleach' attack: Man doused in corrosive liquid at busy London market

A man has been arrested after victim was doused in ‘corrosive liquid’ at Broadway Market

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Ambulances 'drop and go' scheme in London is working very well, says health minister despite warnings of risks

But a senior A&E doctor has raised concerns about the controversial system

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Rescue cat, named Defib, faces ‘cruel’ eviction from London ambulance station after 16 years

London Ambulance Service say some staff are unable to use Walthamstow Ambulance Station because of ‘severe allergies’ while the cat lives there

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Lewisham: Man arrested following stabbing on south London high street

A 24-year-old man was rushed to hospital after being stabbed

Evening Standard

Driver arrested after pedestrian killed in crash by Wood Green station

Police are working to confirm the pedestrian’s identity

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Families forced to flee playground area as man, 21, is stabbed in front of children in west London park

The shocking incident took place in Heston Park, Hounslow, on Saturday evening

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Manhunt launched after three teenagers shot on quiet London street

An 18-year-old and two 14-year-olds were found with gunshot wounds in Orpington, London, on Wednesday night

Evening Standard

London ambulance calls surge as IT outage leaves patients struggling to contact GPs

NHS warns of further disruption to services this week

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Shocking moment fight with 'Rambo knives' breaks out in broad daylight in Tottenham

A 20-year-old man was taken to hospital following the knife fight in Tottenham

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West Dulwich: Teenager, 16, stabbed in south London

Police found the teenager with a stab injury on Sunday

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Man charged with murder after Leytonstone knife attack

Petro Bebko, 23, has been named by police after suffering a fatal knife wound to the neck

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Pedestrian in his 80s dies after being hit by van on North Circular

A pedestrian has died after a collision with a van on the North Circular.

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Some Ulez scrappage vehicles including ambulances will be sent to Ukraine, says Sadiq Khan

Among the vehicles to go will be 50 decommissioned ambulances from the London Ambulance Service

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London ambulance response times improve after ‘challenging’ Spring period

Responses to Category One and Two calls both see marked improvement

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The 999 operator who had to give her own father CPR: ‘Before, I was just guessing how a caller felt. Now I know’

She had instructed more than 100 callers on how to do chest compressions, but when her own father had a cardiac arrest, the ambulance service call handler realised just how difficult it is

Daily Mirror

Horror crash between £187,000 Lamborghini supercar and Royal Mail van leaves six injured

Emergency services raced to the collision in Beckton, East London, and took six people to hospital for their injuries, which were assessed as not life-threatening

Evening Standard

Wimbledon school crash: Girl, 8, and woman in 40s fighting for their lives as driver bailed

Note left at scene of Thursday’s crash pays tribute to ‘shining star’, saying: ‘We will miss you so much’

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