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• The Apprentice winner seen snapping pics with fans

  16-05-2025 21:03 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  The Apprentice winner Dean Franklin hadn't forgotten his roots when spotted taking pictures with fans in Upminster this week.
  
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• Just Stop Oil activists from east London free after plot to paralyze Heathrow

  16-05-2025 20:59 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Nine Just Stop Oil activists, some from east London, have been sentenced for their plot to bring Heathrow to a standstill.
  
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• Girl, 13, arrested after school in Bromley enters lockdown

  16-05-2025 20:13 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  A girl has been arrested after a school in Bromley entered lockdown due to pupils from another school entering the grounds.
  
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• Tube hit by severe delays due to 'customer incident' in East Ham

  16-05-2025 19:37 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  The Underground in East Ham is severely delayed due to a customer incident. Live updates here.
  
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• LIVE as tube hit by severe delays due to 'customer incident' in East Ham

  16-05-2025 19:37 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  The Underground in East Ham is severely delayed due to a customer incident. Live updates here.
  
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• Teenage boy and girl arrested after kittens ‘tortured and killed’ in Ruislip

  16-05-2025 19:27 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  A teenage boy and girl have been arrested after two kittens were allegedly tortured and killed in Ruislip.
  
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• Yoga with Sadie Frost and a dog show - it can only be the Primrose Hill summer fair

  16-05-2025 19:00 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  The celebrity-stuffed enclave of Primrose Hill holds its summer fair on Sunday with yoga, funfair rides, a food market, craft stalls along with the ever-popular dog show
  
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• Teenager jailed for stabbing 16-year-old to death in west London over ‘petty dispute’

  16-05-2025 18:44 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  A teenager has been jailed for 20 years for stabbing another boy to death in west London.
  
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• Beloved community store set to make comeback at new Bexleyheath venue

  16-05-2025 18:30 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  A much-loved independent shop and community space is making a welcome return to Bexleyheath this weekend following a wave of public support after its unexpected closure last month.
  
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• New Matalan store to open at shopping park this weekend

  16-05-2025 18:20 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  A new Matalan is opening at Gallions Reach Shopping Park in Beckton with a launch event this weekend.
  
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• 'I spent a shift with Romford's My Local Bobby team - here's what happened'

  16-05-2025 18:15 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Our reporter Olivia Carter shadowed Romford's My Local Bobby team during a shift - here's everything she saw, including an arrest.
  
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• Disabled boy, 10, died after ingesting cocaine - but mystery over how it got there

  16-05-2025 18:09 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Disabled Stratford schoolboy Isaac Mansfield fell ill at school and died after ingesting cocaine, a coroner has told an inquest hearing.
  
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• Boy 'chased and stabbed by men on bike with knives' in south London

  16-05-2025 18:03 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  A 16-year-old has been taken to hospital after a stabbing in Donnington Grove, Kennington.
  
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• Why The Montagu Kitchen’s Far East-inspired tea is worth the trip

  16-05-2025 18:00 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  The Montagu Kitchen at Hyatt Regency London – The Churchill has launched a refined Asian afternoon tea, blending Far East flavours with British classics for a polished, immersive experience from £65.
  
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• Sneak peak behind scenes of Greenwich’s iconic college dome that survived the war

  16-05-2025 18:00 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  I went behind the scenes of one of the domes at the Royal Naval College and the experience gives you a whole new perspective on this historic buildings.
  
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• Romford man, 37, laid dead for weeks after NHS staff 'misled his family'

  16-05-2025 18:00 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  A young man laid dead in his Angel Way, Romford home for weeks while North East London NHS Foundation Trust misled his family into thinking he was still alive, a court has heard.
  
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• Plans to demolish well-loved south Wimbledon pub refused

  16-05-2025 18:00 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Plans to demolish the well-loved Trafalgar Freehouse in south Wimbledon have been refused by Merton Council, who found that the proposal would cause “substantial harm” to the area’s heritage and social value.
  
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• Rainham home 'operating as large HMO without permission'

  16-05-2025 17:15 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  A home in Rainham has been issued with an enforcement notice by Havering Council, which says it is being used as a large HMO.
  
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• Huge rotting waste fly-tip finally removed

  16-05-2025 17:00 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Barking and Dagenham Council has finally resolved a major fly-tipping issue in Thames Road, Barking.
  
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• Upminster Caribbean soul food restaurant to open this month

  16-05-2025 16:40 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  A new Caribbean restaurant is set to open in Upminster at the end of the month.
  
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• Police hunt after man with buggy punched in face on Piccadilly line

  16-05-2025 16:10 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Police are searching for a man after a person was punched in the face on a Piccadilly line train.
  
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• The wealthiest people in London revealed in new Sunday Times Rich List

  16-05-2025 16:00 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  The richest people in London have been revealed in the new Sunday Times Rich List for 2025. See the full list.
  
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• The school with 'future directors and performers' which will make a movie

  16-05-2025 16:00 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Children from Beam County Primary School in Dagenham are soon to make their own movie to be premiered later in the year in Romford.
  
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• Everything you need to know ahead of the Hackney Half Marathon this weekend

  16-05-2025 15:22 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Thousands of runners have been found to be ready to help 56 national and local charities at the Wizz Air Hackney Half Marathon this weekend.
  
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• London firefighter among three dead after blaze at airbase in Oxfordshire

  16-05-2025 15:11 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  A firefighter from London is among the three people killed in a large fire at an ex-RAF base in Oxfordshire.
  
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• Woman left with life-changing injuries after being hit by van in Collier Row

  16-05-2025 14:21 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  A woman has been left with life-changing injuries after she was hit by a van in Collier Row.
  
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• Tower Hamlets among top-ten councils for parking permit income, researchers say

  16-05-2025 14:00 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  The revenue made by Tower Hamlets Council from residential parking permits between 2020 and 2024 has been revealed after research by Cinch.
  
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• Man who killed woman in front of her toddler at Notting Hill Carnival jailed

  16-05-2025 13:40 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  A man who killed Cher Maximen in front of her three-year-old daughter in Notting Hill Carnival has been jailed.
  
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• I tried the London sandwich shop offering half-price food to everybody

  16-05-2025 13:36 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Yolk sandwich shops have started popping up and store number ten has opened in Holborn.
  
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• The 'inspiring' Barking school where pupils do rock climbing and public speaking

  16-05-2025 13:30 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  St Margaret's Church of England Primary School in Barking encourages pupils to take part in rock wall climbing and public speaking events, Ofsted has said after an inspection.
  
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• New pictures show how a transformed Liverpool Street station could look

  16-05-2025 13:30 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  New images of what a transformed Liverpool Street station would look like have been shared by Network Rail.
  
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• Pressure on new owners of historic town hall 'to live up to commitment'

  16-05-2025 13:23 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Moves have been made to reassure residents that the “cultural and community use” of a historic town hall will be restored after its unexpected sale.
  
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• Five people treated after reports of 'corrosive substance thrown' in Greenwich

  16-05-2025 13:12 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Five people have been treated after reports of a “corrosive substance” being thrown near Church Street, Greenwich.
  
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• Watch the moment Croydon moped rider fakes injuries after low-speed crash

  16-05-2025 13:10 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  A moped rider faked injuries from a low-speed crash in Croydon.
  
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• Forest Hill photographer smuggled £2.4m of cocaine into UK in light aircraft

  16-05-2025 13:09 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Forest Hill man Errol McCardo Weir smuggled £2.4kg of cocaine into the country in a light aircraft.
  
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• Watch as Croydon bus driver 'refuses to lower ramp to allow disabled child to board'

  16-05-2025 13:00 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  London bus drivers refuse to lower the ramps to allow a disabled child to board up to "12 times a week" a frustrated mum has revealed.
  
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• The history of Dagenham pub featured in Danny Dyer movie

  16-05-2025 13:00 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  We reflect on the history of a Dagenham pub that has appeared in the film Marching Powder starring Danny Dyer.
  
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• Rooftop bar with cocktails and pizzas to return to Sutton this weekend

  16-05-2025 13:00 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  A rooftop bar with cocktails, pizzas, and popcorn is set to return to Sutton this weekend.
  
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• Plans for Romford shops to become flats refused

  16-05-2025 13:00 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Havering Council has refused a planning application proposing to transform shop space in Victoria Road, Romford into flats.
  
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• Gallows Corner area leads way for most complained about places in Romford

  16-05-2025 13:00 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Here are the most complained about issues in Romford across March, April and May so far according to FixMyStreet.
  
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• England cricketer pays visit to primary school in Bethnal Green

  16-05-2025 13:00 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  England cricketer Danielle Gibson visited The Hague Primary in Bethnal Green to celebrate 20 years of the Chance to Shine cricket charity.
  
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• Brand new eye hospital offering free door-to-door transport opens in Croydon

  16-05-2025 13:00 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  SpaMedica has opened a new NHS eye hospital in Croydon, offering cataract surgery and YAG laser treatment with referrals in as little as four weeks—far faster than national targets.
  
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• Popular pub to shut less than two years after grand reopening

  16-05-2025 12:52 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  The Priory Tavern, on the corner of Belsize Road and Kilburn Vale, is to close less than two years after it reopened following a major refurbishment.
  
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• Lord Sugar backs new care development for north-east London

  16-05-2025 12:28 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Lord Sugar is supporting Jewish Care’s Always Essex campaign to build a new care and community campus in Woodford.
  
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• Strike by some Gatwick Airport workers threatens to impact half-term flights

  16-05-2025 12:24 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  A strike by some workers at Gatwick Airport has started – and could continue over the May half-term school holiday, the Unite union has warned.
  
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• 'We thought sporty Esme's sore ankle was an injury - 18 months later she was dead'

  16-05-2025 12:21 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  When Esme Orike from Southgate complained of a sore ankle nobody knew that within 18 months she would be dead from a rare cancer.
  
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• Woman, 60, fighting for life in hospital after being hit by truck in Bromley

  16-05-2025 12:19 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  A 60-year-old woman is fighting for her life in hospital after being hit by a truck in Bromley.
  
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• Huge cannabis factory discovered at industrial unit in Barking

  16-05-2025 12:15 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  A huge cannabis factory has been discovered on Kingsbridge Road in Barking.
  
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• Suspected drug driver arrested after woman hit by car near Finsbury Park station

  16-05-2025 12:06 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  A man suspected of drug driving has been arrested after a crash on Seven Sisters Road, near Finsbury Park Station.
  
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• 20m 5G phone mast plans submitted

  16-05-2025 11:20 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Plans have been put forward for a new 5G mast in Beam Park, Rainham, with a view to boosting mobile signal in the south of Havering.
  
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