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• Man, 20, left with life-threatening injuries after stabbing at Imperial Wharf station

  18-06-2025 21:33 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  A 20-year-old man has been rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries after a stabbing at Imperial Wharf station. 
  
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• Pregnant woman and her husband from Croydon killed in Air India crash

  18-06-2025 21:18 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  A pregnant woman and her husband from Croydon were among the victims who died in the Air India plane crash.
  
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• Man taken to hospital after stabbing at Imperial Wharf station

  18-06-2025 19:58 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  A man has been taken to hospital after a stabbing at Imperial Wharf station.
  
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• East London baker named among 'top' pastry talents in world

  18-06-2025 19:00 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Lily Vanilli aka Lily Jones has been named among the "top talent" in global pastry awards from La Liste
  
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• Imperial Wharf station CLOSED due to stabbing

  18-06-2025 18:56 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Imperial Wharf station has closed due to an 'emergency services' incident
  
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• Plans for 'oppressive' flats on police station site get go-ahead despite fears

  18-06-2025 18:24 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Plans for flats on a former police station site have been passed despite claims the “oppressive" development will invade privacy, worsen fly-tipping and cause parking chaos.
  
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• High Court judge rules in favour of Lambeth plan to reclaim 160 homes for housing

  18-06-2025 18:06 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  A High Court judge has ruled in favour of Lambeth Council’s plan to reclaim 160 homes for emergency housing.
  
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• Woman found stabbed with 'tape over mouth' may have been killed for her Rolex

  18-06-2025 18:04 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  A 69-year-old woman found murdered in her flat with tape over her mouth was discovered when a neighbour helped her concerned niece break down the door.
  
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• Sidcup farm festival with 'utter lawlessness and debauchery' postponed last minute

  18-06-2025 18:00 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Organisers of a music festival on Beck Evans Farm in Sidcup have postponed the event with less than a month to go following backlash from local residents and authorities.
  
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• New rental homes set to open in Croydon for less than £50 a day

  18-06-2025 18:00 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  New homes are now available in Croydon under the London Living Rent scheme, offering below-market rents and homeownership pathways.
  
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• Croydon Council closes notorious underpass as part of £30m town centre revamp

  18-06-2025 18:00 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Croydon Council will begin works to install a new surface-level pedestrian crossing on Wellesley Road this July.
  
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• Housing repairs service 'must go further' amid concerns over delays

  18-06-2025 17:50 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Barnet Council cabinet member for housing and regeneration Cllr Ross Houston said delays to repairs were “real problems”.
  
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• Boy, 16, charged after double stabbing at popular park in Maida Vale

  18-06-2025 17:28 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  A boy has been charged following a double stabbing at a park in Maida Vale.
  
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• Boys left 'traumatised' after horror trailers played before children's film

  18-06-2025 17:13 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  A mum says her two young children were left "traumatised" after a cinema showed two horror film trailers before a screening of Lilo & Stitch.
  
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• Family of girl killed in Carshalton crash call for law change ahead of inquest

  18-06-2025 17:05 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  The family of a young woman killed in a Carshalton car crash are calling for lifetime bans for those convicted of dangerous driving.
  
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• London Waterloo station celebrates 210th anniversary of Battle of Waterloo

  18-06-2025 17:00 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  London Waterloo Station hosted a reenactment-filled celebration for the 210th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, complete with live history and veteran-led archaeology.
  
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• Global chain opens new store in Romford after 'fantastic response' to pop-up

  18-06-2025 17:00 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Miniso has opened a new 1,900 sq ft store at the Liberty shopping centre in Romford.
  
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• Composer and pianist dies at home in Hampstead aged 94

  18-06-2025 17:00 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  The 94-year-old known as the 'musician's musician' had a long career as a performing and recording star.
  
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• Three injured with one taken to hospital after fire in Bromley

  18-06-2025 16:50 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Three people have been injured with one taken to hospital after a fire in Bromley.
  
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• Plans to build high-rise student towers by Deptford Creek refused

  18-06-2025 16:26 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Plans to build two high-rise student tower blocks by Deptford Creek have been refused over fears they would negatively impact views from Greenwich Park and Maritime Greenwich.
  
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• Rogue landlord who illegally evicted woman avoids prison as 'jails are all full'

  18-06-2025 16:01 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  A judge told a "rogue landlord" he was "lucky" Britain's prisons are full after being convicted of unlawfully evicting a tenant - leaving her homeless.
  
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• Green spaces to be protected from development with village green status

  18-06-2025 16:00 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Platford Green, Tyle Green, Tees Drive and Priory Road green spaces in Harold Hill and Emerson Park are becoming protected village greens.
  
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• Police issue urgent appeal after woman ‘assaulted’ in viral Croydon video

  18-06-2025 15:43 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Police are urging the victim of an assault in West Croydon to come forward after a video of the attack went viral.
  
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• Tributes paid to 'adored' man who died in Air India plane crash

  18-06-2025 15:42 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Ash Harrington, 27, from Finchley, was on the deadly Ahmedabad to Gatwick flight on June 12 with his father and grandmother when it crashed just seconds after take-off.
  
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• Woman, 69, stabbed to death for 'diamond Rolex watch’ in Camden home

  18-06-2025 15:05 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Police believe a woman stabbed to death in her home in Camden may have been targeted for her diamond Rolex watch.
  
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• How Havering secondary schools offered places to pupils according to admissions data

  18-06-2025 14:00 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  The number of places, places offered and preferences offered by secondary schools in Havering to 2025-26 admissions applicants have been revealed.
  
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• £90k raised in a night ‘under the stars’ to keep hospice going

  18-06-2025 13:41 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of people took to the streets for a ‘Starlight’ walk that raised an incredible £90,000 in an evening for St Luke’s Hospice.
  
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• East London venue set to open 'made by women+ for women+' this week

  18-06-2025 13:01 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Damsel, a women+-only space in Hoxton, opens with a café, bar and cultural events—prioritising queer and trans inclusion.
  
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• Padel courts no longer planned at former Blackheath tennis club

  18-06-2025 13:00 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Padel might no longer be coming to Blackheath Park after plans for new courts at the site of a former tennis club were withdrawn.
  
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• Chocolate shop wants to stay open until 2am - but not if neighbours get their way

  18-06-2025 12:54 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Urban Chocolatier has one more hurdle to overcome before it can open its new store in Kentish Town Road
  
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• Stereophonic: 70s recording studio saga needs a deep cut

  18-06-2025 12:37 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  David Adjani's three hour plus drama about warring couples in a 70s band making a masterpiece has music by Arcade Fire's Will Butler played live
  
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• International pop group in UK-first schools performance in Brentwood

  18-06-2025 12:30 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Schoolchildren had a fun day listening to a live performance in Brentwood by the Kidz Bop pop group.
  
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• Dartford Crossing charge to increase for drivers from September

  18-06-2025 12:21 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  The Dartford Crossing charge is set to increase from September this year.
  
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• Four teenage boys arrested after police chase in Greenhithe

  18-06-2025 12:18 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Four teenage boys have been arrested on suspicion of burglary following a police chase in Greenhithe.
  
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• Family's tribute to 'generous' Lambeth business owners killed in Air India crash

  18-06-2025 12:09 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  The families of Fiongal Greenlaw and Jamie Meek have shared a tribute after their deaths in the Air India plane crash.
  
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• LIVE updates as police and ambulances to rush to residential road in Bromley

  18-06-2025 12:04 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Emergency services are rushing to the scene of an incident in Bromley. Live updates here.
  
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• Bexleyheath bus driver sent vile sexual messages to '12-year-old girl'

  18-06-2025 12:00 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Bexleyheath bus driver Stephen Mayhew sent sexual messages to a 12-year-old girl.
  
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• Kneecap ‘plasters’ London with message of support for rapper due in court

  18-06-2025 11:53 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Rap group Kneecap say they have “plastered” London with messages of support for one of its members who is due to appear in court accused of a terrorism offence while performing at the O2 Forum in Kentish Town.
  
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• Three in hospital after HGV rolls over in crash that brought M25 to standstill

  18-06-2025 11:48 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Three people are in hospital after an HGV turned over in a four-vehicle crash on the M25.
  
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• Fire-ravaged police station roof set to be rebuilt

  18-06-2025 11:40 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  The roof of Forest Gate Police Station badly damaged when it caught fire more than a year ago is set to be rebuilt as part of fresh plans from the Metropolitan Police.
  
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• Shop and save up to 80% with Pharmacy2U’s fragrances

  18-06-2025 11:35 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Pharmacy2U Shop has some ‘hot’ offers this summer from up to 80 per cent off full priced fragrances to 10 per cent off dental whitening.
  
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• Monty Python star and Girl With A Pearl Earring author join book festival

  18-06-2025 11:10 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Michael Palin is among the names taking part in a lit fest in Hampstead at the weekend
  
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• Meet the pensioners who are self-confessed 'recycled teens’ singing for charity

  18-06-2025 11:00 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  A group of pensioners who think of themselves as “recycled teenagers” has been singing in care homes and community centres while raising £5,000 in just two years for charity. Their next concert is at Cranham Community Centre next month.
  
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• Woman, 36, killed by train after taking drugs and falling off bridge

  18-06-2025 10:47 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  North London woman Naiomi Johns died in Plaistow, Newham, after taking 'a cocktail of drugs' and falling onto a railway track, an inquest heard.
  
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• Man has 'life-changing injuries' after stabbing at park in Wembley

  18-06-2025 10:16 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  A man has life-changing injuries after a stabbing at a park in Chalkhill Park, Wembley.
  
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• Police car 'completely unusable' after being 'stomped and smashed' in Clapham Common

  18-06-2025 09:42 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  A police car has been destroyed in Clapham Common after someone jumped on the bonnet and stomped on its windscreen.
  
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• Woman's charity shares tribute to 'beloved' boss killed in Stoke Newington

  18-06-2025 09:22 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  MamaSuze has paid tribute to co-founder Annabel Rook who died after being stabbed to death in a domestic incident in Stoke Newington.
  
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• Arrest after man 'punched several times' in racial assault near Wembley

  18-06-2025 08:31 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  A man has been verbally assaulted racially and punched several times near Stonebridge and North Wembley.
  
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• Schoolgirls thanked for volunteering at care home

  18-06-2025 08:00 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Schoolgirls and other volunteers who give up their free time to help out at a care home in Southgate have been given a big ‘thank you’.
  
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