The firm that made the cladding was warned of a fire that could kill 60 to 70 people, the inquiry hears.

Environmental campaigners have moved into a site near Wormwood Scrubs in protest over HS2 construction work at part of a nature reserve.

The company said it had to move a sewer and will reinstate the habitats.

Environmental protester Bradley said: "I'll stay here until HS2 gets stopped, until the government does something about the climate and ecological emergency we're in."

A spokesperson for HS2 said it was working with Hammersmith and Fulham Council on a "masterplan that will improve the Scrubs, enhancing the biodiversity" of the area.

In February anti-HS2 protesters lost a legal bid to remain in a network of tunnels they had dug near London's Euston station.

The search follows the arrests of a serving Met Police officer and a woman in Kent on Tuesday.

Met Police Assistant Commissioner Nick Ephgrave speaks after a serving officer was arrested in connection with the disappearance of Sarah Everard.

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The 17-year-old is due to appear in court after a man was fatally stabbed in Tottenham on Monday.

A generation of former Gurkhas who live in London say they have been hit hard by the pandemic.

Sarah Everard was last spotted by a doorbell camera on the A205 Poynders Road in Clapham.

Vaccine minister says production will be ramped up over the coming weeks in the capital.

GPS devices will be fitted to 200 released criminals as part of a London-wide pilot scheme.

Peter McCombie died from severe brain injuries after he was struck in Tower Hamlets last year.

Paul Hockney says he will have to pay £480 to park his Honda car outside his home in Merton.

Reverend Yvonne Clarke's south London parish has been earmarked for closure.

More than 100 calls are made to the Met Police as the search for Sarah Everard enters its fifth day.

A five-year-old boy died after a fire in a flat which police say was started deliberately.

Three men have been attacked on Penshurst Road in Tottenham near White Hart Lane train station.

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The green man traffic signal has been replaced by a woman at some pedestrian crossings in London. Transport for London (TfL) said the switch was aimed at "recognising the contribution women make to all aspects of society".

The temporary change was made on International Women's Day at 20 locations in the capital including Clapham, Brixton, South Kensington (pictured), Hyde Park Corner and outside King's Cross St Pancras Tube station.

The signals feature a range of women in different shapes and sizes.

TfL asset operations performance manager Felicity Luckett said: "We hope that by increasing the visibility of women with these signals in public and shared spaces, Londoners will be reminded of the huge contributions of women."

Two men had already been convicted of killing Daniel Adger in Essex in 2017.

It comes after Panorama raised questions about the circumstances of the rail company worker's death.

Callouts in south London on Saturday night were all managed by women working for the Met Police.