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  • Updates on Friday 15 June

  1. Fishmongers' Hall victim reluctant to go to eventpublished at 16:29 British Summer Time 4 May 2021

    Saskia Jones told her mum she was unsure about going to the event where she died, an inquest hears.

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  2. Public to vote on Tower baby raven namepublished at 16:21 British Summer Time 4 May 2021

    The public can choose between a number of historically significant women in naming the female raven.

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  3. Thames boatyards destroyed by huge blazepublished at 15:33 British Summer Time 4 May 2021

    Witnesses described hearing explosions coming from Platt's Eyot, near Richmond-upon-Thames.

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  4. Royal Albert Hall to host full-capacity concertspublished at 14:53 British Summer Time 4 May 2021

    Singer James Blunt will be the first performer allowed to play to a full house since 17 March 2020.

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  5. London woman shot and strangled in Pakistanpublished at 13:54 British Summer Time 4 May 2021

    Mayra Zulfiqar's parents are understood to be travelling to Pakistan after she was killed in Lahore

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  6. London Mayor 2021: 'A distinct lack of enthusiasm all around'published at 09:46 British Summer Time 4 May 2021

    Tim Donovan
    BBC London, Political Editor

    PollingImage source, Getty Images

    In London, Covid-19 hasn’t just disrupted the practicalities of campaigning in the mayoral race.

    Virtual hustings, crowdless rallies and weedy stunts.

    It has also affected the substance by distorting key campaign issues.

    The main responsibilities of the mayor have all been touched by the pandemic.

    Transport is hobbling on with the help of short-term government bail-outs to compensate for lost fares.

    A key mayoral lever rusted.

    And the sting has been taken out of the candidates’ debate on what’s best for the capital’s usually over-burdened network.

    Nearly every kind of crime has fallen - blurring the arguments on policing.

    And remedies for the acute shortage of affordable housing in the capital may have seemed less pressing when people have been doing less moving (of all kinds) - and rents in the private sector have fallen.

    It has though, been an opportunity for a big over-arching theme to emerge: how to get London back on its feet.

    Candidates have vied to be seen as most able to build back dynamically and best able to capture the spirit of the time.

    But with resources controlled so tightly by government, it’s difficult to know how much difference voters will believe a mayor can make.

    And if - as seems likely - many Londoners are currently preoccupied with resuming their lives during this slow release from lockdown, it feels like there is a distinct lack of enthusiasm all around.

  7. 'Politics isn't scary when you've seen stabbings'published at 09:05 British Summer Time 4 May 2021

    Shaun Bailey says having grown up poor and been homeless in London, politics does not phase him.

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  8. Internet pranksters 'risk being shot'published at 07:51 British Summer Time 4 May 2021

    The Metropolitan Police Federation warns a group of pranksters they risk being shot by armed police if they persist with controversial stunts.

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  9. The mayor and London's housing crisispublished at 07:16 British Summer Time 4 May 2021

    BBC London’s Marc Ashdown looks at the issues the next mayor of London will face when it comes to housing.

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  10. 'This is one glass ceiling yet to be shattered'published at 07:16 British Summer Time 4 May 2021

    Luisa Porritt, the Lib Dem candidate for mayor of London, on how she would channel Beyoncé in office.

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  11. River Thames rescue: 'The last time I saw Jimi'published at 19:35 British Summer Time 3 May 2021

    Joaquin Garcia jumped into the water with Folajimi Olubunmi-Adewole who died trying to rescue the woman.

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  12. Thames rescuer joins calls for bravery awardpublished at 17:29 British Summer Time 3 May 2021

    Folajimi Olubunmi-Adewole, who died trying to save a woman, deserves recognition, his fellow rescuer says.

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  13. Surge testing expanded after SA variant foundpublished at 13:11 British Summer Time 3 May 2021

    Residents in an area of Hounslow are being urged to take a Covid-19 test.

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  14. Call for review over PC sacked for hitting girlpublished at 16:41 British Summer Time 2 May 2021

    Prosecutors should reassess their decision not to charge the ex-officer, the girl's solicitor says.

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  15. Appeal to trace baby in need of medical treatmentpublished at 10:33 British Summer Time 2 May 2021

    Police are searching for the newborn after her parents did not take her to A&E for assessment.

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  16. Elections 2021: The mayor and the Metpublished at 07:21 British Summer Time 2 May 2021

    BBC London’s Katharine Carpenter looks at the mayor of London’s role when it comes to policing the capital.

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  17. 'I never wanted to be a culture war poster boy'published at 00:53 British Summer Time 2 May 2021

    Sadiq Khan on the pandemic, recession and his spat with former US President Donald Trump.

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  18. Report made to police after Clarke allegationspublished at 20:32 British Summer Time 1 May 2021

    The actor denies any sexual misconduct or criminal wrongdoing and no police investigation has begun.

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  19. Two arrested on suspicion of 23-year-old's murderpublished at 19:17 British Summer Time 1 May 2021

    Tomasz Waga was found with fatal injuries in Cardiff on the day he travelled from London in January.

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  20. Netflix reality stars fined for abusing cabin crewpublished at 12:19 British Summer Time 1 May 2021

    The son of a former attorney general was among those who shouted at staff on the plane, a court hears.

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