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  • Updates on Friday 15 June

  1. Police hand out £70k fines at two Mayfair partiespublished at 12:31 Greenwich Mean Time 28 February 2021

    A total of 70 guests were caught at two parties less than 1,600ft (500m) apart on Sunday morning.

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  2. Meet the kings and queens from London's drag scenepublished at 08:12 Greenwich Mean Time 28 February 2021

    BBC London take a look at the capital's drag kings and queens on the final day of LGBTQ+ History Month.

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  3. Poldark star took Deliveroo job in Covid lockdownpublished at 07:40 Greenwich Mean Time 28 February 2021

    Richard Harrington was "thankful to go on my bike every day" as work stopped during the pandemic.

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  4. Photographing Tails of the Pandemicpublished at 00:44 Greenwich Mean Time 28 February 2021

    "Pawstep Portraits" captures dogs with their owners, who then donate to the NHS or Lanta Animal Welfare.

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  5. 'Some had fingernails pulled out, others were killed'published at 08:00 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2021

    Three gay Ugandans in fear of being deported from the UK tell their stories of torture and terror.

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  6. Why 'lookalikes' Jessie Ware and Gemma Arterton teamed uppublished at 17:29 Greenwich Mean Time 26 February 2021

    The pop star and the award-winning actress discuss their haunting video for Ware's new single.

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  7. Jessie Ware meets her 'lookalike' Gemma Artertonpublished at 16:39 Greenwich Mean Time 26 February 2021

    Jessie Ware has been mistaken for actress Gemma Arterton many times over the years.

    So when the time came to film a video for her latest single, Remember Where You Are, she decided to get the Bafta Award-winner to take her place.

    They discussed the making of the video with BBC music reporter, Mark Savage.

  8. London's lockdown Queer House Partypublished at 16:00 Greenwich Mean Time 26 February 2021

    Harry Gay and his flatmates have been holding online parties for LGBTQ+ people since March 2020.

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  9. Sadiq Khan ends London's Covid 'major incident'published at 15:55 Greenwich Mean Time 26 February 2021

    Londoners have been urged to remain on "high alert" as there are still thousands in hospital with Covid.

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  10. Final HS2 protester removed from Euston tunnelpublished at 15:42 Greenwich Mean Time 26 February 2021

    The activist is the ninth person to be removed from the tunnel near Euston station.

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  11. Wife killer who blamed 'Covid row' jailed for lifepublished at 14:07 Greenwich Mean Time 26 February 2021

    Hussein Egal used a table leg, ladder and meat cleaver when murdering his wife.

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  12. Pride in London parade to return in Septemberpublished at 11:51 Greenwich Mean Time 26 February 2021

    The parade, which was not staged at all in 2020, will be held this year on 11 September.

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  13. Maximo Park on Grenfell and the Bataclanpublished at 10:40 Greenwich Mean Time 26 February 2021

    The North East indie-pop band say music can both "celebrate life" and ask "difficult questions".

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  14. 'Life was a party before Aids arrived in London'published at 01:03 Greenwich Mean Time 26 February 2021

    Gay life in London was vibrant as the 1980s began, but a mysterious illness was soon to change that.

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  15. Nightclubs eye June reopening but can they survive?published at 00:07 Greenwich Mean Time 26 February 2021

    Clubs have been closed for almost a year but what will the clubbing experience be like when they reopen?

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  16. Late Aubameyang goal sees Arsenal advancepublished at 20:51 Greenwich Mean Time 25 February 2021

    Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scores a dramatic late winner to help Arsenal edge past Benfica into the last 16 of the Europa League.

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  17. 'Lemonade stand' boys given Gold Blue Peter badgespublished at 18:24 Greenwich Mean Time 25 February 2021

    Best friends Ayaan and Mikaeel raised £100,000 for those affected by the Yemen crisis.

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  18. Almost 70,000 Covid lockdown fines handed outpublished at 18:21 Greenwich Mean Time 25 February 2021

    A "small number of completely defiant and irresponsible people" are being blamed for the figures.

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  19. 'Lemonade stand' boys win Gold Blue Peter badgespublished at 17:20 Greenwich Mean Time 25 February 2021

    Best friends Ayaan and Mikaeel raised £100,000 for those affected by the Yemen crisis.

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  20. Number of rough sleepers 'fell by a third'published at 13:46 Greenwich Mean Time 25 February 2021

    Just under 2,700 people were sleeping rough on one autumn night in 2020, official estimates suggest.

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