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  • Updates on Friday 15 June

  1. Man jailed for raping sex workerspublished at 14:02 British Summer Time 21 May 2021

    The 25-year-old invited the women to his Chelsea flat before attacking them.

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  2. 'We saw a body coming down'published at 13:42 British Summer Time 21 May 2021

    An eyewitness describes seeing a victim caught in the fire fall from the building.

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  3. Blaze near West Ham training groundpublished at 10:01 British Summer Time 21 May 2021

    A blaze at an industrial laundrette and warehouse near West Ham's Romford training ground has been brought under control.

    The London Fire Brigade said it was called at 23:59 BST to the fire on Selinas Lane, Dagenham, which is just across Chadwell Heath from the Hammers' facility.

    The brigade added that half of the two-storey building was alight as more than 100 firefighters and 15 fire engines from Barking, Dagenham, Ilford, Romford and surrounding stations brought the fire under control about 02:30.

    Station commander Paul Eastland said: ""The fire appears to have started on the ground floor of a laundrette and crews swiftly gained access and worked to bring the fire under control. "Crews removed gas cylinders as a precaution, as some cylinders can explode when exposed to heat. "Road closures are in place whilst firefighters make the scene safe."

    The cause of the fire is under investigation.

    Firefighters at scene f industrial laundrette fire near West Ham's training ground in DagenhamImage source, London Fire Brigade
  4. Man detained over embassy car arson attemptpublished at 09:46 British Summer Time 21 May 2021

    Sam Parsa pushed a bottle of flammable liquid into a car's exhaust pipe outside the Iranian embassy.

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  5. What does the footwear we choose say about us?published at 06:38 British Summer Time 21 May 2021

    An exhibition called Sneakers Unboxed opens at the Design Museum in London.

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  6. Murderer who tried to help terror victim freedpublished at 22:35 British Summer Time 20 May 2021

    James Ford was jailed for life in 2004 after admitting to murdering Amanda Champion in Kent.

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  7. Croydon tram crash driver 'had perfect record'published at 18:37 British Summer Time 20 May 2021

    Alfred Dorris's employers "had no performance concerns" about the former milkman and bus driver.

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  8. Man jailed for trying to frame man as terroristpublished at 14:53 British Summer Time 20 May 2021

    Gerald Banyard tried to implicate his landlord's partner in revenge over a faulty boiler.

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  9. Grenfell councillor queried colour of claddingpublished at 12:44 British Summer Time 20 May 2021

    But Rock Feilding-Mellen - who oversaw the tower's refurbishment - failed to engage with fire safety issues.

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  10. Eastpublished at 11:56 British Summer Time 20 May 2021

    Professor Alice Roberts explores the year's most exciting archaeological finds in the east of Britain. A team unearths a mass grave, divers search the Thames for clues to a 17th-century tragedy, and a metal detectorist makes the find of a lifetime.

  11. The black children wrongly sent to 'special' schoolspublished at 08:38 British Summer Time 20 May 2021

    In the '60s and '70s, black children were wrongly sent to schools for the "educationally subnormal".

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  12. Sadiq Khan: 'I have no other political ambitions'published at 07:13 British Summer Time 20 May 2021

    London's mayor speaks about building bridges with Yorkshire and his plans for the future.

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  13. Pete & Bas: The grandfathers of UK drillpublished at 01:40 British Summer Time 20 May 2021

    Pete & Bas, two grandfathers in their 70s, have become two unlikely stars in UK drill.

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  14. The YouTubers who stood for mayor of Londonpublished at 00:01 British Summer Time 20 May 2021

    Niko Omilana and Max Fosh are two prominent YouTubers who stood for London mayor at the election.

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  15. Croydon tram crash driver may have had micro-sleeppublished at 18:56 British Summer Time 19 May 2021

    Survivors of the crash described it as "like being inside a washing machine", an inquest hears.

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  16. Information that terrorist might attack not sharedpublished at 16:46 British Summer Time 19 May 2021

    The team in charge of Usman Khan was not told there was intelligence he might be planning an attack.

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  17. Delay to axe murder report an outrage, say familypublished at 16:44 British Summer Time 19 May 2021

    Publication of the report into Daniel Morgan's unsolved murder is held up by a Home Office review.

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  18. Wimbledon 'confident' of adding more fanspublished at 11:55 British Summer Time 19 May 2021

    Wimbledon says it is "confident" more than 25% of fans will be allowed to attend when the tournament returns to the All England Club next month.

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