A school in one of London's poorest boroughs aims to send 41 students to Oxford or Cambridge this year.

Like many pregnant women, the Duchess of Sussex will be accustomed to receiving unexpected comments from members of the public.

But Meghan Markle laughed when she was affectionately described as a "fat lady" during a visit to animal charity Mayhew in northwest London.

She became a patron of the organisation last week.

"Both of my mums were so excited," says Dorcas Shodeinde. "First I rang my foster mum and then I rang my actual mum," she explains.

Dorcas has been in care since she was 14 and has just received an offer to study Law at Oxford University.

She is one of 41 students at Brampton Manor, a state school in east London, to have secured an offer to study at either Oxford or Cambridge this year.

The school is based in Newham - one of the poorest boroughs in London.

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Scientists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew have assessed all 124 coffee species and found that 60% of wild coffee species are at risk of extinction.

The global coffee trade currently relies on only two species – Arabica (60%) and Robusta (40%).

But given the numerous threats to coffee farming globally, including deforestation, climate change, and the spread of fungal pathogens and pests, other coffee species are likely to be required for coffee crop plant development.

"The use and development of wild coffee resources could be key to the long-term sustainability of the coffee sector. Targeted action is urgently required in specific tropical countries, particularly in Africa, to protect the future of coffee," said Dr Aaron Davis, Head of Coffee Research at Kew.

Millwall sign Norwich City winger Ben Marshall on loan for the rest of the season.

The pregnant duchess received an unexpected comment while on a visit to a charity in London.

Alfie Lamb cried as he was deliberately crushed by his mother's boyfriend's car seat, a court hears.

The film drew comparisons to mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap.

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London residents who have been losing sleep thanks to noise and vibration from Tube trains rumbling under their homes, have had their complaints backed by a damning report.

But that’s cold comfort for Melissa Bakth’s young family, who bought a Barbican apartment in December only to experience Underground noise on their first sleepless night like a “mini earthquake”.

The family began talking to neighbours and soon realised they were living in one of the worst-affected blocks, where some residents had been complaining since the 1970s.

An independent consultant report commissioned by the City of London Corporation has this week backed the residents’ claims the levels are too high.

Councillors presented with the report agreed on Tuesday that it had become a public health issue and the Port Health Authority agreed to continue lobbying Transport for London (TfL) to address the problem.

Consultants Cole Jarman’s report highlighted how there were no official British standards to measure acceptable train noise levels but they instead used guidelines developed for HS1, the assessment criteria for Crossrail and the World Health Organisation Night Noise Guidelines for Europe 2009.

The consultants found that three City blocks were the worst-affected by noise and vibration generated by trains running on the Circle, Hammersmith and City and Metropolitan Lines between Moorgate and Barbican Stations.

The worst noise levels were recorded at Lambert Jones Mews which at times exceeded thresholds by 5-15 decibels – significantly higher than the levels recorded by London Underground in 2015, which warranted investigation, the report said.

The consultant’s report recommends addressing the problem by removing debris, re-routing services, rail and wheel grinding, removal of points, crossings and rail discontinuities such as track joints, or track replacement.

London Underground’s director of asset operations Peter McNaught said the guidelines used on modern rail projects could not be applied retrospectively to older tracks.

He said in late-2018 a track renewal project resulted in an 8 decibel reduction in noise and vibration under one block and TfL is committed to finding solutions for the Barbican.

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When Chelsea's teenage winger Callum Hudson-Odoi first took to the school field as an 11-year-old, he caused quite a stir with one of the coaches, a former player himself.

"Andy Martin, who used to play for Crystal Palace, came running back into the office and said: 'You've got to come and see this lad play football - it's remarkable,'" says former Whitgift School director of sport Alistair Osborne.

The youngster clearly continues to turn heads. Seven years later and after starting only five games for Chelsea, Hudson-Odoi is the subject of a £35m bid from German giants Bayern Munich.

So can the 18-year-old, an Under-17 World Cup winner and prospectively the most expensive English teenager ever, live up to the hype?

Find out more about him here.

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A poster advert campaign by Red Bull has been banned for wrongly implying the energy drink could increase focus and concentration.

Posters shown on the London Underground suggested Red Bull could help workers finish their work and go home by 4pm.

The Advertising Standards Authority said the advert was light-hearted but implied unauthorised health claims.

Red Bull had said the poster merely promoted a "consumer initiative", encouraging workers to leave early.

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Detectives have released images of two men who allegedly kicked and punched a police officer during a protest in central London.

The male officer was on duty at a cordon across Pall Mall at the junction with Waterloo Place in Westminster on 13 October last year when he was attacked.

The rally by the anti-Islam Democratic Football Lads' Alliance (DFLA), planned as a silent march, spun out of control after supporters pushed through police escorts and got into fights with officers.

Scotland Yard said the first suspect allegedly punched him from behind and, about a minute later, a second man kicked him.

The pair then fled into the crowd. The officer was not injured.

Both suspects are white men who are aged between 40 and 50.

DS Matt Simpson, said: "It is despicable that some people think it is acceptable to assault and cause harm to officers whilst they are helping to keep Londoners safe.

"If you can identify these men or offer any information to assist the investigation, please get in touch."

A mother and father are charged with FGM and failing to protect a girl from risk of genital mutilation.

Archaeologist Ben Robinson explores London - the ultimate 'city of villages', including a new breed of urban villages like Crouch End and Walthamstow.

Charlton's Women's Championship game with Manchester United was abandoned because the home side had no oxygen to treat injured players.