Summary

  • Met Police cleared over custody death

  • Fare dodging costs London £100m a year

  • No-deal Brexit fear prompts food concern

  • Uber drivers sue London's mayor

  • National Gallery group win workers' rights

  • Updates on Friday 1 March

  1. Chelsea ease past Lionesses in FA Cuppublished at 21:02 British Summer Time 16 April 2021

    Much-changed Chelsea ease past Championship side London City Lionesses to reach round five of the Women's FA Cup.

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  2. Abbas hat-trick puts Hants in commandpublished at 20:16 British Summer Time 16 April 2021

    Mohammad Abbas takes 6-11, including a hat-trick, to put Hampshire on course for a big win against Middlesex.

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  3. Pope & Foakes star with bat for Surreypublished at 19:45 British Summer Time 16 April 2021

    England pair Ollie Pope and Ben Foakes both score unbeaten half-centuries to put Surrey in a strong position against Leicestershire.

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  4. Men who killed stranger in front of girl convictedpublished at 17:39 British Summer Time 16 April 2021

    A six-year-old girl on roller-skates was knocked flying during the deadly attack on Joshua White.

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  5. UKIP pledge 8,000 extra police in Londonpublished at 14:46 British Summer Time 16 April 2021

    Peter Gammons, UKIP's candidate for mayor of London, says he will "get police back out on the beat".

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  6. Woman remanded in teenager murder casepublished at 14:06 British Summer Time 16 April 2021

    Nichola Leighton was remanded into custody at the Old Bailey ahead of a further hearing on 9 July.

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  7. Woman's bail extended in Everard casepublished at 13:32 British Summer Time 16 April 2021

    Sarah Everard's body was found in woodland but a cause of death has yet to be released.

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  8. London's weather: Bright, sunny and drypublished at 07:59 British Summer Time 16 April 2021

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    This morning, it will be dry and bright with plenty of sunny spells at first. In the afternoon, variable cloud will develop in the afternoon, although it will stay dry. Gentle winds.

    Maximum temperature: 8 to 11°C (46 to 52°F).

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  9. 'I'm very grateful to Prince Philip'published at 06:15 British Summer Time 16 April 2021

    Two young Londoners explain how the Duke of Edinburgh's Award has changed them.

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  10. Evans ton puts Leics on top at The Ovalpublished at 19:44 British Summer Time 15 April 2021

    Leicestershire's batsmen set a good platform against Surrey on the opening day of their County Championship game.

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  11. Met PC injured in north London hit-and-runpublished at 18:15 British Summer Time 15 April 2021

    The police officer suffered injuries to his lower body and was taken to hospital, the Met said.

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  12. Pub owner jailed over boy's electrocution deathpublished at 15:23 British Summer Time 15 April 2021

    Seven-year-old Harvey Tyrrell was found unresponsive by a friend outside the King Harold pub in 2018.

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  13. Lib Dems pledge to reform stop and searchpublished at 14:43 British Summer Time 15 April 2021

    Luisa Porritt says London's police are "held back from building trust with certain communities".

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  14. Moment 'man with axe' arrested near Palacepublished at 14:30 British Summer Time 15 April 2021

    Footage filmed by a BBC journalist captures the moment Vladyslav Dryhval is arrested.

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  15. London terror attack scene was 'messy and chaotic'published at 13:36 British Summer Time 15 April 2021

    A paramedic describes how he treated a victim of the Fishmongers' Hall terror attack in London.

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  16. Surge testing needed to 'get ahead of infection'published at 11:57 British Summer Time 15 April 2021

    More than half a million people are urged to have tests after cases of a Covid variant were found.

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  17. Trumpeter 'dismembered with Rambo knife'published at 11:23 British Summer Time 15 April 2021

    William Algar was dismembered and his limbs were dumped on Hounslow Heath, the Old Bailey hears.

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  18. Man 'seen with axe' near Buckingham Palace chargedpublished at 10:04 British Summer Time 15 April 2021

    Vladyslav Dryhval was detained by armed officers on The Mall on Tuesday evening, the Met said.

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  19. London's weather: Scattered showers with a risk of hailpublished at 08:10 British Summer Time 15 April 2021

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    Today, showers will gradually drift in from the east through the day, with a risk of hail at times.

    Showers will be generally light and scattered, with sunny spells developing in-between.

    Maximum Temperature: 8C to 11C (46F to 52F)

  20. The mayor and London's Covid-19 recoverypublished at 06:10 British Summer Time 15 April 2021

    London's mayor is central to inspiring business confidence at home and abroad.

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