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. Palace 'overwhelmed' at picnic tickets demandpublished at 15:18 British Summer Time 8 April 2021

    Customers wanting tickets to visit Buckingham Palace's garden must wait in an online queuing system.

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  2. Myanmar ex-ambassador to UK locked out of embassypublished at 13:42 British Summer Time 8 April 2021

    Kyaw Zwar Minn spends the night in his car after saying the military attaché "occupied" the embassy.

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  3. 'It can't be true, it can't be true'published at 12:04 British Summer Time 8 April 2021

    Five mothers relive the 'hardest' phone calls they had to make after their sons were stabbed to death.

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  4. Met referred to watchdog after student found deadpublished at 11:23 British Summer Time 8 April 2021

    Richard Okorogheye's body was found in a pond in Epping Forest, two weeks after he went missing.

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  5. Mums tell of hardest calls after sons killedpublished at 10:55 British Summer Time 8 April 2021

    Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick hopes the 'tragic accounts' will persuade people to call Crimestoppers.

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  6. London's weather: Scattered showerspublished at 07:55 British Summer Time 8 April 2021

    BBC Weather

    Today will see a few well scattered showers, along with patchy cloud throughout, and perhaps a few intermittent brighter spells at times. A gentle southwesterly breeze.

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

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  7. Labour calls for investigation into PM's remarkspublished at 21:55 British Summer Time 7 April 2021

    The prime minister claims Sadiq Khan created a "black hole" in Transport for London's funding.

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  8. Police confirm body find as missing studentpublished at 20:59 British Summer Time 7 April 2021

    Richard Okorogheye was last seen by his family on 22 March, when he left their home in west London.

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  9. Laurence Fox sued for libel over 'paedophile' claimpublished at 18:57 British Summer Time 7 April 2021

    The London mayoral candidate is being sued after he called three people "paedophiles" on Twitter.

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  10. Hospital 'failure' led to patient's deathpublished at 15:33 British Summer Time 7 April 2021

    Evan Smith, who called 999 from his hospital bed, should have had a blood transfusion sooner, a court hears.

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  11. Museum to consider returning looted artefactspublished at 15:28 British Summer Time 7 April 2021

    The Horniman's decision follows a consultation with London's Nigerian community.

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  12. Bombers refuse to attend court over prison attackpublished at 15:23 British Summer Time 7 April 2021

    Hashem Abedi and Ahmed Hassan are accused of assaulting an officer in HMP Belmarsh last May.

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  13. London's first Aids memorial planned by campaignerspublished at 12:49 British Summer Time 7 April 2021

    The sculpture will be erected near the former Middlesex Hospital, opened by Princess Diana in 1987.

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  14. Greens set 'zero murders in London' targetpublished at 09:12 British Summer Time 7 April 2021

    Mayoral candidate Sian Berry vows to boost youth services and reform the Violence Reduction Unit.

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  15. London's weather: Dry, bright and coldpublished at 08:15 British Summer Time 7 April 2021

    BBC Weather

    Today will begin dry and bright, but feeling cold. The cloud will build through the afternoon and it will turn overcast, but it should remain dry. Gentle winds.

    Maximum temperature: 5 to 8°C (41 to 46°F).

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  16. Rapping workshops 'help to stop social tragedies'published at 06:17 British Summer Time 7 April 2021

    Rapper Bhishma Asare teaches young people how to express themselves positively through music.

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  17. Family 'let down' by bank over controversial loanpublished at 23:21 British Summer Time 6 April 2021

    The family expressed their anger after a meeting to discuss a mortgage deal under which they face losing their home.

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  18. Man charged with stabbing woman to death in flatpublished at 20:45 British Summer Time 6 April 2021

    Vasile Bratu, 39, is charged with murder after a woman died on Easter Sunday.

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  19. Police find body in search for missing studentpublished at 19:09 British Summer Time 6 April 2021

    Richard Okorogheye was last seen by his family on 22 March, when he left their home in west London.

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  20. World War Two veteran raises thousands for charitypublished at 15:46 British Summer Time 6 April 2021

    Charlie Pallett says he wants donations to charity rather than presents for his 100th birthday.

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