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. 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.

  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. '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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  9. 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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  10. 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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  11. '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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  12. 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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  13. '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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  14. 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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  15. London streets to reopen for al fresco diningpublished at 13:16 Greenwich Mean Time 25 February 2021

    There will be a return to outdoor dining in parts of Soho, Marylebone and Covent Garden in April.

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  16. Suspend police stop-and-search powers, report urgespublished at 12:34 Greenwich Mean Time 25 February 2021

    The change would improve the relationship between black children and the police, campaigners say.

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  17. Swampy leaves Euston tunnel and taken to hospitalpublished at 12:22 Greenwich Mean Time 25 February 2021

    The protester, who left with two others, spent 30 days in the tunnel under Euston Square Gardens.

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  18. Police trial New Zealand hijab in 'country first'published at 11:16 Greenwich Mean Time 25 February 2021

    The covering was introduced by police in the southern hemisphere to encourage more Muslim women to join.

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  19. Mother and son become tap-dancing lockdown starspublished at 09:59 Greenwich Mean Time 25 February 2021

    Lizzi Gee and her eight-year-old son Rufus say tap routines are one positive to come out of lockdown.

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  20. 'Wedding venues booked until 2023'published at 09:35 Greenwich Mean Time 25 February 2021

    Wedding planners in London are reporting a surge in bookings after it was announced lockdown rules were being eased.

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