Sean Coughlan
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They do not fit any stereotype of what poverty should look like, but these are among the rising numbers of people turning to food banks.

The UK's biggest food bank network, the Trussell Trust, gave 1.6 million packs of food supplies in the past year.

This was more than ever before and a 19% annual increase.

The food bank in St Matthew's Church in Fulham is one of three sites run by Hammersmith and Fulham Foodbank, a charity which feeds about 300 people a week.

A former army interpreter, blinded by an explosion in Afghanistan, prepares for the London Marathon.

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The trainee teacher was caught with 95 cans of nitrous oxide and £1,000 in cash.

Protesters block the London Stock Exchange and climb on top of a Docklands Light Railway train.

Parents, pupils and teachers make their opposition clear to testing four-year-olds in English schools.

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Showers with sunny spells at first this afternoon with the odd heavy, thundery shower is possible.

By the late afternoon, however, showers should largely clear to the north.

Maximum Temperature: 13C to 16C (55F to 61F).

Northampton Saints agree a deal to sign scrum-half Henry Taylor from Premiership rivals Saracens.

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Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah and Haile Gebrselassie are involved in a dispute over an alleged theft at a hotel belonging to the Ethiopian athletics great in Addis Ababa.

The Briton said he had money, a watch and two phones taken from his room, and that Gebrselassie did not help him.

"I was just disappointed with Haile," said 36-year-old Londoner Farah.

Gebrselassie, 46, responded by accusing Farah of "blackmail" and "defaming" his reputation and business.

Farah made the claims at the media preview event of Sunday's London Marathon.

Transport for London's commissioner Mike Brown is grilled by a committee about the delayed £17.6bn project.

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Girls involved in gang crime are being overlooked and failed by the authorities, the children's commissioner for England has said.

Half of children involved with gangs are girls and they "desperately need help to get out", Anne Longfield said.

They are often used to carry knives or drugs because they are less likely to be stopped by police, she told the BBC.

The Local Government Association said "limited funding" meant councils had to prioritise those at immediate risk.

But the Metropolitan Police Service's gangs matrix database lists 3,000 male gang members known to the authorities in London and just 18 female gang members.

And London's deputy mayor for policing, Sophie Linden, said a lot of girls were going "under the radar".

Callum Hawkins talks us through his ultimate music playlist to listen to while running the London Marathon.

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Showers and even the chance of some longer spells of rain spreading north this morning with a few brighter spells.

Showers with sunny spells this afternoon. The odd heavy, thundery shower is possible.

Maximum Temperature: 12C to 15C (54F to 59°F).

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There are minor delays on the Docklands Light Railway from Bank and Stratford to Lewisham due to extinction rebellion protest action at Canary Wharf.

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Data analysed by the BBC reveals rocketing number of listings amid debate over the effect on communities.

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