The British-American actor played the Wookiee warrior Chewbacca in the Star Wars films until 2015.

Maurizio Sarri says he left Eden Hazard out of the Chelsea starting line-up against Eintracht Frankfurt to keep the forward fresh.

Arsenal's chances of reaching the final of the Europa League remain "50-50," says manager Unai Emery despite a first-leg victory.

Stephanie Hayden and Catholic journalist Caroline Farrow are told not to mention each other online.

Police say there is no evidence Joseph McCann, wanted over three attacks, has left the country.

The UK's top police officer says more stop and searches have helped to reduce violence in London.

A Cessna light aircraft and a helicopter collided about 30 minutes after take-off, an inquest hears.

Tottenham defender Jan Vertonghen "did not suffer a concussion" during Tuesday's Champions League semi-final first leg defeat by Ajax.

A coroner says a man acted lawfully when he stabbed a burglar to death at his home in London.

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The Wikileaks co-founder's extradition hearing relates to the leak of US government secrets.

Londoners are most likely to chose Are You Sure by The Allisons as the song they would most like played at their own funeral, according to research by Co-op Funeralcare.

Poor Me by Adam Faith and Anthony Newley's Do You Mind? were the second and third most popular choices picked by those living in the capital, as part of a survey involving 2,000 adults.

Across the UK, My Way by Frank Sinatra remains to be the song most played at funerals according to this year's Funeral Music Chart.

Jamie Windust is campaigning for non-binary people to be recognised on passports and other official documents.

The Londoner does not identify as a man or a woman. Jamie has started an online petition to change the way the UK categorises gender - and so far, it has been signed more than 16,000 times.

The charity Stonewall estimates there are about 600,000 people in Britain who identify as trans, including non-binary people.

The government says it has no plans to change policy.

The boy ran into a shop pleading for help saying he had been stabbed, an eyewitness says.

Running a marathon is no mean feat for anyone - but what is it actually like for the slow ones near the back?

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Hundreds of children in Sutton were on the brink of going hungry last year.

Data released by The Trussell Trust, the UK’s major food bank charity, shows that last year was its busiest since it was founded in 1997.

And in Sutton between April 2018 and March 2019 more than 2,000 three-day emergency food supplies were given to local people in crisis.

With a sobering 757 of these going to children.

There was an 18% increase in people turning to food banks across London The Trussell Trust is calling for the end of a five-week wait for Universal Credit.

Chief executive of the charity Emma Revie said: “Our benefits system is supposed to protect us all from being swept into poverty. Universal Credit should be part of the solution but currently the five week wait is leaving many without enough money to cover the basics.

“As a priority, we’re urging the government to end the wait for Universal Credit to ease the pressure on thousands of households.”

Her message was echoed by MP for Carshalton and Wallington, Tom Brake, who said nobody should have to rely on food banks.

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A one-woman show that inspired the hit TV series Fleabag is coming to the West End for one month only.

Writer and actor Phoebe Waller-Bridge's production will play at Wyndham's Theatre between 20 August and 14 September after finishing a sold-out run Off-Broadway in New York.

The BBC Three show, starring Waller-Bridge, Andrew Scott and Olivia Colman, ended last month after two series.

Like the series, the stage show follows a young woman through the ups and down of sex, family and self-obsession.

It found success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe then played at the Soho Theatre in 2013 before being adapted for the small screen.

Waller-Bridge, 33, also penned the script for the first series of cat-and-mouse BBC America thriller Killing Eve.

Last week, the James Bond series showrunners confirmed she had been brought in to liven up the script for the forthcoming Bond 25.

Tickets go on sale at 15:00 BST today.

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The UK's first permanent homeless shelter for LGBT people has opened in London.

The BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme met residents, who explained why having a dedicated facility was so important.

Zarhid Younis, 34, faces two counts of preventing the lawful and decent burial of a dead body.