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  • Updates on 9 April

  1. London's weather: Dull and drizzlypublished at 08:06 British Summer Time 9 April 2021

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    This morning will be dull with outbreaks of rain or drizzle in places. The day will continue quite dreary with little chance of any sunshine. There will be further outbreaks of light rain in places.

    Maximum temperature: 9 to 12°C (48 to 54°F).

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  2. Big Narstie: There's 'so much more' to Brixton riotspublished at 06:20 British Summer Time 9 April 2021

    The grime MC looks back at the Brixton riots and their impact on the community.

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  3. 'I went from spreadsheets to proning Covid patients'published at 03:45 British Summer Time 9 April 2021

    Thousands of NHS staff, from dentists to physiotherapists, have been redeployed during the pandemic.

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  4. Brixton was 'the original Black Lives Matter'published at 00:39 British Summer Time 9 April 2021

    Some of those at the heart of the 1981 Brixton riots reflect on the past four decades.

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  5. 'My BMI wasn't low enough to get help'published at 00:06 British Summer Time 9 April 2021

    Using the Body Mass Index to measure health inspires stigma and should be scrapped, MPs say.

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  6. Bomber's brother calls prison guard 'filthy pig'published at 22:53 British Summer Time 8 April 2021

    Hashem Abedi and two other men are accused of assaulting an officer in HMP Belmarsh last May.

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  7. Somerset fight back after Robson's 165published at 19:01 British Summer Time 8 April 2021

    Middlesex opener Sam Robson scores the first century of the 2021 County Championship season before Somerset's bowlers take late wickets.

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  8. Rain halts Glos momentum against Surreypublished at 18:35 British Summer Time 8 April 2021

    Gloucestershire finish day one against Surrey on top despite their bowlers being frustrated by afternoon rain at Bristol.

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  9. PM leads tributes after death of former Tory MPpublished at 16:16 British Summer Time 8 April 2021

    Peter Ainsworth - former shadow environment secretary and MP for East Surrey - has died aged 64.

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  10. 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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  11. Ross 'not sure' if PM will campaign in Scotlandpublished at 14:12 British Summer Time 8 April 2021

    Scottish Conservatives leader Douglas Ross says he is "not sure" if the prime minster will visit ahead of the election.

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  12. 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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  13. '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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  14. 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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  15. 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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  16. London's weather: Scattered showerspublished at 07:55 British Summer Time 8 April 2021

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    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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  17. Jabs 'breaking link' between UK cases and deathspublished at 07:29 British Summer Time 8 April 2021

    A decline in cases has stalled but deaths have not followed the same pattern, scientists say.

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  18. 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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  19. 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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  20. 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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