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More than 10,000 young Londoners have benefited from an initiative to nurture the next generation of scientists and engineers, City Hall has said.

The London Scientist programme has been inspiring young people to investigate London's challenges – including projects to tackle air pollution or to support urban wildlife.

Since launching in 2018 with £70,000 investment from City Hall, external, the programme has funded primary and secondary schools with pupils who are underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM).

It has enabled them to complete CREST Awards - the top science award scheme in the country2 - for free.

Sadiq Khan said: “Some of the most fascinating jobs in the world are in science, technology, engineering or maths and I want to see pupils from all backgrounds considering a career in this area.

“We must continue to make sure all young people have the information, opportunities and support they need to pursue STEM education, training and jobs, and eliminate stereotypes based on gender, class, ethnicity, and disability.”

Nicole Smallman and Bibaa Henry were found stabbed to death in a park in Wembley last June.

Women around the UK have reacted to the disappearance of Sarah Everard by sharing their stories.

Labour's Rushanara Ali speaks out after an 18-month barrage of abusive messages.

Police say the car driver was also arrested on suspicion of defrauding a 90-year-old out of £9,000.

A string of advisers quit amid concerns ministers are not delivering on a pledge to ban the practice.

Aspiring lawyer Sven Badzak was chased and then attacked while he was out to buy food.

Penny Bell was found slumped in the driver's seat of her Jaguar with multiple stab wounds.

Griff, Pa Salieu and Rina Sawayama have all been nominated for the award, which recognises new talent.

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Londoner Sarah Everard, 33, has not been seen since she disappeared in Clapham a week ago.

Extra testing will take place in Battersea and Putney in a bid to contain the South African strain.

The British-Iranian's five-year sentence ended on Sunday, but she faces a separate court case.

Downing Street rejects calls for the PM to apologise to MPs, saying the record has been corrected.

The last confirmed sighting of Ms Everard was 30 minutes after she left her friend's home in Clapham.

Environmental campaigners have moved into a site near Wormwood Scrubs in protest over HS2 construction work at part of a nature reserve.

The company said it had to move a sewer and will reinstate the habitats.

Environmental protester Bradley said: "I'll stay here until HS2 gets stopped, until the government does something about the climate and ecological emergency we're in."

A spokesperson for HS2 said it was working with Hammersmith and Fulham Council on a "masterplan that will improve the Scrubs, enhancing the biodiversity" of the area.

In February anti-HS2 protesters lost a legal bid to remain in a network of tunnels they had dug near London's Euston station.

Boris Johnson "corrects" the European Council president over claims about the government's stance.

The search follows the arrests of a serving Met Police officer and a woman in Kent on Tuesday.

Boris Johnson rejects Labour claims nurses and other NHS staff in England are getting a pay cut.

It is thanks to the NHS scheme that schools can reopen and life can "restart", Boris Johnson says.