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  • Updates on 9 April

  1. Life after lockdown for London's battered economypublished at 09:42 British Summer Time 17 May 2021

    Marc Ashdown
    Work and Money Correspondent, BBC London

    BT TowerImage source, PA Media

    So the days of huddling round heaters are over. Indoors is the new outdoors.

    But for London's battered economy, the next stage of "life after lockdown" brings as many questions as answers.

    Firstly, how confident will people be to get out shopping, socialising and returning to the office?

    Even if there is demand, limits on capacity will be an issue for live venues. Masks, sanitising and social distancing will continue for some time, so how sustainable will it be for theatres, cinemas and concerts to operate with a fraction of the usual paying audience?

    What will it mean for jobs too? Thousands of EU nationals have left the capital during the pandemic, replaced by 'hiring' signs in many high street windows.

    Opportunities perhaps for the younger generation, who’ve tended to be hardest hit by redundancies over the past year.

    But as government financial support starts to wind down, businesses of all sizes will be doing some serious calculations to work out how to balance their books.

    Overseas visitors will also be few and far between for some time, a vital revenue stream reduced to a summer trickle.

    Businesses will be hoping they can return soon, but in the meantime with no queues and no crowds, will there be a better time to see some of London’s sights?

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    Police arrest four men in connection with a video appearing to show anti-Semitic abuse shouted from a car.

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  3. Eagles come back to win BBL play-offspublished at 21:13 British Summer Time 16 May 2021

    Newcastle Eagles win the BBL play-offs title for the seventh time with a win against London Lions.

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  4. Lions beat Eagles to win WBBL play-offspublished at 18:59 British Summer Time 16 May 2021

    London Lions win their second WBBL trophy of the season as they beat giantkillers Newcastle Eagles in the play-off final.

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  5. Police puppies named in shot officer's memorypublished at 16:44 British Summer Time 16 May 2021

    Sgt Matt Ratana's partner Su was invited to name the litter of seven German Shepherds.

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  6. Nine officers hurt during Gaza violence protestspublished at 10:26 British Summer Time 16 May 2021

    Objects were thrown at police as they tried to move people from outside the Israeli embassy.

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  7. 'He was on the tram, then he was gone'published at 04:11 British Summer Time 16 May 2021

    The mother of a tram crash victim says she will never be whole again after the 2016 tragedy.

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  8. Thousands protest in London over Gaza violencepublished at 20:46 British Summer Time 15 May 2021

    Organisers urge the UK government to help end the fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants.

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  9. Hampshire wrap up win as Middlesex foldpublished at 19:59 British Summer Time 15 May 2021

    Hampshire wrap up a seven-wicket three-day win under the lights at Lord's after Middlesex collapse.

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  10. Day three abandoned after nine overs at Tauntonpublished at 14:01 British Summer Time 15 May 2021

    Just nine overs are bowled on the third day at Taunton as weather again badly affects the match between Somerset and Surrey.

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  11. London Underground line to reopen after 15 monthspublished at 11:52 British Summer Time 15 May 2021

    The Waterloo and City Line has been closed since the start of the pandemic.

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  12. Day of action tackles crime against womenpublished at 08:11 British Summer Time 15 May 2021

    The Metropolitan Police wants to reduce phone snatching, harassment and other offences against women.

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  13. Drain brain: The secret life of a gutter enthusiastpublished at 00:58 British Summer Time 15 May 2021

    "Abstract flowers in an otherwise arid field": a world of artistry, history and surprising beauty.

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  14. New variant may cause disruption to roadmap, says PMpublished at 18:49 British Summer Time 14 May 2021

    Boris Johnson says the Indian variant, which has spiked in Bolton, could affect the lifting of restrictions.

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  15. Woman dies five weeks after house attackpublished at 18:30 British Summer Time 14 May 2021

    Svetlana Mihalachi was attacked at an address in Ilford, east London on 9 April.

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  16. Inmates use British phone boxes in Russian jailpublished at 18:26 British Summer Time 14 May 2021

    Siberian prisoners recreate a London scene for phone calls - and the guards are proud of them.

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  17. UK and Irish PMs hold talks amid NI tensionspublished at 17:00 British Summer Time 14 May 2021

    Boris Johnson hosts Taoiseach Micheal Martin at Chequers later, days after the Ballymurphy inquest.

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  18. Big Ben bell foundry plan approved by governmentpublished at 16:57 British Summer Time 14 May 2021

    Whitechapel Bell Foundry started up in London in 1570 and is the UK's oldest manufacturing firm.

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  19. Cleared postmaster hid conviction from his familypublished at 14:23 British Summer Time 14 May 2021

    The convictions of two more former Post Office branch managers - wrongly accused of theft - have been quashed.

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  20. Exhibition explores Holocaust 'death marches'published at 13:46 British Summer Time 14 May 2021

    Death marchImage source, US Holocaust Museum

    A new exhibition exploring a little known part of the Holocaust which saw tens of thousands of people die at the roadside as they were forcibly evacuated by the Nazis near the end of World War Two, is to open next week.

    As the allies advanced near the end of the war, hundreds of thousands of prisoners who were still held by the Nazis were moved under heavy armed guard.

    The evacuations became known as death marches by those who endured them as tens of thousands died while on the move, either from exhaustion or they were murdered by their Nazi guards during seemingly random massacres.

    Eugene Black, who endured a death marchImage source, Wiener Holocaust Library

    Death Marches: Evidence and Memory, external, which will be on show at the Wiener Holocaust Library in Russell Square, looks at forensic and other evidence from the evacuations which has been gathered since the end of the Holocaust.

    The free exhibition will open to public on 18 May, although those wishing to see it will need to order tickets in advance.