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Council shuts Leyton café after manager’s heated tirade against immigration officers

Councillors have revoked Unions Café operating licence until 1st May, after manager Adriatik Zeqja aggressively confronted plain-clothed immigration officers who were checking for illegal workers

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Man sexually assaulted stranger as she slept on flight landing at Gatwick Airport

Momade Jussab, 66, sexually assaulted a woman on a flight from Doha to London Gatwick Airport.

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Restaurant among east London tax defaulters named and shamed in HMRC data

Deliberate tax defaulters across east London have been named by the HMRC.

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Three dead and three taken to hospital after crash near Heathrow Airport

Three people have died and three people have been taken to hospital after a crash near Heathrow Airport.

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Barts NHS Trust paid out £20m compensation for misdiagnoses

A total of 115 claims regarding misdiagnoses were lodged against Barts Health NHS Trust between 2019 and 2024

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Louis Theroux issues alopecia health update as he 'prepares' for a big change

Documentarian Louis Theroux has issued an alopecia health update to his fans and has said he is preparing for a 'full head shave' in the next year.

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Do you want Idris Elba to be London Mayor? Labour eyes Sadiq Khan replacement

Reports suggest that the Labour Party would like actor Idris Elba to replace Sadiq Khan as London Mayor.

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EastEnders star confirms exit after 6 months saying 'I left a couple of weeks ago'

An EastEnders star has confirmed their exit from the BBC soap, following their six-month return for Martin Fowler's death storyline.

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Spring heatwave in London this week with temperatures hotter than Marbella

London is set to enjoy a full week of warm, sunny weather, with temperatures expected to reach 20°C by Friday – making London hotter than Marbella.

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Woman arrested after baby boy found dead in bin outside Notting Hill church

A woman has been arrested after a newborn baby was found dead in a bin in Notting Hill.

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New Prime spotted in Home Bargains that has shoppers racing to their local store

Prime has released it's new Future Freeze Hydration drink in the UK, with shoppers spotting it in Home Bargains.

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City Hall cash boost for London’s creative industries

More than £10m will be allocated to the British Fashion Council, Film London, Games London and the London Design Festival over four years

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Young woman found dead at home 'had drugs in her system'

Ria Lindsay, 29, was found dead in Leytonstone with multiple drugs in her system, East London Coroner's Court has heard.

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Plans for new Walthamstow Central entrance revived

A planning application has been submitted for the first phase of works

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Council leaves three high-risk toxic sites unchecked

Waltham Forest is one of just twelve councils in the country that have not carried out a ground inspection on sites deemed to have a ‘high risk’ of toxic soil

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‘I thought I could make money here. I was wrong’: The traders who have left an ailing indoor market behind

Business owners have deserted Stow Bazaar since it opened, citing poor facilities, consistently low footfall, and repeated break-ins

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UK to heat up as Met Office forecasts sunny weather and high temperatures

The Met Office's weather forecasts share that the UK can expect sunny and dry days as temperatures rise.

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East Londoners jailed this month including child rapist who called it 'a bit of fun'

The names and faces of the east London men and women judges put behind bars in March 2025.

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A brief history of the Hammersmith & City line in four forgotten maps

The Hammersmith & City line was largely built on a viaduct across fields in west London, also using the “cut and cover” tunnels of the Metropolitan line.

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Beloved Shogun actor Richard Chamberlain dies at 90, his family confirm

Richard Chamberlain once guest-starred in the British television series "Hustle" as James Whittaker Wright III.