The Metropolitan Police Commissioner has made an impassioned plea for unity after a fire in an Islamic boarding school in south-east London three days after a fire at a community centre in Muswell Hill, north London.
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Khadar Hussein murder: Police release photograph of Trai Williamson - the man they want to question in connection with Penge shooting
Tuesday 04 June 2013
Trai Williamson described as 19-years-old, black, around 5ft 9in, slim and has short hair
Christian-run NHS surgery criticised for refusing to prescribe morning-after pill
Sunday 05 May 2013
A Christian-run NHS GP surgery has attracted criticism for posting a notice warning that some of its doctors refuse to prescribe the morning-after pill to patients on grounds of conscience.
Man charged with murdering brother after funeral of another sibling in south London
Monday 29 April 2013
A man was charged today with murdering his younger brother.
Benefits cap rolled out in four London boroughs
Monday 15 April 2013
A cap on the amount of benefits people can receive begins today in a policy that is being trialled in parts of the capital.
Man injured in Christmas trolley incident dies in hospital
Friday 08 March 2013
A 60-year-old man injured after being hit by a trolley during an alleged altercation in December has died, police said.
Five-year ban for racist Millwall fan
Wednesday 27 February 2013
A Millwall fan who racially abused the Leeds striker El-Hadji Diouf during a Championship game on 18 November has been banned from all football matches for five years.
Skeleton: Shelley Rudman's the world slide ruler
Friday 01 February 2013
Shelley Rudman rose to the occasion once again yesterday as she was crowned world skeleton champion in St Moritz after beating her rivals by more than half a second.
Family of armed robber who died after being restrained by customers say they blame no one for his death
Sunday 27 January 2013
The family of an armed robber who died after being restrained by customers as he attempted to raid a betting shop said they hold no one responsible for his death.
Carrot juice tins hide £8m of drugs
Wednesday 23 January 2013
One of the biggest ever seizures of liquid cocaine has been made after the drug was detected in juice tins at Gatwick Airport, the UK Border Agency said today.
Skeleton: Rudman eyes Olympics after Winterberg victory
Sunday 09 December 2012
Shelley Rudman hailed her World Cup skeleton win in Winterberg this weekend but said her main objective remains another medal at the Winter Olympics in Sochi in 2014.
Swimming: Ellen Gandy quits Team GB to take plunge for Australia
Monday 03 December 2012
World 200 metres butterfly silver medallist Ellen Gandy has announced she is to switch allegiance and compete for Australia.
Police team axed for playing poker
Sunday 18 November 2012
An entire neighbourhood policing team has been axed after an internal investigation found officers had been playing backgammon and poker, watching television and cleaning golf clubs while on duty.
Blind woman 'abandoned two miles from home by taxi driver who mocked her disability'
Wednesday 31 October 2012
A blind woman was abandoned two miles from home by a taxi driver who mocked her disability and laughed at her when she could not identify local landmarks, it has been claimed.
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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