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  Beani Bazar Cancer and General Hospital Foundation, a prominent healthcare institution, successfully organised a fundraising dinner event with the slogan “Let’s Beat Cancer.” The event, held on Monday evening, October 16, took place at a restaurant in Croydon, South West London, and marked a significant step in supporting cancer patients and their families. The evening was graced by the ...

Tolls on the Blackwall and Silvertown tunnels in east London are a matter for the mayor, the transport secretary has said. Mark Harper responded to a letter from Sadiq Khan where he discussed a low-income residents’ discount on the tolls, which will begin in 2025. In his response, Mr Harper said the decision about the tolls “lies entirely with you”. ...

Murder detectives are asking for the public’s help in solving a cold case after the corpse of a man was discovered in a derelict pub freezer nearly ten years after he vanished. Roy Bigg, who could only be identified through dental records, was around 70 when he disappeared in February 2012, police believe. His body was found “wrapped in cling ...

A sexual predator who stalked and murdered Zara Aleena is set to challenge his sentence at the Court of Appeal. Jordan McSweeney targeted at least five women before he attacked 35-year-old Ms Aleena as she walked home from a night out in east London on 26 June 2022. McSweeney had been released from prison on licence nine days before the ...

Defibrillators have been installed across London’s transport network to be used by the public if a passenger suffers a cardiac arrest, Sadiq Khan has announced. The Mayor of London on Monday confirmed that all London Underground and Overground stations have been equipped with the devices, which can restart a heart. Last year, the London Ambulance Service responded to 13,000 cardiac ...

London, 16 October : Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday visited a Jewish school here and reiterated his government’s commitment to protect Britain’s Jews from antisemitic attacks amid the ongoing Israel-Gaza conflict. Sunak also stressed that Israel’s operations must centre on the terrorist group Hamas to avoid an escalation of conflict in the region. He pointed to the spy planes ...

Underdeveloped and developing countries, including Bangladesh and other Asian nations, have seen an influx of individuals migrating to the United Kingdom through various visa categories such as care visas, work permits, and student visas. These newcomers are adapting to the British lifestyle, but Bangladeshis, in particular, face significant challenges, particularly in the job market. To shed light on the reasons ...

Sadiq Khan has accused the Government of “plucking out of the air” the promise to build up to 10,000 new homes at Euston. The mayor said that the pledge – made last week as prime minister Rishi Sunak announced the scrapping of HS2’s northern leg – had been made without full consideration of the practicalities. The Government insists its plans ...

A teenage boy has been found shot at a house in South London. Police were called by paramedics following reports of a shooting in Fairmount Road in Brixton. A 16-year-old boy was found at a residential address and treated at the scene before being taken to a south London hospital. In a statement police said: “Police were called by LAS ...

Beavers have been returned to west London for the first time in around 400 years in an attempt to improve the capital’s biodiversity. The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, helped release the herbivorous rodents at Paradise Fields in Ealing on Wednesday. The project is supported by the Mayor’s Rewild London Fund, which aims to create new green spaces and encourage ...