Greater London News

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Bayeux tour to include audio account of tapestry - Greater London - advert - via BBC London
BBC Londonabout 4 hours ago

Bayeux tour to include audio account of tapestry

The British Museum will offer an audio-described Bayeux Tapestry tour for people with impaired vision.

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Enfield student launches petition to restore axed bus service - Greater London - transport - via Enfield Dispatch
Enfield Dispatchabout 6 hours ago

Enfield student launches petition to restore axed bus service

The 349 used to run between Ponders End and Stamford Hill but was axed by Transport for London this summer

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Dame Esther Rantzen, 86, dies as family release statement - Greater London - community - via Uxbridge Gazette
Uxbridge Gazetteabout 6 hours ago

Dame Esther Rantzen, 86, dies as family release statement

The star's family has paid tribute

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Broadcaster and Childline founder Dame Esther Rantzen has died aged 86 - Greater London - community - via Your Local Guardian
Your Local Guardianabout 6 hours ago

Broadcaster and Childline founder Dame Esther Rantzen has died aged 86

Broadcaster and Childline founder Dame Esther Rantzen has died aged 86 following a lung cancer diagnosis.

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Saracens boss Venter skips more media duties - Greater London - via BBC London
BBC Londonabout 7 hours ago

Saracens boss Venter skips more media duties

Saracens director of rugby Brendan Venter misses a second pre-match media conference, as head coach Joe Shaw attends.

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Croydon school placed on lockdown after 'teenager spotted with machete' - Greater London - via Uxbridge Gazette
Uxbridge Gazetteabout 7 hours ago

Croydon school placed on lockdown after 'teenager spotted with machete'

Police are searching for the suspect

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Croydon schools locked down after 'machete' reports as police hunt teenager - Greater London - via Your Local Guardian
Your Local Guardianabout 7 hours ago

Croydon schools locked down after 'machete' reports as police hunt teenager

Police responded to reports of a bladed weapon near John Ruskin College and Quest Academy in Croydon, prompting school lockdowns. No arrests; suspect sought.

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Council reveals new design for sinking cricket pavilion in Chingford - Greater London - via Waltham Forest Echo
Waltham Forest Echoabout 7 hours ago

Council reveals new design for sinking cricket pavilion in Chingford

Outline design plans for Rolls Sports Ground's cricket pavilion come six years after it shut due to subsidence concerns

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Kings Cross live updates amid police 'incident' at rush hour - Greater London - via Uxbridge Gazette
Uxbridge Gazetteabout 7 hours ago

Kings Cross live updates amid police 'incident' at rush hour

The exact nature of the incident is yet to be determined

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BBC Londonabout 7 hours ago

Met hands Grenfell fire investigation file to CPS

The force is seeking charges against 54 individuals and 20 companies over the 2017 tower block fire.

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Ofsted tells South London school to improve attendance 'rapidly' due to 'persistent absence' concerns - Greater London - education - via Uxbridge Gazette
Uxbridge Gazetteabout 7 hours ago

Ofsted tells South London school to improve attendance 'rapidly' due to 'persistent absence' concerns

As a result of poor attendance, inspectors said pupils with SEND are missing out on 'important learning and wider experiences'

🎓Education
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All the London Underground and TfL lines that will be shut in October 2026 - Greater London - transport - via Uxbridge Gazette
Uxbridge Gazetteabout 7 hours ago

All the London Underground and TfL lines that will be shut in October 2026

Closures are planned on 12 of the capital's public transport lines

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BBC confirms popular drama will be returning with a Christmas special - Greater London - via Your Local Guardian
Your Local Guardianabout 8 hours ago

BBC confirms popular drama will be returning with a Christmas special

The BBC has confirmed that Amandaland will be returning with a Christmas special airing this year.

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Grenfell families have 'waited long enough' - calls for charging decisions 'without further delay' - Greater London - via Uxbridge Gazette
Uxbridge Gazetteabout 8 hours ago

Grenfell families have 'waited long enough' - calls for charging decisions 'without further delay'

'No family should have to fight this hard, for this long, for justice'

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County Hall redevelopment subject to new monitoring report application - Greater London - via Your Local Guardian
Your Local Guardianabout 8 hours ago

County Hall redevelopment subject to new monitoring report application

Kingston Council validates County Hall planning application 26/01908/CLC, covering post-construction monitoring for its redevelopment in Kingston upon Thames.

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Stanmore home could become children’s residential care home for two young people - Greater London - via Harrow Times
Harrow Timesabout 8 hours ago

Stanmore home could become children’s residential care home for two young people

Harrow Council planning: Stanmore home could become a children’s residential care home for up to two young people under application PL/2582/26.

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Review: The Unfriend - Greater London - via Barnet Post
Barnet Postabout 8 hours ago

Review: The Unfriend

Sophie Winch reviews the latest show at Incognito Theatre

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Expert shares how to save money on subscriptions after Netflix's price rises - Greater London - via Your Local Guardian
Your Local Guardianabout 8 hours ago

Expert shares how to save money on subscriptions after Netflix's price rises

A discount expert has revealed a few tips and tricks you can use to cut down on your streaming service costs.

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Monkey kept in bird cage rescued from South London home - Greater London - via Uxbridge Gazette
Uxbridge Gazetteabout 8 hours ago

Monkey kept in bird cage rescued from South London home

The marmoset's owner was unlicensed and hadn't been feeding the primate the correct diet

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YMCA plans aim to make Crouch End site a more fun place to stay - Greater London - via Tottenham Community Press / Haringey Community Press
Tottenham Community Press / Haringey Community Pressabout 8 hours ago

YMCA plans aim to make Crouch End site a more fun place to stay

Existing Tottenham Lane site described as "not fit for purpose" would be replaced with new building containing 174 en-suite rooms for homeless young people

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Newham Council approves cycle parking details for development - Greater London - via Newham Recorder
Newham Recorderabout 8 hours ago

Newham Council approves cycle parking details for development

Newham Council approves cycle parking details for land at Leyes Road and Royal Road, West Beckton, London, under application 26/01980/AOD.

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Tottenham & Wood Green Independentabout 8 hours ago

Enfield home could become an HMO for up to seven people under new plans

Enfield Council planning: 9 Stewartsby Close could become an HMO for up to seven people, with extensions, dormers, roof lights and storage.

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Hampstead And Highgate Express (Ham And High)about 8 hours ago

Former north London BrewDog pub set to reopen under new management after a refurb

Former BrewDog pub The Camden Road Arms in Camden Town is set to reopen on October 2 under Heineken’s Star Pubs and Just Add Talent programme.

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Harrow Timesabout 9 hours ago

Scenes from new Sharon Horgan mid-life crisis comedy shot at north London university

Scenes for Sharon Horgan's HBO Max comedy Youth were shot at Middlesex University's Hendon campus with students playing extras.

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The Greenwich Wireabout 9 hours ago

Developer behind rejected Deptford Creek student towers tries again

The developer behind rejected plans for student towers next to Deptford Creek is trying again with plans for smaller buildings. Early planning documents show that Your Tribe wants to build two blocks of 13 and nine storeys on the Deptford side of the creek, next to Millennium Quay. Plans for 13 and 17-storey towers were […] The post Developer behind rejected Deptford Creek student towers tries again appeared first on The Greenwich Wire.

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Teen with bladed weapon sparks lockdown at Croydon college - Greater London - via Your Local Guardian
Your Local Guardianabout 9 hours ago

Teen with bladed weapon sparks lockdown at Croydon college

Reports are emerging that schools in south London were placed into lockdown this afternoon following an incident in the area. Parents have reported pupils being kept inside classrooms, but the circumstances have not yet been confirmed by police.

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Your Local Guardianabout 9 hours ago

LIVE updates as Croydon schools reportedly placed in lockdown after 'machete' sighting

Reports are emerging that schools in south London were placed into lockdown this afternoon following an incident in the area. Parents have reported pupils being kept inside classrooms, but the circumstances have not yet been confirmed by police.

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Enfield Dispatchabout 9 hours ago

Fears over Brimsdown job losses as Greggs announces factory closure

As many as 200 jobs could be at risk from the factory's shutdown

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BBC Londonabout 9 hours ago

Man jailed for murder 16 years after attacking teen

Jordan Burton caused a serious head injury to Daniel Allright in 2006, which led to a fatal seizure years later.

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Croydon blind man threatens British Museum with legal action over Bayeux Tapestry audio tours - Greater London - via Uxbridge Gazette
Uxbridge Gazetteabout 9 hours ago

Croydon blind man threatens British Museum with legal action over Bayeux Tapestry audio tours

The tapestry, a woven record of the Norman Conquest, is on display at the Central London museum for one year in a historic loan from France

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