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James Kelly

London, Northern Ireland

Digital Journalist at BBC Radio London

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  • 2 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | Sonja Jessup |James Kelly

    Image caption, TJ Jacobs (left) and Vyleen Maximen are now raising Cher's daughterBBC London home affairs correspondentThe family of Cher Maximen, who was killed at the Notting Hill Carnival, have called for more to be done to tackle the underlying causes of knife crime, and said cancelling the event would do nothing to stop violence.

  • 3 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | James Kelly

    Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, The housing select committee is calling for independent oversight on the delivery of Grenfell Inquiry recommendationsThe government cannot be left "marking its own homework" when it comes to following through on recommendations from the Grenfell Report, MPs have said. In a letter to Housing Secretary Angela Rayner the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee urged independent oversight of progress on building safety.

  • 3 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | James Kelly

    Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, The trial offers the only legal way to use e-scooters on London's roadsA third of London's boroughs now host e-scooter trials, Transport for London (TfL) has announced, with Wandsworth being the latest to join. The trial, run by TfL and London Councils with operators Voi and Lime, offers the only legal way to drive electric e-scooters on the capital's roads.

  • 1 month ago | bbc.co.uk | James Kelly

    Image source, Fran AckroydImage caption, Steve Ackroyd with his daughter Autumn and wife Fran, who is fundraising for his treatment following a terminal brain tumour diagnosisA woman from north London is fundraising to help her husband with terminal cancer reach his 50th birthday at the end of the year - a milestone she "never thought they'd even plan for".

  • 1 month ago | bbc.co.uk | James Kelly |Briohny Williams

    Image source, Morley'sImage caption, Morley's opened its original chicken shop in Sydenham in 1985James W Kelly & Briohny WilliamsThe sign from the original Morley's chicken shop is to go on display in the London Museum's new site. The sign will be part of the museum's new Hanging Out display, which celebrates the social spaces where London's communities come together.

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