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1 month ago | 
mylondon.news | PAChris Ballinger Head |Ruby Cline |Chris Ballinger |Chris Head
Passport fees will go up by almost 7% in April, the Home Office has announced. The cost of an online passport application for adults will jump from £88.50 to £94.50, while fees for child passports will rise from £57.50 to £61.50. The fee for a one-day premium service application will also increase from £207.50 to £222 for adults. The changes are due to start on April 10. There will be similar rises in the cost of postal applications and those made from overseas.
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1 month ago | 
mylondon.news | PAChris Ballinger Head |Helen William |Chris Ballinger |Chris Head
Sobbing was heard in court today as a rapper was found guilty of attempted murder over a drive-by shooting where the victim was “lucky not to die”. Despite suggestions Nathan Tokosi, also known as DigDat, had actually been out of the UK at the time Daniel Offei-Ntow, 27, was shot and severely injured as he sat in his car in Notting Hill, he was found guilty by a jury unanimously at the Old Bailey. Daniel was targeted early on November 20, 2023.
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2 months ago | 
mylondon.news | Emily Smith |PAChris Ballinger Head |Ellie Ng |Chris Ballinger
London gangster-turned-author Dave Courtney described how he was having to 'hide' the excruciating pain he was in from arthritis and how he did not want to “waste having a wicked life” in videos he made before his death, an inquest has heard. Courtney, 64, who claimed to be an associate of 1960s gangland criminals the Kray twins, swapped an earlier life of crime for writing books in his later years.
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2 months ago | 
mylondon.news | Jonathan Bunn |PAChris Ballinger Head |Ian Jones |Chris Ballinger
Here is a list of the latest proposed and confirmed council tax rises for 2025/26 for every London borough. The list has been compiled by the PA news agency and is a snapshot of the figures available as of February 18. The data covers all London boroughs and is arranged alphabetically. For each authority, the percentage increase in council tax in 2025/26 is given, along with whether this has been confirmed or proposed.
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2 months ago | 
mylondon.news | Charlotte McLaughlin |Kerri-Ann Roper |Hannah Roberts |PAChris Ballinger Head
US stars Adrien Brody and Mikey Madison were among the big winners at the Bafta film awards as they triumphed in the acting categories. Brody, 51, won the best actor award for his role in The Brutalist as a Hungarian-Jewish architect, while Madison, 25, won for her role in Anora, about a sex worker who falls for a Russian oligarch.
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2 months ago | 
getsurrey.co.uk | Kerri-Ann Roper |Hannah Roberts |PAChris Ballinger Head |Charlotte McLaughlin
US stars Adrien Brody and Mikey Madison were among the big winners at the Bafta film awards as they triumphed in the acting categories. Brody, 51, won the best actor award for his role in The Brutalist as a Hungarian-Jewish architect, while Madison, 25, won for her role in Anora, about a sex worker who falls for a Russian oligarch.
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Feb 9, 2025 | 
mylondon.news | PAChris Ballinger Head |Pol Allingham |Chris Ballinger |Chris Head
Protesters against the proposed Chinese “mega-embassy” in London clashed with police less than an hour after senior Conservatives addressed the crowd. More than 1,000 people gathered outside the historic former site of the Royal Mint, voicing concerns that redeveloping it into a large Chinese embassy would pose a serious security threat.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
mylondon.news | PAChris Ballinger Head |Rosie Shead |Chris Ballinger |Chris Head
A friend has paid tribute to the 14-year-old boy with a “pure heart” who was stabbed to death on a bus in Woolwich. Friends and well-wishers came together on Wednesday evening (January 8) to remember Kelyan Bokassa. Kelyan was murdered on a 472 bus along Woolwich Church Street, near Woolwich Ferry, just before 2.30pm on Tuesday. On Wednesday evening, around 40 mourners gathered at a vigil held at St Mary Magdalene Church, which overlooks the bus stop where Kelyan died.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
mylondon.news | PAChris Ballinger Head |Mathilde Grandjean |Chris Ballinger
More than 30 Post Office branches across London are at risk of being closed, with hundreds of jobs facing being axed as a result. Today (Wednesday, November 13) the Post Office announced it is looking to get rid of 115 of its Crown Post Offices based in city centres and towns across the country, including all over London. These directly-owned branches could be transferred to retail partners or postmasters, or potentially closed.
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Nov 2, 2024 | 
mylondon.news | PAChris Ballinger Head |Pol Allingham |Chris Ballinger
A 10-year-old girl has died after she was bitten by her family’s dog, police have said. North Yorkshire Police were called at 4.15pm on Friday to the incident that happened inside the family’s home in the Malton area. A member of the public came to help the family and the Yorkshire Ambulance Service attended, the force reported. The girl suffered serious injuries and died at the scene, officers said. Police added that a family member secured the dog inside a car before emergency services arrived.
