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2 weeks ago | 
bbc.co.uk | Thomas Magill |Tony Grew
Image caption, Nina says she has not been offered adequate compensation by Thames WaterCalls are being made by families in south east London for Thames Water to pay out full compensation after a broken mains pipe left them without water for several days. Nina Segal from Forest Hill said: "We have a four-year-old, we have a one-year-old, we didn't receive any water from Thames Water.
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2 weeks ago | 
bbc.com | Tony Grew
Boys 'need role models to combat online misogyny' PA MediaThere is increasing concern about what boys see onlineThe Mayor of London has been urged to champion "relatable, positive male role models" to counter misogynistic attitudes that boys see online. The London Assembly's committee on police and crime said Sir Sadiq Khan should create an information campaign to combat messages from influencers who share content that is anti-women.
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2 weeks ago | 
bbc.com | Jess Warren |Tony Grew
'Finish lines not finish times' at London MarathonJess Warren & Tony GrewBBCJulie Barnes and Debra Harrison from Fit Mums and Friends said their aim was to finish the London MarathonThe sun is shining brightly and temperatures are rising as some 56,000 participants take on the 45th edition of the London Marathon.
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3 weeks ago | 
bbc.com | Tony Grew
Met police fear 'mass casualty event' at carnivalPA MediaThere are concerns over crowd safety at the carnivalThe London Assembly is calling for a review of crowd safety at Notting Hill Carnival amid police concerns about "a mass casualty event" at the two-day festival. Susan Hall AM, chair of the assembly's Police and Crime Committee, said there have been "a number of incredibly worrying incidents with crowd density" at the carnival.
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3 weeks ago | 
bbc.com | Tony Grew
In pictures: London bridges from boring to beautifulLondon Borough of WandsworthIs Wandsworth no longer London's most boring bridge? Wandsworth Bridge is no longer "London's most boring bridge", according to the local council. It has just undergone a transformation, or a "major glow up", as the local authority in south London has called it, with the installation of new exterior lighting.
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4 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Tony Grew |Harry Low
The cutting down of an ancient oak in north London was ordered on health and safety grounds by the pub chain that owns Toby Carvery after it was told the tree was dead. The felled oak, estimated to be about 500 years old, was found by council workers at the edge of Whitewebbs Park in Enfield earlier in April. An emergency tree preservation order has now been imposed on what remains of the tree, which is near a Toby Carvery.
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4 weeks ago | 
bbc.com | Tony Grew
The cutting down of an ancient oak tree in north London is being investigated by the Metropolitan Police. The remains of the oak, estimated to be up to 500 years old, were discovered by council workers last week in Whitewebbs Park, Enfield. An emergency tree preservation order has now been imposed on the base of its stump. The tree, with a girth of 6.1m (20ft), was a nationally significant pedunculate oak and listed on the Woodland Trust's national ancient tree inventory.
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1 month ago | 
bbc.co.uk | Tony Grew
Image source, EPAImage caption, Only people with the Freedom of the City can stand for electionThe City of London has remained an oddity within the English system of local government, having escaped reform over the centuries unlike every other city and borough in England. The reason why is the Liberties and Customs of the City which were guaranteed by the Magna Carta, the charter of rights agreed to by King John at Runnymede in 1215, and have been jealously guarded ever since.
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1 month ago | 
bbc.com | Tony Grew
How London's boroughs were named 60 years agoGetty ImagesKensington and Chelsea broke the no 'and' rule for new councilsEver heard of the London borough of New River? It doesn't exist, but it nearly did. On 1 April 1965 the local government map of London was set, with the establishment of the 32 boroughs that still exist today. Along with the City of London these boroughs tell others a lot about where we live, but also come with prejudices and assumptions about what they are like.
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1 month ago | 
bbc.com | Tony Grew
Supreme Court rejects police's Taser payout appealPA MediaCity of London Police will pay compensation to a man they TaseredA City of London Police application to appeal against a ruling that it must pay £24,000 in compensation to a social worker who was Tasered by one of its officers has been refused by the Supreme Court.
