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Cancer campaigner Dame Deborah James has died at the age of 40, her family has said, describing her as an "inspiration".
Read more from BBC News: bbc.in/3QS3tPP
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Traffic has come to a halt outside #DowningSt where protesters are calling on the government to halt a deportation to #Jamaica planned for next week until they have published their #Windrush Lessons Learned Review.
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What do you think of London’s new artwork on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square? It’s by the artist @h_phillipson and has been unveiled this morning. It’s called THE END... #4thplinth
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❤️ 'Yes there is fear, but there does not need to be hate.'
👭 'Yes there is isolation, but there does not have to be loneliness.'
✨ 'Yes there is sickness, but there does not have to be disease of the soul.'
A message of hope from @BroRichard in difficult times.
#COVID19
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We are so sad at the news that our former colleague Jono Coleman has died from cancer at the age of 65. Our thoughts are with Jono’s wife Margot and his children today.
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A driver who used his car to try to stop a woman being stabbed by her stalker ex-husband in west London has been released without charge.
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A national monument has been unveiled at Waterloo Station to pay tribute to the "dreams, ambition, courage and resilience" of the Windrush generation.
More from BBC News: bbc.in/3tPjrAb
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Bells at over 80 churches across London rang 72 times at 6pm to mark the three-year anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire 💚💚💚
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🚇🆕 London’s newest tube stations have opens this morning: Nine Elms and Battersea Power Station on the Northern Line.
📻 BBC.london listen live for reaction
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The moment a statue of noted slaveholder Robert Milligan was removed from outside the Museum of London Docklands 👇
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The Prince and Princess of Wales arrived at a pub in Soho yesterday, ahead of the Coronation preparations.
This is the lovely exchange Catherine had with florist João Rocha.
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A 17-year-old girl has been shot dead in Tottenham. Police were called last night at 21:35 to Chalgrove Road. No arrests have been made.
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The largest mosque in western Europe has reopened after a fire destroyed it eight years ago. The @AhmadiyyaUK Baitul Futuh Mosque in Morden has been completely reimagined. Via @Annareporting
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"I applaud and admire that at the same time they've been grieving, bereaving - they've been campaigners for justice."
Today marks three years since the Grenfell Tower disaster.
@MayorofLondon @SadiqKhan pays his respects to the 72 Londoners who lost their lives 💚
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The tenor who's returned to the frontline 🎼🏥
@AlexAldren originally trained as a doctor, but decided to pursue his passion for opera.
He attended the @RoyalAcadMusic & had just graduated when the #COVID2019 crisis hit - so he's gone back to medicine - with his music! 👇
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"Please do not come to central London."
@MayorofLondon @SadiqKhan has laid out four clear reasons why he doesn't want protestors to congregate in the capital over the weekend 👇
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Breaking News: Five councils will challenge the Ultra Low Emission Zone in court.
They include 4 London boroughs Bexley, Bromley, Harrow & Hillingdon and Surrey County Council.
Mayor of London plans to expand the £12.50 a day ULEZ charge for most polluting vehicles in August
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Heroes caught in action 🚒🧑🚒
One moment these @LondonFire firefighters in Brixton were helping us #ClapForCarers
The next second they were called out to an emergency.
A poignant reminder of the incredible work they do to keep London safe 👏
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Matilda we will miss you. RIP to Jo Good’s faithful friend and the star of the Barking Hour and Dogs in the City.
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Stuck in self-isolation or working from home?
We could have just the thing for you...
Join @RobertElms for a special #FunkyFriday tomorrow afternoon to help #GetLondonDancing 🕺💃
What's that one song that gets you off your feet?
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Breaking News: A court injunction has been granted against protesters targeting the M25.
Climate change activists from Insulate Britain could face imprisonment as a result of the High Court decision.
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This will 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐥 your day with a smile 👀🦭😍
Hatice was on her daily walk in Richmond this afternoon when she spotted something a little unusual...
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This will be the most uplifting thing you see or hear all day...
@CamdenVoices have assembled - virtually - for a beautiful rendition of @cyndilauper's 'True Colours'.
All from the safety of their own homes 🎶🏠
#BBCMakeADifference
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Approximately 10,000 tonnes of waste has been dumped illegally on the banks of the River Roding near Buckhurst Hill. It’s been here since November. Campaigner @paulpowlesland has been trying to get it removed @eppingforestdc @EnvAgency more on @BBCRadioLondon with @writtenbysalma
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📚 🎓 #ALevelResultsDay2021 From Hackney to Oxbridge: Identical twins Emmanuel and Ebenezer have got six A* and are off to Oxford and Cambridge!
🔊 bbc.in/2X8wijv
@MCAmossbourne | @eddienestormbe | @gregmctweets
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When you're having a quiet #LondonTeaAt3 in Bounds Green and Neil Morrissey pops round 😂☕️
He's been plied with a bottle of Cypriot Zivania - which can double up as a hand sanitiser - and he's on his way again 🍸👏
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"Such an honour" to be celebrating "being queer in a time where the world might not be so accepting".
We caught up with @joelocke03 from Netflix's Heartstopper and his co-stars @SebastianCroft and @tobiedonovan_ in the @PrideInLondon parade.
bbc.in/3afawBx
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“They said this couldn’t be done, they said we couldn’t win. We showed them we can win in Harrow.”
Harrow’s newly elected leader Paul Osborn addressing the crowd this afternoon after the Conservatives won the borough.
It’s been under Labour control since 2010.
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.@MayorofLondon on train fare rises: "if I can freeze @TfL fares, why can't the government make the private train companies do the same?"
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❤️North | South | East | West ❤️
Our city unites LIVE on BBC Radio London to celebrate the extraordinary @NHSuk 🚑🏥
To all the carers out there, take a second to listen & see just how important you are to us - and how much we appreciate every single one of you.
#ClapForCarers
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A love letter written by @VanessaOnAir to her Lovely Listeners 💕💕💕
#BBCMakeADifference #BringingUsCloser #ThisIsLondon
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The perks of having an Olympian living on your road...
A socially-distanced workout! 💪
@DonnaLegz treated her neighbours in Penge to an early morning exercise class - and they've already demanded another session 😜
#BBCMakeADifference
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Coming up, @CrowleyOnAir's “My London” with Wham!’s @ajridgeley getting his memories of the capital. bbc.co.uk/mylondon
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❤️ 'Yes there is fear, but there does not have to be hate.'
👭 'Yes there is isolation, but there does not have to be loneliness.'
✨ 'Yes there is sickness, but there does not have to be disease of the soul.'
Stay safe and look after one another this weekend.
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Is your local pub reopening tomorrow? 🍻
@TheTollington is usually a hotspot for Arsenal fans - with up to 2500 supporters coming through their doors on a matchday...
But it's got no plans to welcome punters back anytime soon 👇
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#Goldsmiths #university #students have locked themselves in a hall for 9 days now, and are refusing to leave until they say, their demands are met.
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We're hugely saddened to hear that our long-serving contributor Johnny Homer has died at the age of 56, after suffering a heart-attack.
For over 20 years Johnny appeared on the Robert Elms Show speaking about London's music, history and pubs.
Our thoughts are with his family.
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🌸#TowerSuperbloom update🌼
Just over three weeks after it opened to the public, @TowerofLondon’s moat has erupted into a wildflower haven.
More than 20 million seeds were planted, but growth got off to a slow start because of a cold April.
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Watch: The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan on the departure of Cressida Dick as Met Police commissioner.
More from BBC News: bbc.in/3LBPhrN
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"This city has come through plagues, fires, wars, terror attacks. We're going to come through #COVID19 I tell you that." 🏙️💙
@MayorofLondon @SadiqKhan urges Londoners to follow the advice of the NHS, look after one another - and take heart from our unity.
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The midwives at Croydon University Hospital are a 𝗠𝗢𝗢𝗗
🔥👏✨💙
#clapforourcarers
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.@raminkarimloo and @SamanthaBarks celebrate after an impromptu rendition of 'Could We Start Again Please'. Amazing!
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"You don't see us. You're not meant to - but we are always there. We have families, rent, mortgages, loans. We budget on the work we have coming in...but there is none."
The events industry needs support now more than ever.
This is Harry's story - this is your story 📸💕
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Sign carried by a member of the community who has come to support neighbours affected by the incident at Finsbury Park.
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Today London remembers the 8 people who were killed 5 years ago in the terror attacks on London Bridge & Borough Market. A special service takes place at Southwark Cathedral at 230pm.
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Do you suffer from ‘mubble-fubbles’ on a Monday? Susie Dent told Salma it's from the '16th century meaning an overall feeling of despondency, low spirits, or ill humour'.
Listen again on BBC Sounds: bbc.in/3zwwREl | @susie_dent @WrittenbySalma
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💩 the bed!
No, really.@EddieNestorMBE finds out how one man 💩 the 🛏️ and saved his dog's life in doing so.
Story courtesy of @Fesshole (and it's founder @RobManuel) For more *embarrassing* confessions listen back here ⬇️
bbc.in/3Drr1VG
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Happy 95th Birthday Walter! 🎂
We're not crying, you're crying...
His whole road in Woodford Green came out on Saturday afternoon to sing to him 😢❤️
#BBCMakeADifference
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#FunkyFriday....social distancing style 💃🕺
Stay safe, keep your distance, wash your hands...
...and KEEP DANCING - from all of us here at BBC Radio London!
#GetLondonDancing
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.@FarOutAkhtar joined @SunnyandShay to talk #ITSNOTOK March in London, being @UN_Women ambassador by shining a light on women’s rights with @MardOfficial Why #London is never too far away for him + his passion project films and meeting @Rob_D_Niro LISTEN bbc.co.uk/sunnyandshay
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"We mustn't be driving wedges between community for political gain...this isn't black or white, this is about being British."
@ShaunBaileyUK joins @EddieNestorMBE to discuss the Black Lives Matter demonstrations - and the 'journey' that Britain is on to tackle racism 👇
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What a beautiful city we call home.
London is ready.
#LondonMarathon #SpiritofLondon
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Mr Assange is in prison while US authorities seek to extradite him to face trial on espionage charges.
bbc.in/3tBf4JC
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You’ve outdone yourselves 🕺🏻💃🏾
#GetLondonDancing
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Filmstar .@neerubajwa is live with @SunnyandShay and talks her new #Punjabi film Channo on BBC.co.uk/radiolondon
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The Metropolitan Police Federation has declared it has "no faith" in Mayor of London Sadiq Khan.
@MPFed | @MayorofLondon
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Great view of @LondonLGBTPride parade from the roof of Broadcasting House - Red Arrows flypast at 1600 #Pride2016
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Stormzy and Dave joined Burna Boy as he became the first African artist to headline a stadium show in the UK.
bbc.in/3NaTV2G
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Tune in now because we have some very special guests right here on The Scene with @writtenbysalma and @LionHeartfelt. Singers, all the way from the Philippines @InigoDPascual and @KZofficial. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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“I scarified my life for this country & for the people here. I can't do anything more to prove that I love this country.”
Please listen to this call to @EddieNestorMBE from an Egyptian doctor in its entirety.
This is the harsh reality for foreign workers on the NHS frontline 👇
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Eight-year-old Nahla has spent her Easter holidays making PPE masks using her 3D printer 👏💙
She'll be joining @DuncanBarkes on Drivetime after 1830 to tell us more!
#BBCMakeADifference
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👏👏👏
We'll leave it to @EddieNestorMBE, @VanessaOnAir, @RobertElms, @middleagedminx & @DuncanBarkes to salute all of the AMAZING carers and key workers out there.
We won't stop thanking you, clapping for you - and appreciating everything you do 💙
#ClapForCarers
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Former JLS singer @AstonMerrygold meets his onstage uncle Eddie Nestor @Eds30 while speaking to Jo Good @jogoodradio
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50 years of BBC Radio London 📻✨
Today we're celebrating our 50th birthday 🥳
From 1970 to today - and through all of our many different looks - we've be broadcasting across our city for half a century!
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🗣️ @EddieNestorMBE: "Boris Johnson says Britain is not a racist country. Do you agree?"
🗣️ @MayorofLondon @SadiqKhan: "That's not my experience of our country....there is a huge amount of racism, inequality and discrimination - particularly against black people."
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Cheers in Westminster as Mayor @SadiqKhan arrives to congratulate newly elected leader @AdamHug and campaigners.
Labour has taken control of the borough for the first time ever after gaining 13 seats.
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City of London Public art launch supporting @jk_rowling charity @lumos. Hear more with @VanessaOnAir at 7.30 ! #harrypotter #lumos #FantasticBeasts2
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The lights are on for #LumiereLondon from now until Sunday. Here are some of the installations in Leicester Square via our reporter @Annareporting
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Breaking News: The Met Police has been placed into an 'advanced stage of monitoring' by a police watchdog.
bbc.in/3OtD4q1
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Another beautiful celebration of our essential workers 👏
From Westminster Bridge to Brixton Fire Station to Homerton Hospital.
London is united in its appreciation.
Thank you 💙
#ClapForCarers
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.@iamhumayunsaeed @ahmedaliB @VJURWA join @SunnyandShay to talk #PunjabNahiJaungi @THEOFFICIALB4U LISTEN bbc.co.uk/sunnyandshay
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How’s this for a crack? People living in the Hangar View Way estate in North Ealing can see into each other’s flats. The flats are owned by Catalyst Housing. Catalyst says it is continuing to monitor the building. Via @Annareporting
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Thank you for all the messages of condolence for @middleagedminx after the death of her beloved bulldog Matilda.
Tonight she's asking what did you do to deal with the death of a pet?
Listen to Jo: bbc.in/3l0Xs58
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.@MayorofLondon will be talking to @VanessaOnAir in a few minutes about his plan to clean up London's toxic air
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Commuters say crowding's got worse at #LondonBridge since @Se_Railway changed its timetable last month
bbc.in/3wxTZAe
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The 1st National #WindrushDay saw a protest in central London regarding the ongoing #WindrushScandal, which saw people who have lived in this country for over 40 years wrongly, sacked, lose their right to healthcare and homes, detained and even deported. #WindrushDayofAction
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"The level of devotion and care from somebody who's a complete stranger and has no emotional investment - just staggering."
@MichaelRosenYes joined @VanessaOnAir to discuss living with 'long #COVID19' after being in a 7-week coma - and paid tribute to the staff at @WhitHealth 💙
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We’re proud to say @VanessaOnAir has won the award for best Breakfast Show at the BBC Local Radio Awards #BBCLR50 #Gillards
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Tributes have been paid to the 52 people who died in the July 7 bombings on the 15th anniversary of the terror attack.
@SadiqKhan & @metpoliceuk Commissioner Cressida Dick have laid wreaths at the London Bombing Memorial in Hyde Park.
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Sir Mo Farah reveals he was trafficked to the UK as a child
bbc.in/3O0JtYF
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When @ahmedhankir said he wanted to become a doctor, his teacher laughed in his face, but now he's a Specialist Registrar in Psychiatry at St Thomas' Hospital in London. He told @EddieNestorMBE that this is what happiness feels like”…
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p08qbg…
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"The experience of black people in our great city & our country & across the world is very different to the experience of people who are not black."
@MayorofLondon @SadiqKhan tells @EddieNestorMBE we must do more to highlight "racism, discrimination & inequality" - but safely 👇
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"Make speed socially unacceptable."
The highest speeds recorded during the lockdown in London were:
◾️ 163mph on a 70mph road
◾️ 134mph on a 40mph road
◾️ 110mph on a 30mph road
◾️ 73mph on a 20mph road
@SuptAndyCox has a clear message for drivers on the roads of our city 👇
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🌈 @jjiszatt covers #TheScene for Judi Love with FABULOUS guests @aquariaofficial - winner of @RuPaulsDragRace and the glam queens of @SinkThePinkLDN 💞 @jonbenetblonde & @thegraceshush are here after 9! 👑
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George and the Dragon? No, this is Georgina and the stereotype Dragon @Girlguiding headquarters in Buckingham Palace Rd. The statue represents smashing the gender stereotypes that girls often face.
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Latest: a baby has died in hospital, four days after his mother was stabbed to death before she could give birth to him. Baby Riley had been in a critical condition since Kelly Mary Fauvrelle was attacked in #ThorntonHeath at the weekend
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A 'very high' air pollution alert has been issued for #London by @MayorofLondon Sadiq Khan for the first time.
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A new statue honouring heroine of the Crimean War, #MarySeacole, has been unveiled. Valley Fontaine was there.
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Former Conservative mayoral candidate Shaun Bailey has quit as chair of the London Assembly's policing body after it was revealed his mayoral campaign team organised a rule-breaking Christmas party last year.
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A petition calling for BBC to reverse plans to replace many Local Radio shows with shared national or regional ones has been handed to BBC & No10.
140+ charities & organisations representing blind & vulnerable people signed it.
BBC plans to invest more in local online services.
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Here's another chance to hear @CrowleyOnAir's "My London" with musician @Johnny_Marr. bbc.co.uk/mylondon
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Before @CrowleyOnAir goes on air at 5pm he went for a quick walkabout and is enjoying one of the best views in London...
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