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Extinction Rebellion wins court challenge against London police
The eco-protest group Extinction Rebellion won a bid against London's Metropolitan Police on Wednesday over the imposition of a city-wide ban against the group's series of demonstrations last month. The high court ruled that the blanket ban police issued on Oct. 14 to 18 was unlawful, a decision protesters are celebrating.
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'It's going to be a revolution': driverless cars in new London trial
Work to bring driverless cars to Britain’s streets has reached a milestone with the first demonstration of an autonomous fleet driving in a “complex urban environment” in London.
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'Huge drugs bust' at Gatwick Airport found to be vegan cake mix
Bags of white powder seized as part of a "huge drugs bust" at London's Gatwick Airport actually contained vegan cake ingredients, the British Transport Police said. A member of staff at Purezza, a vegan restaurant with stores in London and Brighton, was transporting a suitcase filled with bags of cake mix when it was seized by police Wednesday afternoon.
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Huge cardboard tower toppled in the City of London
Crowds cheered as a huge 20m-high cardboard structure dubbed The People's Tower was brought crashing to the ground on Sunday 21 July. Over 1,000 boxes were used to create the tower, designed by artist Olivier Grossetête and inspired by the Guildhall building in the City of London -- London's traditional financial district. Box-building workshops took place during the week, with the tower constructed on Saturday 20 July. The People's Tower was part of the Fantastic Feats festival, the theme of which is "the building of London".
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London officials ban segregated play areas in future housing developments
Segregated play spaces are to be banned in all future London housing developments, the Greater London Authority (GLA) has revealed this week. The policy, part of the London Plan for developers and local authorities across the city, follows outrage across the political spectrum at the case of the Lilian Baylis estate in Kennington. Guardian Cities reported that families living in the social housing side of the estate were not allowed to use the play area or any communal spaces on the development.
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London police’s face recognition system gets it wrong 81% of the time
The first independent evaluation of the Metropolitan police’s use of face recognition warned it is “highly possible" the system would be ruled unlawful if challenged in court.The news: London’s police force has conducted 10 trials of face recognition since 2016, using Japanese company NEC’s Neoface technology.
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Iraq war veteran jailed for killing Britain’s Got Talent finalist
Desmond Sylva given life term for stabbing girlfriend Simonne Kerr in fit of anger
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London to get 'world's first' infinity pool with 360-degree views
London might soon get a 55-story building topped with a 600,000-liter, 360-degree infinity pool, which the designers say would be a world first.
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Facial recognition wrongly identifies public as potential criminals 96% of time in London
Facial recognition technology has misidentified members of the public as potential criminals in 96 per cent of scans so far in London, new figures reveal. The Metropolitan Police said the controversial software could help it hunt down wanted offenders and reduce violence, but critics have accused it of wasting public money and violating human rights. The trials have so far cost more than £222,000 in London and are subject to a legal challenge and a separate probe by the Information Commissioner.
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Remembering the Battle of Wood Green
Forty-two years ago today, antifascists beat back a violent, far-right mob that had descended on a diverse neighborhood of North London. Among the antifascist organizers was a young Labour councillor named Jeremy Corbyn. By Luke Savage.
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London 'is hotting up at dangerous rates'
London is hotting up at dangerous rates due to climate change and many aspects of normal life will be disrupted as global temperatures continue to rise. That’s the view offered by London Assembly Member Caroline Russell, who in a new report has called for Mayor Sadiq Khan to take dramatic action to protect Londoners ahead of global warming reaching a rise of 1.5°C. She warned a great deal of crucial information regarding potential impacts isn’t currently available and said “considerable work must be done to understand London’s exposure to global temperatures reaching 1.5°C by the 2030s”.
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How Dickens, Brontë and Eliot influenced Vincent van Gogh
Van Gogh spent three years in London and delighted in Britain’s literary heritage, a love that is explored in a new Tate show
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Report says Watch Dogs 3 will indeed be set in London
Yesterday, we reported how an easter egg in The Division 2 may have teased that the next Assassin's Creed game would be about Vikings, but interestingly, Kotaku's reporting of the same story indicates, explicitly, that the third instalment of Ubisoft's other big franchise, Watch Dogs, will be set in London.
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Basic Reasons Why You Shouldn't Always Trust an Auto Locksmith in London
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Mother jailed for 11 years over FGM
A 37-year-old mother has been jailed after becoming the first person in the UK to be convicted of female genital mutilation (FGM). The Ugandan woman mutilated her three-year-old daughter at their family home in east London in 2017. She was jailed for 11 years for the FGM and a further two years for indecent images and extreme pornography.
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Make your shop front inviting
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A First Date for Two Rare Tigers Ends in Death
The courtship went on for 10 whole days. They were kept apart, but tantalizingly close enough so that each could see, hear and smell the other. When the matchmakers believed that the time and the place were right — Friday at London Zoo — the rare Sumatran tiger called Asim and a female named Melati were put in the same enclosure together. He promptly killed her — moments after they were introduced for the first time.
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Milkmen return to London as millennials bid to cut plastic waste
Milkmen and milkwomen are making a comeback in London as millennials have started using glass milk bottles in a bid to cut down plastic waste. Dairies in the capital told of a "phenomenal" upsurge in interest from younger customers at the start of the year amid growing public upset over plastic waste.
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