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The City of London will be powered with 100% renewable energy by October 2018
The City of London, the historic “Square Mile” central district of London, will soon switch to clean energy in a big way. Starting in October 2018, the City of London will source 100 percent of its power needs from renewable energy sources by installing solar panels on local buildings, investing in larger solar and wind projects and purchasing clean energy from the grid. Though no longer a square mile, closer now to 1.12 square miles, the City of London is a major financial center within the city and the world. Its green energy transformation sends a clear message that London intends to take strong action against climate change.
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I’m Your Man
Spiritualized
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London man planned suicide attack to kill the PM, court hears
Police arrested a 20-year old Londoner days before he intended to carry out a suicide attack on Downing Street to kill the prime minister, Theresa May, a court has heard. Naa’imur Zakariyah Rahman believed he was corresponding online with Islamic State while planning the alleged attack but was in fact talking to members of the security services pretending to be from the terrorist group, the Old Bailey was told.
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Police ‘fail to act’ as tenants are illegally thrown out
A charity working to stop illegal evictions has urged the Metropolitan police to give its officers better training after they failed to arrest a landlord who allegedly forced his way into a family’s home with a crowbar and tried to drag them down the stairs. Roz Spencer of Safer Renting, an advice service for tenants backed by four London boroughs, said people were being evicted illegally every week in most British towns and cities, but the police nearly always failed to treat it as a crime.
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Benedict Cumberbatch saves cyclist from attack
Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch reportedly saved a cyclist under attack in London on Friday night. The attack took place near Baker Street, the home of his character Sherlock Holmes. Cumberbatch is said to have seen a Deliveroo cyclist being beaten up by four attackers as he and his wife Sophie Hunter were driving passed in an Uber, with the Avengers: Infinity War star telling the driver to pull in before rushing to the man's aid.
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London's murder rate is lower than the USA's 50 largest cities
That's despite a significant rise in the number of murders in the capital this year.
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London's murder rate is lower than the USA's 50 largest cities
The disturbing rise in murders in London has rightfully led to questions being asked about violent crime in the capital. There were 45 murders in London in the first three months of this year, almost double the figure recorded for the same period in 2017.
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London mayor to ban junk food ads on tubes and buses
Junk food adverts are to be banned from London’s tube and bus network by Sadiq Khan, the city’s mayor, in an attempt to curb an epidemic of childhood obesity. Ads that promote foods and drinks that are high in salt, fat and sugar will no longer be accepted on tubes, buses and overground trains that are part of the Transport for London (TfL) network – nor in stations. The ban is currently out to consultation.
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Trump criticises 'lousy and horrible' new US embassy in London
Donald Trump launched a fresh attack on the location of the new US embassy in London, calling it "lousy" and "horrible", ahead of a planned visit to the UK this summer. The US president also attacked the European Union over trade, threatening to "take on" the bloc which he said was "formed to take advantage of the US".
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Watch: Buckingham Palace Transformed by Rainforest Projection
A rainforest design was projected on the facade of Buckingham Palace on Sunday as part of a global conservation initiative led by Queen Elizabeth II.
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MasterChef contestant Matt Campbell dies aged 29 after London Marathon collapse
A former MasterChef star has died aged 29 after collapsing during the London Marathon. Matt Campbell fell at the 22.5-mile mark and was given medical treatment from race doctors but died later in hospital. His family paid tribute to him as an "inspirational son and brother". Mr Campbell, who reached the semi-finals of MasterChef: The Professionals last year, was running the marathon in memory of his father, Martin.
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The lesson from Hither Green – no one can be forced to share another’s grief
The floral tributes to slain intruder Henry Vincent have caused anger and resentment, but shrines are rarely places of peace, says religion writer Andrew Brown.
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Two stabbed to death within 40 minutes
Two people have been stabbed to death in London in separate attacks within 40 minutes of one another. A 26-year-old man died in hospital after being attacked in Colindale, north-west London, while a woman in her 30s died at the scene of a stabbing in Brixton, south London. An 18-year-old man is in a critical condition after a third separate stabbing three hours later, on Sunday. More than 35 people have been stabbed to death in the capital so far in 2018.
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Disastrous refurbishment turned Grenfell Tower into a 'tinderbox'
A report prepared as part of the police investigation into the Grenfell Tower fire has uncovered calamitous deficiencies in the installation of the windows, cavity barriers and cladding system, and their failure to meet building regulations. The 210-page interim document, by fire investigation experts BRE Global, is set to dramatically assist the Metropolitan police in their wide-ranging investigation. It was leaked exclusively to the Standard and recounts in forensic detail how the original concrete building was turned from a safe structure into a tinderbox by the refurbishment between 2014 and 2016.
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Man buys car 'for less than train ticket'
A man bought a car, taxed and insured it and drove from London to Bristol - all for less than a return train fare. Tom Church, 27, made the journey in an £80 Honda Civic. Including tax and petrol he spent £206.81 on the trip. Mr Church, from Crouch End, said he was inspired after discovering an anytime return ticket between London and Bristol could cost up to £218.10.
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London stabbings: 300 extra police deployed on streets to tackle spike in knife crime
Hundreds of additional police officers have been deployed on the streets of London this weekend in areas of the capital worst affected by the spike in violent crime. It comes as Mayor of London Sadiq Khan promised more arrests and backed increasing the use of intelligence-led stop and search by police, insisting keeping Londoners safe is his “top priority”.
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Six teenagers stabbed in 90 minutes during night of violence in London
Six teenagers have been stabbed within 90 minutes in another night of violence on London’s streets. A 13-year-old boy was among the victims of four separate knife attacks, which took place as protesters gathered elsewhere in the capital to demand action to prevent young people dying.
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This Is A Golden Age For Activist Design
So suggests first major museum show dedicated to protest art in the age of Brexit and Trump. By Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan.
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Pensioner arrested after man is stabbed to death during break-in at house in south east London
A pensioner has been arrested after stabbing to death a suspected armed burglar he confronted in his home early today. The 78-year-old was asleep with his wife in their south London house when he heard noises and woke to challenge two men in the middle of a suspected break-in. The homeowner was confronted by one of the intruders who was armed with a screwdriver and forced to retreat into his kitchen.
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Young man stabbed to death as London's murder rate becomes worse than New York's
More people have been murdered in London than in New York for the first time in history amid a spate of fatal stabbings in the capital. Fifteen people were murdered in London in February, compared to 14 in the Big Apple. London murders for March also topped the number in New York, with 23 and 21 carried out respectively. A stabbing in the capital in the early hours of Easter Sunday brought the number of murders in London to 46 so far this year. And 31 of them were knife attacks.
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