An ‘Antisemitism is racism’ motion was passed at a council meeting last Tuesday

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An ‘Antisemitism is racism’ motion was passed at a council meeting last Tuesday

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The current escalators at the station will be replaced after more than 35 years

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The Met Police says it failed to pass on allegations from a 2019 letter about the Duchess of Sussex's father to overseas police forces

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Move comes as Philippines police investigate alleged child sexual abuse images reportedly found at Thomas Markle Sr’s former home

The Metropolitan police has referred itself to the police watchdog over potential errors in its handling of a 2019 letter warning of dangers to the security of the Duchess of Sussex posed by her father.

The letter made allegations about Thomas Markle, the father of Meghan, who is facing claims of child sexual abuse images offending linked to the Philippines, which he denies.

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The building will reportedly be 70 storeys tall and offer a new rooftop garden for the public to use

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Protecting historic buildings from fires presents a huge challenge for London firefighters due to their age and character

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A Government regulator found thousands of overdue fire safety measures, unfixed repairs and unresolved complaints

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Exclusive: ‘We’re going to look at opening up international rail routes,’ says PM

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Properties that are ‘substantially unfurnished and unoccupied for 12 months or more’ face double charges

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‘London’s success is Britain’s success,’ says the Prime Minister

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Several Tube lines were part suspended due to the incident around the evening rush hour

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Case in Pimlico is latest instance of tensions between small countries seeking a space in capital and residents

It is not a classic neighbour-from-hell dispute, what with the protagonist inviting everyone over for evening drinks and canapés. But the sudden conversion of a five-bedroom family home in Pimlico, central London, into the embassy of Montenegro has triggered a neighbourhood row that has gone all the way to the desk of a high court judge.

The first stirrings of trouble came when one resident argued in a submission to the council this spring that the new embassy’s “flagpole and rather tacky-looking flag stick out like a sore thumb” among Cambridge Street’s Grade II-listed homes.

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From a young chef and a single father to business owners and a pensioner, Guardian readers reveal how John Healey’s measures will affect them

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Louie, 24, a chef living in London, says a lot of people have “written off the idea of even considering getting a property” in their 20s.

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The British actor-comedian acknowledged in a London court on Wednesday that he had been obsessed with sex as a younger man, but denied multiple charges of rape and sexual assault, saying the claims have had a "devastating" impact on his life.