FA Cup: Leyton Orient 1-2 Malton & Tiptree highlights Maldon & Tiptree knocked League Two side Leyton Orient out of the FA Cup as the non-league minnows reached the second round for the first time in their history, despite ending with 10 men. After Orient spurned several chances to take the lead, the eighth-tier visitors […]
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Latest projections indicate an further £400m to £650m will be needed to complete the project, Crossrail Ltd said The opening of London’s Crossrail project will be delayed until 2021 as Europe’s biggest infrastructure scheme is set to go another £650m over budget. The route, to be known as the […]
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionFootage posted online showed Sead Kolasinac fighting off an attacker A second man has admitted trying to rob Arsenal footballers Mesut Özil and Sead Kolasinac in a moped ambush. Jordan Northover, 26, pleaded guilty at Harrow Crown Court to attempting to steal watches from the pair in […]
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Image copyright Theo Christelis Image caption One of three London billboards featuring Year 3 schoolchildren A major outdoor art exhibition by an Oscar-winning artist has gone on display on billboards across London. Turner Prize-winner and film-maker Steve McQueen’s billboards show class photographs of thousands of children from the capital’s schools. The 613 posters across London’s […]
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MOTD COMMENTATOR’S NOTES @Wilsonfooty: Unai Emery had two major selection dilemmas ahead of the visit of Wolves. He has answered one of them already, opting not to expose Granit Xhaka to Arsenal’s fans following the captain’s tantrum last weekend. Secondly, should he include Mesut Ozil after his delightful display in Wednesday’s extraordinary League Cup game […]
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Image caption Seven people were killed when a tram derailed near to Sandilands tram stop in November 2016 The driver of a tram that crashed in Croydon and killed seven people will not face prosecution for manslaughter. More than 50 people were injured when the tram derailed near Sandilands tram stop in south London in […]
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Image copyright @999London Image caption The officer was taken to hospital after he was hit by the car at about 11:30 GMT A police officer has been hit by a car which had been pulled over in Tottenham. The vehicle was stopped by police in White Hart Lane at about 11:30 GMT and struck the […]
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Image copyright Jamal Sarhan Image caption Robbers drove a car into the side of the jewellery shop Members of the public caught and held on to a suspect running away from an armed raid on a jewellery shop. The owner of the shop, in west London, said he feared for his life when men armed […]
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Image copyright Met Police Image caption Zahir Visiter was stabbed four times “with considerable force” A 22-year-old who stabbed a man, then hid in a London mosque which was stormed by police, has been found guilty of manslaughter. Kamal Hussain, of no fixed abode, fled to London Central Mosque after killing 25-year-old Zahir Visiter on […]
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionDet Ch Insp Noel McHugh explains how he managed to track Shane O’Brien A killer once dubbed one of Britain’s most wanted fugitives has been jailed for at least 26 years. Shane O’Brien, 31, evaded police for three-and-a-half years after he slashed Josh Hanson’s neck in Hillingdon, […]
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