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Met to deploy live facial recognition at Notting Hill Carnival despite civil liberties backlash

The Metropolitan Police has confirmed it will deploy live facial recognition cameras at this year’s ...

Community category • 2025-08-20 08:08

Councils and activists clash as 'Operation Raise the Colours' blankets streets with flags

An organised campaign to blanket English streets with St George’s Crosses and Union flags has provok...

Community category • 2025-08-20 08:07

Mo Chara charged over alleged display of Hezbollah flag at London gig

Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh — the Belfast‑born rapper who performs as Mo Chara in the Irish hip‑hop trio Knee...

Community category • 2025-08-20 07:55

Borrow, don’t buy: how Library of Things turned a cheap movie night into a proper home‑cinema

I had planned a quiet movie night, but as the tech‑minded flatmate it fell to me to make sure everyo...

Community category • 2025-08-20 07:54

Notting Hill Carnival returns with new ticketed judging grandstand and Panorama line‑up

West London is preparing for the return of Notting Hill Carnival over the August bank holiday, with ...

Community category • 2025-08-19 21:48

Brent leads push to strip ‘aim to permit’ from Gambling Act as councils demand power to curb betting clusters

Walking down many British high streets, the familiar sequence of butcher, baker and grocer is being ...

Community category • 2025-08-19 21:45

Iceland worker and passerby stop shoplifter as retailer offers £1 reward to snitches

A video shared online this week captured the moment a would‑be shoplifter tried to flee an Iceland s...

Community category • 2025-08-19 11:51

Tenants say £40m cladding programme has yet to stop ‘slum‑like’ conditions at Suttons Wharf

Residents of Suttons Wharf in east London have painted a stark picture of life inside the estate’s t...

Community category • 2025-08-19 11:43

Bridges become ‘mini border crossings’ as borough licences strand hire e‑bikes

Commuters and weekend cyclists using west London river crossings have been met with an unexpectedly ...

Community category • 2025-08-19 11:43

Grimshaw unveils EcoPark House as a visible, off‑grid education hub at Edmonton EcoPark

Grimshaw has unveiled EcoPark House, a 1,200-square-metre, two‑storey visitors and education pavilio...

Community category • 2025-08-18 17:14

Ealing warns summer staff shortages will prolong missed bin collections into September

A staffing shortfall aggravated by summer leave and sickness has left parts of Ealing facing delayed...

Community category • 2025-08-18 07:01

Coca‑Cola puts Catford corner shop at centre of 125th anniversary campaign

Coca‑Cola’s 125th‑anniversary campaign in Britain has singled out a Catford shopkeeper as one of the...

Community category • 2025-08-18 07:01

Coca‑Cola turns Catford shopkeeper into town billboard as part of 125th anniversary push

Coca‑Cola’s new UK film that celebrates the enduring role of corner shops has put a Catford retailer...

Community category • 2025-08-18 07:00

Six arrested as repeated protests target Canary Wharf hotel set to house asylum seekers

Police arrested six people after a demonstration outside the Britannia International Hotel in Canary...

Community category • 2025-08-17 21:54

Wembley Park’s ‘mini‑city’ shows modern renting — but the long game is owner‑led

In the shadow of Wembley Stadium a distinctly modern neighbourhood has taken shape: a cluster of pur...

Community category • 2025-08-17 21:52

Nation Radio's FM takeover severs Romford's Time 107.5 after abrupt handover

Time 107.5FM, the small Romford-based station that for more than two decades pitched its output at e...

Community category • 2025-08-17 14:03

Police launch murder probe after woman found dead in Chadwell Heath

Officers from the Metropolitan Police opened a murder investigation after a woman was found dead on ...

Community category • 2025-08-16 17:46

Family and Met make urgent appeal after 16‑year‑old Yaqub vanishes from Tottenham Court Road

Police and family appeals have intensified for a 16‑year‑old boy who has not been seen since Sunday ...

Community category • 2025-08-16 17:37

Selina Scott’s Piccadilly mugging sparks Met apology and fresh policing row

Veteran broadcaster Selina Scott has said she was the victim of a violent daylight mugging in the We...

Community category • 2025-08-16 17:31

Selina Scott attack escalates pressure on Sadiq Khan over visible policing

Broadcaster Selina Scott has told national media that she was the victim of a violent mugging in cen...

Community category • 2025-08-16 17:30

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