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Mark Rowley appointed new commissioner of Met police

Former counter-terrorism chief takes over as force is embroiled in crises over women, race and homophobia

The Guardian - UK

Vodafone and Virgin Media O2 customers will get phone data underground

Two mobile network operators join the BAI Communications (BAI) network, alongside EE and Three

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan lays wreath as London remembers victims of 7/7 bombings on anniversary

Sadiq Khan laid a wreath at the Hyde Park memorial to mark the anniversary of the attack

Evening Standard

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Inside abandoned Boots store turned into giant cannabis factory as cops hunt drugs gang

Police shockingly discovered hundreds of cannabis plants inside a former Boots store in Burslem, as locals have now dubbed the city the 'cannabis capital of Stoke-on-Trent'

Daily Mirror

Sadiq Khan ‘shocked’ to hear Muslims being bullied at work due to religion

Mr Khan pledged to work with the Met Police against Islamophobia

Evening Standard

Iconic east London filming location set for £3.5 billion redevelopment

Sadiq Khan has announced plans to build thousands of new homes on an iconic vacant site in east London that has “vexed planners and politicians alike” for the past four decades.

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan accused of ‘misleading’ public over City Hall relocation savings

Sadiq Khan has been accused of “misleading” Londoners and wasting public money over the move to relocate City Hall earlier this year.

Evening Standard

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Illegal levels of pollution recorded in outer London ahead of ULEZ expansion

Illegal levels of toxic air pollution have been recorded in outer London ahead of plans to expand the Ultra-Low Emission Zone next year.

Evening Standard

Holidaymakers warned of more cancellations as Ryanair confirm 12 days of strike

Airlines has warned of more travel disruption to be expected over the summer as major airlines plan to strike in popular holiday hotspots and staff issues in the UK force flights to be axed.

Edinburgh Live

Let’s Do London! New tourism campaign encourages UK tourists to capital

Buckingham Palace, Borough market and The Beatles are being used in a £2m promotional campaign aiming to encourage tourists from the rest of the country to visit London.

Evening Standard

‘More than 1m’ march in London for ‘biggest ever’ Pride as parade returns after pandemic

Dame Kelly Holmes tells crowd she will ‘never live behind that curtain again’ after coming out as gay last month

The Independent UK

‘It feels amazing’: revellers young and old celebrate Pride in London

The parade, celebrating its 50th anniversary, is led by the Gay Liberation Front, which organised the first UK protest in 1972

The Guardian - UK

Hundreds show love and support at vigil for Londoner Zara Aleena

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said Ms Aleena was “an incredible woman and an inspiration to us all”.

The Independent UK

Dame Kelly Holmes and Emeli Sande at London’s ‘biggest ever Pride’

Crowds in rainbow colours, glitter, jewels and sequins gathered on Saturday for what is also the first Pride in London since the pandemic.

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Met sensitive to Pride concerns around uniformed officers, says Khan

Police will be present but only take part in the march in their own clothes.

The Guardian - UK

Behold London’s ‘landscraper’! Google’s new UK HQ – as long as the Shard is tall

Tech giant’s King’s Cross HQ replete with pool, nap pods and rooftop exercise track marks its topping out phase

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan requests ‘urgent’ meeting with Grant Shapps over TFL funding

Sadiq Khan has requested an “urgent” meeting with the Transport Secretary over the future of TfL’s funding.

Evening Standard

Letter to London from Sadiq Khan on 50 years of Pride

We know there is still much more to do as too many LGBTQI+ people still face prejudice, discrimination and the threat of violence as they go about their daily lives

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The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on policing in crisis: the Met needs a superhead

Editorial: Six forces including London’s are now in special measures. But the government’s actions too should be scrutinised

Evening Standard

600 TfL fat cats on over £100,000 a year

£100,000 a year pay packets! The non-ironic use of the term ‘fat cats’! This exclusive from our indefatigable City Hall Editor, Ross Lydall, is a classic of the genre.

Evening Standard

Union boss Mick Lynch criticises ‘exorbitant’ wages of TfL bosses

The Standard has revealed that almost 600 TfL executives earned more than £100,000 last year

Evening Standard

Revealed: Which Tube stations have faced the longest closures?

Staff absences, customer incidents and signalling failures have led to London’s Tube stations being closed for a total of 76 days over the past three years - new figures have found.

The Guardian - UK

Record number of UK police forces are failing and need intensive help

Met police, in need of special measures for first time since founding in 1829, is not the only force where intervention is deemed necessary

Evening Standard

Khan and Patel go to war as Met is placed in ‘special measures’

The news doesn’t get better for the Metropolitan Police, and the people it is supposed to serve. The force has been placed in ‘special measures’ by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS).

Evening Standard

Sadiq khan ‘asleep at the wheel’ over failures at Met, says policing minister Kit Malthouse

Sadiq Khan and his deputy mayor should have considered resigning because of the extent of the failures they have overseen in the Metropolitan police, the Government’s policing minister suggested on Wednesday.

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