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Transport police have roped in the military to join underground patrols
The "unique agreement" between British Transport Police (BTP) and Royal Military Police (RMP) will mean the red hats and brown uniforms could become the norm at the capital's busiest stations.
BREAKING: Trump back in UK in December. Will he face protests like last time?
The Secretary General of NATO has just announced that the next meeting of NATO heads of state is to be in London in December. It will be NATO’s 70th anniversary year and there may well be a repeat of the tensions of the last NATO meeting where Donald Trump berated other bemused heads of state. He has repeatedly criticised NATO and demanded more funding from other NATO states. Even in his State of the Union address on Tuesday he insisted...
Schoolgirl fighting for her life after being mowed down by car in South East London
The girl, who has not been named, was airlifted to hospital in a "critical" condition following the horror smash in Eltham, south east London
Pope wants to take down the sexual abusers of the church – by backing a #MeToo-like movement for nuns
Pope Francis said the sexual abuse of nuns by priests is a problem within the church, one he is intent on tackling with the issue being worked on "for some time".
Man, 18, stabbed to death outside his family home five minutes’ in South West London
The victim, found with multiple stab injuries in Battersea on Tuesday night, is the third teenager to be stabbed to death in London already this year
Four thugs who caused a horror crash which killed an 80-year-old woman are blasted by a judge
The yobs chased each other in their cars for nine miles before a head-on crash killed pensioner Elizabeth Roberts
Chris Grayling banned from Calais by furious port officials
Chris Grayling has been banned from Calais by port officials who are furious with his 'no deal' Brexit plans, The Telegraph has reported. The transport secretary has been given his marching orders by port chairman Jean-Marc Puissesseau, who accused the UK cabinet minister of behaving in a “completely disrespectful” manner on Tuesday. Puissesseau, who refers to him as "failing Grayling", has been angered by British plans to divert some sea traffic in the event of a no-deal Brexit. He said: "Mr Grayling came to...
Liam Fox puts pen to paper on a trading agreement for post-Brexit era…. with the Faroe Islands
Liam Fox has finally put pen to paper on a post-Brexit trade agreement. The Secretary of State for International Trade signed a continuity agreement with the Faroe Islands which will see British businesses and consumers benefitting from continued trade with the archipelago after we leave the European Union. Britain imports some £200 million worth of fish and crustaceans from the islands, which will remain unhinged following the UK's divorce with the union. Imports from the United Kingdom to the Faroes had a total value...
Urgent Windrush debate: Sajid Javid slammed for “Government’s pandering to far-right racism, sham immigration targets, dog whistle of the right-wing press”
“I am half Jamaican and very proud of it, but I feel that what he says is unhelpful to the Jamaican community in this country. Like him, I am second generation, but I feel that he sounds like a reincarnation of Enoch Powell.”