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Good afternoon. TUESDAY CHEAT SHEET — Downing Street accused the Greek prime minister of failing to keep a promise as the Elgin Marbles row ramped up a notch. — Rishi Sunak’s spokesman admitted No.10 asks counterparts not to go public on awks issues while…

A ceremony was held to mark the occasion on Sunday afternoon at Liverpool Street Station in London, where many of the child refugees arrived in the UK before the start of the Second World War. The humanitarian rescue effort, which ran between November 1938 and September 1939, gave 10,000 children, most of them Jewish, safe passage to the UK…

London Fire Bridgade (LFB) said that four fire engines and around 25 firefighters tackled a blaze in Elizabeth Avenue, Islington, yesterday (November 17). The Brigade was called at 12.56pm that day and fire crews from Shadwell, Soho, Homerton and Dockhead fire stations attended the scene. LFB tackled the fire for over an hour, before…

The Black Lion – formerly known as The Black Lyon – has sat on the north bank of the River Thames between Hammersmith and Chiswick in London for “well over” two centuries. It is home to a world-famous skittle alley and many flock there to watch the famous Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race each year. However, it is also shrouded in mystery,…

Charities have condemned the “shocking” number of children who have been strip searched by the Metropolitan Police without an appropriate adult present. The overwhelming response to what they describe as the forces’s “appalling” actions comes after data obtained from Scotland Yard by the Children’s Commissioner showed some 650 children…

Here’s my logic. Support dogs are allowed everywhere, right? They’re exempt. But aren’t dogs in some way or another all there for support? Whether it’s the incredible work of guide dogs, or police dogs, or important emotional support. I know my dog constantly calms down my anxiety and I feel that’s the case with most of us. I’ve printed off fake…

Jermaine Cayenne is appearing as 'Lord Jermaine Cayenne of the Barking and Dagenham Post' in Dick Whittington on December 6 at The Broadway Theatre in Barking. The panto about the historic thrice mayor of the City of London opens at the theatre on December 7 and runs until New Year’s Eve. “Being on stage in Dick Whittington is an…

Good afternoon. IN MEMORIAM: Tributes have been pouring in from across the Westminster divide for Labour former Chancellor Alistair Darling, who died in Edinburgh at the age of 70 after a short fight with cancer, his family announced this afternoon. New…

Liz Truss cabinet reshuffle: Who’s in and who’s out?Liz Truss’s newly appointed Cabinet is meeting for the first time following a brutal reshuffle.As she axed more than half of the members of her predecessor’s Cabinet, the new prime minister was branded an “imbecile” by the wife of sacked veterans’ affairs minister Johnny Mercer.Culling…

Firms are chasing spots on a £60m framework for maintenance and refurbishment works on the crumbling parliamentary estate. The House of Commons and the House of Lords have jointly put out a contract notice for a four year deal intended for the procurement of a range of design, construction and engineering services. The multi-disciplinary design…