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Counting underway for London mayoral and assembly elections at Excel Centre
Footage of votes being counted in the London mayoral and assembly elections at London's Excel Centre. Shots include counting from Tower Hamlets, City of London, Newham and Barking and Dagenham boroughs.
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Politics daily briefing: May 4
All the latest political developments, as Rishi Sunak is braced for the result of key mayoral elections in London and the West Midlands, after the Conservatives were trounced in the first day of local election results.
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Arrests made as pro-Palestine protesters target BAE Systems and Government
Police made three arrests as more protests were held outside factories across the UK and a Government department by demonstrators campaigning against military arms being sent to Israel.
Organisers said more than 1,000 workers and trade...
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British-Iranians protest against the death sentence given to Iranian rapper Toomaj Saleh
British-Iranians protest against the Iranian regime and the death sentence that was given to Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi. Two protests took place, one at Marble Arch and one across the road from Downing Street.
Interview with event...
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Count Binface running in London mayoral election
London mayoral candidate Count Binface says he would rename London Bridge, make Thames Water bosses “take a dip” in the river and claims he has never heard of his Tory opponent Susan Hall.
The self-described intergalactic space warrior,...
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British patients test world’s first personalised mRNA jab for melanoma
Footage of Steve Young, a music teacher who had "bump on his head" for around a decade, receiving a first-of-a-kind anti-cancer jab as part of ground-breaking trial after being diagnosed with a large melanoma. The trial took place at...
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Teacher receives anti-cancer jab in ground-breaking clinical trial after melanoma diagnosis
Interview with Steve Young, a music teacher who had "bump on his head" for around a decade, after receiving a first-of-a-kind anti-cancer jab as part of ground-breaking trial after being diagnosed with a large melanoma at UCLH in...
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Local elections 2024: When and where and who can vote?
Voters in England will go to the polls on 2 May to elect more than 2,600 councillors and 10 metro mayors, including the Mayor of London, in the last set of local elections before the general one.
Here's what you need to know.
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Rishi Sunak's full speech on welfare reform
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak giving his speech in central London on welfare reform, where he called for an end to the "sick note culture" and warned against "over-medicalising the everyday challenges and worries of life".
He also comments...
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Khan on housing pledges and school meals
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan interview after a policy announcement, during a speech at the Design District in Greenwich, London, as he campaigns to be re-elected as London mayor on May 2.
He talks about his pledge for 40,000 more houses...
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Khan promises 'baby banks', permanent free school meals and Erasmus replacement in London manifesto
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said he would fund 'baby banks' where parents in need can obtain essentials like nappies, as he launched Labour's manifesto for the London Assembly and mayoral elections on May 2.
In a speech that focused on...
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'All measures should be taken in order to ensure safety of all of our populations' - chief rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis
Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis speaking at the UK Hostages & Missing Families Forum for the unveiling of "The Empty Seder Table" installation which features a display of 133 chairs, each representing a hostage in Gaza.
Also speaking is...
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The Last Caravaggio exhibition goes on display at the National Gallery
The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula (1610) and Salome receives the Head of John the Baptist (1609-10) go on display during a preview of The Last Caravaggio exhibition at the National Gallery in London.
They were the last paintings by artist...
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Khan pledges to wipe out rough sleeping in London by 2030 if re-elected
Sadiq Khan has pledged to wipe out rough sleeping in the capital by 2030 if he is re-elected as London mayor.
In a speech on Monday, the Labour incumbent will promise to end “once and for all” the “indignity, fear and isolation” felt by...
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London mayoral election 'a moment of maximum opportunity', says Khan
Sadiq Khan has called the London mayoral election a "moment of maximum opportunity" as he announced his plan to end rough sleeping by 2030 if he is re-elected to office.
Mr Khan also discusses former England cricketer Kevin Pietersen's...
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Sadiq Khan pledges to wipe out rough sleeping in London if re-elected as mayor - full speech
Sadiq Khan has pledged to wipe out rough sleeping in the capital by 2030 if he is re-elected as London mayor.
In a speech on Monday, the Labour incumbent will promise to end “once and for all” the “indignity, fear and isolation” felt by...
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Sadiq Khan refuses to answer whether this would be his last term as London Mayor if re-elected
Interview with Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, at Stoke Newington School.
The Mayor and shadow energy secretary Ed Miliband were visiting the school as they launched a new climate action plan for London.
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Ed Miliband backs 'climate leader' Sadiq Khan for re-election
Interview with shadow energy secretary, Ed Miliband, at Stoke Newington School.
Mr Miliband and London Mayor Sadiq Khan visited the school as they launched a new climate action plan for London.
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Interview with Yinka Shonibare at the opening of his new exhibition
Interview with artist Yinka Shonibare at the opening of his new exhibition Suspended States at the Serpentine museum in London.
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Yinka Shonibare's first exhibition in London in 20 years opens at the Serpentine museum
Artist Yinka Shonibare talks at the opening of his new exhibition Suspended States at the Serpentine museum in London. Footage of the exhibits.
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Families of Israeli hostages call for their release six months on
Families of hostages held by Hamas joined a rally in London to call for their release, saying the six months after the October 7 attack have been “hell”.
Sunday marked six months after Hamas’s raid on Israel that killed 1,200 people and...
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Dame Maureen Lipman: 'We will not accept the victims being turned into the villians or just into the vansihsed'
Families of hostages held by Hamas joined a rally in London to call for their release, saying the six months after the October 7 attack have been “hell”.
Colonel Richard Kemp, former commander of the British forces in Afghanistan,...
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Aslef Pickett at Kings Cross train station
Train drivers mounted picket lines outside railway stations on Saturday as strikes continued in a long-running pay dispute.
Aslef said the 22-month-long row had cost the industry £2 billion, much more than it would have cost to resolve...
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Services delayed at London Paddington
Scenes from London Paddinton station after a train derailment.
A freight train derailment in west London has locked some lines between Reading and Paddington, causing delays and cancellations.