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New images give secret glimpse of Crossrail progress
The project was due to be completed in December last year, but has encountered several delays.
Donald Trump skips G7 meetings on Amazon fires and climate change
The President of the United States also suggested his Miami golf course could stage next G7 summit.
Tributes paid to London’s latest knife murder victim stabbed on way home from west London pub
Horrified neighbours said building firm boss Allan Isichei, 69, was an accomplished jazz musician.
Police granted extra stop and search powers as 100 arrested at Notting Hill Carnival
A million people enjoy Notting Hill Carnival despite record 32c Bank Holiday temperatures.
Sun boycott on Merseyside reduced Euroscepticism
Merseyside voted to Remain in the EU referendum, but would likely have backed Leave by 60 to per cent without the boycott of The Sun.
G7 offer help with Amazon fires and talks with Brazil on reforestation of ‘lungs of the world’
Bolivia and Paraguay have also struggled to contain fires that swept through woods and fields, in many cases set to clear land for farming.
Award-winning BBC food champion denied settled status after Brexit despite living 31 years in UK
The baking author and teacher described the government's settlement scheme to allow EU citizens to stay in the UK as "shambolic".
Boris Johnson accused of ‘violating international law’ with ‘inflammatory’ remarks about sending migrants back
“Those who are forced to take dangerous means of reaching our shores have a legal right to have their voice heard and we should be creating safe and legal routes for vulnerable people to come. “Johnson’s comment is misleading, designed to inflame tension and, if put in practice, would violate international law.”
Two earth tremors in two days at UK’s only fracking site
Cuadrilla are under fire after a secret non-disclosure agreement between the fracking firm and the UK’s earthquake monitor, the British Geological Survey, was unearthed.