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The Duke of Edinburgh with students

Duke of Edinburgh visits east London to see progress of capital's largest film studio

Law graduate Zara Aleena was 35 when she was murdered

Brutal murder of Zara Aleena to be retold in feature Sky crime documentary

The crash involved a single vehicle

Car flips over on A13 - police launch probe

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East London murder cop turned private detective Steve Hobbs

Exclusive Shock as retired east London murder cop dies, as last big case leads BBC bulletin

Jermaine Cayenne (second right) appearing in the Dick Whittington preview show

Take a first look at Barking panto - including cameo from Newsquest sales director

The Halifax branch will close next year

Halifax branch closure will 'deteriorate high street'

West Ham's training ground in Rush Green Road

West Ham United get approval for new training building

Council leader Darren Rodwell cuts the ribbon on new 'green' homes

New 'low carbon, energy efficient' homes complete

Childcare students who raised money for Children In Need

Children in Need gets help from childcare students

Recording stories from the Barking & Dagenham Post, even during the Covid pandemic

Sounding out volunteers for talking newspaper

Lucy Wigmore gives talk on hospitality careers to Riverside School's sixth form

'Keeps you on your toes': Sixth formers urged to consider hospitality career

The man has been ordered to pay over £1,000

Porsche driver ordered to pay fine after dropping cigarette

Dagenham East Police Station

Police station reopens after 'worrying' closure

News

Battersea Power Station at Christmas - dinner at Noci and ice skating at Glide

‘I don’t think there are better places than Battersea Power Station at Christmas’

Person on tracks at busy London underground station causes major delays

Person on tracks at busy London underground station causes major delays

A Kylie Minogue fan proposed to his partner in the audience during An Audience with Kylie

ITV viewers left 'sobbing' at marriage proposal during An Audience With Kylie

The man was heard saying

McDonald's 'shocked and saddened' by footage of staff mistreating homeless man

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Fry, 66, a comedian, presenter and all-round brain box fell off a stage following a lecture

Stephen Fry issues health update and explains crutches and turning down drugs

Eight new cocktails have been designed to tell the story behind some markets

The bar serving cocktails inspired by east London markets

Do you remember London in 1999?

Do you remember London in 1999? Nostalgic video shows how London has changed

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Inside the Christmas vineyard a short walk away from Hyde Park's Winter Wonderland

Inside the Christmas vineyard a short walk away from Hyde Park's Winter Wonderland

Stephen Fry fell off a stage and broke several bones

Stephen Fry feels 'self-conscious' without walking stick after breaking many bones

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Mohamed Rahman has been sentenced to life with a minimum term of 20 years

Leicester Square robber who stabbed Met officer in neck jailed for life

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Ryan Johnston, 37, sexually assaulted and raped a 20-year-old woman who was sleeping on the Piccadilly Line

'Depraved' Tube predator raped unconscious woman in front of child

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Here’s why some London buses will see timetable changes this weekend

Here’s why some London buses will see timetable changes this weekend

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Sport

David Moyes looks on at Craven Cottage

Moyes: We used up too much energy in midweek

Vladimir Coufal reacts during West Ham United's defeat at Fulham

Hammers fall to heavy defeat at Fulham

Dagenham & Redbridge boss Ben Strevens

Strevens: Exit is massive disappointment and embarrassment

Dagenham & Redbridge captain Elliot Justham

Daggers dumped out of Trophy after penalty pain

West Ham's Hawa Cissoko in action against Manchester City. Image: PA

Cissoko: Hammers hoping to end year on home high

Ange Postecoglou and David Moyes look on

Moyes: Great to see Bowen back in the goals

West Ham United players celebrate at Tottenham

Hammers hit back to stun Spurs in derby

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Jermaine Cayenne (second right) appearing in the Dick Whittington preview show

Take a first look at Barking panto - including cameo from Newsquest sales director

Will Haswell is Dick Whittington at The Broadway Theatre in Barking

Barking theatre hosts panto shows for audiences with specific needs

The festival will be heading to Central Park, Dagenham next year

Music festival explains location switch for 2024 event

A picture from the 2023 We Are Fstvl event

We Are Fstvl announces location change for 2024 event

This north London neighbourhood was named as one of the best places to live in the UK

Two London neighbourhoods named on best UK places to live list

Jermaine Cayenne is making a panto appearance

Jermaine swaps his media job for guest panto role

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Lifestyle

This north London neighbourhood was named as one of the best places to live in the UK

Two London neighbourhoods named on best UK places to live list

Jermaine Cayenne is making a panto appearance

Jermaine swaps his media job for guest panto role

Dagenham Ladies beat Hoffmann’s Ladies 2-0 in away match at Chelmsford, April 1919

‘Invincible’ wartime factory workers remembered at Cenotaph

What the new bike hangars look like

Consultation closes soon on where to put bike storage hangars

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L&Q has recently launched a range of unique, contemporary one, two, three and four- bedroom rental apartments at Barking Riverside.

Sponsored L&Q Launches New Private Rental Homes at Barking Riverside

Billy Bragg and tribute plaque to Neil Young

Neil Young fans pack ‘Harvest’ tribute to the day he came to town

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National News

Former president Donald Trump had been expected to return to the witness box on Monday (Mike Segar/pool via AP)

Trump says he will not give evidence again at his New York fraud trial

The Mutange neighborhood in Maceio, Brazil, where a mine belonging to Brazilian petrochemical giant Braskem collapsed on Sunday (Itawi Albuquerque/AP)

Brazil petrochemical giant’s salt mine partially collapses

Derbyshire Police said a man has been arrested (PA)

Man arrested after mother and son killed in hit-and-run crash in Derbyshire

Anthony Littler was found with head injuries in an alleyway known as The Causeway, near East Finchley Tube station, at 12.15am on May 1 1984 (Met Police/PA)

Man arrested in connection with 1984 East Finchley murder of Anthony Littler

Argentina’s incoming President Javier Milei waves after his swearing-in ceremony at the Congress in Buenos Aires (Natacha Pisarenko/AP)

Right-wing Javier Milei sworn in as Argentina’s president

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Bristol Airport said no flights were cancelled (Alamy/PA)

Fire at Bristol Airport car park destroys vehicles and causes flight delays

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Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron has alleged Scotland’s First Minister Humza Yousaf broke protocol during the Cop28 summit (Andrew Matthews/PA)

Lord Cameron reprimands Humza Yousaf over Erdogan meeting ‘protocol breach’

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