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Voters in Newham and Tower Hamlets decide to keep their directly-elected Mayors
Sadiq Khan wins second term as London Mayor and pledges to build bridges for national recovery
London Mayor 2021: It’s time to vote
London Mayor 2021: Candidates chase votes on last day of campaign amid low turnout fears
What’s the latest on London’s new Low Traffic Neighbourhoods?
London Mayor 2021: Poll shows Sadiq Khan maintaining huge lead with two days of City Hall race left
Government ‘levelling up’ moves will not be enough if focused ‘solely on the North’ says business leaders’ report
London Mayor 2021: Lead candidates make their cases at business hustings
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Vic Keegan’s Lost London 193: Highbury and Islington station
It was one of six architectural railway glories, of which only fragments remain
Vic Keegan’s Lost London 192: St James’s Theatre
Huge but unsuccessful efforts were made to save it from demolition after a long and distinguished history
The London of The Blue Lamp and Dixon of Dock Green
The popular British view of the wise and honest local bobby on the beat was formed and nurtured in film and TV made in the capital
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Sarah Hayward was Labour leader of Camden Council 2012-2017 and remains active in Labour politics in the capital.
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Finn Brennan is a district organiser with the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers & Firemen (ASLEF), covering London Underground.
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Caroline Pidgeon MBE is a Liberal Democrat Londonwide member of the London Assembly.
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London Assembly Election Results 2021
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London Mayor Election 2021: What has Sadiq Khan been doing to help the capital’s economy?
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