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Green candidate apologises for sharing 'harmful' social media posts about Jewish people

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Ms Ali has been accused by the Lambeth Labour group of sharing anti-Semitic posts that “repeat harmful tropes about Jewish people”, including “offensive” comments made about the Holocaust.

Ms Ali apologised last Friday, saying: “I unequivocally reject anti-Semitism in all its forms.

“My comments were rooted in concern for the humanitarian situation in the Middle East, and I remain committed to speaking with care, responsibility and respect for everyone.”

London travel news LIVE: Signalling fault disrupts LNER and Lumo services at King’s Cross

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Reduced service on the Woolwich Ferry

Until early April, a reduced one-boat service is in place due to essential maintenance.

During this period, the final crossing departs at 9:40pm from the South Terminal and 10pm from the North Terminal.

Delays on the A40

Eastbound traffic is queueing back to Heathstan Road.

Northbound traffic on Wood Lane is also building, with queues reaching Wood Crescent, while on Holland Park Avenue, eastbound queues stretch from Notting Hill Gate to Holland Park Roundabout.

‘We’re selling out games’: How Heated Rivalry changed London’s ice hockey scene

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And it’s even made its way over to London. Streatham RedHawks, the capital’s longest-running and most popular ice hockey team, noticed a spike in ticket sales as soon as the series started airing in the UK. “We've sold out to the last three weekends, which I can't not think is to do with the show,” says Dylan Dix, a player at the RedHawks. “Ever since the show came out, we’ve had a lot more interest,” agrees manager Graham D’Anger, who says “nothing of this scale” has happened to ice hockey in the UK before. “It’s both in terms of playing and people coming down to watch.

Delivery drivers arrested in London as dozens face deportation for illegal working

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Overall, 171 people were arrested as part of the action last month, including 60 detained for removal from Britain.

Bangladeshi and Indian riders caught in Newham, east London were among those detained.

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood also joined an operation in Streatham, where delivery drivers were stopped and their papers checked.

Video footage released by the Home Office shows officers escorting an arrested man into the back of an immigration enforcement van.

London travel news LIVE: Delays on Elizabeth line following trespassers on track

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Elizabeth line service improves

There are now minor delays on the Elizabeth line.

Elizabeth line disruption

The Elizabeth line disruption is expected until 1.00pm. Trains may still be cancelled, delayed by up to 30 minutes or revised.

You can use your ticket on the following alternative routes:

c2c between London Fenchurch Street and Upminster

Great Western Railway between London Paddington and Reading

London Buses and local buses between Reading and Brentwood

London Overground between Romford and Upminster

Man stabbed on busy south London high street

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A man in his 20s was treated at the scene for a stab wound and the Met Police confirmed his injuries are not life-changing or life-threatening.

Footage from the incident appeared to show someone being treated by paramedics on the busy street.

One witness told the Standard they were left feeling “really uneasy and scared” following the attack.

Streatham resident Becky Hill described how she saw a young man bleeding.

She said: “There was blood on their neck and at the scene.

Fitness trainer discovers terminal brain cancer on medical trial despite ‘zero symptoms’

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His condition was discovered following an MRI scan in 2019, undertaken as part of a medical trial.

Despite having always been fit, healthy, and experiencing "zero symptoms," Mr Ward described the detection as "a freakish amount of luck," believing the tumour might have otherwise gone unnoticed.

Since his diagnosis, Mr Ward, an active runner, has completed 18 marathons. His ambitious goal is to surpass the existing Guinness World Record for individual marathon fundraising, which stands at £2,330,159.38 and was established in 2011.

Met’s ‘youngest detective inspector’ in court accused of destroying mobile phone evidence

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The device is linked to a separate criminal case being probed by the force’s Anti-Corruption Command under the direction of the Independent Office for Police Conduct, Scotland Yard said.

Flanagan-Clark, attached to the North West local investigations team, appeared upset and wiped his eyes in the dock at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Friday.

He appeared charged with a single count of perverting the course of justice.

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