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Mayor of London thinks "the next president hasn’t declared yet".
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has launched the latest component of his Breathe London project, a trial of air quality monitoring backpacks. On 19 March 2019 he met with pupils using the bags at Haimo Primary School in Eltham. For one week, 250 children will trial the backpacks around the capital.
A £10,000 reward for information has been put up by the charity Crimestoppers.
The capital’s homicide rate surged to the highest in a decade last year.
The latest stats show knife-related crimes are at their highest numbers for nine years – a 45.7% increase. While the government and police debate how best to tackle the crisis, some community figures are taking it upon themselves to stem the flow of murders. In 2014 Dwayne Simpson was murdered when he tried to intervene in a fight not far from his home in South London. In response Dwayne's mother Lorraine set up a boxing gym to honour his legacy of community outreach.
17-year-old was listening to music with friends.
Ofsted also found schools in London are not being supported in tackling the issue.
CCTV footage of a man narrowly avoiding being crushed by bricks falling from a collapsing building has emerged. The pedestrian had a lucky escape as he walked down Stoke Newington High Street, east London, just seconds before the rubble smashed to the pavement.
James was enjoying the freedom – until he wasn't. Where do people go who want out of the scene?