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New report shows Mayor’s action on air quality will benefit poorest Londoners the most

16th January 201914th January 2019 Josie McFarlane 564 Views 0 Comments Action, Climate Change, community, Congestion Zone, Environment, Factories, fossil fuel, global warming, London, Mayor, Pollution, poor, Sadiq Khan

New research published today shows how the Mayor’s bold measures to tackle London’s filthy air, including launching the world’s first

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Lifestyle 

J Hus: Why he felt he had to take a knife to Westfield

16th December 201815th December 2018 Josie McFarlane 711 Views 0 Comments black, community, deaths, Entertainment, gangs, J Hus, Killings, knife crime, London, Manchester, music, Rapper, Sadiq Khan, Shopping centre, Stratford, Street crime, Westfield

For many people living in east London, the Westfield that opened in Stratford in 2011 was a blessing. J Hus

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Westminster Abbey celebrates the Spirit of Windrush

29th August 201829th August 2018 Becky Wybrow 1484 Views 0 Comments #Windrush, 70th anniversary, Bishop Blake, black, Caribbean people, christian, Church of England National Committee, Church of God in Christ UK, community, Empire Windrush, Evangelical Alliance, Faith, Minority Ethnic Anglican Concerns, Pastor Agu Irukwu, Redeemed Christian Church of God, Reverend Canon Joel Edwards, Reverend Prebendary Rose Hudson-Wilkin, Right Honourable Justin Welby, Sadiq Khan, Sir Kenneth Olisa OBE, Thanksgiving, Theresa May MP, Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Westminster Abbey, windrush scandal

Over 2000 people, some representing three generations of Caribbean people in the UK, were present at a special Service of

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Mayor demands tougher stance from internet giants on videos encouraging knife crime

7th August 2017 Mariah 1410 Views 0 Comments crime, December, giants, google, internet, knife, Mayor, metropolitan, online, police, prevent, refused, Sadiq Khan, videos, violent, youtube

Four violent videos reported by Met but not removed from YouTube The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has called on

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Mayor launches search for first ever London Borough of Culture

30th June 201723rd September 2017 Mariah 1474 Views 0 Comments activities, aim, art, award, Borough, capital. Visitors, charitable, culture, events, festivals. Exhibitions, funder, London, National Trust, project, reputation, Sadiq Khan, strengthen, trust

32 boroughs will bid to be crowned cultural champions 2019 and 2020  A huge celebration of culture across the capital

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Mayor calls on Government to reverse youth service cuts to help tackle the scourge of knife crime

27th June 201723rd September 2017 Mariah 1390 Views 0 Comments Capital, communities, dangerous, educating, empowering, funds, gang crime, government, knife crime, London, Mayor, organisations, police, prevention, projects, protecting, Sadiq Khan, scourge, service, strategy, streets, tackle, vulnerable, weapons, Youth

Mayor launches new, tough and comprehensive Knife Crime Strategy, with an additional £625,000 for knife and gang crime projects, taking

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Fatalities confirmed as fire destroys Grenfell Tower

14th June 2017 Mariah 1393 Views 0 Comments alarms, appeal, Blaze, Block, Breaking news, Capital, Death, destroyed, emergency, engines, fatalities, Fire, firefighters, Grenfell Tower, Hospital, Investigation, London, Mayor, Missing, Notting hill, Sadiq Khan, Tower, Trapped, vehicles, West London

A fire broke out in the early hours of Wednesday morning at a 24 storey Tower block in West London.

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Mayor: Police will have zero tolerance of hate crimes as incidents rise in aftermath of London Bridge attack

7th June 2017 Mariah 1296 Views 0 Comments aftermath, arrest, Attack, hate crimes, incidents, islamaphobic, London, London bridge, Mayor, police, racist, Sadiq Khan, Tolerance, unity, zero

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has today warned that the police will take a ‘zero-tolerance approach to hate crime’

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African and Caribbean War Memorial

18th May 2017 Mariah 2551 Views 0 Comments Africa, African and Caribbean war memorial, Book launch, Brixton, Caribbean, Celebratory, Council, Empire, Event, Freedom, Her Majesty, History, Honour, Iconic, June, Local Government, London, Mayor, memorial, Military, project, Proud, Queen Elizabeth II, Sadiq Khan, Servicemen, Servicewomen, Soldiers, Theatre, United Kingdom, war, World War I, World War II

The African and Caribbean War Memorial is the first of its kind in the United Kingdom, to specifically honour Commonwealth

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Mayor launches new unit to tackle online hate crime

24th April 201724th April 2017 Mariah 1847 Views 0 Comments Community Groups, Mayor of London, Met police officers, Online Hate crime, Police Unit, Sadiq Khan, Social Media, UK, West London

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, today launched a new police unit – the first of its kind in the

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