London Ambulance Service worker Paige Wilkins, 29, and Metropolitan Police copper Rob Wilkins, 30, met during a callout to a fight in a fried chicken shop

Love blossomed when paramedic met police officer on 999 call to chicken shop fight

Around 200 people were evacuated after a fire in Dalston Square

200 people evacuate block as fire breaks out in flat

Pines and Needles have opened 30 outdoor pop up cabins across London.

All the places in North London to buy your Christmas tree

Sergeant Elliot Butler will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Monday (November 27)

Serving Met officer charged with attempted rape 'from ten years ago'

Police are searching for Gerald Cotter

'Wanted man' - Police hunt convict who killed motorcyclist while driving

Louie Turnbull's two dogs were shot dead by police

Man whose dogs were shot dead by police given suspended jail term

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The officer was convicted at Stratford Magistrates' Court earlier this year

Met officer sacked after dragging man to the ground outside nightclub

A man has been arrested in north London after an investigation into online Islamist terrorism and antisemitic material. Police first arrested the man at Heathrow Airport in the summer

Man arrested over online Islamist terrorism and antisemitism

One boy was approached in Mintern Street

Schoolboys threatened 'with knife' in attempted phone robberies

Mizzy, whose real name is Bacari-Bronze O’Garro, pictured in a Met Police mugshot

TikTok prankster Mizzy pictured in police mugshot after being locked up

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Grand Designs returns on Channel 4.

Couple build ambitious red home on tiny garage plot in new Grand Designs

Residents in the Stoke Newington area of Hackney have won on the People's Postcode Lottery

Residents win prize on People's Postcode Lottery

Claridge's Restaurant has opened in Mayfair

'Dinner at Claridge's Restaurant was totally and utterly sublime'

Hackney Council's events team applied for a licence to serve drinks at the newly restored Abney Park cemetery chapel in Stoke Newington. Photos: LDRS/Pixabay

Drinks could be served at cemetery - but not every night

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The Rolling Stones teased a new album with an advert in Hackney Gazette last week

Limited copies of Hackney Gazette Rolling Stones edition released after sell-out

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Sport

Martin Odegaard celebrates Arsenal's fifth goal against Lens

Arteta: It's great to win in this way

Arsenal's Kai Havertz celebrates his late winner at Brentford

Fan View: Havertz heads Gunners to the top

Jordan Brown's late header led to an equaliser for Leyton Orient at Bristol Rovers

Injury-time own goal helps O's bag point in Bristol

Mikel Arteta looks on during an Arsenal training session

Arteta: Gunners need to have presence and results

Lee Valley Ice Centre is offering free skating sessions Picture: GLL

Free skating for young Londoners at Lee Valley

Tottenham's Son Heung-min acknowledges supporters after defeat

Son: Another loss is tough to take

Beth Mead celebrates. Image: PA

Eidevall delighted to see Mead back among goals for Gunners

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Lifestyle

The lift broke at John Crewdson Court more than a week ago

'Disgusting' - Man hits out at slow repairs to fix lift at elderly housing block

Adam Forman of Morning Lane People's Space. Photo: Morning Lane People's Space

Protest meeting calls for more council homes and bigger supermarket

The CQC inspected maternity services at Homerton Hospital

Maternity services at hospital rated 'good' despite staffing problems

Cristiana is now able to walk thanks to a prosthetic leg

'One minute I was on my way to work, the next I was crushed under a truck'

Mums for Lungs campaigns on air pollution issues

Clean air campaigner praises £1.2K a year parking charge for some diesel cars

Hackney artist Sophie O'Neill, who died in December 2019. Photo: O'Neill family, provided by Leigh Day solicitors

'Opportunities missed' that might have saved life of young artist

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National News

Rescuers work at the scene of a building damaged by shelling in Pokrovsk, Ukraine, on Thursday (National Police of Ukraine via AP)

Russian missile strikes in Ukraine bury families in rubble

Rail passengers were hit by disruption on Thursday as several major routes were affected by infrastructure faults and low temperatures (Alamy/PA)

Cold snap and track faults lead to rail chaos

Metro Bank is cutting a fifth of its workforce and reviewing whether to stay open seven days a week under plans to slash costs (Mike Egerton/PA)

Metro Bank axing fifth of workers and reviewing seven-day opening

Europeans again saw some relief as inflation dropped to 2.4% in November – the lowest in more than two years – as plummeting energy costs have eased a cost-of-living crisis but higher interest rates squeeze the economy’s ability to grow (Michael

Inflation in Europe falls to 2.4%

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The Alba Party plans to bring forward legislation at Holyrood for a referendum on extending Holyrood’s powers (PA)

Salmond unveils Alba Party’s plans for referendum Bill at Holyrood

Drivers need to be extra careful in icy conditions (Alamy/PA)

How to stay safe on the road this winter as drivers warned of icy conditions

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Henry Kissinger arrives for a service of thanksgiving for the life of Lord Carrington in 2019 (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Henry Kissinger hailed as an ‘artist among diplomats’ following death at 100

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