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Emma Bartholomew

Senior Reporter

Emma Bartholomew covers all the news in Hackney and Islington, from crime and politics to education, town planning and health. 

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London Live News

Patrick Anzy: Three men jailed following Gillett Square murder

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Westminster Magistrates' Court

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Hackney woman in court over 'chasing down' BBC journalist at lockdown rally

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A box of cash seized from the home of Ioan Gherghel in Stratford. In total £11,385 was seized from this address. 

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Police officer sacked for 'turning blind eye’ to criminal husband

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Stamford Hill, where the fire broke out in a flat above a shop

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Police launch probe into Stamford Hill flat blaze

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The cyclist was attacked in Approach Close, Stoke Newington

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Boy, 15, charged with attempted murder of woman out riding bike

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Criminal Barrister Alejandra Llorente Tascon speaks outside the Old Bailey, central London

London Live News

Old Bailey courts closed as barrister strike action gets under way

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The Victoria line was temporarily suspended earlier today (Thursday, June 2, File picture)

London Live News

Travel bulletin: Islington, Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Newham

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Stock image of police officer and police cordon. Picture: Yui Mok/PA Wire

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Police search for witness who helped rape victim

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Wheler Street in Shoreditch, where someone is thought to have thrown a metal pole onto the railway track

London Live News

Pole thrown on railway tracks 'caused over 11 hours of delays'

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A sample of the polio vaccine 

London Live News

Polio outbreak detected in north and east London sewage

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