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Old Bailey courts closed as barrister strike action gets under way

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

London Live News

Emma Bartholomew

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Only three courtrooms at the Old Bailey were open for cases this morning as barristers begun the first day of strike action.

Ivy Street, Hoxton, south facing façade, designed by Sam Jacobs Studio

Opinion

Architecture review: 'Contemporary Hackney and revolutionary Russia?'

Gordon Shrigley

Fire fighters at the scene of a fire at Walthamstow Mall in 2019

London Fire Brigade

Have your say on the future of London Fire Brigade

Julius Lawless-Master

Day-Mer’s culture and arts festival returned

Hackney festival celebrating Turkish and Kurdish culture returns

Julius Lawless-Master

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

London Live News

Travel bulletin: Islington, Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Newham

Emma Bartholomew

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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'

Emma Bartholomew

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A sample of the polio vaccine

London Live News

Polio outbreak detected in north and east London sewage

Emma Bartholomew

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17 people were charged around the country. Picture: James Bass

Met defends Israeli police visit to Hackney

William Mata

An empty train on the Victoria Line platform at King's Cross station

London Live News

Tube strike: Which lines have services today?

Andrew Brookes

Passengers at Euston station in London, as members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union begin to strike

London Live News

Stations deserted as start of rail strike means no early-morning trains

Emma Bartholomew

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Evering Road, where a fire broke out in a third-floor flat

London Live News

Hackney Downs flat fire caused by 'paper igniting during cooking'

Emma Bartholomew

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Three specialist rape courts are to be set up in England

London Live News

Specialist rape court to be set up in London to handle high case numbers

Emma Bartholomew

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Woman with nose piercing and hijab taking a selfie

London Live News

Man accused of Yasmin Begum killing denies murder and burglary

Cash Boyle

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West Ham United's Michail Antonio in action during the UEFA Europa League round of sixteen second le

Full Premier League 2022/23 fixture list: Arsenal, Spurs and West Ham

André Langlois

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RMT union members at network rail striking alongside 13 train companies

London Live News

Biggest rail strike in 30 years expected to go ahead next week

Emma Bartholomew

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A freeform week for news

Opinion

'Robots, frogs, Quorn beer and the UK trading in human lives'

André Langlois

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People enjoy the sun in St James's Park, London

London Live News

Is a heatwave on its way? Temperatures could reach mid-30s this week

Emma Bartholomew

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A student project from the London School of Architecture

Education News

London School of Architecture to host student showcase

Melissa Fishman

The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

London 2012 anniversary: The free events taking place in the Olympic Park

Michael Cox

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A nurse puts on PPE in a Covid ward

Coronavirus

'Shameful': Government plans to burn £4bn of PPE

André Langlois

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Seven streets won the People’s Postcode Lottery across Cambridgeshire in March 2022.

London Live News

Which streets won £1,000 on the People’s Postcode Lottery?

Cash Boyle

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Theo Archibald celebrates scoring for Leyton Orient against Scunthorpe United in April

Archibald: I feel good connection with Leyton Orient fans

Lee Power

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Adam Thompson in action for Leyton Orient against Scunthorpe United last season

Thompson 'most proud' of new Leyton Orient contract

Lee Power

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Comedian Richard Blackwood

Hackney Empire to host Stand Up For Windrush 2022

André Langlois

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Piccadilly Line tube trains parked up at a depot near Boston Manor tube station in London, as Member

London Live News

Tube strike: Which lines have service and which stations are closed?

Andrew Brookes

The Queen visits New Kingshold in Hackney in 1990

The Queen

The Queen's Hackney and Tower Hamlets visits

William Mata

A woman died in a house fire in Myrtle Road, Harold Hill this morning

Metropolitan Police

Dalston house fire being investigated by LFB and Met Police

Holly Chant

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Paul Summerson, 43, appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court. Picture: Met Police

Metropolitan Police

Child Q: Third child strip-search case under scrutiny

Holly Chant

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Witness appeal to January 1 traffic accident in Mile End Road. Picture: Met Police

London Live News

Revealed: The top serious road crash hotspots in east London

Andrew Brookes

Prince Rodriguez, 23, of Hackney, was sentenced to four years in jail at the Old Bailey

Old Bailey - Central Criminal Court

Man pleads guilty to 'unprovoked' and 'savage' killing at Hackney hostel

Holly Chant

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