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Floral tributes laid outside The Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich. Picture: Max Nash/PA Wire

Woolwich attack: Boris Johnson appeals for calm

The Mayor of London has urged Londoners to go about their lives “in the normal way” following the brutal killing of a serving soldier yesterday.

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Police activity close to the scene where a man was attacked and killed in John Wilson Street, Woolwich. Picture: Nick Ansell/PA Wire

Woolwich attack: Government’s emergency committee meets

The Prime Minister has chaired a meeting of the government’s emergency response committee today after a man was killed in a suspected terrorist attack in Woolwich.

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Armed servicemen outside The Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich. Picture: Max Nash/PA Wire

Woolwich attack: Alleged killers most likely British citizens of Nigerian background

The men allegedly behind the brutal killing of a serving soldier in Woolwich yesterday are of Nigerian background, sources have confirmed.

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The scene in Woolwich where a man was killed. Picture: @Yusuf_Kayalar/PA Wire

Woolwich attack: One dead in suspected terrorist attack, suspects caught on camera

A man has died in a machete attack and two suspects are in hospital after being shot by police in Woolwich.

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Woolwich attack: Mother confronted suspect holding gun and ‘butcher’s tools’

A mother-of-two confronted one of the Woolwich attackers, warning: “It is only you versus many people, you are going to lose.”

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Bakerloo line platforms at Edgware Road to shut while lift work carried out

The Bakerloo line at Edgware Road Tube station will be shut from this weekend until the end of the year so new lifts can be installed.

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Government convenes crisis meeting over “truly shocking” Woolwich incident

The Prime Minister David Cameron has described an incident in Woolwich, in which an apparently serving soldier was killed, as “truly shocking”.

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Police activity close to the scene where a man was murdered in John Wilson Street, Woolwich. Picture: Nick Ansell/PA Wire

Woolwich attack: Two arrested in murder investigation after suspected terrorist attack

The Met Police have arrested two people in connection with the death of a man in a machete attack.

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Woolwich attack: Religious groups condemn attack

The death of a man in a machete attack in Woolwich today “feels like a strike at the heart of our community”.

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Two arrests after incident in hydrotherapy pool of Isle of Dogs school

Two men were arrested after chasing each other into the hydrotherapy pool at a school on the Isle of Dogs today.

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The scene of an incident in John Wilson Street, Woolwich. Picture: M_ATLEY/Twitter

One man dead, two injured, after suspected terrorist incident in John Wilson Street, Woolwich

One person is dead and two others injured after an attack in Woolwich which the Prime Minister has described as an “appalling and sickening murder”.

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Horses covered up and wrecked cars at the scene of carnage in Rotten Row, Hyde Park, after an IRA bomb exploded as the Household Cavalry was passing on July 20, 1982.  File picture: PA NEWS/PA Wire

Hyde Park bombing suspect appears in court

A 61-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the murder of four soldiers in a bomb blast in Hyde Park more than three decades ago.

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TfL pensions: 'Gold plated'. Picture: Joe Lord

Tube union threatens wave of industrial action as Tories call for pensions review

Tube union bosses have threatened “the biggest wave of industrial action in 30 years” if Tory politicians get their way and review pensions for London Underground workers.

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Daniel Omari Smith died of a single gunshot wound. Picture: Metropolitan Police

Daniel Omari Smith’s mum makes emotional video appeal three years after he was shot dead

The mum of an electrician shot dead three years ago today has made a YouTube video appealing for information about his killers.

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The Metropolitan Police have said water cannon could be 'valuable'. Picture: Isabel Infantes

Boris Johnson in U-turn over water cannon use

The Mayor of London has said he will not “rule out” the use of water cannons in the future because that is not what Londoners would want.

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The proposed new site for the soup kitchen, which critics say is dangerously close to a busy road. Picture: Irwin Mitchell

Soup kitchen users seek judicial review against eviction plans

Two users of a Walthamstow soup kitchen have begun legal proceedings to prevent its eviction by the council.

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Sweet! London skyline made out of sugar cubes

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