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A bus stop in my dementia ward? It's just the ticket, says BONNIE ESTRIDGE

BONNIE ESTRIDGE: A few weeks ago, a bus stop appeared slap bang in the middle of the dementia ward at my local hospital, St George's in London. There it was, complete with the iconic red circle.




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Jeremy Corbyn says it's 'absolutely awful' for Trump to attack Sadiq Khan

Mr Corbyn (pictured) accused the President, who had called Mr Khan a 'national disgrace' over the latest wave of London violence, of 'trying to divide at a time we need to come together'.




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Sadiq Khan brands Donald Trump a 'poster boy for racists'

The Mayor said it was 'remarkable' the President was 'amplifying a racist tweet'. It comes after Trump said Khan was a 'national disgrace destroying London'.




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Sadiq Khan calls Donald Trump 'a six foot three child'

The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan branded Donald Trump a 'six-foot-three child in the White House' a Together For Education event in Westminster's Central Hall on Saturday.




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London Mayor Sadiq Khan takes apparent dig at predecessor Boris Johnson

Police were called to the London house where Mr Johnson is living with his girlfriend Carrie Symonds on Friday after neighbours heard a furious row in which plates were thrown.




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Sadiq Khan lays flowers at the 7/7 memorial in Hyde Park to mark the 14th anniversary

The service in Hyde Park comes as the worst-injured survivor of the atrocity claimed that the public had forgotten about the attack which struck Londoners on July 7 2005. (Sadiq Khan pictured laying flowers.)




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London Mayor Sadiq Khan and wife Saadiya enjoy British Summer Time in Hyde Park

The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan let loose with his wife Saadiya as they sang and danced along with thousands of others at the British Summer Time Hyde Park festival.




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Sadiq Kahn's Congestion Charge for minicabs does 'serious harm' to ethnic minority drivers

The Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) argues that removing minicabs' exemption from the £11.50 daily fee discriminates against a 94% black and minority ethnic workforce.




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Sadiq Khan is accused of using rising youth violence to 'bring out the begging bowl'

The London Mayor (pictured in Bermondsey today) claimed there was a direct link between poverty and violent crime as he published new City Hall data on crime rates in deprived areas.




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Sadiq Khan throws out plans for controversial 1,000ft Tulip tower skyscraper in City of London

The Mayor of London has rejected the application for the tower, that would have included a viewing platform with rotating pods, restaurant and a sky bar.




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Mayor Of London Sadiq Khan wins High Court fight

Court ruling means minicab drivers, which include Uber's 45,000-strong fleet, will have to continue paying the £11.50 daily fee which does not apply to black cab drivers.




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Donald Trump slams Sadiq Khan AGAIN as he retweets post attacking London mayor's height

Strain has been heaped on the relationship between Washington and City Hall in recent months as both men publicly criticise each other's administrations.




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New Ukip leader Richard Braine sparks a race row with tweet about Sadiq Khan and 7/7 terrorist

The right-wing politician, who took over as the Ukip leader at the weekend, referred to the mayor as 'Siddique Khan', before adding: 'Apologies, I often confuse him with the leader of the 7/7 bombers.'




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Sadiq Khan mocks Donald Trump for playing golf while Hurricane Dorian tears through the Caribbean

Sadiq Khan's comments come after Mr Trump pulled out of a trip to Poland for an event commemorating the 80th anniversary of the invasion of Poland.




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Trump slaps back at Sadiq Khan after London mayor mocked him for golfing during hurricane

'Many Pols exercise for hours, or travel for weeks. Me, I run through one of my courses (very inexpensive). President Obama would fly to Hawaii,' Trump jabbed on Twitter.




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Sadiq Khan's former policing adviser defects to Liberal Democrats over knife crime in London

In a shock switch, Leroy Logan, a former police superintendent, said that he was quitting the Labour Party over the London Mayor's record.




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Criminals recruit thousands of children for 'county lines gangs' to pump drugs into 41 regions

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has released data showing that most of the recruits are aged 15 to 19 and that the gangs are currently pumping drugs into 41 counties across the UK.




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London mayor Sadiq Khan is berated by Labour members over support for 'Israeli Zionists'

Mr Khan was berated in the street after addressing the Jewish Labour Movement event at the party conference in Brighton on Monday night.




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Sadiq Khan accused of hypocrisy for doubling tube ads for gambling companies 

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has been accused of hypocrisy after gambling ads on London Underground trains have doubled since a ban made on all junk food advertisements.




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Presenter Justin Webb says Rory Stewart should not stand for mayor because he is white old Etonian

BBC Today presenter Justin Webb (left) said that Rory Stewart (right) standing in the 2020 mayoral race was not 'really 2020' because he is a 'white guy and Old Etonian'.




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Sadiq Khan's £1.7million Twitter 'Hate Crime Hub' has prosecuted just six trolls in two years 

The London Mayor promised a zero-tolerance stance towards abuse on social media when the police unit was launched more than two years ago, which is staffed by five Scotland Yard officers.




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Sadiq Khan hits out at Jeremy Corbyn's 'fudge' Brexit strategy

The Mayor of London (pictured) said the Labour leader would be wrong to continue with his current Brexit strategy, branding it a 'fudge'.




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Grenfell fire chief Dany Cotton should QUIT, says former fire minister

Tory MP Sir Mike Penning, who was a firefighter before he entered politics, said Dany Cotton must carry the can for the fatal advice to residents to 'stay put' in their homes as the blaze took hold.




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RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Imagine if Boris Johnson had sacked 45,000 workers

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Just imagine if a Tory mayor had announced, in the middle of a General Election campaign, that he was sacking 45,000 low-paid, predominantly immigrant workers.




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Sadiq Khan says Donald Trump 'only cares about white America'

In the latest escalation of a war of words between the leaders, London Mayor Sadiq Khan condemned US President Donald Trump for 'calling people rapists because they happen to be Mexican'.




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Man who scrapped disastrous 'stay put' advice at Grenfell is appointed London's new fire chief

Andy Roe revoked the 'stay put' policy within minutes of becoming incident commander at the blaze in west London which killed 72 people after residents were told to remain in their homes.




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Boris Johnson and Sadiq Khan send support to injured and affected in Streatham terror attack

In a tweet Boris Johnson said his thoughts are with those who were injured in Streatham today. He is expected to return from Chequers to Downing Street this evening to respond to the attack.




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Laurence Fox slams Sadiq Khan over diversity Nubian Skin campaign for being 'non-diverse'

Sadiq Khan tweeted to congratulate the brand that specialises in nude underwear for people of colour on winning Transport for London's Diversity in Advertising competition.




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London Mayor Sadiq Khan demands Britons get the right to 'opt in' for EU citizenship despite Brexit

Sadiq Khan has begged the EU to grant pro-Remain Britons 'associate citizenship' of the bloc so they can continue to enjoy the benefits of free movement despite Brexit.




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London mayor Sadiq Khan says he wants to see Donald Trump lose election

London Mayor Sadiq Khan swiped that potential rival Mike Bloomberg 'gets under the skin' of Mr Trump because he was wealthier and more successful.




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Misogyny should be classed as a 'hate crime', says Sadiq Khan  

London Mayor Sadiq Khan underlined his credentials as a 'proud feminist' as he spoke at a Women of the World event yesterday.




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Sadiq Khan branded 'irresponsible' for hosting London Mayor's Question Time

Sadiq Khan last night hosted People's Question Time at the Battersea Arts Centre in Wandsworth, southwest London, which has a capacity for some 640 people.




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London Tubes and trains could start running 'scaled down' Saturday and Sunday services on weekdays

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan says that steps could be brought in within a matter of days as the capital is weeks ahead of the rest of the country in terms of the curve of the Covid-19 outbreak.




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Mayor of London Sadiq Khan warns he will ban people from pubs

The Mayor of London has hit out at people who continue to go to pubs and use public transport, warning he will 'infringe' their human rights if necessary.




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Mayor Sadiq Khan hits out at Londoners and tells them to stop socialising

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has slammed the government for 'not letting him attend Cobra meetings' as he tells Londoners to stay inside amid coronavirus crackdown.




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Coronavirus UK: Boris Johnson slams Sadiq Khan as trains packed

London's Tube network is packed again today as the Mayor of London was accused of 'risking lives' after slashing number of trains at a time of national emergency .




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Victims of Sadiq Khan's REFUSAL to run more Tubes

The mother of a premature baby visiting her son in hospital, a special needs teacher and restaurant staff are among the victims of Sadiq Khan's refusal to increase Tube services across London today.




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Coronavirus UK: Sadiq Khan says London tube could be cut again

City Hall and No10 have been at loggerheads after commuters complained of packed tubes in breach of social distancing measures to tackle the coronavirus.




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Sadiq Khan insists 'we're running maximum Tube service possible'

The Mayor of London claims 'too many people are not staying at home' and again insisted they could not run any more services as he admitted only around half of all trains are now running.




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Furious key workers rage at Sadiq Khan over busy Tubes

Angry London commuters today called the situation 'ridiculous' and a 'mess' as they shared pictures of crowded platforms and trains with travellers standing just inches away from each other.




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Sadiq Khan is blasted for 'wasting time' by not giving bus drivers PPE

The approach is meant to reduce contact between the driver and their passengers, but critics - including the families of Transport for London workers - insisted it did not go far enough.




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Sadiq Khan reavels 14 TfL staff have died from coronavirus, but say's they don't need PPE

The London Mayor has come under fire from transport workers who say they are working in dirty conditions while 90 per cent of the capital's buses and more than half of Tube services continue to run.




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18 Transport for London workers die from coronavirus as bus driver, 63, says she is 'frightened'

A south London bus driver is urging Transport for London and Sadiq Khan to put drivers' lives 'before profit' as the number of TfL workers dying with Covid-19 rise to 18 today. Lorraine, 63, said she is 'frightened'.




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'Construction workers outnumber NHS staff': Fury at Sadiq Kahn for 'doing nothing'

Photos this morning showed commuters at London stations such as Canning Town and Leytonstone boarding busy trains.




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Coronavirus: Sadiq Khan says UK MUST ask for Brexit extension

Sadiq Khan today accused the government of putting 'dogma ahead of the national interest' as he urged ministers to agree a Brexit transition period extension with the EU.




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Sadiq Khan uses Covid crisis to roll-out 'fast-track' transformation of city's roads

Boris Johnson today said the coronavirus pandemic could signal a 'golden age' for cycling, amid warnings passenger numbers on the Tube will have to be reduced to around 13 per cent of pre-crisis levels.




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MARTIN SAMUEL: Save exhausted stars by binning football’s most pointless game

MARTIN SAMUEL - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: At 2pm local time on Sunday in Guimaraes, Portugal, the most pointless match in the history of football will take place.




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The Johanna Konta reboot: How Brit bounce back to sensational form 

Back in October Jo Konta had no form, no coach, just one sponsor paying a paltry four-figure sum and a ranking that had sunk into the mid-forties. It was a very long way from the summer of 2017.




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MARTIN SAMUEL: Sport sucks... and that's why McDowell had to get into the Open on merit this summer

MARTIN SAMUEL - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: Sometimes sport sucks. No matter the outcome, it was a rotten shame that Jimmy Greaves did not feature in the 1966 World Cup final for England.




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Nick Kyrgios backs Ash Barty to win Wimbledon and says she's Australia's 'best chance' 

Nick Kyrgios has hailed French Open champion Ashleigh Barty and declared his fellow Australian is the woman to beat at Wimbledon.