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Check your meters this week - and beat the April bills increases
With April bill increases looming for water, gas, electricity - alongside everything else - it's time to check your meter this week
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Manhunt after 'racist attacker punches mum and son' at West London Tube station barriers
The boy's mouth was left with a bleeding nose and mouth

Co-op slashes milk, bread and egg prices at all shops for Aldi price match scheme
Co-op cuts the price of 100 products including milk, eggs and bread for its member customers as it introduces Aldi price match scheme at all UK stores
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Martin Lewis gives dire warning as phone thefts surge across the country
Martin Lewis has shared a warning as mobile phone thefts increase across the country
Man admits stabbing former colleagues at Argos warehouse in Croydon
A man has amitted to stabbing five people at an Argos warehouse in Croydon where he used to work.
Met Police officer banned for ‘repugnant’ grooming of 11-year-old girl
A Met Police officer who had “repugnant” sexual communications with an 11-year-old has been banned from policing.

The moment police swooped on man loitering at Leicester Square and caught him with a knife
Police released a video of when officers pounced on Ali Al-Hindawi for a stop and search


'ULEZ isn't anti-motorist and I love driving - it's about London's air pollution' says Sadiq Khan
Sadiq Khan was speaking on Dr Hilary's podcast about why he expanded the Ultra Low Emission Zone


Heathrow threatened with legal action by airlines following airport fire closure
1,300 flights and around 200,000 passengers were disrupted by the closure caused by a fire at a nearby electrical substation


'It's everywhere': West London town plagued by fly-tipping with piles of rubble dumped on streets
Southall residents are seeing huge piles of waste and mattresses thrown along the streets


Two West London schools set to merge - parents fear it's a 'cost cutting exercise'
Hillingdon Council says pupils' education will not be impacted, despite concern from parents


'My West London sister was killed in her sleep - domestic violence victims now cry on my doorstep’
Lucy Ayris was murdered by her partner Billy White, who's serving a whole life order after killing a second person in prison

Deaf Twickenham stuntwoman set to run London Marathon
Twickenham resident and former dancer Rachael Brown, who became profoundly deaf in 2023, is running the London Marathon to support Hearing Dogs for Deaf People and raise awareness of hearing loss.
Where and when to see meteor showers according to Greenwich astronomer
There’s a bunch of meteor showers coming up this spring and an astronomer from Greenwich has the low down on how you can see them.
New night-time waste collection service to begin in Croydon
Croydon’s upgraded waste contract starts April 1, bringing night-time waste collection, better street cleaning, and improved bin services for flats above shops, as part of efforts to tidy streets and support local jobs.
Sutton ice cream shop and chicken takeaway named for having illegal workers
Two businesses in Sutton have been named and shamed for employing illegal workers.
'Abusive and controlling' Croydon stalker also convicted of revenge porn
A stalker from Croydon has been convicted of a revenge porn offence.
One in hospital after St Paul's bus crash shuts busy road
One person is in hospital following a bus crash outside St Paul’s Underground station in central London
South Western services between Staines and Windsor cancelled this week
South Western trains from Staines to Windsor will be cancelled all week due to maintenance work.
Full list of Morrisons cafés and convenience stores set to close in the UK
See all the Morrisons cafés and convenience stores set to close as part of Monday's (March 24) announcement.