Mayor of London Sadiq Khan walks to a television interview in New York City on the first day of a 5 day visit to the US in a bid to boost London's tourism industry. Picture date: Sunday May 8, 2022.

The mayor kicked-off a five-day trip to the US with an eye-catching event in Times Square featuring West End musical stars and British soldiers.

Sadiq Khan in New York to boost post-pandemic tourism at start of five-day trip

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan practices his pitching in Central Park in New York ahead of pitching the first ball at San Francisco Giants v Colorado Rockies baseball game on Tuesday, during a 5 day visit to the US in a bid to boost London's tourism industry. Picture date: Monday May 9, 2022.


Sadiq Khan on a five-day visit to the US revealed City Hall officials were looking at the viability of bidding for another Olympics.

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Figures show Khan has been racially abused by trolls almost a quarter of a million times since becoming mayor.

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Mayor of London Sadiq Khan walks through cannabis plants which are being legally cultivated at 'Traditional' a licensed factory in Los Angeles where the mayor was seeing for himself how legalised cannabis production operates in California on day 3 of a planned 5 day visit to the US. Picture date: Wednesday May 11, 2022.


The mayor said he had an ‘open mind’ about the merits of legalising the Class B drugs but it would be foolish to dismiss the idea.

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Also this month, Labour triumphs in local elections in London, but it's not a clean sweep as the Tories fight back.

Late Debate: Jeremy Hunt on 'rogue system' NHS and Crossrail winners and losers

The monarch was given an Oyster card and shown how to use it on a ticket machine.

Queen stuns onlookers with surprise appearance to formally open Elizabeth Line

King said he became “obsessed” with his nose during lockdown.

Towie star Charlie King's career 'floored' after cosmetic surgery 'went wrong'

Wicks’s mother suffered from obsessive compulsive disorder and an eating disorder, while his father was a heroin addict and struggled with depression.

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Handout photo dated 24/05/22 issued by Dawbell of singer Harry Styles performing at the Brixton Academy, south London, with a "One Night Only" gig to showcase his new album Harry's House. Issue date: Wednesday May 25, 2022.


The Grammy-award winning singer, 28, performed all 13 tracks from his third studio album at the O2 Academy Brixton in London on Tuesday night.

Harry Styles lights up London stage with one-off show to celebrate new album

Photos show a large presence at the boat club with a lighting rig and actors dressed in 1930s-style clothes. 

George Clooney spotted in Surrey directing new Hollywood film'

Roman Abramovich announced he would sell the club back in March before he was sanctioned over links to Vladimir Putin.

Sale of Chelsea Football Club given green light by government

Security outside of Stamford Bridge, home of Chelsea FC, London. Roman Abramovich has been…

The Roman Abramovich era is officially at an end with US magnate Todd Boehly paying a sports franchise record £4.25billion to buy Chelsea.

What next for Chelsea as record-breaking Blues sale is ratified?

A crowd of around 300 people stood and queued ahead of the line’s opening at 6.30am.

Elizabeth Line finally opens as hundreds queue to get on first train 

Watch giant hailstones that landed in Hertfordshire as the region prepares for more May showers.

Hail ‘the size of chickpeas’ hits London and the South East amid thunderstorms

The long-awaited report into the breaking of coronavirus rules in Downing Street has finally been published.

Sue Gray report: 'Johnson responsible for party culture in Number 10'

Some of the Buffalo victims haven't even been buried yet, and now another mass shooting at a Texas school has claimed the lives of 19 children and two adults. 

﻿The American tragedy: Horror again inside a primary school

Katie Price appeared at Lewes Crown Court today.

Katie Price admits breaching restraining order against ex-husband's fiancee

The school teaches grades two, three and four, meaning the children killed are aged from seven to 10-years-old.

Texas: Two adults and 19 children dead in school shooting

Humberside Police are investigating after the incident in East Yorkshire.

Arrest after 13-year-old girl repeatedly asked to get into van

Raman was refused travel from Swansea to Barry and told the scheme is "only for Ukrainian refugees"

Refugee humiliated after being refused free travel on train

Police say they will be carrying out more patrols in the Prestwich area.

Masked man caught on camera carrying huge 'machete' 

The expected acceleration of new Treasury support for the poorest follows today’s announcement by Ofgem on a likely increase in the energy price cap.

Treasury considers £10 billion cost-of-living package for later this week

Phillip Weaver is back behind bars after attacking a woman with a metal bar in Hull.

Man who raped woman as she cycled to work attacks again

SDLP leader Colm Eastwood has expressed his outrage after easyJet cancelled his flight from London Gatwick to Belfast.

Get your act together: Eastwood blasts EasyJet after getting 'stuck at airport'

Kemarni Watson-Darby visited a McDonald's restaurant in West Bromwich, West Midlands, less than four hours before he was killed.

Three-year-old Kemarni’s final moments at McDonald’s before he was murdered 

The shocking moment the child fell down the drain was captured on CCTV camera

Kent mum describes horror as toddler disappears down drain 

Two women reportedly left the Bournemouth with a large bag also thought to contain 21 items of clothing

CCTV of suspects released after 61 handbags stolen from River Island

Road closed after 'serious' crash

Becky's son Oliver was killed alongside his passenger when he drove his car into a tree.

Mum's stark warning to young drivers after teenage son's death

Drivers have been warned of more disruption after problems were discovered with a second joint on the M62 Ouse Bridge.

Carriageway closed after further deterioration found on major M62 bridge

Kemarni Watson Darby’s ribcage was 'crushed' at the couple's two-bedroom flat.

Inside the West Bromwich flat where three-year-old Kemarni was beaten to death 

The police are asking for help with the investigation but believe it to be an isolated incident.

Group of boys try to rob 18-year-old at knifepoint

A murder investigation is underway after the "shocking and violent" disorder in Brislington 

Murder probe launched after man dies and five injured in Bristol

The boy who stabbed 12-year-old Ava White following a row over a Snapchat video has been found guilty of her murder.

Teenage boy found guilty of murdering 12-year-old Ava White

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Experts are turning to science and technology to make the posters more memorable.

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