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  • Boots scraps plastic bags from 53 stores

    Retail giant Boots has vowed to ditch plastic bags in all its stores by next year, replacing them with paper ones. The company said 53 stores, including at Intu Watford and Brent Cross Shopping Centre, will lose plastic bags at checkouts from today

  • Police working to combat 'cup and ball' street scam

    Police are clamping down on an illegal street game that “tricks” people into parting with their cash. Officers in Harrow are working with Harrow Council to stop the ‘cup and ball’ game spreading in the borough. A ball is placed under a one of

  • London is a safe city, says mayor Sadiq Khan

    Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has defended his record on crime, denying claims that London is less safe now than when he took office. The Mayor was grilled by London Assembly Conservative leader Gareth Bacon at yesterday’s Mayor’s Question Time over