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Is this the woman who can finally topple Sadiq Khan? ANDREW PIERCE on why 'feisty' lawyer Laila Cunningham is London's best bet ⊕⊕
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a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail
I think there's a realistic prospect we can kick out of office the dreadful, appalling Sadiq Khan. Reform UK have picked a brilliant lawyer, she is clever, feisty and determined.
Homes for sale reach eight-year high at start of 2026 as buyer's market intensifies ○
London is driving the trend with 16% more homes for sale in the capital than at this time last year.
Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper shrugs off security fears over Chinese mega-embassy in London by saying 'all countries have embassies' ⊖
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The Foreign Secretaryhas indicated that she is not opposed to China's proposed 'mega-embassy' in Londondespite widespread fears it will be a base for espionage and repression.
JASON GROVES: Robert Jenrick was the bridge for a Tory-Reform pact - any hope of uniting the Right is harder now it has been kicked away. His defection leaves Labour with the most to celebrate... ⊕
Nigel Farage was all smiles as he welcomed his latest - and biggest - defector to Reform's HQ at London's Millbank Tower and declared the death of the Conservative Party.
Anthony Joshua trains again in 'mental strength therapy' just 19 DAYS after tragic car crash that killed two of his best friends ⊖
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The funerals of Joshua's strength coach Sina Ghami and his personal trainer Latif 'Latz' Ayodele took place on January 4 at a London mosque after the pair were killed.
Leon will focus on stations and airports to revive fortunes, boss says ⊕
The fast food chain is closing its stores outside London as part of a restructuring plan.
French double Olympic champion Agnel faces rape trial after appeal rejected ○
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Yannick Agnel won two Olympic golds in swimming for France at the 2012 Summer Games in London.
Tour de France reveals the six UK stage plans for historic 2027 Grands Départs ⊕
British roads will host the start of both races next year
First time both Grands Départs have been outside France
The men’s Tour de France will start in Scotland for the first time in 2027 and make its…
Robbie Williams: Britpop review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week ⊕
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Framed as the music Williams wanted to make post-Take That, Britpop surpasses pastiche and swerves unpredictably. Homoerotic paean to Morrissey, anyone?
The arrival of Robbie Williams’s 13th…