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Latest Articles

City News Radio - 1st March 2024

Exploring the rising rates of homelessness in the UK as well as discussing other major news stories and moments in pop culture, Mollie Hib and Aasif Rahman bring us the stories in this week's broadcast of City News Radio.

By Mollie Katharena Hib
11th November 2024 • City News

Putin visits China after Ukraine war intensifies

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By Oli Mansfield
16th May 2024 • City News

US Secretary of State visits Ukraine after latest Russian offensive

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By Oli Mansfield
14th May 2024 • City News

City News @ 2pm

Welcome to 'In Health' on City News, a show dedicated to health and wellbeing. We'll discuss findings from the Birth Trauma Inquiry, Mental Health Awareness Week and the benefits of doing the Duke of Edinburgh award We also have special City Investigations into mindfulness as a mental health tool and …

By Jasmine Lee-Zogbessou
13th May 2024 • City News

Casey review anniversary: culture 'regressed' black officers say

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By Oli Mansfield
7th March 2024 • City News

'Serious failings' in murder case not surprising, says union boss

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By Oli Mansfield
7th March 2024 • City News

Twickenham flooding is 'the worst in living memory'

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By Oli Mansfield
29th February 2024 • City News

Shamima Begum loses appeal on being stripped of UK citizenship - City University News

Shamima Begum has lost her appeal against the Home Office over being stripped of her UK citizenship. Shamima Begum, 24, had previously lost a challenge against being revoked of her UK citizenship at the Special Immigrations Appeals Commission (SIAC) last year. A bid to overturn this decision was dismissed by …

By Mollie Katharena Hib
23rd February 2024 • City News

MPs too scared to walk through London, says Tory MP Robert Jenrick

By Sophia Stanford
22nd February 2024 • City News

Four London hospitals need £55 million of repairs

By Sophia Stanford
22nd February 2024 • City News

New lesbian bar’s popularity shows need for more London queer spaces, attendees say

By Sophia Stanford
22nd February 2024 • City News

Barnet FC Plans Return to Home Borough

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By Oli Mansfield
22nd February 2024 • City News

Judge accused of bias after liking 'Free Palestine' post

A judge who “decided not to punish” three protesters at a pro-Palestinian protest has come under fire after appearing to support a social media post calling for a “free Palestine”. The three protesters, 29-year-old Heba Alhayek, 26-year-old Pauline Ankunda, and 27-year-old Noimutu Olayinka Taiwo, were found guilty of a terror …

By Oli Mansfield
15th February 2024 • City News

British Museum recovered gems to go on display for first time

Ten gems which went missing from the British Museum and recovered are being displayed for the first time in a new exhibition. In August, the museum announced that around 2,000 artefacts were missing, stolen or damaged, and a member of staff had been sacked. Since then, it has recovered 357 …

By Oli Mansfield
15th February 2024 • City News

Police warned new database could repeat 'racial harms'

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By Oli Mansfield
15th February 2024 • City News

Teenager charged with four terror offences

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By Oli Mansfield
15th February 2024 • City News

Colindale Tube station closing for upgrades

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By Martha Dean
8th February 2024 • City News

Hit-and-run offender jailed for 11 years

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By Martha Dean
8th February 2024 • City News

London pedicabs bill cleared by Lords

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By Martha Dean
8th February 2024 • City News

Spurs' Romero aims to pick up less cards

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By Martha Dean
8th February 2024 • City News

A fifth of UK homicides take place in London

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By Martha Dean
8th February 2024 • City News

First look at the Grant Museum of Zoology's £300k makeover

The Grant Museum of Zoology has reopened following a £300k renovation, partly sponsored by the government. With huge funding cuts to the arts & culture scene affecting organisations, the museum explains what the funding means for them.

By Jasmine Lee-Zogbessou
8th February 2024 • City News

What to do in case of an alkaline attack

By Mollie Katharena Hib
2nd February 2024 • City News

Taylor Swift to potentially make history at the 2024 Grammy Awards

By Mollie Katharena Hib
2nd February 2024 • City News

New UK study finds funerals decreasing in popularity

A new study has found that less than half of respondents in the UK said they want a funeral, with decreasing popularity of religion being one of the markers.

By Mollie Katharena Hib
2nd January 2024 • City News

Islington Hanukkah menorah vandalised - City News

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By Sophia Stanford
14th December 2023 • City News

Greenwich Council receives petition to stop renovation of historic pub - City News

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By Sophia Stanford
14th December 2023 • City News

Cost of going green 'too high' for Londoners

Climate campaigners and activists say that going “green” is currently a “luxury” for Londoners given financial pressures. Although nine in ten Londoners are motivated to tackle climate change, the cost of climate action is too great for most people in London. A new poll by London Councils found that for …

By Oli Mansfield
7th December 2023 • City News

Experts warn of potential opioid crisis

A looming gap in the opiate market is being filled by synthetic drugs such as nitazenes; a drug that experts and charities warn is causing unaccounted deaths in the capital. Almost non-existent post-mortem testing for these drugs, alongside severely backlogged coroner services means that the number of nitazene-related deaths could …

By Maisie Ringer
7th December 2023 • City News

TfL installs new traffic lights for disabled people

By Jasmine Lee-Zogbessou
6th December 2023 • City News