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Three charged after £4m drug bust Three people are charged after a £4.5m heroin seizure in Finsbury Park, north London.

Gang smuggled £62m of cannabis A gang of 12 men are found guilty of smuggling in £62m worth of skunk cannabis to the UK hidden in boxes of flowers from Holland.

Men jailed over £8m mortgage scam Three men are jailed at Southwark Crown Court for carrying out a "sophisticated" £8m mortgage scam.

Frauds website organiser jailed A man who created a website trading in stolen financial information linked to tens of millions of pounds in losses is jailed for nearly five years.

Met 'failed to act' over fatality An inquiry is launched after police apparently failed to smash open a bathroom door while a woman lay dying behind it.

Teenager bailed over boy stabbing A teenager arrested over the fatal stabbing of a 17-year-old boy near an east London cinema hall is bailed.

Gang link to boy stabbing probed Officers investigate if a teenage boy stabbed near an east London cinema hall was killed in a gang fight.

Corrupt former councillor jailed An ex-councillor from Redbridge in east London is jailed for 12 months after being found guilty of asking for a £10,000 bribe.

One third of A&E units in London 'could close' One in three accident and emergency (A&E) departments could close across London, BBC London learns.

Key points: MP expense repayments The key points of Sir Thomas Legg's audit of MPs expenses claims between 2004 and 2008.

A&E clinics 'face closure' claim BBC London learns that up to six accident and emergency centres could close in the next few years.

Fourth man held for kidnap murder A fourth person has been held in connection the murder of a man who was abducted in his own car.

Mother killed son out of 'love' Why did a mother inject her 22-year-old son with a fatal dose of heroin?

Men jailed over £33m heroin deal Three men are jailed for their involvement in a £33m drug deal, after the UK's largest ever heroin seizure.

The story behind biggest-ever heroin seizure In April last year the biggest consignment of heroin ever was seized at a motorway service station in Kent. Who were the gang behind it?

'Race' probe in hit-and-run crash A car involved in a fatal hit-and-run may have been in a race with another vehicle at the time of the crash, police inquire.

Five bailed in hit-and-run crash Five men arrested over the death of a woman who was hit by a car in north London in the early hours of New Year's Day are bailed.

Woman killed in hit-and-run crash Five men are arrested over the death of a woman who was hit by a car in north London in the early hours of New Year's Day.

Man guilty over £33m drugs deal A man is found guilty of being involved in a drug deal worth over £33m after police seized 13 boxes of heroin in Kent.

Man on trial over £33m drugs deal A man is on trial accused of being involved in a drug deal worth over £33m after police seized 13 boxes of heroin in Kent.

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