London mayoral election 2021: who are the candidates in the race to become London mayor? Katie Strick and Sophia Sleigh
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The list reads like it could be the line-up from Strictly Come Dancing: an interplanetary space warrior, a YouTuber prankster and a former crime drama star forging a new political career path. But in fact, these are the candidates taking on Sadiq Khan in next month’s London mayoral election.
They are a varied lot - and there is a record-breaking number of them. While 12 nominees ran in 2016, a total of 20 have put their names in the hat for this year’s City Hall contest, which currently sees Khan in the lead, followed by Tory hopeful Shaun Bailey, a former youth worker who has has served in the London Assembly since 2016. Other candidates include UKIP’s Peter Gammons, Mandu Reid for the Women’s Equality Party and the Greens’ Sian Berry.
The Duke of Sussex received a standing ovation after he praised the world’s frontline medical workers at a star-studded concert in Los Angeles. Prince Harry appeared along with a host of famous names - including Jennifer Lopez, Selena Gomez and Ben Affleck - at the Global Citizen’s Vax Live: The Concert to Reunite the World, a charity event promoting equitable distribution of coronavirus vaccines worldwide. It marked Harry’s first public.
Stop flirting now William and Kate s best jokes and funniest moments Edwina Langley
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have come a long way since meeting in 2003 at the University of St. Andrews. There s been an engagement, a wedding, three children. and, for Kate, the minor life adjustments that come with marrying into one of the world s most famous families.
They say a shared sense of humour is the key to a successful relationship - and in Kate and Will s case, their 10-year marriage has involved plenty of inter-couple bantz about, among other things, Kate s bad cooking and Will s hair loss.
London’s leafiest boroughs revealed as Earth Day study shows how much of the capital is covered in trees Rachael Burford
London s leafiest boroughs have been revealed in a new study, which shows how much of the capital is covered in trees.
Five boroughs have more than 25 per cent tree coverage, with Barnet, Richmond and Camden being the greenest.
However, the east London boroughs of Tower Hamlets, Newham and Barking and Dagenham came bottom with less than 13 per cent tree coverage.
On average around 20 per cent of the capital is made up of urban forest, according to City Hall data.
Nigel Farage backs Laurence Fox in London mayoral race Joe Murphy
Nigel Farage and the Reform party today threw their support behind actor and activist Laurence Fox to become the next Mayor of London.
The former Brexit Party leader hailed “a new patriotic alliance” between supporters of “a free nation” who were opposed to continuing lockdown and policies such as low-traffic neighbourhoods.
Mr Fox, who is running under his own Reclaim Party banner, and Reform UK Leader Richard Tice shook hands on the mutual support deal in Hyde Park this morning, sealing it with a handshake by the statue of St George.