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Emma Bartholomew

Senior Reporter

Emma Bartholomew covers all the news in Hackney and Islington, from crime and politics to education, town planning and health. 

Night Overground is returning next month connecting Hackney and Islington to the wider Night Tube network.

London Live News

Strike action will hit Central and Victoria line Night Tube services...

Emma Bartholomew

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Photos issued by Metropolitan Police of some of the 27 teenage homicides which have taken place in London so far in 2021

London Live News

Remembering London's teenage homicide victims in 2021

Emma Bartholomew

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Sharmake Mohamud, aged 22 from Newham, who was shot in Green Lanes,  close to the junction with West Green Road

London Live News

Sharmake Mohamud murder: Six arrested in raids over north London shooting

Emma Bartholomew

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Boxer Amir Khan and fan Alvee Pritom at the launch of Ottoman Doner in Ilford 

London Live News

'Electric atmosphere' captured on TikTok as Amir Khan opens kebab shop

Emma Bartholomew

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Justin Bieber performs at the V Festival at Hylands Park in Chelmsford, Essex in 2016

London Live News

Justin Bieber announces London dates in expanded Justice tour

Emma Bartholomew

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Boxer Amir Khan, who turned up at the launch of a kebab shop in Ilford

London Live News

Amir Khan turns up to help launch Ilford kebab shop

Emma Bartholomew

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The Natural History Museum ice rink in Kensington

Days Out Guide

Where to ice skate in London this winter

Emma Bartholomew

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Inner London Crown Court. Picture: Google

London Live News

Two former bank employees jailed for £900,000 scam

Emma Bartholomew

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Mayor of London Sadiq Khan 

Sadiq Khan urges women to report spiking by needle or drink in London

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Amhurst Park. Picture: Google maps

Teenage brothers convicted over racial attack on rabbi in Hackney

Emma Bartholomew

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