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    London schoolgirls who they recruited three of her classmates to join IS in Syria was radicalised at an east London mosque who runing by Islamic Forum of Europe, it has been reported. Sharmeena Begum fled to Syria to join the terrorist group aged just 15 last December. Months later, three of her school friends at the Bethnal Green Academy in Tower Hamlets - Shamima Begum, Amira Abase and Kadiza Sultana - joined her after she allegedly groomed them. The Mail on Sunday reported today that Sharmeena was radicalised at the East London Mosque in Whitechapel by women from a group called Islamic Forum of Europe. The group has previously been mired in controversy after one of its founders was accused of murders and war crimes in Bangladesh. The newspaper reported that Sharme...

    Armed police have this afternoon (22nd July) raided premises in Whitechapel Road. The premises appeared to be in Court Street, a small cul de sac to the north of Whitechapel Road, near the Tube station. Passers by observed nine armed police officers. One also had a standard police battering ram and one had a crosbar. Three men were taken away by the police. Two were of Asian appearance and one of African appearance. The three were handcuffed.

    Seven people have been injured after a London double-decker bus crashed into a bridge. The roof was sliced off in the incident, which happened in Norwood, south London, at around 9.15pm on Saturday. A hazardous response team, two ambulances, two medical response cars and a duty manager were called out. The seven injured people are understood to have been sitting on the top deck of the 197 service heading to Peckham. Four of them were taken to Croydon University Hospital with minor injuries. A spokesman for London Ambulance Service said one woman with neck pain was given a collar and put on a board as a precaution. A black and yellow striped sign to the right of the bridge reads: "Warning low bridge. Not suitable for double deck vehicles." The A215 Portland Rd at Ma...