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Charlotte Neal

Updated16:57, 7 AUG 2017

Westminster skyline (Image: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

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16:57

Big change at Tesco

Supermarket giant Tesco has announced it is scrapping its 5p single use carrier bag and replacing them with a new 10p Bag for Life.

From August 28, shoppers will see the changes in store, with the Bags for Life arriving in the aisles.

Sales of the new bag, which is made from 94% recycled plastic, will fund community projects across Britain.

The announcement on Monday (August 7) follows a 10-week trial in Aberdeen, Dundee and Norwich, where Tesco staff found that customers bought significantly fewer bags.

Tesco will stop selling single-use plastic bags in its stores (Image: PA)

15:24

Why we love Adele

Young survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire were treated to a private showing of Despicable Me 3 by Adele .

The Set Fire to the Rain singer invited a number of costumed Minions to the event, which she organised at Whiteley’s cinema in Queensway, London.

A number of children who survived the fire were taken to the showing on Thursday August 3.

Adele hosted a private screening for Grenfell tower fire survivors (Image: PA)

15:21

Jail for 17 years

The head of an enormous drug network responsible for importing £60million of cocaine into the UK has been jailed.

Klodjan Copja, 30, an Albanian national of no fixed address, set up a massive UK cocaine supply network from April 2013 to July 2015.

A total of 12 people have already been jailed for a combined total of 166 years for their part in the scheme in 2013.

Detective Constable Gavin Collins, of the Met’s Organised Crime Command, said:

Copja was the head of a large cocaine supply network responsible for importing £60 million worth of drugs into the UK.
The Met, in partnership with a number of police forces across the UK, carried out a detailed investigation into the drug supply network that has led to the convictions of 42 people and total jail sentences of more than 360 years.
The supply of illegal drugs brings nothing but crime and misery to the streets of London and we will investigate and prosecute anyone involved in organised crime groups such as this.

Klodjan Copja, 30, was the head of an enormous cocaine supply network and has been jailed for 17 years and four months (Image: Metropolitan Police)

13:41

Woman sexually assaulted in broad daylight

Police need helping tracking down the suspects, and have released this e-fit.

The victim was grabbed and carried to a secluded area of Ravenscourt Park in Hammersmith, before being sexually assaulted by two men.

Do you know who this is? Call police on 101 immediately

E-fit released after sexual assault in Hammersmith (Image: Metropolitan Police)

13:39

Moment flames tear through car near Westfield

Caught on camera: Footage shows the moment flames tear through a car next to Westfield shopping centre

13:01

Ever wondered what people think of where you live?

Some of these reviews on Urban Dictionary are HILARIOUS

12:12

Constitution Hill, Westminster, reopened

Constitution Hill has reopened in both directions following the Changing the Guard between A4 Hyde Park Corner and The Mall.

Also affecting The Mall in both directions between Marlborough Road and Constitution Hill and Birdcage Walk Eastbound between A3214 Buckingham Gate / B323 Buckingham Gate and A3214 Great George Street / Horse Guards Road.

12:09