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A scorching summer: The Heatwave of 1976 in 25 photos

The early morning sun shines down on these tennis fans at Wimbledon on July 3, 1976

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Ben Craske

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With UK temperatures soaring and today set to be the hottest day of the year so far, today we are stepping back in time to another sweltering summer - the heatwave of 1976.

Princess Elizabeth daughter of the Duke and Duchess of York (later King and Queen of England) waves from a carriage in 1928

The Queen

17 adorable photos of Queen Elizabeth II before she acceded to the throne

Ben Craske

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Terry Morris and his wife, Maureen, with memorabilia from the Queen's 1953 coronation

The Queen's Platinum Jubilee

'What a day': Upminster great-grandfather recalls 1953 coronation

Ben Lynch

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Queen Elizabeth II talks to gardening enthusiasts Donald Doody (left) and John Harrison on their all

The Queen's Platinum Jubilee | Gallery

Picture tour of the Queen's visits to London over 70 years

Franki Berry

The Queen and Prince Philip on their tour of Mayflower School

The Queen's Platinum Jubilee

Celebrate Queen's Platinum Jubilee with souvenir magazine

Michael Adkins

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The reimagined Tube map for International Women's Day

International Women's Day

Reimagined tube map showcases inspirational east London women

Joe Talora and Holly Chant

London's East End in the 60's

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Gallery: Hidden photos reveal London's East End in the 1960s

Sally Patterson

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A meteor during the Perseid meteor shower seen over Happisburgh lighthouse, Norfolk.

First meteor shower of 2022 to light up the night sky in early January

Casey Cooper-Fiske

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Remembrance Sunday events north London

London Live News

Remembrance Day 2021: East London parades and services near you

Andrew Brookes

All electric... last time Fenchurch Street had stream trains was 1961

Environment News

60 years since British Railways ran out of steam on Fenchurch Street line

Mike Brooke

skiers on Beckton Alps

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WATCH: Footage emerges of Beckton Alps ski slope

Jon King

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File photo 22/06/1948 of Jamaican immigrants being welcomed by RAF officials from the Colonial Offic

How to celebrate Black History Month 2021 in Newham

Jon King

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London, UK.26th May 2021.Blue Plaque marking the site where Jimi Hendrix wrote His hit song, Purpl

Heritage

Plaques celebrate Forest Gate's links to Hendrix and De Underground Records

Jon King

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The Royal Primrose Soap Works in Silvertown. Picture: Newham Archives and Local Studies Library

Heritage

Volunteers sought to help preserve history of Silvertown and North Woolwich

Jon King

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Two British sailors and their girlfriends wading in the fountains in Trafalgar Square on VE Day, 8 M

VE Day 75: Call to toast the nation’s heroes 75 years after Victory in...

Jon King

Scenes along one of the walks for visitors to Epping Forest

The true story of the fight to preserve Epping Forest

Matthew Clemenson

Women and children celebrating the end of the First World War at the Heath Street Peace Tea Party, c

Armistice 100: How the day so many had been longing for was reported on...

Jon King

Hannah Mawdsley. Pic: Tim Stubbings/AHRC

Armistice 100: ‘Death and misery’ at home as the war guns fall silent

Jon King

Tyne Cot Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery, Zonnebeke, Belgium.
When: 24 Sep 2013

Armistice 100: Grave hunters search for the thousands of First World War...

Jon King

Making banners for a women's Social and Political (WSPU) rally in 1910. Picture: LSE Library

Suffragette 100: Join thousands of ladies in a celebratory procession...

Ellena Cruse

Dora Challingsworth, 79, was a shop steward during the 1984 Ford workers strike. Picture: Ken Mears

‘I’m glad I did it’: Ford Dagenham workers recall strikes

Alex Shaw

Female sewing machinists at the Ford plant in Dagenham vote to return to work, ending their dispute.

Suffragettes 100: Dagenham sewing machinists strike 50 years ago wasn’t...

Mike Brooke

Prominent Suffragette Sylvia Pankhurst lived in Woodford Green for 30 years. Picture: Eastside Commu

Suffragettes100: Sylvia Pankhurst scandalised the neighbours

Lindsay Jones

Teacher Joshua Alford and pupils Raul Simmons-Perez, 16, and Nico Zavrou Blackstock, 16, from East B

First World War centenary: Battlefields trip day three

Beth Wyatt

Police officers at the Barking Abbey service (pictures: Steve Poston)

First World War: Police rally to remember officers from across east...

Sophie Morton