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Victim Eli Schlanger’s father-in-law tells funeral congregation it is ‘unthinkable we talk about you in the past tense’

SAFECALL APPEAL: Buried in debt, Dillon Duffy felt as if he had no other option but to disappear for good. A year on, he tells Harriette Boucher that those in similar situations must reach out for support instead

The evening will also feature a broadcast of London’s firework display

Figures from the ONS showed the unemployment rate rose to 5.1% in the three months to October, up from 5% in the three months to September.

March ICE NY cocoa (CCH26 ) today is up +128 (+2.18%), and March ICE London cocoa #7 (CAH26 ) is up +130 (+3.07%). Cocoa prices are sharply higher today on signs of a smaller global cocoa surplus. Short covering emerged in cocoa futures today to push prices higher after Citigroup...

Rudy Loewe’s arresting mural The Congregation sits above the entrance to Brixton Underground station in London. The large-scale painting highlights the people and places that have shaped the area’s history over the last 75 years. It serves as a gateway into Brixton’s past and present for locals and the estimated…

The Standard’s bar columnist Josh Barrie recalls fluffy Garibaldis and his first ‘austerity measure’

London council sends warning letter to e-bike rental companies after ‘persistent problems’ it says are blighting the borough

Peter Hujar captured a queer Manhattan demi-monde that is now lost to Aids. Whishaw reveals what he learned playing the photographer in a minimalist film being hailed by some as a masterpiece