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Cocoa Prices Retreat on Expectations of US Tariff Cuts

December ICE NY cocoa (CCZ25 ) today is down -110 (-1.96%), and December ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ25 ) is down -41 (-0.98%). Cocoa prices extended their week-long slide today, with NY cocoa falling to a 1.75-year nearest-futures low and London cocoa posting a 3-week low. Signs of possible tariff...

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Yours for £1m! David Shrigley puts 10 tons of old rope on display in a gallery

Stephen Friedman Gallery, LondonIs the pranksy artist’s latest show a worrying comment about Britain’s discarded rope problem – or a joke at the expense of the buy-anything art world?

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London secondary schools numbers set to decline in similar scale to primary school crisis

Experts have warned that schools are having to merge classes and even year groups due to a sharp drop in the capital’s birth rate

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‘We had to dumb ourselves down to fit in’: Squeeze’s Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford on finally making the first album they wrote as teens

Written in 1974, the Bowie-influenced songs on Trixies are set in a fictional south London nightclub, but were shelved when punk took the band in a new direction. Now, after Squeeze’s 50th anniversary, they’re seeing the light of day

The Guardian - UK

"Rockstar want us to feel scared": GTA 6 studio staff plan international protests demanding Rockstar reinstate 31 employees it claims were leaking information

Protests will take place in Paris, London, and Edinburgh

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Royal escort motorcyclist found not guilty of killing pensioner by careless driving in London crash

Helen Holland, 81, died two weeks after she was hit and sent flying in the incident on West Cromwell Road

Evening Standard

London congestion charge to rise to £18 – and electric vehicles will have to pay

Motoring groups criticise changes for making it ‘harder to go green’ though discounts of up to 50% will apply

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Half of Londoners would swap cars for the Tube if fares were slashed, poll finds

Data also indicates that more than a third of Londoners would choose public transport if it was less crowded, safer and more reliable

Evening Standard

Peabody pulls out of 564-home housing plan for west London

Peabody has pulled out of plans to construct 564 new homes on The Green in Southall citing increased costs and regulation

Evening Standard

We studied the walking habits of young men in Cape Town and London – and debunked a myth

Being mobile means people can get access to opportunities and take part in economic and social life. Mobility, in all its forms, is critical for cities to thrive.

The Conversation

Eugenie shares passion for art as she mentors ‘changemakers’ for King’s charity

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s youngest daughter took part in a mentoring session in London on Tuesday amid the ongoing scandal surrounding her father.

The Independent UK

UK commits to ensuring 'poignant' COVID memorial wall in London will be preserved

The British government has confirmed that a memorial wall in London created by relatives who lost loved ones during the coronavirus pandemic will be preserved

The Independent UK

Jon Bon Jovi on 80s decadence, Trump and his health comeback

After health issues that nearly ended his career, the rocker’s on the road again — with a little help from Bruce and Robbie. He talks about his emotional return, legacy … and Trump

Evening Standard

Alan Carr’s Madame Tussauds waxwork gets Traitors makeover

The creation will be wearing a green cloak and carrying a lantern.

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Zohran Mamdani: Can the toast of New York actually run the city – and stay out of Donald Trump's crosshairs?

Zohran Mamdani roared to victory as NYC mayor — as he battles the US president, London could be the big winner, writes Sarah Baxter in New York

Evening Standard

Flurry of leasing deals sends rents higher on Mayfair's Old Bond Street

A flurry of leasing activity over recent months means only one retail unit remains available

Evening Standard

Rita Ora supports our winter appeal: ‘Growing up as a refugee shaped who I am’

Refugees and people experiencing homelessness and food insecurity are London’s most disadvantaged groups. To support them, we launch our Winter Appeal with the backing of Rita Ora — and in collaboration with Comic Relief, which has pledged £500,000 to get us underway

Evening Standard

OPINION - When Londoners are struggling, why are politicians being NIMBYs about housing?

‘Just as Lewisham reached the point of turning years of consultation into meaningful change, Jeremy Corbyn swept into the borough at the eleventh hour’

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Well-off London cyclists face being clobbered by 'Mamil Tax' in Rachel Reeves Budget

The Chancellor appears to have in her sights on so-called ‘Mamils’ - middle-aged men in Lycra

Evening Standard

Business and green groups criticise 'backward step' for London as Mayor ploughs on with 'EV tax'

Campaigners say the disappointing decision from City Hall makes it the worst ever week to be an EV driver in London

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'Bitcoin Queen' who laundered $5.6 billion in illicit funds through crypto gets nearly 12 years in prison — UK court hands down sentence

A Chinese scammer who duped almost 130,000 investors out of around $5.6 billion was handed a nearly 12-year prison sentence in a London court.

Evening Standard

Alexa Chung becomes the latest celebrity targeted by phone snatchers in London

Chung, 42, clung on to her device and ‘was like F*** you!’, she said discussing crimewave sweeping capital

Evening Standard

Poolhouse: Enormous new 'AI-powered' pool hall to open in the City of London

Tables will be fitted with technology that allows players to adjust their gameplay according to skill level

Evening Standard

The Standard podcast: Who's at your table? The Standard’s Winter Campaign

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London family's 'great relief' as political commentator Sami Hamdi is released from ICE detention and flies home

Sami Hamdi, who is Muslim, was detained by ICE officers at San Francisco International Airport in California on October 26

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