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Things to do in London this weekend (August 9 – 11)

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Evening Standard · Aug 5, 2024

London MPs warn locals of far-Right protest plots with four boroughs on 'list'

A list is circulating on social media which appears to have been drawn up by extremists

Evening Standard · Aug 5, 2024

Dollar Weakness Sparks Short Covering in Sugar Futures

October NY world sugar #11 (SBV24 ) today is up +0.05 (+0.28%), and Oct London ICE white sugar #5 (SWV24 ) is up +2.90 (+0.56%). Sugar prices today recovered from early losses and turned higher after a fall in the dollar index (DXY00 ) to a 6-3/4 month low sparked...

Barchart · Aug 5, 2024

Drug gang leader who sold £8m of cocaine to Londoners jailed amid manhunt for wanted accomplice

Aaron Wise attempted to evade justice by fleeing to Marbella as hunt continues for wanted accomplice James Lee

Evening Standard · Aug 5, 2024

Arts can help foster social cohesion – but only if its class problem is dealt with first

On the morning of July 5, Keir Starmer and his supporters celebrated Labour’s election victory in the Turbine Hall of London’s Tate Modern, bathed in the glow of a huge red wall behind. Hard on the heels of the culture wars of the Conservative election campaign and its “rip-off degrees”…

The Conversation · Aug 5, 2024

Prom 21: John Wilson/Sinfonia of London review – sharp-tailored fanfare leads a million-dollar parade of US music

Wynton Marsalis’s brass and percussion fanfare lit up the Albert Hall, with the phenomenal Sinfonia adding extravagant sparkle

The Guardian - UK · Aug 5, 2024

Looking back at the 2011 London riots: what sparked the violence and disorder that time?

The far-right unrest rocking England’s cities has reminded many of the chaos that was unleashed after police shot dead an unarmed man 13 years ago

Evening Standard · Aug 5, 2024

London Label and Jean Paul Gaultier Collaborator KNWLS Drops Sensational Fall 2024 Campaign

Jordan Hemingway captures Aylah Peterson and Miao Ziyi striking several poses to promote the label's 80s-inspired pieces.

Fashion Times · Aug 5, 2024

180 competitors line up for 1,200-mile Race Across Europe by bus, train and ferry from London to Tirana

Exclusive: Trans-European public transport race has mystery checkpoints to prevent participants planning in advance

The Independent UK · Aug 5, 2024

London chess player, 15, becomes Britain's youngest grandmaster as his father tells of pride

Shreyas Royal smashes his own target by six years

Evening Standard · Aug 5, 2024