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Forecasts for Rain in West Africa Weigh on Cocoa Prices

May ICE NY cocoa (CCK24 ) this morning is down -48 (-0.74%), and May ICE London cocoa #7 (CAK24 ) is down -120 (-2.24%). Cocoa prices this morning extended Thursday's losses and posted 1-week lows as forecasts for rain in West Africa sparked long liquidation in cocoa futures. Losses in...

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London St Pancras reveals expansion plans with train services set to reach more countries

Additional services needed to meet Eurostar goal of doubling international departures

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Travelling alone as a black woman? It doesn't get harder than this

Pelumi Nubi is roadtripping from London to Lagos. She tells Ayan Omar why she’s on a mission to empower other black women to explore the world too

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Susan Hall selection as Tory mayoral candidate under new attack by ex-London minister Paul Scully

‘The electorate will treat the party seriously if it shows a greater degree of seriousness itself,’ said Sutton and Cheam MP Mr Scully

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Ulez helped London cut road pollution faster than rest of UK, report says

Exclusive: Sadiq Khan hails ‘remarkable progress’ on air quality, with NO2 pollutants lower last year than in lockdown year of 2020

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When Black gay London came out

Jason Okundaye has used his knowledge of the capital’s Black queer spaces and community for good, celebrating them in a new book. Emma Loffhagen meets him for a tour of Brixton’s surreptitious sights

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A tropical storm, an ancient sisterhood and Toni Morrison sculptures – the week in art

Postcolonial architecture in Ghana, fresh responses to an all-female medieval community and sculptures inspired by radical writing

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Red Pitch playwright Tyrell Williams: ‘People spend so much of their lives in these places – and then it’s taken away’’

The writer has gone from creating viral comedy to a play about football and friendship between a group of teens amid the gentrification of south London. ‘I’m never as nervous as when I played 11-a-side,’ he says

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London headteacher sacked for tapping own child’s hand with fingers wins tribunal case

The primary school head’s three-year-old son had been playing with hand sanitiser when she used two fingers to attract his attention

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Digested week: late nights, 37 years clean – and a rude narcissist

George Galloway gleefully greeted the press after his byelection win while Jezza rolled the dice and lost

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Made in London — the hyper-local, female-led fashion brands who produce everything in the capital

The clothes aren’t just beautiful, they are sustainable too — meet the designers using a hyper-local production process in the capital (and they are all women, too)

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Priest left ‘shaken by spooky fake funeral’ for missing man

Latvian police are investigating a missing persons case linked to the mysterious London funeral

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International Women's Day: 20 of London's change-makers on progress for women in 2024

Are there enough female leaders? How do we solve the childcare crisis? Will we ever close the gender confidence gap? From Angela Rayner to Emma Barnett, our capital’s most influential women weigh in

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Calling Gaza protesters extremist risks dividing UK, says government adviser

Exclusive: Dame Sara Khan warns that framing demonstrations as Islamist extremism is ‘far-fetched and untrue’

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Woman's arm severed in horror accident at work in east London

Scrap metal firm fined £200,000 after employee Elena Troia lost arm in workplace accident

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Jerrod Carmichael is a superb standup – if only he’d stop checking his phone on stage

The US comedian, who won an Emmy for the remarkable 2022 special Rothaniel, makes a bemusing visit to London

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More than £10 billion departs London Stock Exchange in a week as crisis deepens

Several major listed companies unveiled plans to depart the London Stock Exchange in the past week in deals worth a combined £10.2 billion as the crisis facing the exchange shows signs of deepening.

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'Let's do Fridays!': Mayor Sadiq Khan urges Londoners to take advantage of off-peak Tube and train fare deal

Friday peak fares scrapped until May 31 as visitor attractions offer discounts

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Police firearms officer named as he denies murder of Chris Kaba

Martyn Blake, 40, pleads not guilty at Old Bailey over death of Kaba, 24, who was shot in south London in 2022

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Mother's Day: London's top female chefs reveal their favourite recipes inspired by their mums

Five top chefs share dishes that take them back home

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‘I don’t want to be a legacy performer’: why Britain’s hottest jazz star is giving up his sax for the flute

Shabaka Hutchings is at the height of his powers as a saxophonist – but has given it up to play a Japanese flute that takes years to master. In London and Brazil, the multiple Mercury nominee explains why he has to resist the easy path, even if it puts his…

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International Women's Day 2024: Meet 24 of London's super-women

From broadcasters and designers to writers and a general election hopeful, this International Women’s Day, we celebrate 24 inspiring London women

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London is now a ‘no-go zone for Jews’ at weekends, warns counter-extremism tsar

‘We will not have become an authoritarian state if London is no longer permitted to be turned into a no-go zone for Jews every weekend’ - Robin Simcox

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London travel new LIVE: Latest Tube and train updates as TfL off-peak Friday fares trial begins

A trial scrapping peak Tube and train fares on Fridays has begun in London today.

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Health gains of low-traffic schemes up to 100 times greater than costs, study finds

Research looked at three London boroughs to value overall health benefits of active travel over 20 years at up to £4,800 per head

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