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East London fertility clinic has licence suspended after losing embryos

Investigation begins into Homerton Fertility Centre after errors discovered in freezing processes

The Guardian - UK · Mar 8, 2024

Forecasts for Rain in West Africa Sparks Long Liquidation in Cocoa

May ICE NY cocoa (CCK24 ) on Friday closed down -56 (-0.87%), and May ICE London cocoa #7 (CAK24 ) closed down -119 (-2.22%). Cocoa prices on Friday extended Thursday's losses and posted 1-week lows as forecasts for rain in West Africa sparked long liquidation in cocoa futures. Losses in...

Barchart · Mar 8, 2024

Met Police prepare for fresh Palestine protest after 'Jewish no-go zones' claim

Officers braced for another pro Palestine rally this weekend as Met reveals £32m bill for policing protests

Evening Standard · Mar 8, 2024

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

Evening Standard · Mar 8, 2024

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

Evening Standard · Mar 8, 2024

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

Evening Standard · Mar 8, 2024

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

The Guardian - UK · Mar 8, 2024

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

Evening Standard · Mar 8, 2024

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

The Guardian - UK · Mar 8, 2024

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

The Guardian - UK · Mar 8, 2024