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Train strikes 2023: Everything you need to know about August rail industrial action

RMT and Aslef unions have been walking out and banning overtime intermittently for the last 400 days

The Independent UK

Doctors urge politicians to stand firm on schemes to tackle air pollution

Exclusive: hundreds of consultants, GPs and others write to Keir Starmer and Sadiq Khan over Labour’s position on Ulez

The Guardian - UK

Sadiq Khan expands Ulez scrappage scheme after Keir Starmer criticism

Financial support will be extended to all Londoners as mayor digs into City Hall reserves

The Independent UK

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Sadiq Khan opens Ulez scrappage scheme to all Londoners in £50m boost

The Labour mayor has come under significant pressure from within his own party in recent weeks over the Ulez expansion

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan widens scrappage scheme to all Londoners to take sting out of Ulez

Every Londoner with an old car will be able to receive up to £2,000 to help switch to a less polluting model.

The Independent UK

Sadiq Khan expands £2,000 Ulez grant to all Londoners with non-compliant vehicles

Capital’s mayor moves to reduce political fallout over scheme’s extension after Tory byelection win in Uxbridge

The Guardian - UK

Taylor Swift announces additional Eras Tour dates: ‘Turns out it’s not the end of an era’

Singer has announced 15 new shows in North America in 2024

The Independent UK

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Risk Aversion in Asset Markets Sparks Weakness in Cocoa Futures

Sep ICE NY cocoa (CCU23 ) on Thursday closed -71 (-1.99%), and Sep ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU23 ) closed -47 (-1.74%). Cocoa prices Thursday fell to 1-week lows and closed moderately lower. A slump in global equity markets due to rising bond yields prompted risk-aversion in asset markets and...

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Sugar Prices Mixed on Brazil Real Weakness and Crude Strength

Oct NY world sugar #11 (SBV23 ) on Thursday closed -0.18 (-0.74%), and Oct London white sugar #5 (SWV23 ) closed +1.80 (+0.26%). Sugar prices Thursday settled mixed. Prices were under pressure Thursday from weakness in the Brazilian real (^USDBRL ), which fell to a 3-week low against the dollar....

Barchart

Sinead O’Connor’s remains released to family – reports

The Irish Grammy-winning singer was found unresponsive by police at her home south-east London last week.

The Independent UK

‘Callous’ killer jailed for shooting dead Ramane Wiggan, 25, at south London flat block

Kaine Gilead murdered Mr Wiggan after ‘luring’ him to a balcony at a block of flats

Evening Standard

Anyone for a pig’s ear? London cockney rhyming slang to learn this International Beer Day

Let’s go down to the rub-a-dub for a cow’s half

Evening Standard

London avoids weather warning issued for weekend but still bleak forecast of rain and winds

The capital is set for more downpours and a ‘very windy’ Saturday

Evening Standard

London taxi driver arrested near St Pancras on suspicion of supplying cocaine from his black cab

A black cab driver has been arrested near St Pancras station in London on suspicion of supplying cocaine from his taxi.

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The Independent UK

Freddie Mercury’s beloved piano, song drafts and hundreds of personal items to be auctioned off

More than 1,400 of Freddie Mercury’s personal items, including his flamboyant stage costumes, handwritten drafts of “Bohemian Rhapsody” and the baby grand piano he used to compose Queen’s greatest hits, are going on show in a free exhibition at Sotheby’s London ahead of their sale

The Conversation

Six must-see summer exhibitions – reviewed by our experts

Looking for something to do this Summer? Our experts have gone to some of the best exhibitions around the UK and given us their take on it. From retrospectives of painter Peter Howson’s work in Edinburgh and filmmaker Brian Desmond Hurst’s work in Belfast to a groundbreaking photography exhibition in…

Evening Standard

East London nightclub Werkhaus to shut down amid the cost-of-living crisis

It’s yet another casualty in the capital’s late-night scene

The Independent UK

Drug dealers who murdered man on way home from Waitrose in mistaken identity killing are jailed

Sven Badzak, 22, and a 16-year-old friend were attacked by a group of six young men as they walked in Kilburn, north London

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Is Morley’s going bougie the best news ever?

The London chicken shop chain has collaborated with Heinz on a pop-up restaurant at The Standard hotel

Fortune

Major European capital slips out of Fortune Global 500's top 5 cities for the first time in five years

England's capital, which is among Europe’s largest cities by population and is also Britain’s business hub, slipped to eighth position this year.

The Independent UK

Freddie Mercury's beloved piano, song drafts and hundreds of personal items to go on sale

Evening Standard

Merton Council launches its own £1m Ulez scrappage scheme

The council said its scheme will provide £1,000 grants “to help the poorest areas in our community that are not well connected by public transport”

Evening Standard

Met Police officers fail to record 6,000 stop and searches in 17 months

The Met said that, on occasion, “there may be technical or equipment failure, which means an encounter isn’t recorded”

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Standard View: Rents crisis is pushing Londoners to the edge

Average rents in London are projected to soar to £2,700 per month next year, according to figures gathered by City Hall. Meanwhile, to rent just a single room in a shared house, tenants are forking out £1,000 on average.

The Independent UK

Mother of man murdered in mistaken identity killing says dealing with ‘lazy’ Met Police was ‘horrendous’

Sven Badzak, 22, and a friend were attacked by a group of six men as they walked in Kilburn, north-west London, in February 2021

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