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Private sector will pay for HS2 Euston tunnel, Transport Secretary Mark Harper insists

The National Infrastructure Commission warns that developers will not pay for the tunnelling works

Evening Standard · Dec 20, 2023

London man jailed for sexually abusing boys in Morocco as part of paedophile ring

John Thorogood, 75, was part of a paedophile ring who travelled together to attack children around the world

Evening Standard · Dec 20, 2023

Sugar Prices Tumble as Supply Concerns Wane

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH24 ) on Wednesday closed down -0.51 (-2.38%), and March London ICE white sugar #5 (SWH24 ) closed down -9.40 (-1.53%). Sugar prices on Wednesday tumbled to 8-3/4 month lows. Sugar prices have been under pressure for the last five weeks as Brazil ramps up...

Barchart · Dec 20, 2023

HMV is back on Oxford Street bringing the old-school music experience to a new generation

“What musicians want,” said composer Sir Edward Elgar as he inaugurated the first HMV shop in London in 1921, “is more listeners, and the dissemination of good music by the gramophone will give us a new public which will … listen to it with true appreciation.”

The Conversation · Dec 20, 2023

Disbelief at plan to fix London potholes as part of Network North project

£235m funding for capital’s roads is possible only because of investment that comes from scrapping northern leg of HS2

The Guardian - UK · Dec 20, 2023

London schoolgirl wins best female player at European chess championship

The little girl beat an experienced master more than 30 years her senior

Evening Standard · Dec 20, 2023

Junior doctors strike as London A&Es swamped in party season - The Standard podcast

Junior doctors’ three-day walkout amid “extraordinary pressure” on NHS

Evening Standard · Dec 20, 2023

London doctor saved by own hospital after developing life-threatening illness

Dr Nigel Beckett will be able to eat this Christmas after fully recovering from intestinal failure

Evening Standard · Dec 20, 2023

Tories spark disbelief as rerouted HS2 cash spent on LONDON roads

MONEY saved by scrapping a high-speed rail link to Manchester will be spent on repairing roads in London – sparking disbelief from MPs in the…

The National (Scotland) · Dec 20, 2023

Inside the battle over future of Wimbledon tennis championships as expansion splits locals

Why have proposals to expand the world-famous championships come up against significant opposition? Noah Vickers reports

Evening Standard · Dec 20, 2023