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Why UK PM Sunak axed part of high-speed rail link HS2

Rishi Sunak has cancelled the north leg of the HS2 high-speed rail project, citing ballooning costs and mismanagement.

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Your Conservative party conference cheat sheet

Dance-offs with Priti Patel and Nigel Farage, Liz Truss back from oblivion, Rishi on a cancelling plans spree — Robbie Griffiths reports from the Tory gathering in Manchester

Evening Standard

OPINION - All of us Londoners are secretly hoping for our own Sliding Doors moment

I knew my housemate hadn’t heard me properly, because she barely looked up from her chopping board the first time I told her. “He what…?” she asked, when I repeated the story about the man who’d just struck up conversation with me for six whole stops on the Northern line.

Evening Standard

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La Dolce Vita dining: The enduring appeal of the Italian restaurant

High-end Italian restaurants have been prominent in London since the 1800s, and their appeal sustains

Evening Standard

Are you the lower middle class? Michael Bennett’s best photograph

‘I went to a Berni Inn to find the lower middle class. But no one wanted to admit to being part of this growing demographic. There was no pride in it. So I started to gloss over that part’

The Guardian - UK

Laurence Fox sacked from GB News as he’s arrested for calling for Ulez vandalism

GB News presenter Calvin Robinson has also been fired by the channel

Evening Standard

Why London’s beauty insiders are queuing up for this new retinol-peel facial

Mortar & Milk has made a name for itself by giving effective, no-nonsense facials, and has amassed an army of loyal clients. Their latest facial promises a skin overhaul — but does it deliver? Madeleine Spencer finds out

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What does scaling back of HS2 mean for travellers?

‘Network North’ and a range of piecemeal road and rail projects will replace the western leg of the high-speed line

The Independent UK

Ivy owner ordered to remove ‘excessive’ windows from £40m London mansion

Richard Caring loses appeal after council ruled windows were not in keeping with character of conservation area

The Guardian - UK

London woman thought she was going to die in savage dangerous dog attack

Lakaydia Reynolds, 24, sustained serious arm and facial injuries in the terrifying attack

Evening Standard

UK airports’ cancelled flights list: Heathrow, Gatwick, Luton and the others

Two dozen domestic and European flights to and from Heathrow, as well as from other airports, are affected

Evening Standard

Arturo Varchevker obituary

Other lives: Psychoanalyst who specialised in providing help to couples and families

The Guardian - UK

London on drug alert after seizure of ‘super strength’ opioid

Fears that new super-strength lab-made heroin could sweep the capital increased on Wednesday after police said they had seized a batch of the drug in east London.

Evening Standard

Train strikes: Union warns more walkouts on the way as drivers brings railways to a halt

Train drivers belonging to Aslef walked out at 16 rail companies on Wednesday resulting in no services on major London commuter routes

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London first-time buyers: the new challenges, opportunities and starter homes hotspots

The market is tougher than ever, yet in parts of London first-time buyers are becoming the most important players

The Conversation

Guerilla gardening: how you can make your local area greener without getting into trouble

When Richard Reynolds first started gardening around London’s streets, he was so worried he might be arrested that he worked under the cover of darkness. Reynolds was one of the UK’s first modern guerrilla gardeners, a movement that encourages people to nurture and revive land they do not have the…

The Independent UK

Prime London housing market more robust than mainstream equivalents – Savills

Some prime London housing markets are benefitting from affluent buyers’ ability to buy with cash or low loan-to-value ratios, Savills said.

The Independent UK

Transport for London gives latest on feared bedbug invasion from Paris

Paris may have fallen but London is bracing itself against the insect invasion

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Suella Braverman’s speech ‘no Enoch Powell situation’, insists Grant Shapps

But top London Tory accuses Home Secretary of inflaming divisions after he was kicked out of conference

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Government minister criticises Tory Mayoral candidate Susan Hall over Jewish comments

A Government minister has criticised Susan Hall for claiming Jewish Londoners are "frightened" of Sadiq Khan.

Evening Standard

Moco: Major modern art museum approved for Oxford Street ‘in boost to West End’

A major modern art museum has been approved for Oxford Street in a “huge vote of confidence in London and the West End”.

Evening Standard

Investment giant M&G to buy 370 shared ownership homes in London and South East in £63 million deal

Investment groups have increasingly upped their interest in the affordable housing sector in recent years

Evening Standard

Police appeal after ‘obscene act’ in front of couple on Hackney bus

Police are appealing for the public’s help to identify a man after a couple reported someone had touched themselves inappropriately on an east London bus.

The Independent UK

How much has HS2 cost so far?

Critics of such a move include former prime ministers

Evening Standard

Madame Tussauds unveils new waxwork of Sir David Attenborough

The figure was unveiled surrounded by 1,500 species of plants and trees in London’s Barbican Conservatory

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