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Hounslow fire: Five people killed and one missing in horror blaze in west London

Seventy fire fighters tackled blaze in Channel Close, Hounslow

The Independent UK · Nov 13, 2023

Sarabande opens one-stop London store in time for the festive season

The Sarabande Foundation has opened a new permanent art, interiors and fashion store in London

Wallpaper · Nov 13, 2023

A year on the River Thames, part four – in pictures

The fourth instalment in a series of photo essays looking at the life on the Thames. From dawn sculls to a duck derby and container barges, Jill Mead, a longtime London resident and urban photographer, shares the stories of the many characters working on and enjoying the river

The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2023

London leavers: 'we sold our tiny Bermondsey flat and bought a £700k Victorian house in Brighton'

Paul Tickner and David Lucas's Help to Buy home was bursting at the seems during lockdown, so they moved to find more space by the sea

Evening Standard · Nov 13, 2023

‘IS Beatle’ to be sentenced on terrorism charges

Aine Leslie Davis last month admitted having a firearm for terrorist purposes and two charges of funding terrorism.

The Independent UK · Nov 13, 2023

Morning digest | EAM Jaishankar meets U.K. PM Rishi Sunak in London; EU condemns Hamas for using civilians as human shields in Gaza, and more

The Hindu Morning Digest, November 12, 2023

The Hindu · Nov 13, 2023

UK pension funds step in to build affordable homes

Pension Insurance Corporation is building 125 affordable homes in London as part of £500m plan for 1,000 affordable homes over next five years

The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2023

Ikea owner buys Brighton shopping mall, its second in the UK

Firm plans to convert empty Debenhams site in city centre as part of its ‘global expansion strategy’

The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2023

London police investigate videos of potential hate crimes at rallies

Met and BTP seeking people seen in footage from Saturday’s marches, in particular at a ‘racially aggravated altercation’ at Waterloo

The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2023

Tributes paid to ‘wonderful’ drama teacher Anna Scher, who has died at 78

Kathy Burke and Daniel Kaluuya among alumni of her London school, credited with making stars of often working-class students

The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2023