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Waste firm fined £260K after worker crushed in horror machine trap accident in South London

HSE say man 'lucky to be alive' after being caught in machine mistakenly turned on during maintenance work

Evening Standard · Oct 23, 2023

Cocoa Prices Underpinned By Tight Global Supplies

Dec ICE NY cocoa (CCZ23 ) on Monday closed +65 (+1.76%), and Dec ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ23 ) closed +52 (+1.59%). Cocoa prices Monday posted moderate gains, with NY cocoa climbing to a 6-week nearest-futures high and London cocoa climbing to a new all-time high. Tight supplies are boosting...

Barchart · Oct 23, 2023

Sugar Prices Rebound as ISO Projects a Global Sugar Deficit

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH24 ) on Monday closed +0.63 (+2.35%), and Dec London white sugar #5 (SWZ23 ) closed +16.30 (+2.24%). Sugar prices on Monday recovered from 1-week lows and rallied moderately after the International Sugar Organization (ISO) forecasted that 2023/24 global sugar production (Oct-Sep) will fall -1.2%...

Barchart · Oct 23, 2023

From Boris Johnson to Barbie — Jonny Sportsbanger on ten years of bootlegging the system from Tottenham

Sportsbanger is the subversive label-cum-art project hitting a milestone — Victoria Moss meets Jon Wright, the man behind mischief

Evening Standard · Oct 23, 2023

Unaffordable London rents saw tenants spend as much as 46% of their income on housing

London is still the least affordable UK region to rent in, according latest figures

Evening Standard · Oct 23, 2023

Life-saving bowel cancer testing kits to drop onto hundreds of thousands of London doormats

More than 900,000 people in the capital will receive free test in the post

Evening Standard · Oct 23, 2023

London Underground stations memory game takes the internet by storm

In order to complete the game, players must name all stations on all lines

Evening Standard · Oct 23, 2023

Fireworks in London 2025: The capital’s best Bonfire Night celebrations

From dazzling displays to brilliant bonfires, Mike Daw on how to enjoy an explosively good Guy Fawkes night

Evening Standard · Oct 23, 2023

Mosque attacker 'used petrol' to set pair on fire, court told

Mohammed Abbkr, 29, faces charges of attempted murder after two pensioners were set alight in London and Birmingham

Evening Standard · Oct 23, 2023

Are supersonic passenger flights going to make a comeback?

London to Miami in five hours is promised for the next generation of high-speed passenger planes

The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2023