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Sugar Prices Recover on Dollar Weakness

Oct NY world sugar #11 (SBV23 ) on Thursday closed +0.60 (+2.30%), and Dec London white sugar #5 (SWZ23 ) closed +7.30 (+1.03%). Sugar prices Thursday recovered from 3-week lows and closed moderately higher as a weaker dollar spurred short covering in sugar futures. Sugar prices Thursday initially posted 3-week...

Barchart · Sep 28, 2023

Cocoa Prices Close Higher as ICE Cocoa Inventories Tighten

Dec ICE NY cocoa (CCZ23 ) on Thursday closed +43 (+1.26%), and Dec ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ23 ) closed +25 (+0.85%). Cocoa prices Thursday posted moderate gains on ever-tighter cocoa supplies. ICE-monitored cocoa inventories held in U.S. ports have declined steadily over the past four months to a 7-1/2...

Barchart · Sep 28, 2023

Family of teenage girl killed on way to school visits scene as vigil is held

Elianne Andam was wounded in the neck in Croydon, south London, at about 8.30am on Wednesday.

The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2023

EFG London Jazz Festival 2023: the top 12 shows to book

From jazz icons to exciting new talent and virtuousos to boundary breakers, this London event has it all

Evening Standard · Sep 28, 2023

The UK has relatively few armed police – but their specialist squads are hotbeds of 'warrior culture'

When unarmed black Briton Chris Kaba was killed by a single shot from a London Metropolitan police officer in September 2022, his family and communities of colour demanded answers. A year later, they have the beginnings of one – the Crown Prosecution Service announced it was charging an officer with…

The Conversation · Sep 28, 2023

Virtual reality can help emergency services navigate the complexities of real-life crises

The UK has experienced several terrorist attacks, from the 2005 London bombings, to the devastating events at Manchester Arena and London Bridge in 2017. These tragic incidents not only resulted in the loss of innocent lives but were also immensely challenging for emergency response teams.

The Conversation · Sep 28, 2023

New London venue Drumsheds: here’s all you need to know before opening

The dancefloor awaits partygoers at the new 15,000-capacity venue

Evening Standard · Sep 28, 2023

Horror as boy, 4, has toes ripped from foot on London Bridge station escalator

London Bridge station escalator technician freed the severed toes and put them on ice

The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2023

Spare these London flats the wrecking ball. But no more eyesore tower blocks please

High-rise blocks should not be the future, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK · Sep 28, 2023

Climate protesters at Ashes Test ‘had champagne corks and fruit thrown at them’

The security operations manager at Lord’s told London Magistrates Court that the ‘crowd were really anti’ .

The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2023