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Gambling shares plunge as William Hill owner 888 warns on profits days after Entain reveals revenue hit

Punter-friendly sports results and safer gambling reforms have hit revenue at London-listed bookies

Evening Standard · Sep 28, 2023

Murdoch’s nepo baby, asteroid samples and a marathon record – take the Thursday quiz

Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?

The Guardian - UK · Sep 28, 2023

Save our Travelcard! Campaigners warn of fare hikes double whammy if one-day card is withdrawn

More than 20 organisations and local authorities have joined the campaign to save the day Travelcard, which offers unlimited journeys on the Tube and buses

Evening Standard · Sep 28, 2023

Little boy’s toes torn off after getting stuck in London Bridge station escalator

The boy’s family is taking legal action against Network Rail over the accident

Evening Standard · Sep 28, 2023

Teenagers who have met violent deaths in London so far this year

A girl stabbed in Croydon became the 15th teenage victim of homicide.

The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2023

Every time a project like HS2 becomes a costly fiasco, we wonder why. So let me tell you: it’s clientelism

The relationship between those profiting from these big projects and those in power is such that no one truly costs or controls them, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian - UK · Sep 28, 2023

London leavers: ‘a rent rise convinced us to leave Battersea and become digital nomads all over the world’

When their landlord put their Battersea rent up to £2,100 a month this couple decided to pack up and leave London behind for a life of travel

Evening Standard · Sep 28, 2023

Train strikes 2023: Everything you need to know about September and October rail industrial action

‘This is a political dispute caused by the government,’ claims train drivers’ union

The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2023

Medieval murder maps of three English cities offer window into past

Online project draws on 700-year-old records of coroners’ inquests in London, Oxford and York

The Guardian - UK · Sep 28, 2023

NY Sugar Prices Rebound as Crude Prices Soar

Oct NY world sugar #11 (SBV23 ) on Wednesday closed +0.11 (+0.42%), and Dec London white sugar #5 (SWZ23 ) closed -1.40 (-0.20%). Sugar prices Wednesday extended this week's losses to 2-1/2 week lows on ramped-up sugar production in Brazil. However, sugar prices recovered from their worst levels, with NY...

Barchart · Sep 27, 2023