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Leonard Tucker obituary

Pioneering lighting designer with Laurence Olivier and Peter Hall at the National Theatre, and later in the West End

The Guardian - UK · Jul 25, 2023

Amazon closes three checkout-free Fresh stores in London

Wandsworth, East Sheen and the original Ealing Amazon Fresh stores all closed their doors for the last time on Sunday

Evening Standard · Jul 25, 2023

The choir helping people reclaim the voices they lost to cancer

In the UK, people who underwent life-saving surgery to remove their voice boxes sing songs of hope and survival.

Al Jazeera · Jul 25, 2023

Jo Cox would be so ‘pleased’ at record number of women in memorial bike ride

Around 80 riders will cycle from Yorkshire to London this week for the annual Jo Cox Way event.

The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2023

‘Music shouted louder than racism’: the pioneering Black nightclub born in far-right east London

Bentley’s, set up in what was then the National Front stronghold of Canning Town, all too briefly became a legendary weekend mecca for soul, hip-hop and reggae

The Guardian - UK · Jul 25, 2023

Buckingham Palace with Alexander Armstrong: release date, secrets, episode guide and everything we know

Buckingham Palace with Alexander Armstrong on Channel 5 spills secrets about the royal residence's scandalous history.

WhatToWatch · Jul 25, 2023

OPINION - The London Question: Why is central London such a desert for up-and-coming bands?

The heart of the capital no longer has smaller spaces for the next big things to play. What does that mean for live music?

Evening Standard · Jul 25, 2023

Train strikes 2023: Everything you need to know about July and August rail industrial action

London Underground strike is sandwiched between two of the national walk-outs called by the RMT union

The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2023

'Greenest in history': How Paris aims to halve the Olympics' carbon footprint

With their stated aim of halving the carbon footprint of previous Olympic Games in Rio and London, the organisers of Paris 2024 have promised "historic" progress on behalf of the climate. But as they work to rise to the challenge, uncertainties remain.

France 24 · Jul 25, 2023

Skinny three metre-wide house on former garage plot on sale in Newham for £400k

Skinny three-storey property built between two homes in east London goes up for sale for less than nearby new-build flats

Evening Standard · Jul 25, 2023