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Stocks rise, pound firms after ‘tolerable’ Budget

Financial markets gave a guarded welcome to Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s plans on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Dollar Weakness Sparks Short Covering in Cocoa Futures

March ICE NY cocoa (CCH26 ) today is up +19 (+0.37%), and December ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ25 ) is up +12 (+0.33%). Cocoa prices recovered from early losses today and turned higher as a weak dollar sparked short covering in cocoa futures. Cocoa prices initially moved lower today after...

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Fact check: Flags from Commonwealth states are flown above Westminster Abbey

The flag of Pakistan is among many that have been raised over the London landmark to honour countries.

Evening Standard

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Boost for London market as three-year stamp duty holiday on IPOs confirmed

But a shock rise in dividend tax ‘undermines the drive to increase investing in Britain’, experts warned.

Evening Standard

Secrets of the cow-skulled scarecrow: did one man’s cruel tales inspire Paula Rego’s best paintings?

When the great artist saw a shocking play by Martin McDonagh about the torture of children, she asked him for more dark stories. As the vivid, extraordinary works they triggered go on show, the playwright looks back

The Guardian - UK

More than half of London's full-time employees to be clobbered by 40% tax by 2027

More than half of London’s full-time employees will be paying higher rate 40% income tax on their salaries by the time of the next election, analysis by the Standard has revealed.

Evening Standard

Pay-per-mile: From trackers to 'clocked' vehicles, all you need to know about the new electric car tax

Government plans for electric vehicles explained: how the 500,000 London EV drivers will pay and how their bills will be calculated

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Budget 2025: Reeves hammers London in £26billion tax grab hitting homeowners, renters, landlords and workers

Middle income workers, renters and the owners of expensive homes will be hit with tax hikes, but the poorest families and low paid employees got a Budget boost

Evening Standard

Yueling Lai’s AlzCare Featured at ‘Edge of Now’ Exhibition Curated by The Holy Art

Linda (Yueling) Lai’s award-winning caregiving interface AlzCare was recently exhibited at ‘Edge of Now’, an international group show hosted by The Holy Art gallery in London.

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‘I can frustrate you, hypnotise you, bore you’: the Jarman prize winners making archives fly

Onyeka Igwe and Morgan Quaintance have jointly scooped the £10,000 prize for artists working with moving images. They talk about manipulating their audience – and correcting history

The Guardian - UK

Benedict Cumberbatch reveals why his kids won't attend his London boarding school

The Sherlock star, 49, previously reflected on the ‘incredible homophobia’ at his all-boys boarding school

Evening Standard

12 of the best Christmas menus in London, at every price point

From festive pizzas to pigs-in-blanket burgers, here are 12 restaurants serving Santa in 2025

Evening Standard

Budget 2025: All the property announcements from Chancellor Rachel Reeves

From the introduction of a ‘mansion tax’ to increasing the tax on property income, here are the property announcements contained in today’s Budget

Evening Standard

Pay-per-mile for electric vehicles revealed: Typical EV driver faces paying more than £250 a year

Drivers of battery electric cars will pay 3p per mile from April 2028

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London councils enact emergency plans after three hit by cyber-attack

Kensington and Westminster councils investigating whether data has been compromised as Hammersmith and Fulham also reports hack

Evening Standard

Mansion tax: what it means for London homeowners and how it will work

The Chancellor confirmed rumoured tax rises on high value properties that are set to impact hundreds of thousands of Londoners

The Independent UK

Dozens of firefighters tackle underground fire in central London

Ten fire engines and around 70 firefighters are at the scene in Holborn

The Independent UK

Farage makes pledge after multiple arrests made at farmers’ London protest

Reform UK said they will cover the legal defence of those arrested

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Several arrests after farmers bring tractors to capital for Budget protest

Reform UK promised to provide legal support for those held by the Metropolitan Police

Evening Standard

'Save our LTNs!' £100,000 crowdfunded battle to save three low traffic neighbourhoods in east London reaches Court of Appeal

Campaigners say it would cost £2.5m for Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman to axe the schemes

The Independent UK

Major e-bike warning issued across London ahead of Black Friday

The London Fire Brigade warned incompatible lithium-ion batteries or faulty conversion kits in e-bikes and e-scooters can cause fires

Evening Standard

Suspected double murderer 'killed woman in disused flats after sexual encounter'

Simon Levy is accused of murdering two women in London four months apart

Evening Standard

Man accused of murdering two women and raping a third appears in court

Simon Levy, 40, from Tottenham, north London, appeared at the Old Bailey via videolink on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

Holborn fire LIVE: Firefighters tackle underground blaze in heart of London

Around 70 firefighters have been called to the scene on Theobolds Road

The Guardian - UK

Bahrain to argue at UK supreme court it has immunity from surveillance claims

Gulf nation is accused of placing monitoring software on computers of two dissidents living in London

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