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Sugar Prices Slide as India Ramps Up Sugar Output

May NY world sugar #11 (SBK26 ) today is down -0.23 (-1.50%), and May London ICE white sugar #5 (SWK26 ) is down -3.70 (-0.84%). Sugar prices are falling today, with NY sugar posting a 2-week low. Ramped up sugar production in India is undercutting prices today after India's National...

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Dollar Strength and Weak Easter Chocolate Sales Undercut Cocoa Prices

May ICE NY cocoa (CCK26 ) today is down -98 (-2.93%), and May ICE London cocoa #7 (CAK26 ) is down -11 (-0.45%). Cocoa prices are sliding today amid dollar strength ($DXY ) and concerns about chocolate demand. According to Bloomberg Intelligence, early estimates for chocolate candy sales this Easter...

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Who is Christopher Joell-Deshields? Pride in London boss sacked for spending donations on luxury goods

The chief executive of Pride in London has been sacked following allegations that he used thousands of pounds worth of sponsor-provided vouchers for personal purchases, including luxury goods.

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London Pride boss sacked over claims he spent £7k of volunteer vouchers on luxury goods

Christopher Joell-Deshields, who denies wrongdoing, was suspended for seven months on full pay before his departure

Evening Standard

Tesco security guard left with lasting vision impairment after brutal east London store attack

Officers were called to a Tesco store in Leytonstone following reports of an assault

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Finsbury Park is not the place to rehabilitate Kanye West's career

Is a public park in the middle of North London’s Jewish communities really a sensible venue for a comeback?

Evening Standard

Two new east-west bike routes through central London for cyclists banned from Oxford Street

The removal of traffic – buses, taxis and bikes – is a central part of London mayor Sir Sadiq Khan’s vision for transforming the famous street

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Sir Sadiq and Sir Mark are telling UK ambassadors London is safe; not in Clapham, it’s not

Bad timing, no? On the very day that Clapham was brought to a terrified standstill by feral youths breaking into shops and assaulting police – with others filming the whole thing on their phones – the Mayor and the Met Commissioner were busy at the Foreign Office. They were telling…

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Unsafe cladding in London won’t be fixed for a 'long time' despite Grenfell tragedy, Sadiq Khan admits

The capital has more than double the number of dangerous buildings than the rest of the country put together, the Mayor said

Evening Standard

Reform donor Nick Candy sells Chelsea mansion for reported £275m

Sale of Providence House believed to be the most expensive on record in London

The Guardian - UK

The Boat Race 2026: When is it and where to watch it in London?

From riverside pubs to scenic Thames walks, The Boat Race 2026 is the perfect excuse for a spring day out in London

Evening Standard

London Pride boss sacked over claims he bought luxury goods with vouchers for volunteers

Christopher Joell-Deshields was suspended last year, with £7,125 found to have been spent on items such as perfume

The Guardian - UK

Craig Ferguson: ‘The head of ITV said that when I got sober, I stopped being funny’

INTERVIEW: The Scottish stand-up, who spent years as James Corden’s chat show predecessor on US TV, is returning to the UK for two rare live gigs. He speaks to Adam White about moving to America after years of alcoholism, why he’s not joking about politics on his new tour, and…

The Independent UK

Teal by Sally Abé, Hackney, review: A chef unbound — and astonishingly, masterfully good

Untethered from others’ expectations, Sally Abé’s new restaurant is unmistakable, idiosyncratic, singular

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Major figures call for Kanye West’s Wireless Festival slot to be cancelled

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Jewish leaders and Mayor of London condemn ‘disturbing’ Kanye West Wireless Festival slot

The controversial rapper, also known as Ye, is scheduled to perform in the UK for the first time in more than a decade

Evening Standard

Crete chaos: London flight diverted as choking cloud of Saharan dust smothers Greek island

Flights from the UK were among those disrupted as conditions worsened at Heraklion Airport

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Moment brazen thieves calmly go through pub-goers’ bags during £15,000 crime spree

Majazy Latif, 28, was jailed after targeting punters in bars in the City of London

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Speedy Hire shares under pressure on profit alert

The London-listed equipment hire firm said full-year underlying earnings are set to drop to around £90 million, down from £97.1 million in 2024-25.

The Independent UK

Starmer calls for Reform to sack housing spokesman after ‘sickeningly insensitive’ Grenfell comments

Simon Dudley is facing criticism after saying ‘everyone dies’ and claiming ‘the pendulum has swung too far’ on building safety regulations

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Wireless Festival slammed as 'deeply irresponsible' over Kanye West booking

The UK's Jewish Leadership Council has criticised Wireless Festival for booking Kanye West, while the London Mayor insisted he was not "involved in" the decision.

Another new player is coming to the smart glasses arena next year

A report has appeared suggesting London-based Nothing is working on smart glasses.

Guitar World

“Peter had such a glorious touch thanks to his wonderful simplicity. But then he went off the rails and became a gravedigger”: How 10cc’s Rick Fenn ended up working with David Gilmour, Peter Green, Mike Oldfield, and almost all of his other heroes

The underrated guitar great looks back on the “improbable serendipities” that punctuate his 50-year career, hails the guitar he’s been playing for almost all of it, and reveals the favorite solos in his catalog

The Guardian - UK

The Palm House by Gwendoline Riley review – the laureate of bad relationships

Riley has always skewered cruelty with shattering exactitude. What’s new in this story of two old friends in London is the delicacy she brings to moments of tenderness

The Guardian - UK

‘We’re trapped’: developer’s unpaid debt leaves London flat owners unable to sell

Hackney leaseholders feel council made the problem worse by leaving £850,000 debt uncollected for eight years

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