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Wetherspoons announces plans to sell off more pubs - is your local affected?

Wetherspoons is putting seven more of its pubs up for sale for 'commercial' reasons, with 32 other venues also due to change hands if the pub giant can find buyers

Daily Mirror · Nov 10, 2022

Just Stop Oil: Eleven activists charged following M25 protest

A Just Stop Oil activist on a overhead gantry on the M25. Herts police commissioner David Lloyd has questioned coverage of the protests (Just Stop Oil/PA)

Evening Standard · Nov 10, 2022

Gambler conned best friend out of £59k by pretending to have terminal cancer

Martin McCarthy pretended that he had to go to London to receive specialist treatment and Raymond Doyle paid his expenses. The conman also scarred his head and sent pictures pretended to have brain surgery to continue the ruse.

Glasgow Live · Nov 10, 2022

Tube strikes 2022: Are the Elizabeth line and London Overground running today?

TfL workers are on their sixth strike of the year, leaving most of the Tube out of action

Evening Standard · Nov 10, 2022

Enchanting fairytale cottage built in the 1830s is for sale for less than the average first London home

Built as a gatehouse for a Georgian manor in the 1830s, the cottage is deemed to be of “national importance” by Historic England.

Evening Standard · Nov 10, 2022

The Tower of London ravens have been locked down so they don’t get avian flu

THE Tower of London’s famous ravens have gone into lockdown to protect them from avian flu.

Evening Standard · Nov 10, 2022

Life expectancy gap in London as high as 17 years

Shocking figures reveal health gap between rich and poor in the capital

Evening Standard · Nov 10, 2022

Arts Council cuts: the problems with 'levelling up' through culture

Questions about the politics of support for the arts have always been fraught and the recent announcement about Arts Council England’s latest funding round is no exception. At the heart of the current controversy is the movement of millions of pounds away from key London organisations to the regions. This…

The Conversation · Nov 10, 2022

Woman 'disgusted' as airplane passenger throws up over her on 13-hour flight

After jetting off on the 13-hour flight from Bangkok to London, a woman was left drenched in a passenger's vomit that 'gushed' all over her and her belongings

Daily Mirror · Nov 10, 2022

Last Night in London: Kate Moss throws 90s-style knees up, and Usher hosts roller skating rave

Who was there? What did they wear? Take a look inside London’s liveliest parties

Evening Standard · Nov 10, 2022