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Outernet: the new live venues aiming to bring music back to London’s iconic Denmark Street

The biggest purpose built venue to be opened in Central London since the Forties could herald a new era for Denmark Street and the city’s music scene

Evening Standard · Aug 25, 2022

Londoner’s Diary: Soho hotting up again with return of sex empire

In today’s Diary: Soho sex club returns / Sopel takes a dig at the Beeb / Difficult second date for Sunak / Idris Elba brings it home / Put prince out to pasture, says author / A fitting tribute at the Proms

Evening Standard · Aug 25, 2022

Torrential downpours see over inch of rain in an hour as UK to be lashed by thunderstorms

Andrewsfield in Essex reported 1.43 inches of rain in the early hours of this morning as heavy showers and storms swept across the East and South East of England

Daily Mirror · Aug 25, 2022

Sacked Labour shadow minister Sam Tarry to face reselection fight on Friday

Labour’s Sam Tarry will face a reselection battle in his east London parliamentary seat on Friday when nominations open for the party’s candidates to fight the next election.

Evening Standard · Aug 25, 2022

'We will overcome this': Ukrainian families reunited after Russian retreat

The areas around Kyiv ravaged by the Russian invasion early in the war are now relatively safe, allowing people to return and see their loved ones in person. FRANCE 24 travelled to Irpin and met Marina, a Ukrainian woman who has lived in London for two decades but wouldn’t miss…

France 24 · Aug 25, 2022

Prince George's billionaire godfather who owns some of the world's poshest places

When it came to deciding on Prince George's list of godparents, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge mixed up the tradition and chose a lot of their friends, rather than just other royals or high-ranking members of the aristocracy.

Daily Record · Aug 25, 2022

Inside the English side of NBC’s English Premier League broadcasts

LONDON — There are precious few quiet moments on a game day along Fulham Road, in the southwest corner of England’s capital city.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Aug 25, 2022

Sunday with Irvine Welsh: ‘If you sit around waiting for Monday morning, you’re going to feel blue’

The writer tells Rich Pelley how he gets out and about on Sundays in Miami, Edinburgh, the Chilterns and London

The Guardian - UK · Aug 25, 2022

‘People are freaking out, seeing young men with lesions all over their faces’: the anxious wait for monkeypox vaccines

With supplies running low, many gay and bisexual men are struggling to get appointments at sexual health centres – and for some, the handling of the outbreak has alarming echoes of the HIV/Aids epidemic

The Guardian - UK · Aug 25, 2022

Duchess of Cornwall’s distant cousin found dead in hotel after years-long divorce battle

An aristocrat related to the Duchess of Cornwall who was embroiled in a near decade-long divorce battle has been found dead at a London hotel.

The Independent UK · Aug 25, 2022