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Cardiff economy thriving but lags on high wage employment says report

The Welsh capital is leading on GDP per capita but falling behind the UK and London on average earnings

Birmingham Post · Aug 2, 2022

Brickbat: Fly Away

For some 20 years, Susan McKee has cultivated a pollinator garden for monarch butterflies at her London, Ontario, home. But she recently returned from vacation to find that the city had cut down all of the chicory, milkweed, periwinkle, wild rose, and other plants after a neighbor complained. Officials also…

Reason · Aug 2, 2022

Liz Truss vows to slash pay of nurses and teachers outside London in 'levelling down' plan

Critics said Liz Truss' promise would result in a 'war on Workington' rather than Whitehall and marked the death of Boris Johnson's levelling up agenda

Daily Mirror · Aug 2, 2022

Industry season 2 review: There’s a certain joy to be found in the misery of these cut-throat money pushers

The world of high finance remains unrelentingly – and amusingly – pessimistic in season two of the London-set drama

The Independent UK · Aug 2, 2022

On this day in 2012: Olympic gold for Sir Chris Hoy and Team GB in London

The home team recovered from an early crash for Philip Hindes in their heat to beat France in the final in a world-record time.

The Independent UK · Aug 2, 2022

Arsenal 'ready to accept' proposal for wantaway star as Youri Tielemans transfer deadline set

All the latest Arsenal transfer news and rumours brought to you by football.london

Football London · Aug 2, 2022

Transport for London junk food ad restrictions ‘have led to fewer obesity cases’

Researchers claim the advertising policy, which has been in place since 2019, could save the NHS more than £200 million.

The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2022

Fundraiser for east London gay bar hits £100,000 target after surge in donations

Friends of the Joiners Arms intend to create the UK’s first community-run LGBTQ+ venue to replace pub on Hackney Road

The Guardian - UK · Aug 1, 2022

Liz Truss plan to cut £11bn in Whitehall waste ‘ludicrous’

Unions and experts attack Tory leadership candidate’s proposals for civil service savings

The Guardian - UK · Aug 1, 2022

Woman lay dead in flat for a week before neighbour reported 'foul smell'

Rebecca Marles, 46, who lived alone, was discovered a week after she was last seen by neighbours with police having forced entry to her west London home

Daily Mirror · Aug 1, 2022