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My London: Val Garland

Make-up artist Val Garland hunts for gems at Spectrum Antiques and dines by candlelight at Brutto

Evening Standard · May 20

GHO Capital and CBC Group to Create World's Largest Dedicated Healthcare Investment Firm

LONDON and SINGAPORE, May 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Healthcare Opportunities ("GHO"), a European specialist healthcare investor, and CBC Group ("CBC"), an Asian healthcare-focused asset manager, today announced they have signed a definitive agreement to create the world's largest dedicated healthcare investment manager, with over USD 21 billion in AUM.…

AAP · May 20

Scrap stamp duty and council tax to fix London housing crisis, thinktank says

Centre for London report finds levy on property wealth would free up homes, fund social housing and help renters save for deposits

The Guardian - UK · May 20

Humpback whale clocks new record after mega migration

A humpback whale has travelled a distance further than Sydney to London, in a record for longest proven migration by the species.

AAP · May 19

Inside the £20m plan to restore world-famous London cemetery where George Michael and Karl Marx are buried

One of the most pressing issues the cemetery faces is climate change, but a new Lottery grant will ‘safeguard’ the future of the ‘nationally important’ venue

The Independent UK · May 19

'Huge mismatch' between Iran, US and Gulf States' expectations, analyst says

Speaking with FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney, H. A. Hellyer, Senior Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies in London, says that "there is a very huge mismatch not just between the expectations of the Iranians and the Americans, but also among Gulf Arab states…

France 24 · May 19

'I told you all': Declan Rice leads Arsenal Premier League title celebrations

Players and staff celebrated wildly at the club’s training base in London Colney

Evening Standard · May 19

Romeo Beckham teases dad David as celebrity Arsenal fans hail club's Premier League title win

‘The moment Arsenal became champions and my son calls to remind me,’ ex-Man-U star David Beckham wrote on Instagram

Evening Standard · May 19

London set for hottest day of the year so far as weekend heatwave hits

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The Independent UK · May 19

Vance urges immigration critics in UK to ‘keep on going’ after London protest

Rejecting accusations of racism, the Republican politician said it was ‘OK to want to defend your culture’.

Evening Standard · May 19