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TfL and GLA top UK local authority debt list with combined £20bn borrowing

New analysis from the TaxPayers’ Alliance shows TfL holds almost £14 billion of the record high total £155 billion of local authority debt in the UK

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Sugar Prices Slide as Monsoon Rains Improve in India

October NY world sugar #11 (SBV26 ) on Monday closed down -0.13 (-0.87%), and Aug London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ26 ) closed down -4.00 (-0.86%). Sugar prices moved lower on Monday for a second session and posted 2-week lows. An improvement in India’s monsoon rains is weighing on sugar...

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Cocoa Prices Slump on Abundant Ivory Coast Supplies

September ICE NY cocoa (CCU26 ) on Monday closed down -223 (-3.68%), and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU26 ) closed down -149 (-3.31%). Cocoa prices settled sharply lower on Monday for a second session, amid negative carryover from last Friday, when Ivory Coast delivery news eased supply concerns. Monday’s...

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West London mum 'sexually assaulted by man in temporary accommodation'

Kelly Butler, 38, says the man tried to grab and kiss her in the Chiswick Travelodge

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London’s last barbecue-friendly parks announce bans amid 'extreme' wildfire threat

A London Council has been forced to ‘close its barbecue season’ as the London Fire Brigade upgrade the risk of wildfires in the capital

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UK joins EU's €90 billion loan for Ukraine with promise of 'fair' contribution

London has agreed to join in the long-in-the-making EU plan to give Ukraine a much-needed financial boost.

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Two more blazes tear through London outdoor spaces amid 'extreme' wildfires warning

Gardens and area of grassland destroyed as hot weather increases risk of serious fires in London

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Improved Monsoon Rains in India Undercut Sugar Prices

October NY world sugar #11 (SBV26 ) today is down -0.21 (-1.41%), and Aug London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ26 ) is down -5.90 (-1.26%). Sugar prices are sharply lower today for a second session and slid to 2-week lows. An improvement in India’s monsoon rains is weighing on sugar...

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Leandro Trossard: Arsenal star to decide transfer future 'soon' as agent confirms productive Besiktas talks

Belgian considering ‘several options’ - including staying in north London

Evening Standard

Cocoa Prices Pressured by Easing Supply Concerns

September ICE NY cocoa (CCU26 ) today is down -240 (-3.96%), and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU26 ) is down -153 (-3.40%). Cocoa prices are sharply lower today for a second session on negative carryover from last Friday when Ivory Coast delivery data eased supply concerns. Last Friday, cumulative...

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Exclusive: Full scale of Walthamstow fire devastation revealed as blaze guts home and destroys gardens

Footage and images from the scene in east London show destruction caused by blaze with home, gardens and outbuildings lost

Evening Standard

"He came into the kitchen, gave me a tape and said, 'Listen to this. It’s not just any tape'." How a mouthy teenage guitarist scored his band a record deal with Britain's coolest indie label, and kickstarted a musical revolution

How the career of one of Britain's most influential bands was launched in a London warehouse

Louder

Wildfire alert: Create firebreaks around gardens to protect your homes, Londoners told

Cut back long grass, shrubs and trees, fire chiefs advise as capital hit by unprecedented heatwaves and major blazes

Evening Standard

Why climate scientists need to talk more about the very worst-case scenarios

London is under water. The Houses of Parliament, Buckingham Palace, St Paul’s Cathedral and the Bank of England are all submerged. Far away, the West Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets have collapsed, triggering accelerated sea level rise which, combined with a storm surge in the North Sea and a high…

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From Alexander Litvinenko to Sergei Skripal: the long road to reforming UK security

When Alexander Litvinenko was murdered in London in 2006, poisoned with radioactive polonium-210 slipped into a pot of tea, the UK was shocked. Litvinenko, a former Russian intelligence officer who had become a critic of Vladimir Putin’s government, died after a highly publicised illness.

The National (Scotland)

MP ‘groped breasts of two women’ at London’s Groucho Club, court told

AN MP groped the breasts of two women at London’s Groucho Club after pestering them to have a drink with him, a court has heard.

The Independent UK

MP Patrick Spencer ‘groped two women’ at London’s Groucho Club, court told

Patrick Spencer, who lives in Suffolk, was suspended from the Tory Party and had the whip withdrawn after the sexual assault charges were brought last year

Evening Standard

Man pleads guilty to the murder of his mother in Newham

Richard Clayton admitted strangling his mother in their east London home

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Police appeal for further victims as senior London church figure guilty of historic sexual offences

Police believe church deacon John Grant, 77, may have preyed on other victims after sexual assaults on young men while working in north London

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Police hunt laughing man who sexually assaulted woman at west London Tube station

The man repeatedly sexually assaulted a woman in a subway at Hanger Lane station before fleeing into the station while laughing

The Economic Times

UK unveils plan to ban Iran Revolutionary Guards: ministry

The UK government announced plans on Monday to ban Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a threat to national security, alongside an Iran-linked group accused of a series of attacks against the Jewish community. The banned groups would also include proxies and volunteers of Russia's GRU military intelligence agency,…

Evening Standard

Are you allowed to have barbecues in London's parks?

There are strict rules around barbecuing in parks to prevent grass fires with it banned in the overwhelming majority. Here’s everything you need to know.

The Independent UK

Major London railway stations to close for weeks – here’s why

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UK Wildfire: Wales wildfire triggers evacuations as Manchester blaze rages; Southern England placed under ‘exceptional’ wildfire risk amid scorching heat

UK Wildfire Update: Britain is on high alert as wildfires burn across Wales and the Peak District. Southern England faces an exceptional wildfire risk, the highest level on its Fire Severity Index. London also experienced extreme wildfire risk, disrupting transport and closing rail lines. Major incidents unfolded in North Wales,…

Evening Standard

Heatwaves killed 1,000 people in London and South East in May and June, alarming report reveals

‘We now live in a country with dangerously hot summers,’ says Dr Clair Barnes, from Imperial College London

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