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Toby carvery owner could have to pay over £1million for hacking back ancient oak

A specialist lawyer has said warned that cutting back an ancient oak tree can cause irreversible damage

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Cocoa Prices Rebound on Better-Than-Expected Cocoa Demand

May ICE NY cocoa (CCK25 ) today is up +269 (+3.32%), and May ICE London cocoa #7 (CAK25 ) is up +220 (+3.77%). Cocoa prices jumped today on signs of better-than-expected global cocoa demand. Q1 European cocoa grindings fell -3.7% y/y to 353,522 MT, a smaller decline than expectations for...

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E-bike blazes happening ‘every other day’ in London, fire chief warns

Many recent fires have involved second-hand e-bikes or e-scooters which have been modified using parts bought online, Richard Field said.

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OPINION - E-bike blazes have exposed a brutal truth: Londoners don't care about fires if the “wrong” people are victims

Two years ago, on a grey day in March, I was standing outside a block of flats in Shadwell, listening to a fellow delivery rider speak with passion as he addressed the crowd present at the vigil. His flat had gone up in flames, taking with it the life of…

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London council refuses to house homeless young mother after leaving her sofa surfing while pregnant

Hounslow council was told to offer the woman and her baby its next available suitable home after its failures meant she missed out on a number of secure tenancies, but it has refused

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Thief caught after trying to steal luxury watch from plain clothes officers

Yakob Harket, 21, was apprehended in a Metropolitan Police crackdown operation in west London on October 10 last year.

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Met Police criticised over Easter egg hunt for anti-terror officers

Former detective Peter Bleksley called it ‘ludicrous’ during an epidemic of violent crime and phone snatching

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West End private members' clubs help feed London's homeless

Annabel’s, George, Harry’s Bar and Mark’s Club have all joined an initiative that started in the depths of the pandemic

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Marks & Spencer unveils £90 million investment in London food halls

The investment pipeline is set to create 450 new jobs and will add more than 70,000 sq ft of store space.

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Man arrested after teenage girl 'slashed in face' outside West London school in 'unprovoked attack'

Exclusive: This is the moment the suspect was arrested after ‘mounting and slashing’ 17-year-old victim near Northolt academy

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Toby Carvery boss apologises for ‘upset caused’ by felling of centuries-old tree

The tree was cut down in Whitewebbs Park, north London on April 3.

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How petrostates succeeded in watering down the world’s plan to cut shipping emissions

The UN’s International Maritime Organization has just agreed to start charging ships for the greenhouse gases they emit. After decades of ineffective incremental tweaks to shipping emissions, the breakthrough came on April 11 at a summit in London. It makes shipping the first industry subject to a worldwide – and…

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Everything you need to know about Arsenal hero and Londoner Declan Rice after his dominance against Real Madrid

England midfielder has also played for Ireland and was at West Ham before record transfer to Arsenal

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Charles Pan Fried Chicken: the legendary New York restaurant is coming to London for the first time

New York chef Charles Gabriel hasn’t visited London since his honeymoon in 1975

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Sadiq Khan welcomes £27m for 'skills bootcamps' aimed at 'fast-tracking' Londoners into 'good jobs'

Flexible courses lasting between two weeks and three months will offer training in key sectors like the digital and creative industries

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Ancient London oak hacked down by Toby Carvery owners could have lived ‘another few hundred years’

The ancient oak was on the edge of Whitewebbs Park, next to the Whitewebbs House Toby Carvery

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At home with Lee Broom, the designer who put Beyonce in a swing

Lee Broom, the man who put Beyoncé in a swing, gives us a tour of his ultra-glam party palace in south London

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Murder trial collapses seven years after teenager’s shooting

Tanesha Melbourne-Blake, 17, had been with friends in Tottenham on the evening of Easter Monday in 2018 when a car pulled up and shots were fired.

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Inside this week's London Standard

Goldie talks about the changes he’s witnessed over the decades . Plus, we report on London’s back-room councils ruling Mulsim marriages

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Sharia London: surge in back-room councils that rule on Muslim marriages

‘Back-room’ councils which rule on Muslim marriages have been accused of misogyny and exploiting religious freedoms — and they are on the rise on the capital. David James Smith reports

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Murder trial for teenager killed in London drive-by shooting collapses after seven years

The 17-year-old was with friends in North London in 2018 when she was killed by shots fired from a car

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Gangs of London just featured this luxury briefcase – here’s where to buy it

One customer said the Carl Friedrik briefcase ‘exceeded all expectations’

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Phone snatcher punches pregnant woman in stomach outside London Underground station

British Transport Police arrest suspect after tracking victim’s device to an address

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Booming City of London's GDP soars past the £100 billion mark for first time

The Square Mile’s output is on a par with those of entire national economies such as Morocco or Slovakia.

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East London Indian restaurant fined £100,000 over 'uncontrolled' mouse infestation

Mouse droppings were found near chopping boards, cooking utensils, packaged lettuces and smeared on electrical wires

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