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Cocoa Prices Jump on Signs of a Smaller Global Cocoa Surplus

March ICE NY cocoa (CCH26 ) on Tuesday closed up +122 (+2.08%), and March ICE London cocoa #7 (CAH26 ) closed up +128 (+3.02%). Cocoa prices rallied sharply on Tuesday amid signs of a smaller global cocoa surplus. Short covering emerged in cocoa futures on Tuesday, pushing prices higher, after...

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Boy band legends to reunite for 90s-fuelled BBC New Year’s Eve special

The evening will also feature a broadcast of London’s firework display

The Independent UK

FTSE 100 dips as BP and Shell fall amid oil slide

Figures from the ONS showed the unemployment rate rose to 5.1% in the three months to October, up from 5% in the three months to September.

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Cocoa Prices Rebound as Citigroup Cuts it Global Cocoa Surplus Estimate

March ICE NY cocoa (CCH26 ) today is up +128 (+2.18%), and March ICE London cocoa #7 (CAH26 ) is up +130 (+3.07%). Cocoa prices are sharply higher today on signs of a smaller global cocoa surplus. Short covering emerged in cocoa futures today to push prices higher after Citigroup...

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The Congregation: Brixton tube station’s mural of joy, resistance and community

Rudy Loewe’s arresting mural The Congregation sits above the entrance to Brixton Underground station in London. The large-scale painting highlights the people and places that have shaped the area’s history over the last 75 years. It serves as a gateway into Brixton’s past and present for locals and the estimated…

The Conversation

The 10 best bars of 2025, from Tabac to Dante

The Standard’s bar columnist Josh Barrie recalls fluffy Garibaldis and his first ‘austerity measure’

Evening Standard

'You're on your last warning!' London borough threatens Lime and Forest over abandoned e-bikes

London council sends warning letter to e-bike rental companies after ‘persistent problems’ it says are blighting the borough

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‘To be really successful, you have to be sexy in a straight way’: Ben Whishaw on libidinous New York and playing Peter Hujar

Peter Hujar captured a queer Manhattan demi-monde that is now lost to Aids. Whishaw reveals what he learned playing the photographer in a minimalist film being hailed by some as a masterpiece

The Guardian - UK

Court backs ruling that UK unlawfully detained Tamils on Diego Garcia

British Indian Ocean Territory commissioner’s appeal against decision last year rejected by judges in London

The Guardian - UK

To look the part for the party, get a makeover at London's best beauty counters

From Covent Garden to Carnaby Street and Knightsbridge here’s where you’ll find the best makeovers in town

Evening Standard

Concerted effort: One in five Londoners go to a gig a month

Nationally, 77 per cent of adults said going to concerts was important and something they liked to do, compared with 85 per cent in London

Evening Standard

Leicester Square knifeman detained indefinitely for repeatedly stabbing girl, 11

The Australian child was on holiday with her mother when she was targeted by Ioan Pintaru in London’s West End on the morning of August 12 last year.

Evening Standard

Girl repeatedly stabbed in Leicester Square ‘thought she was going to die’

The Australian child was on holiday with her mother when she was targeted by Ioan Pintaru in London’s West End on the morning of August 12 last year.

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M&S Charlton major incident LIVE: 30 treated for chemical inhalation after carbon monoxide leak

Eleven people taken to hospital as emergency services scrambled to supermarket in southeast London

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Girl, 11, 'thought she would die' in Leicester Square knife attack, court hears as knifeman is locked up

Ioan Pintaru stabbed the girl ‘furiously’ with a knife in Leicester Square

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London couple accused of deliberately starving their three-year-old daughter to death deny murder

Police found the baby’s ‘very emaciated’ body wrapped in a sheet with bruising to her neck, a court has been told

Evening Standard

Revealed: The £25million cost of Tube strike to London in lost fares alone

Full impact of RMT walkout in September – which led to three-year bumper pay deal for 16,500 Underground staff – is revealed

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London council starts issuing speeding fines to cyclists

Parks and Events police have been handing out £50 fines to cyclists who break a speed limit in Tooting Bec Common

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Brickbat: Zealous Enforcement

In London, England, a man returned from vacation to find four parking tickets on his car after Croydon Council painted… The post Brickbat: Zealous Enforcement appeared first on Reason.com.

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So You’ve Decorated Your Mantel Perfectly, But What About Your Overmantel? 10 Designer Tips for Decorating the Space Above Your Fireplace

The space above your fireplace is always going to be a focal point, so here, designers pick their favorite ways to decorate overmantel areas

Louder

"I had abreakdown. But what we get with this album is a breakthrough": Heartbroken and stricken with cancer, Stephen Dale Petit built his masterpiece, Be The Love

Stephen Dale Petit's Be The Love is an album that burns with the urgency and creativity of a man on borrowed time

Evening Standard

Super flu: Get the vaccine to protect grandma and grandad at Christmas, says London chief nurse

Having the jab could be the ‘one of the greatest Christmas gift’ if it means not passing flu to a loved one, says top nurse Karen Bonner

The Guardian - UK

‘We hate it. It’s desecration’: the real cost of HS2

The long read: Ten years after I first followed the proposed route, I retraced my steps to see what life was like along the world’s most expensive, heavily delayed railway line

Evening Standard

Murphy's: Cork stout announces price freeze as sales rocket by 666 per cent in 12 months

Cork stout Murphy’s is challenging Guinness in London, though is a long way off getting anywhere close to the Dublin brand

Evening Standard

Pete Doherty’s Babyshambles joined by Carl Barat and Bill Bailey at London gig

The band were playing the last night of their Dandy Hooligan reunion tour at the Koko venue in Camden.

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