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Missing diamond-encrusted Rolex may be linked to London stabbing, police say

Jennifer Abbott, 69, was found dead in her Camden flat with tape on her mouth

The Guardian - UK · Jun 18, 2025

Sugar Prices Slump to 4-Year Lows on the Outlook for Abundant Global Supplies

July NY world sugar #11 (SBN25 ) Wednesday closed down -0.20 (-1.24%), and August London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ25 ) closed up +3.80 (+0.82%). Sugar prices on Wednesday extended their 3-month-long slide and posted 4-year nearest-futures lows. The outlook for improving global sugar supplies is weighing on prices. However,...

Barchart · Jun 18, 2025

Favorable Growing Conditions in West Africa Hammers Cocoa Prices

July ICE NY cocoa (CCN25 ) Wednesday closed down -263 (-2.65%), and July ICE London cocoa #7 (CAN25 ) closed down -202 (-3.14%). Cocoa prices on Wednesday added to Tuesday's losses and settled sharply lower, with London cocoa falling to a 2-1/2 week low. Rain forecasts for West Africa are...

Barchart · Jun 18, 2025

MP outrage at NHS over 'unfair' closure of only maternity unit in London borough with highest birthrate

Exclusive: Campaigners have warned that shutting Barking Birth Centre puts women at risk

Evening Standard · Jun 18, 2025

Cocoa Prices Hammered by Favorable Growing Conditions in West Africa

July ICE NY cocoa (CCN25 ) today is down -266 (-2.68%), and July ICE London cocoa #7 (CAN25 ) is down -202 (-3.14%). Cocoa prices today added to Tuesday's losses and are sharply lower, with London cocoa falling to a 2-1/2 week low. Rain forecasts for West Africa are expected...

Barchart · Jun 18, 2025

Race and lack of accountability involved in Child Q strip search, tribunal hears

A 15-year-old girl was strip searched by officers in Hackney, east London, on December 2020 after being wrongly being accused of carrying cannabis.

Evening Standard · Jun 18, 2025

Inmate died after ‘restraint-related’ incident in prison, inquest hears

Azroy Dawes-Clarke, 28, from Romford, east London, was an inmate at HMP Elmley when he died after suffering multiple cardiac arrests.

Evening Standard · Jun 18, 2025

London’s BSix college helped me gain qualifications and integrate into British society

Letter:Fatim Nikoulare, who came to the UK as an unaccompanied minor, is saddened by the loss of A-levels at a college that helps disadvantaged learners

The Guardian - UK · Jun 18, 2025

How HS2 squandered billions to become a national embarrassment

ANALYSIS: Trains may run between Birmingham and somewhere near London by 2036 – a decade late, and slower than planned as Simon Calder explains

The Independent UK · Jun 18, 2025

Moment ‘paedophile’ calls a child safety hotline as charity warns women now one in 10 offenders

Standard hears simulated call from ‘disgusted’ 23-year-old on visit to Lucy Faithfull Foundation’s headquarters in south London

Evening Standard · Jun 18, 2025