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HIM’s Venus Doom was the sound of a band peering over the edge of the abyss, as Ville Valo explained when Metal Hammer spoke to the singer in 2007

A bumper weekend guide, with new restaurants, wine bars, cultural happenings and the best in live sport outside of Paris, here’s everything to get up to

September ICE NY cocoa (CCU24 ) today is down -253 (-3.15%), and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU24 ) is down -187 (-2.87%). Cocoa prices today are sharply lower, with NY cocoa falling to a 1-week low. An improving outlook for the next cocoa season in West Africa is weighing...

From glorious greasy spoon fry-ups to five-star eggs all-ways: here’s where to start the day in style

Laura and Sam have become one of the first London users of an innovative first-time buyers scheme

Ask a visitor to name a building or monument that defines London, and you will inevitably end up with a shortlist that includes Nelson’s Column, Buckingham Palace, Tower Bridge… and its namesake, the Tower of London.

With their partnership with The Conran Shop, the artists are hoping to bring living art to people’s homes

Couples will get engaged before ever seeing each other

Linda De Sousa Abreu was arrested and charged with misconduct in public office

The opening sentence of Girl, Edna O’Brien’s last novel is, I think, unforgettable: “I was a girl once, but not any more...” And from there O’Brien, who died on Saturday, takes the reader into the unimaginable horror of the abduction and rape of the Chibok schoolgirls by the Islamist group,…

Rachel Reeves due to announce raft of spending cuts which could include HS2