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Hollywood’s Damian Lewis drives sheep over the Thames in ‘eccentric’ tradition

The Homeland and Band of Brothers actor joined more than 1,000 people driving sheep along a historic trading route on Sunday.

Evening Standard

The City of London’s tallest skyscraper could look like a toilet seat in the sky – and that’s not even the worst thing about it

As more and more giant towers are squeezed in by developers, open spaces and natural light are becoming things of the past, says Guardian architecture critic Oliver Wainwright

The Guardian - UK

Euro 2024: Huge open-top bus parade lined up if England beat Spain in Sunday's final

EXCLUSIVE: Massive open-top bus parade would take the team from Guildhall, in the City of London, to Buckingham Palace

Evening Standard

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Sewage floods estate in the City of London

‘Raw sewage is a major health hazard’ warn residents of estate near Barbican

Evening Standard

Divisive, ugly, gloomy: when will the City of London see the light on tall towers?

The proposed 1 Undershaft skyscraper is meant to help woo workers, but it’ll make the Square Mile worse for everyone

The Guardian - UK

Stripe opens City of London office to step up UK expansion

Stripe Inc. is opening a new office in the City of London as it looks expand its UK operations and roll out lending to small businesses.

Evening Standard

Plans for skyscraper metres from Britain’s oldest synagogue in City of London sparks hundreds of complaints

The UK's oldest synagogue could have to shut if plans to build a new tower block are approved, a rabbi previously warned

Evening Standard

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OPINION - The Standard View: Sexism in the City of London is holding women back

International Women’s Day is not only an opportunity to celebrate the economic, cultural and political achievements of women. It must be a call for action to accelerate gender parity and shine a light on places not doing enough.

Evening Standard

Bring on the sheep driving: theatre impresarios granted Freedom of the City of London

Dame Rosemary Squire and Sir Howard Panter were given the honour

Evening Standard

Britain’s oldest synagogue in City of London could be plunged into darkness amid fresh skyscraper plans

Bevis Marks synagogue has been fighting plans for skyscrapers near its site for years

Evening Standard

Lloyds of London archives show how important the City was to transatlantic slavery

In 1783, the City of London was gripped by a court case which symbolised the brutal economics of slavery. Two years previously, the Liverpool slave ship Zong had set out from Accra, in present-day Ghana, with 442 men, women and children crammed in its hold.

The Conversation

Caviar House restaurant opens at Threadneedles hotel in the City of London

Caviar House & Prunier unveils a new restaurant at Threadneedles, where everything from the Balik salmon to the cheesecake is enhanced with the prized ingredient

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King Charles stresses importance of understanding in religious faiths

Tolerance ‘never more vital than at times of international turmoil’, king says

The Guardian - UK

Photographer who caught Prince Louis covering ears during Jubilee and image of Russian blast victim up for award

The awards ceremony will be held at the Honourable Artillery Company grounds in the City of London on October 16

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Buildings evacuated and roads closed after fire in Moorgate

Around 1,500 city workers were evacuated

The Conversation

How subtle forms of sexism in financial services led to recent City scandals – what research shows

When I first worked in the City of London, a few years out of university, a company-appointed “style consultant” suggested I would be taken more seriously as a female professional if I wore more make-up and exchanged my trousers for skirt suits.

Evening Standard

Two mobile phone thieves jailed for stabbing members of the public who thwarted Bishopsgate stealing spree

Louis Parkinson and Tyrone Dean were condemned by the judge for a ‘truly shocking example of mindless violence and utter lawlessness’ in Bishopsgate last October

The Times of India

Rishi Sunak gambles with lurch to right as UK moderates flee to Labour

LONDON: Trailing in the polls, battered by economic headwinds and seeing businesses and the City of London flirt with the Labour Party, Rishi Sunak is rolling the dice that a shift to the right could keep his Conservatives in power.

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London’s top 10 tallest buildings as new skyscraper approved

How The Shard compares with its new rivals springing up in the City

The Conversation

Why banks once flocked to Canary Wharf’s high-tech superstructures, but are now starting to return to the City

HSBC is moving its UK headquarters from Canary Wharf back into the City of London as it adjusts to the impact of hybrid work on its office space needs.

The Guardian - UK

HSBC to move out of Canary Wharf headquarters due to hybrid working

The bank, which aims to move to the former head office of BT, says it wants to reduce its global office space by 40%

Daily Mirror

England opener Zak Crawley’s dad is legendary City trader who ‘made £23m in a year'

England opener Zak Crawley's dad, Terry, went from a £100-a-week job as a carpet fitter to earning millions as a financial trader in the City of London during the 1990s

Evening Standard

City of London rejects replica of Vladimir Putin critic Alexey Navalny’s cell as artwork as ‘too political’

The City of London has turned down a plan to erect a replica of the cell used to hold Russian dissident Alexey Navalny amid fears it could compromise its “political neutrality”.

The Independent UK

Watch live: Bank of England and Cop27 heads speak at climate summit

Watch live as the City of London hosts a climate summit on delivering net zero on Wednesday, 24 May.

Daily Mirror

Bank of England chiefs ambushed over rocketing inflation and interest rate hikes

The Commons Treasury Select Committee held a rare sitting outside Parliament - and went to Threadneedle Street in the heart of the City of London to tackle the Governor and his deputies

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