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Mayor admits hate crimes in the capital remain ‘far too high’, while stressing the need to help Londoners ‘think critically’ in face of online extremism

A procession of 1,300 armed forces personnel and a Red Arrows flypast are among the plans outlined to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day

May NY world sugar #11 (SBK25 ) Thursday closed down -0.02 (-0.11%), and August London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ25 ) closed up +1.20 (+0.24%). Sugar prices on Thursday settled mixed. Prices were under pressure Thursday on negative carryover from Wednesday when the USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) projected that...

July ICE NY cocoa (CCN25 ) Thursday closed up +250 (+2.81%), and May ICE London cocoa #7 (CAK25 ) closed up +59 (+0.93%). Cocoa prices on Thursday settled moderately higher but remained below Wednesday's significant highs. On Wednesday, NY cocoa posted a 2-1/2 month high, and London cocoa posted a...

Minister says incident ‘opened up a nerve in the country’ as new questions raised over ownership of land it stood on

Four schools in Hackney among wave of closures in the capital due to falling pupil numbers

The president of the European Commission has underlined the need for Europe to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels at an energy security summit hosted jointly by the UK government and International Energy Agency, despite US demands for Europe to ramp up LNG imports.

The Met Office is forecasting temperatures in the mid-20s in the capital by the middle of next week

The index finished up by 0.05%, or 4.26 points, to close at 8,407.44.