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OPINION - This secret 'tax' is putting tourists off spending their money in the UK

Walk down any of London’s shopping streets today and you’ll notice something missing – not the designer shops or beautiful window displays, but the international tourists. The visitors who once spent freely in our stores, stayed in our hotels, dined in our restaurants and enriched the whole economy are no…

Evening Standard

‘I’m on the right side of history’: The church minister risking prison time to support Palestine Action

More than 500 people were arrested at the biggest demonstration since the group was proscribed a terrorist organisation

The Independent UK

Girls Aloud star Nicola Roberts joins cast of West End musical Hadestown

Roberts will play Persephone from September 16 until January 18 2026 at the Lyric Theatre in London.

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Londoners facing ‘dangerous combination’ of heat and air pollution

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“Interviewers were telling me that I started the whole glam rock, hair metal scene. I said, ‘What? Don’t blame me for that!’” Drugs, guitars, triumph and tragedy – the inside story of Hanoi Rocks

40 years ago – after moving to London to invent the movement that would inspire a million L.A. bands – Finnish upstarts Hanoi Rocks self-destructed. This is their story

Guitar World

Two teenage boys stabbed near Oxford Street are rushed to hospital

The first paramedics arrived at the scene within three minutes, the London Ambulance Service said

Evening Standard

High pollution warning issued in London as capital braces for 34C heat

City Hall triggers warning as heatwave and existing pollution combine to increase ground-level ozone levels

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OPINION - Our wasteful culture has led us to Wet Wipe Island - it needs to change

Authorities are resorting to desperate measures to remove Wet Wipe Island near Hammersmith Bridge. It’s fallen to the Port of London Authority, which once ran London’s docks, to remove the equivalent of 15 double decker buses of waste from the Thames.

Evening Standard

Amber health warnings in place as heatwave temperatures set to hit 34C

The UK Health Security Agency has amber warnings in place for the East Midlands, West Midlands, east of England, London and the South East.

Evening Standard

India is historical, Bharat is mythical: Aatish Taseer

My parents met in Delhi in 1980. My father had just written a biography of his political idol, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto; my mother was sent to interview him. That night they went to dinner at a Chinese restaurant called the House of Ming. Then they disappeared together for a week.…

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Nicola Sturgeon says she may move to London as she 'can't breathe freely' in Scotland

The former Scottish first minister spoke of her fondness for the capital in her latest interview to promote her long-awaited memoir

Evening Standard

High pollution alert issued for London on Tuesday due to blistering 34C temperatures

Temperatures in parts of west London may reach 34C on Tuesday

Evening Standard

Booking.com ignored me after my bedbug nightmare

I arrived at a Safestay hostel in London at midnight to find my bed infested, but the platform hasn’t replied to my complaint

The Guardian - UK

London set for sweltering 34C heatwave today as experts warn of a water shortage

The capital will see some of the hottest temperatures in the UK amid its fourth heatwave of the summer

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Tuesday briefing: Why England’s homes are built to bake – and what’s being done about it

In today’s newsletter: Hotter houses are likely to become the norm, with the dangerous health impacts facing society’s most vulnerable

Euronews

Candid Beatles moments captured by Paul McCartney to be exhibited in London

From backstage moments to quiet reflections, Paul McCartney’s photographs of the Beatles’ breakthrough years are heading to a London gallery this August.

Louder

Steven Wilson and two former Marillion members walked into a band… What went wrong? The mystery of Pride Of Passion, back to try again after 40 years

The prog group established a reputation for sold-out killer shows in the 80s, but fizzled out without warning. Now the core members have returned with an EP and an album to follow

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‘Do not buy these flats’: residents warn about unbearable heat inside London new-builds

Experts say many new homes being built in the UK not designed to withstand extreme summer temperatures

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Evening Standard

Parts of UK forecast to hit 34C during fourth summer heatwave

The highest temperatures will be felt in southern parts of the UK.

The Independent UK

Reality TV star explains why being a housewife is ‘very empowering’

The Real Housewives Of London cast discuss where their confidence comes from and the legacy of the franchise

The Independent UK

Parents occupy community centre with buggy blockade in protest over cost of childcare

Families and youth workers occupy recently closed centre run by Living Under One Sun in Tottenham in protest over lack of affordable childcare and school holiday support

The Independent UK

Wildfire breaks out in London amid latest heatwave warning

The London Fire Brigade received over 30 calls reporting the fire

Evening Standard

Wildfire breaks out as latest heatwave hits capital

A wildfire has broken out in northeast London as the capital grapples with its fourth heatwave of the summer.

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Disappointing Cane Yields in Brazil Boost Sugar Prices

October NY world sugar #11 (SBV25 ) on Monday closed up +0.24 (+1.48%), and October London ICE white sugar #5 (SWV25 ) closed up +3.60 (+0.76%). Sugar prices moved higher on Monday, with NY sugar posting a 1-week high and London sugar posting a 1.5-week high. Concern about smaller sugar...

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Cocoa Prices Rally on Dry West African Weather

September ICE NY cocoa (CCU25 ) on Monday closed up +252 (+2.96%), and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU25 ) closed up +293 (+5.34%). Cocoa prices on Monday rallied to 6-week highs. Concerns about dry weather in West Africa that threatens the region's cocoa crops are pushing prices sharply higher....

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