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£15,000 floristry, carollers and 45-ft trees: London's most lavish Christmas decorations

With big homes and even bigger budgets, Christmas is a time for the capital’s ultra-wealthy to show off. Emma Magnus speaks to the people who make these opulent festive wishes come true

Evening Standard

Train hit buffers at London Bridge after exhausted driver had 'microsleep'

Investigation criticises staff fatigue at GoVia Thameslink Railway

Evening Standard

Met Police make arrests over 'intifada' chants at pro-Palestine march in central London

The force is taking more ‘assertive’ action against slogans and messages intimidating Jewish communities in the wake of the Bondi Beach terror attack

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UK to rejoin EU's Erasmus+ student mobility fund in 2027

The deal is being hailed in London as a step towards greater EU-UK relations, but the recent failure to agree on UK involvement in the SAFE defence fund has critics complaining about a "piecemeal" approach to Europe.

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The best New Year’s Eve club nights in London

It’s the biggest night of the year. Hurry up and book, says Maddy Mussen

Evening Standard

'London is a cycling Wild West': Lycra louts are flouting law in front of police, Lords told

Bikers on pavements in the capital have made them potentially as dangerous as the roads, says a former minister

Evening Standard

OPINION - London is the epicentre of a child homelessness crisis. Is this how to fix it?

Councils do not have the money or resource to fix it alone, says Sally Orlopp from the charity Centrepoint

Evening Standard

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UCL President: Universities must show they bring benefits to everyone, locally and nationally

Editor’s note: The Conversation’s operation in the UK is based at UCL in London, where around half of the 25-strong editorial team have desks. It is a physical representation of our integrated position within the institution and the UK Higher Education sector.

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Christmas travel 2025: Which trains run on Boxing Day? One route continues service into London

Transport for London and National Rail services around and through the capital will be interrupted during the festive period

Evening Standard

Lila Moss 'makes £1.3m profit' with company she named after mum Kate's old Highgate house

The 23-year-old spent half her life at the famous celebrity-loved road in north London, living next door to George Michael

Evening Standard

UK house price growth slumps as values fall in London

A base rate cut by the Bank of England base rate is expected on Thursday, which could help some mortgage holders.

The Independent UK

House price growth slowed in October as values fell in London – ONS

Some property experts said a cut in the Bank of England base rate is expected on Thursday, in a boost for some mortgage holders.

Evening Standard

Beloved Baxter's Court Wetherspoon in Hackney to be replaced by The DC Lion

The east London pub shut its doors for good last month but is set to return as a free house

Evening Standard

Cancellations, delays and diversions as fog hits airports in London and Southampton

Exclusive: Seven flights cancelled to and from the Docklands airport, while one Southampton-bound plane held for over an hour before landing

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Rare pink fog descends on the UK as Met Office issues weather warnings across the country

A number of flights to and from London City Airport have been cancelled

Evening Standard

Earls Court's £10 billion regeneration gets green light from Kensington & Chelsea

Work is now expected to get under way on the 44 acre site next year

Evening Standard

Moment cameraman run over and 'nearly beheaded' by Rolls Royce on north London film set

Matt Perren says he almost died in the accident while filming in Camden last November

Evening Standard

Bondi Beach 'gunman' Naveed Akram charged with 15 counts of murder as funeral of London-born rabbi held

Victim Eli Schlanger’s father-in-law tells funeral congregation it is ‘unthinkable we talk about you in the past tense’

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The Independent UK

‘I was £4,000 in debt and I wanted to disappear forever’

SAFECALL APPEAL: Buried in debt, Dillon Duffy felt as if he had no other option but to disappear for good. A year on, he tells Harriette Boucher that those in similar situations must reach out for support instead

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Aussie 'Waterboy' causes major shock at darts worlds

WA's Joe "The Waterboy'' Comito has scored the biggest win of his career, thrilling fans in London to progress at the PDC darts world championship.

Evening Standard

London's shame: More than 100,000 children will be homeless in capital this Christmas

London Councils estimates there is at least one homeless child in every classroom across the city

Evening Standard

Doctors' strike will 'take toll' on patients, warns London NHS chief as five-day walk-out starts

The industrial action, from 7am on Wednesday 17 December until 7am on Monday 22, comes as hospitals are already under pressure from an unprecedented wave of super flu

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Cocoa Prices Jump on Signs of a Smaller Global Cocoa Surplus

March ICE NY cocoa (CCH26 ) on Tuesday closed up +122 (+2.08%), and March ICE London cocoa #7 (CAH26 ) closed up +128 (+3.02%). Cocoa prices rallied sharply on Tuesday amid signs of a smaller global cocoa surplus. Short covering emerged in cocoa futures on Tuesday, pushing prices higher, after...

The Independent UK

Boy band legends to reunite for 90s-fuelled BBC New Year’s Eve special

The evening will also feature a broadcast of London’s firework display

Evening Standard

FTSE 100 dips as BP and Shell fall amid oil slide

Figures from the ONS showed the unemployment rate rose to 5.1% in the three months to October, up from 5% in the three months to September.

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