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Victoria Adams, 37, was killed with a mallet by a homeless man she had taken in at her Hammersmith home.

The capital’s Tube network is considered the most expensive of any major global city, with fares set to rise above inflation until 2030

October NY world sugar #11 (SBV25 ) on Tuesday closed up +0.01 (+0.06%), and October London ICE white sugar #5 (SWV25 ) closed up +1.40 (+0.29%). Sugar prices shook off early losses on Tuesday and posted modest gains after Conab, Brazil's government crop forecasting agency, cut its Brazil 2025/26 production...

October NY world sugar #11 (SBV25 ) today is up +0.03 (+0.18%), and October London ICE white sugar #5 (SWV25 ) is up +1.10 (+0.23%). Sugar prices shook off early losses today and turned higher after Conab, Brazil's government crop forecasting agency, cut its Brazil 2025/26 production estimate by -3.1%...

The FTSE 100 index closed down 55.60 points, 0.6%, at 9,265.80.

December ICE NY cocoa (CCZ25 ) today is down -389 (-4.85%), and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU25 ) is up +36 (+0.68%). NY cocoa prices today are sharply lower as forecasts for rain in the Ivory Coast later this week have sparked long liquidation in cocoa futures. London cocoa...

The Met Police made 528 arrests over Notting Hill Carnival while the British Transport Police made a further 30 arrests

King’s Cross, Tottenham Court Road and Oxford Circus stations named as crime hotspots as TfL publishes latest data

Letters: Readers respond to an article that suggests baby boomers should give up their large homes and move into smaller ones