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Park Plaza operator PPHE today ended a years-long battle to build a hotel on the site of an abandoned petrol station in London’s South Bank after it obtained planning permission from Lambeth Council. The firm, which recently completed work on a 27-story tower in Old Street, plans to construct a…

Taylor is officially in town – how is the best way to get to Wembley?

The graffiti on the shutters at London Zoo is the artist’s ninth work in nine days

The temperature reached 34.8C in Cambridge on Monday

Part of the artwork was graffitied by balaclava-wearing man and silver Nissan Micra removed overnight

The number of top-flight teams from in or around the capital has soared – and so has the cost of keeping up for other clubs

The rhino is part of the artist’s animal-themed series which has shown up all over London

September ICE NY cocoa (CCU24 ) on Monday closed down -367 (-4.03%), and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU24 ) closed down -219 (-3.27%). Cocoa prices Monday sold off sharply on optimism that West African cocoa production will recover despite recent below-average precipitation. Farmers in the Ivory Coast report that...

October NY world sugar #11 (SBV24 ) on Monday closed down -0.19 (-1.03%), and Oct London ICE white sugar #5 (SWV24 ) closed down -6.60 (-1.25%). Sugar prices today are moderately lower on optimism that above-average monsoon rains in India will lead to a bumper sugar crop. The Indian Meteorological...

The phone thief dropped some of his haul when officers knocked him off his bike in the middle of a busy road in the City

Attempt to show gratitude to Paul Spiers, 63, in Beckenham turns sour as Veolia says he cannot accept gift