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"Motörhead is not past tense. It's present tense": Phil Campbell pays tribute to Lemmy as ashes go on display at London adult entertainment club

Fans are encouraged to visit Lemmy's ashes at London club Stringfellows

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Sir Elton John keyboard handstand waxwork unveiled at London’s Madame Tussauds

Visitors to Madame Tussauds will be able to see the new Elton John waxwork from today

Evening Standard

Sugar Prices Finish Lower as the Global Sugar Supply Outlook Improves

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH25 ) Thursday closed down -0.25 (-1.27%), and March London ICE white sugar #5 (SWH25 ) closed down -2.40 (-0.47%). Sugar prices Thursday extended this week's sharp losses, with NY sugar posting a 3-month low and London sugar posting a 4-month low. Sugar came under...

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Cocoa Prices Retreat as Dollar Strength Sparks Long Liquidation

March ICE NY cocoa (CCH25 ) Thursday closed down -458 (-3.65%), and March ICE London cocoa #7 (CAH25 ) closed down -261 (-2.63%). Cocoa prices fell sharply Thursday after a rally in the dollar index (DXY00) to a 2-year high spurred long liquidation in cocoa futures. Cocoa prices have rallied...

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Sugar Prices Slide on Possible Resumption of India Sugar Exports

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH25 ) today is down -0.15 (-0.76%), and March London ICE white sugar #5 (SWH25 ) is down -0.10 (-0.02%). Sugar prices today extended this week's sharp losses, with NY sugar posting a 3-month low and London sugar posting a 4-month low. Sugar came under...

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FTSE slumps as Bank of England holds interest rates

The FTSE 100 finished 93.79 points, or 1.14%, lower to end the day at 8,105.32.

The Independent UK

Dollar Strength Sparks Long Liquidation in Cocoa Futures

March ICE NY cocoa (CCH25 ) today is down -458 (-3.65%), and March ICE London cocoa #7 (CAH25 ) is down -297 (-2.99%). Cocoa prices today are under pressure as a rally in the dollar index (DXY00) to a 2-year high has spurred long liquidation in cocoa futures. Cocoa prices...

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Anora and The Brutalist lead London film critics’ award nominations

Sean Baker’s and Brady Corbet’s films received seven nominations each from the London Critics’ Circle, while feminist body horror The Substance and Ralph Fiennes’ papal drama Conclave have six

The Guardian - UK

How long is the waiting list for a driving test in London?

The pandemic had a big part to play for the large backlog of driving tests

Evening Standard

Elon Musk considers funding Nigel Farage's populist party, a move that could shake up UK politics

British politician Nigel Farage says talks are underway about Elon Musk making a hefty donation to Farage’s party Reform U.K. The Times of London reported it could be as much as 100 million pounds ($127 million), which would be the largest political donation in U.K. history

The Independent UK

London tourists warned of rogue traders using boxing machines and photo booths

Westminster’s deputy leader hopes the prosecutions ‘will serve as a warning to rogue traders trying to rip people off’

The Independent UK

'London streets are no longer safe': influencers panic as Birkins join Rolex and Canada Goose as crime targets

When a £10,000 Birkin was nicked from an Oxford Street changing room, fear spread throughout the Hermès-bag-wearing community

Evening Standard

Cost of Premiership rugby’s failed three underlined with £30m loans yet to be recovered

Wasps, Worcester and London Irish went out of business in 2022/23

The Independent UK

OPINION - I'm sorry, but this is why I have no sympathy for the woman whose £10,000 handbag was stolen in London

It did not, I have to say, take long for my sympathy for the woman who had her designer handbag stolen from a changing room in Oxford Street to evaporate into thin air. And that was when I read the headline to the story: “The moment an influencer had her…

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Justine Simons: 'I hope I’ve been able to reposition culture as the lifeblood of London'

The deputy mayor for culture on how London’s arts scene has transformed over the past two decades, competing with Paris, and the capital’s biggest cultural project since the Great Exhibition

The Independent UK

London markets plunge after Fed decision hammers Wall Street

The FTSE 100 was down 112p, or 1.37%, at 8,087.11, taking the index to its lowest for almost a month.

The Independent UK

Ashes of Motorhead star Lemmy enshrined in London club Stringfellows

Lemmy’s Motorhead bandmate joked that his friend is ‘going to have a good view’

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Gingerbread City: architects sculpt London out of the season's favourite treat

Until December 29 in Chelsea, see London brought to life in a seasonal-appropriate medium by leading architects and designers

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Thank you London! Our Winter Appeal races past £3 million — and gets Sadiq’s support

Mayor calls on Londoners to ‘dig deep’ as This Day Foundation gives an extra £755,000

The Independent UK

Chaotic start to Christmas getaway as Stansted Express shuts down due to cable theft

Some 40,000 departing passengers are booked on flights from Essex airport, of whom 10,000 were expecting to arrive by train

Evening Standard

London politics LIVE: Keir Starmer warns Donald Trump against UK tariffs in first Liaison Committee grilling

Questions on growth, the economy, public services and national security are on the agenda for Sir Keir Starmer

Evening Standard

A third of all small and medium sized listed companies 'at risk of takeover' in 2025

The warning comes after 88 companies delisted or transferred their primary listing from London’s main market this year, the highest since the financial crisis.

Evening Standard

Australian waitress Jessica Parkinson, 29, who vanished in London 'found safe and well'

A missing person’s appeal was launched after Jessica Parkinson, 29, disappeared from the Bermondsey area of south London

Evening Standard

Sir David Jason says Only Fools And Horses musical is ‘very, very good’

The stage show is based on writer John Sullivan’s television series first broadcast on the BBC in 1981.

Wallpaper

This picky customer finds ‘perfection’ at Nipotina, Mayfair’s new pizza and pasta joint

Wallpaper* contributing editor Nick Vinson reviews Nipotina, a new Italian restaurant in London offering a carefully edited menu of traditional dishes

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