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A London 2040 Olympics is alluring but do gold medals bring cities a golden future?

New research has shown there was a positive impact during London 2012 but the legacy effects appear to be short-lived

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OPINION - Susan Hall is back — and Sadiq Khan and Labour should be very worried

She was once dubbed “the one Sadiq Khan fears”. The phrase was splashed on billboards, blared from vans and echoed across social media. For a while, Susan Hall was everywhere. But it was more than just a line, it was a warning. A warning to a Mayor who had coasted…

Evening Standard

Bereaved families urge Sadiq Khan to honour pledge to ban gambling ads on Tube

Families who have lost relatives to gambling-related suicide beg mayor to act on his 2021 pledge to ban betting and casino ads on London transport

Evening Standard

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Crime's up in London - but the capital's still safer than Manchester, according to latest police data

Manchester worse for total crime rate, violence, stalking and sexual offences

Evening Standard

Ikea’s new central London store has learned from ‘a lot of mistakes’ over 7 years

“We have [made] a lot of mistakes when designing city location stores,” Ikea’s Tolga Öncü told Fortune.

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TfL’s war on fare dodgers stepped up amid concern of surge in ‘gate-pushers’

Efforts to target bus network hampered by lack of Met police support

Evening Standard

First look inside Oxford Street's long awaited flagship Ikea store after £450m investment

Around 60,000 shoppers a week are expected to visit the shop in the former Topshop flagship

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UK Ikea boss backs calls to pedestrianise Oxford Street as flagship store opens

New outlet due to welcome shoppers on Thursday regarded as key to helping revive famous London thoroughfare

The Guardian - UK

Report warns London is 'a long way off' eliminating new HIV cases by 2030

Research finds that the decline in new diagnoses in London ‘appears to have stalled’, raising questions about mayor Sadiq Khan’s end-of-decade target

Evening Standard

Susan Hall reclaims Tory leadership at City Hall and pledges to renew battle with Sadiq Khan

Surprise as defeated mayoral candidate returns as Tory group leader on the London Assembly

Evening Standard

Book exchange libraries to be reinstated at some Tube stations after mayor orders review of his own fire rules

15 stations will see ‘community libraries’ return after TfL finds solution

Evening Standard

OPINION - I have misophonia and TfL's lack of action on headphone dodgers is unbearable

A new survey from YouGov has found that 8 in 10 Brits are bothered by people playing things out loud on their phone — so why is TfL taking such a backseat?

Evening Standard

Chelsea urged to start stadium talks as Twickenham issues revealed amid Stamford Bridge dilemma

Temporary move to Twickenham unlikely to receive support from local council

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Sadiq Khan backs London bid for 2040 Olympic Games as mayor points to 'humongous' benefits

Report also estimates that hosting World Athletics Championship in 2029 could be worth £400million

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Call for action to prevent 'endemic' misogyny affecting young Londoners

London Assembly warns ‘much more’ needs to be done to stop violence against women and girls ‘spiralling out of control’

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Tube station serving west London luxury shops becomes step-free - five years behind schedule

Knightsbridge becomes 93rd out of 272 on Underground to become accessible

The Guardian - UK

London councils yet to spend £130m in local climate funds

Local authorities have spent less than £40m out of £170m collected since offsetting scheme began in 2016

Evening Standard

TfL pledges 'better support' for asylum seekers applying for travel discounts

Commitment comes as Sadiq Khan’s transport deputy says the mayor is determined ‘to help vulnerable Londoners travel across our city’

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Concerns over regeneration causing 'irreversible damage' to London's markets and railway arches

London Assembly warns mayor Sadiq Khan to ‘ensure regeneration enhances, rather than erodes, the social fabric of our city’

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Sadiq Khan boosts funding to combat hate crimes and radicalisation

Mayor admits hate crimes in the capital remain ‘far too high’, while stressing the need to help Londoners ‘think critically’ in face of online extremism

Evening Standard

How London's shoplifting epidemic has accelerated with offences soaring 54% in a year

Data also reveals that ‘theft from the person’ offences rose 41 per cent in the capital, despite falling 14 per cent across the rest of England

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan urged to boost high streets with public art and new community projects

Too many Londoners do not feel ‘meaningfully involved’ in high street regeneration schemes, London Assembly warns

Evening Standard

'Senseless vanity project': Sadiq Khan faces backlash over Oxford Street pedestrianisation plans

Residents’ groups tell London Assembly investigation that need for change has been overstated by Mayor of London

Evening Standard

Shoreditch towers plan secures 'support in principle' from City Hall

Development would reach 12 storeys high on a disused patch of land between two busy railway lines

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan welcomes £27m for 'skills bootcamps' aimed at 'fast-tracking' Londoners into 'good jobs'

Flexible courses lasting between two weeks and three months will offer training in key sectors like the digital and creative industries

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