Bloomberg
Renting a Room in London Costs Over £1,000 a Month
The average rent for a single room in London has surpassed £1,000 ($1,246) a month for the first time, rising 15% from a year ago, according to data compiled by SpareRoom, a website that matches people seeking roommates. Eamon Farhat...
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Anti-Ulez protestors gather outside parliament
Anti-Ulez protestors gathered outside parliament after London Mayor Sadiq Khan's Ultra-Low Emission Zone expanded across all of the capital's borough's last week. The capital has become the world's largest pollution charging area with a...
Bloomberg
Manchester United May Be Off the Market
Manchester United Plc shares fell by a record amount on Tuesday after a report in the Mail On Sunday that said the Glazer family is going to take the club off the market after failing to receive offers that match their asking price....
Press Association
Sadiq Khan comments on crumbling concrete crisis during school visit
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, vistis Newport Primary School in London as free school meals are rolled out across the capital to all state primary school children in London.
Khan also speaks about the RAAC crisis in schools happening...
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Sadiq Khan demands the Government release information about buildings with unsafe concrete
The Mayor of London has made a call for the Government to release more information on buildings in London that could contain unsafe concrete. He made the comment during a visit to a primary school to launch free meals for primary school...
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The largest Exhibition of Wallace Chan's work in Europe featuring the largest Black Diamond in the world
Christie’s hosts The Wheel of Time, the largest exhibition in Europe to date of the exquisite work of Wallace Chan a renowned Chinese jewellery creator, visual artist and innovator. Through 150 pieces of jewellery, together with six...
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Wallace Chan exhibition featuring one of world’s largest black diamonds opens
An exhibition starring one of the largest cut black diamonds in the world has opened in London.
Wallace Chan: The Wheel Of Time exhibition features 150 pieces of jewellery, alongside six titanium sculptures, from Chinese jewellery...
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Paddington quiet as train strike cripples services
Footage from Paddington Station in central London as train drivers stage a 24-hour walkout in a continuing bitter dispute over pay and conditions.
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Paddington station quiet on day of train strikes
Footage from Paddington Station in central London as train drivers stage a 24-hour walkout in a continuing bitter dispute over pay and conditions.
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City of London launches Bartholomew Fair with vertical dancers on St Paul’s Cathedral
The exciting full programme includes the world-premieres of RESURGAM, a stunning vertical dance performance on St Paul’s Cathedral; Dinner for All, a major immersive theatrical circus experience; Carnesky’s Showwomxn Spectacular, a new...
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Super blue moon above London
Images of the super blue moon as it illuminated the sky over London on Wednesday. From Primrose Hill the biggest and brightest Moon of the year was visible as cloudy skies cleared.
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Rare super blue moon rises of the London night sky
People gathered on Primrose Hill in London to watch the super blue moon rise over the city.
The blue moon refers to the second full moon in one calendar month, which occurs approximately once every two or three years.
This one is...
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Rare super blue moon takes over the night sky
People gathered across the UK to see the biggest and brightest moon of the year.
It was a rare chance to gaze at what is known as a blue supermoon, with the last such phenomenon occurring in 2009.
The blue moon refers to the second...
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Rishi Sunak welcomes the Crown Prince of Kuwait at Downing Street
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak welcomes the Crown Prince of Kuwait, Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, to Downing Street.
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£12.50 daily charge introduced as Ulez expands to include whole of London
London has become the world’s largest pollution charging area after the ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) was expanded to include the whole of the capital.
People who drive in the zone in a vehicle which does not meet minimum emissions...
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What is London’s ultra-low emission zone and how does it affect drivers?
The expansion of London’s ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) will affect many drivers in the capital. Here, the PA news agency answers 12 key questions about the scheme. – When and why was the Ulez created? It was launched in April 2019 to...
Press Association
Politics daily briefing: August 27
All the latest political news in the UK, as Nadine Dorries quits as Tory MP after 11-week delay with scathing attack on Rishi Sunak.
Bloomberg
Trading House Says It Was Scammed With Fake Nickel
Another trading house has allegedly been stung after buying a cargo supposedly containing nickel that turned out to be full of near-worthless rubble. This isn't the only case drawing attention. Bloomberg's Su Keenan explains what...
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Deputy Mayor of London for Transport discusses the opening of the Ulez scrappage scheme
Deputy Mayor of London for Transport, Seb Dance, discusses the opening of the Ulez scrappage scheme which will will cover all London boroughs from 29 August. He addresses some concerns and criticisms of the scheme. Every Londoner with a...
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People protest in Orpington against Ulez
Protesters have brought traffic to a standstill at the edge of London to fight against plans to extend the Ultra Low Emissions Zone (Ulez), 10 days before the zone is set to cover the entire city.
Protesters shouted into megaphones and...
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Junior doctors walk out in London as bitter dispute over pay and conditions continues
Footage from the junior doctors' strike in London as they walk out in a bitter dispute over pay. Interviews with Simi Manirajan, deputy co-chair of BMA's UK doctor committee and Dr Robert Laurenson, BMA's junior doctors committee co-chair.
Bloomberg
VC Spotlight: London a Leading Light in Innovation
Rana Yared, a general partner at Balderton, provides her outlook for innovation in the financial technology industry. She speaks with Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Technology."
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Sadiq Khan helps feed children after emergency funding programme
Mayor Sadiq Khan visited Coin Street Neighbourhood Centre, which helps families in Southwark and Lambeth, to meet some of those benefitting from his emergency free holiday meals funding.
Millions of free meals are being given to...
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Khan relaxed about potential Corbyn challenge for ‘best job in the world’
Sadiq Khan said he would not be surprised by Jeremy Corbyn running to be London Mayor because it is “the best job in the world”.
The Labour mayor appeared relaxed at the prospect of his party’s former leader standing as an independent...