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Detectives hunt man after 'distressing' rape of woman in City of London

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Wed 19th Dec 2018 12:25 PM


The victim was attacked around 3am on Friday 7 December, in St Michael's Alley, in the City of London. "This was a distressing attack on a young woman in the very heart of our City," commander ...

https://news.sky.com/story/detectives-hunt-man-after...

Police hunting City rapist release images of man they ‘urgently’ need to find

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Wed 19th Dec 2018 12:20 PM


Police have released CCTV images of a man they “urgently need to identify” after the rape of a woman near Bank in the City of London. The victim was attacked around 3am on Friday, December 7, in St Michael’s Alley, off Cornhill, in London’s ...

https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2018/12/19/police-hunting...

City of London buys an old power station as a site for its food markets

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Wed 19th Dec 2018 12:00 PM


The City of London has bought a huge plot of land next to Dagenham Dock currently occupied by a power station, in a preemptive strike to stop other bidders getting their hands on the land. The purchase is because the City of London is looking for a ...

https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2018/12/19/city-of-...

Police hunting City rapist release images of man they ‘urgently’ need to find

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Wed 19th Dec 2018 12:00 PM


(City of London Police).He is then seen leaving the area and heading south of the River Thames. He is last pictured on CCTV at 3.30am walking over London Bridge and entering the area of Clink Street. Anyone with information is urged to call police on 0207 ...

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/police-hunting-city-rapist...

The 10 best places to eat traditional British food in the UK

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Wed 19th Dec 2018 12:00 PM


This humble dish is elevated to an art form at an unprepossessing fourth generation family-run chippie in the North Yorkshire town Haxby, eight kilometres north of the city of York ... of the menu at Maria's Market Cafe at London's Borough Market in ...

https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/themes/food/109507519...

Police hunting City rapist release images of man they ‘urgently’ need to find

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Wed 19th Dec 2018 11:51 AM


(City of London Police). Police have released CCTV images of a ... The CCTV shows the man at 2.45am walking along Liverpool Street into Old Broad Street and then along Threadneedle Street. He is then seen outside a bar on Cornhill, the main road connected ...

https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/uk-news/2018/12/...

Toilet charges at Glasgow Central and Edinburgh Waverley to be AXED in 2019 as Network Rail aim for ‘accessible’ stations

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Wed 19th Dec 2018 11:50 AM


Charges around the UK will be abolished in all stations run by Network - including stations in London, Manchester and Birmingham ... such as Glasgow Queen Street and Edinburgh Haymarket, are not understood to be following suit at this time.

https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/3644799/glasgo...

Grenfell fraudster who claimed fasting drove him insane is jailed for five years

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Wed 19th Dec 2018 11:50 AM


west London, also claimed he had been related to one of the 72 people who died in the blaze, Isleworth Crown Court heard. Onafuye claimed for accommodation and financial help worth around £33,000 from Kensington and Chelsea council and the charity Rugby ...

https://www.itv.com/news/london/2018-12-18/grenfell-...

Police hunting City rapist release images of man they...

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Wed 19th Dec 2018 11:49 AM


Police have released CCTV images of a man they “urgently need to identify” after the rape of a woman near Bank in the City of London. The victim was attacked around 3am on Friday, December 7, in St Michael’s Alley, off Cornhill, in London’s ...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-6511687...

Christmas 2018: The top 10 BEST Christmas markets in the UK revealed

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Wed 19th Dec 2018 11:39 AM


London 22 November – 6 January Although the capital offers ... Birmingham German Christmas Market was ranked the fifth best Christmas market in the UK by travel website Booking.com. Stalls can be found scattered around the Victoria Square and New Street ...

https://www.express.co.uk/travel/articles/1039212/ch...

Has “A Star Is Born” Been Snubbed By The London Film Critics’ Circle?

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Wed 19th Dec 2018 11:37 AM


Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga attend A star Is born premiere - Red Carpet at Vue Cinema, Leicester square on September 28, 2018 in London, England. If one were to argue the film’s unfair dismissal from the evening’s celebrations, they could say that ...

https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2018/12/19/has-a-star-is-...

Charity distributes 1,700 items of winter clothing to homeless and vulnerable people in Glasgow

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Wed 19th Dec 2018 11:32 AM


A charity have donated 1,700 winter clothing items ... focused charity Hands On London, who have been running Wrap Up London for eight years this year and are, at the time of writing, still sorting their coats collected in the city. Wrap Up 2018, which ...

https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/char...

Police hunt suspect after woman is raped in City alley

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Wed 19th Dec 2018 11:30 AM


This is the man wanted by police in connection with the rape of a woman in an alley in the City of London. The woman was attacked in St Michael’s Alley, off Cornhill, in the early hours on Friday December 7. Police have tracked a suspect on CCTV as he ...

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/police-hunt-su...

Fried Frank continues London investment with Norton Rose corporate hire

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Wed 19th Dec 2018 11:18 AM


Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson has continued its London investment push with the hire of Norton Rose Fulbright corporate partner Ian Lopez. He is the second partner to join Fried Frank’s City office in recent months, after it picked up Freshfields ...

https://www.law.com/legal-week/2018/12/19/fried-fran...

Crane lift swings out-of-control on City of London tower

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Wed 19th Dec 2018 11:05 AM


The tower crane was lifting a bathroom pod to the upper floors of the One Bishopsgate Plaza site where Lendlease is building a 43-storey tower. The video shows the load swinging between the construction site and hitting the adjacent Heron Tower.

https://www.constructionenquirer.com/2018/12/19/cran...

Club king Birley joins residents in fight against 24-hour Mayfair casino

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Wed 19th Dec 2018 10:58 AM


The “king of clubs” Robin Birley has joined neighbours fighting plans for a casino in Mayfair which he says will “destroy” the area. Developers have applied to convert a Grade II listed Georgian townhouse in Charles Street into a 24-hour casino ...

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/club-king-bir...

Markets to mull over: the Christmas trail from Soho to Singapore

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Wed 19th Dec 2018 10:42 AM


At the Christmas market on Berwick Street in Soho, London, couples walk hand-in-hand with matching woolly hats on, babies are wrapped cosy in pushchairs, kids run from tent to tent in bright raincoats and wellies. The air smells like rain and cinnamon ...

https://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/travel/marke...

Onima Brings A Sharing Ethos To Fancy Mayfair Food

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Wed 19th Dec 2018 10:20 AM


Just remember this is Mayfair , so don't expect it to come cheap. The best things to do in London. The must-read London articles. The coolest London events from our partners.

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London ends 2018 with negative house price growth: Hometrack

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Wed 19th Dec 2018 10:18 AM


Average house prices in the capital have fallen 0.1 per cent over this year, with two thirds of London seeing prices fall, yearly negative growth for the second time in 23 years. Camden has experienced ... start for the housing market in 2019.”

https://www.mortgagestrategy.co.uk/london-ends-2018-...

Gulf Keystone Petroleum Share Chat

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Wed 19th Dec 2018 10:17 AM


He was also accused of blowing $5,100 to entertain clients at a strip club, with the UK-based Independent ... in court later on Thursd Datafeed and UK data supplied by NBTrader and Digital Look. While London South East do their best to maintain the high ...

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City of London approves Make’s tweaked Leadenhall skyscraper

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Wed 19th Dec 2018 10:07 AM


Careers expert Matthew Turner advises a practice partner who was considering stepping back but finds their firm’s succession plans in tatters The UK’s biggest architecture practices came out in force yesterday evening to celebrate the winners of the ...

https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/city-of-lon...

Europeans rate London top city for work

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Wed 19th Dec 2018 10:06 AM


The majority of European talents who are eager to work in London are from Greece and Portugal. More than one-fourth of the inhabitants of Greece and Portugal would like to work in that city. London is also popular among Romanians, Spaniards and Bulgarians.

http://www.onrec.com/news/news-archive/europeans-rat...

What do top chefs cheat at when making Christmas lunch?

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Wed 19th Dec 2018 10:02 AM


From cheap bacon to plant-based priorities and stolen sprout recipes to gastronomy à la leftovers, this is what the UK’s top chefs are up to this Christmas: The Scottish chef behind Covent Garden's Frog ... I’ll be staying in London to carry on ...

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/christmas/2018/12/19/do-...

GALLERY: A look at all the celebrity babies born in 2018

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Wed 19th Dec 2018 09:38 AM


The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge celebrated the arrival of their third child on April 23rd. The official statement from Kensington Palace read ... "Our beautiful little boy Kit Peter Doran Jones, arrived in the early hours of Saturday morning, weighing ...

https://www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbeauty/mother...

Tiny £145k Kensington flat means you could get on the property ladder with just £22,000 deposit

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Wed 19th Dec 2018 09:35 AM


The lease on the Kensington pad listed on Zoopla is up in 59 years and ... to maintain discipline and not bid beyond the affordable limit." An even smaller London studio flat with a kitchen in the bedroom is selling for £250,000 and it's still the most ...

https://www.thesun.co.uk/money/8005875/kensington-fl...

Liar claimed he ‘hallucinated’ escape from Grenfell Tower to claim £33,000 worth of accommodation

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Wed 19th Dec 2018 09:31 AM


Kensington and Chelsea council paid around £33,000 for Onafuye to stay at the Grosvenor Hotel in Victoria, south West London, and a temporary flat in Hammersmith, west London. Mr Holt said Onafuye could have been involved another person in his fraud as ...

https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/must-reads/liar-cl...

Robbie Williams wins conditional approval for underground swimming pool after five-year battle with Jimmy Page

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Wed 19th Dec 2018 09:31 AM


Robbie Williams' plans to build an underground pool at his Grade II-listed home in west London have been conditionally approved ... Tower House. At a Kensington and Chelsea Council planning meeting in May this year, Page, who bought the property in ...

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/mus...

7 of the most luxurious cinemas from around the world

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Wed 19th Dec 2018 09:28 AM


The Odeon cinema in London’s Leicester Square has caused outrage by charging £40 per ticket ... Guests at the Edible Cinema in Soho are greeted with a tray of numbered goodies carefully calibrated to fit with moments from a film. The pine forest scene ...

https://www.rte.ie/lifestyle/travel/2018/1217/101770...

Robbie told to meet Led Zep neighbour Page to sort out differences over singer’s basement plans

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Wed 19th Dec 2018 09:01 AM


Councillor Quentin Marshall, chairing Kensington and Chelsea council’s planning committee ... Page – lives with his wife Ayda Field and their three children in the Holland Park pad. After the meeting, Mr Ricketts said: “I was very reassured by ...

https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/entertainment/musi...

Robbie Williams wins five-year battle with Jimmy Page over underground swimming pool

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Wed 19th Dec 2018 08:37 AM


At a Kensington and Chelsea Council planning meeting in May this year ... The former Take That star is scheduled to headline British Summer Time festival at London's Hyde Park in 2019. Additional reporting by Press Association AdChoices

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/music/robbie...

Mayor of London unveils £23m van scrappage scheme

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Wed 19th Dec 2018 08:37 AM


From that date, vehicles not meeting stricter emissions standards will be charged £12.50 a day to operate in central London, on top of the standard ... air we need to take bold action to rid our city of the most polluting vehicles.

http://www.transportengineer.org.uk/transport-engine...

Robbie Williams wins five-year battle with Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page over underground swimming pool

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Wed 19th Dec 2018 08:37 AM


At a Kensington and Chelsea Council planning meeting in May this year ... The former Take That star is scheduled to headline British Summer Time festival at London’s Hyde Park in 2019. Additional reporting by Press Association AdChoices

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/music/robbie...

House prices in major UK cities to slow down in 2019, but London is forecast to see a fall of 2% or more

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Wed 19th Dec 2018 08:08 AM


Hometrack said the trend is set to continue, forecasting average major city house price inflation ... housing market in 2019.' London prices are already in decline - down 0.1 per cent compared to last year, which marks the second time in 23 years ...

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/mortgageshome/ar...

Grenfell Tower fraudster Abolaji Onafuye stole £33,000 and claimed family died in fire

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Wed 19th Dec 2018 08:04 AM


west London, also claimed he had been related to one of the 72 people who died in the blaze, Isleworth Crown Court heard. Onafuye claimed for accommodation and financial help worth around £33,000 from Kensington and Chelsea council and the charity Rugby ...

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/...

Aesthetic Surgeon Maryam Zamani Shares Her Tips For Better Skin

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Wed 19th Dec 2018 08:00 AM


The London-based surgeon operates from the Cadogan Clinic on Sloane Street where she specializes in blepharoplasty ... two fellowships at London’s Imperial College NHS Trust and Chelsea Westminster NHS Trust) that she learned about how crucial active ...

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Longines FEI World Cup jumping part of London’s Olympia Horse Show

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Wed 19th Dec 2018 08:00 AM


It is billed as the the World’s Greatest Equestrian Christmas Party, and this week's Olympia Horse Show in London ... and is taking place at the Olympia exhibition centre in Kensington from ...

https://asia.eurosport.com/equestrian/longines-fei-j...

Historic Royal Palaces wants Foster's Tulip axed

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Wed 19th Dec 2018 07:40 AM


Tower of London guardian says proposed new attraction should be referred to Unesco The charity that manages the Tower of London has called for Foster & Partners’ Tulip ... said local planning authority the City of London should give Unesco the ...

https://www.bdonline.co.uk/news/historic-royal-palac...

Leeds United striker shock as Marcelo Bielsa targets midfielder; Sheffield Wednesday clinch signing

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Wed 19th Dec 2018 07:40 AM


The Lions were ready to break their club record fee to try and land him in the summer before being outbid by Norwich, according to London News Online ... Championship club Reading are in talks with Rio Ave in a bid to make Jose Gomes their new manager ...

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Three brewers open new beer bar in St James's Street

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Wed 19th Dec 2018 07:32 AM


The three friends opened The Cloak Room in St James’s Street, which used to be tapas restaurant La Vendimia, just last week. Leigh said: “We have had really good response so far. “It’s great to have a place in town where we can actually serve the ...

https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/17307481.three-brewe...

London Bridge’s railway signal box restored in York

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Wed 19th Dec 2018 07:12 AM


where the lines from London Bridge, Cannon Street and Charing Cross converge. Traffic through the junction reached 1,000 trains a day, according to the National Railway Museum, often requiring two signallers to operate its 35 levers. Space was tight ...

https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2018/12/19/london-b...

Editor’s View: Drury Lane row shows Westminster City Council doesn’t value the arts

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Wed 19th Dec 2018 07:05 AM


Most of the commercial West End is located in the borough of Westminster (a few theatres are in Camden ... they drive demand for parking spaces and they make people want to live in London. As commercial entities, West End theatres pay business rates ...

https://www.thestage.co.uk/opinion/2018/editors-view...

Median rent paid in the private rented sector in year to September was £690

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Wed 19th Dec 2018 06:41 AM


and the North East with the lowest regional rents and least variation. Rents were generally highest in Inner London, where the median rent was £1,650. The highest median rent in London, and in England, was in Kensington and Chelsea at £2,383 and the ...

https://www.propertywire.com/news/uk/median-rent-pai...

Your morning briefing: What you should know for Wednesday, December 19

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Wed 19th Dec 2018 05:29 AM


The singer’s plans for an underground swimming pool were conditionally approved last night at Kensington ... his Chelsea house under the assumed name of Admiral Booth, where his demand for privacy was strictly enforced by his housekeeper. 1905: London ...

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/newslondon/your-morni...

London council approves rezoning of 446 York St. to allow for supervised consumption facility

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Wed 19th Dec 2018 05:00 AM


Ward 5 Coun. Maureen Cassidy voiced similar praise for the approval, adding that London is "a medium-sized city with a big-city drug problem." As for residents living near the York Street location, the mayor said they will remain a top priority for council ...

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/other/london-council-...

London ends the year with negative growth for the second time in 23 years

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Wed 19th Dec 2018 02:17 AM


Prices are falling across two thirds of local authority areas across London City by up to -3.5% in Camden, while average values are ... and the prospects are for a slow start for the housing market in 2019.”

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Flickers: Mary Poppins returns to the movie screen

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Wed 19th Dec 2018 01:08 AM


Ralph Breaks the Internet PG Ralph and Vanellope find a wi-fi router in their video arcade and the adventure will now begin ... civilization has been destroyed and a mega-city, London, has become a predator of everything left in its path.

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The Restaurants We Welcomed and Said Goodbye to in 2018

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Wed 19th Dec 2018 01:07 AM


12th St., Ste. 133, Oakland). In February, she was named a James Beard semifinalist for best chef in the West. Now, she's also the owner and executive chef at Dyafa, a full-service Middle Eastern restaurant that opened in April in Jack London Square (44 ...

https://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/the-restauran...

Did Charles Dickens invent Christmas? Bah, humbug, no he didn’t

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Wed 19th Dec 2018 01:00 AM


In St James’s, members of the Carlton Club, then a key component of the Tory Party’s organisational machinery, had a few years earlier thought nothing of arranging a committee meeting on December 25 itself. But in a rather grand house near Regent’s ...

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/charle...

East London Street – petitions lodged with council

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Wed 19th Dec 2018 12:56 AM


Claire Miller, Green councillor for the City Centre Ward, said: “East London Street really needs attention, the road surface is in a poor state. “I’ve been in touch with Lothian Buses in the past about using alternative routes to and from the depot ...

https://www.theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2018/12/east-...

A Hotel for the Super Rich & Famous

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Wed 19th Dec 2018 12:21 AM


In the conclusion of the documentary about London's Corinthia Hotel, the restaurant is not doing as well as it could and needs a big-name chef to compete with other establishments. Enter Tom Kerridge, most famous for his upmarket fish-and-chips - which is ...

https://www.tvguide.co.uk/detail/3127467/145119787/a...

Bank of England is warned to get its house in order

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Wed 19th Dec 2018 12:18 AM


The Bank of England is supposed to be a wise financial guru, steward of prudent high street banking and sensible household ... If it did not own the freehold for its main building, its London property costs would probably have been higher as well.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/bank-of-england-i...

The Year in Pictures

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Wed 19th Dec 2018 12:15 AM


The disaster shocked Britain and raised questions about growing inequality, not least because it took place at a publicly owned tower block in Kensington and Chelsea ... Palace in London on Aug. 2. Philip, 96, the husband of Queen Elizabeth, bowed out ...

https://www.nbcnews.com/specials/year-pictures-2017?...

Groningen: The Netherlands' secret city you definitely need to see

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Wed 19th Dec 2018 12:12 AM


But also saw it as a great opportunity to put my money where my mouth was ... chilled but also a lot of fun city. I loved it because I prefer travelling to cities, but I also needed an escape from London’s rat race for a few days. Groningen had ...

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Booming Fortnum's is defying the High St gloom this Christmas: From luxury biscuits for £17.50 to lavish hampers for £6,000

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Wed 19th Dec 2018 12:11 AM


Stepping through the portals of Fortnum & Mason at Christmas time is to leave behind the grey, wintry streets of London and to enter an enchanted ... who was Prime Minister during the reign of Queen Victoria. 'It is a very strong coffee, to keep him ...

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-...

BMW, Aston Martin, and Ferrari Prove to Be the Most Valuable Cars on Bond Street

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Wed 19th Dec 2018 12:01 AM


On December 1st, almost 30 blue chip collector cars rolled across the auction block at Bonhams’ headquarters on Bond Street in London’s Mayfair district ... who bought the car new in December ...

https://robbreport.com/motors/cars/bmw-aston-martin-...

Pisqu in Fitzrovia: A taste of Peru

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Wed 19th Dec 2018 12:00 AM


Peruvian food still doesn’t have the recognition it deserves within the vast spectrum of restaurants lining London’s streets today. However, places like Pisqu in Fitzrovia are contributing towards the increasing popularity of this vibrant cuisine ...

https://www.theupcoming.co.uk/2018/12/19/pisqu-in-fi...

Lottery good causes: Is UK lotto cash shared fairly?

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Wed 19th Dec 2018 12:00 AM


The Cities of London and Westminster, Holborn and St Pancras and Islington South and Finsbury received more than £1.8bn, research by BBC Wales shows. It means they had £4,640 per head - over 10 times that across England, or Wales, Scotland and Northern ...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-46468787

Mayor of London launches £23m van scrappage scheme

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Wed 19th Dec 2018 12:00 AM


To truly get a grip on our lethal air we need to take bold action to rid our city of the most polluting ... costs and above all the means to cut street-level pollution.” The Mayor has asked Transport for London (TfL) to work out how the money could ...

https://www.motoringresearch.com/car-news/london-van...

Ganni Is Opening A London Store

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Wed 19th Dec 2018 12:00 AM


Viu Eyewear will open the doors to a 850 sq ft space at 5–6 Upper James Street in 2019 too. Although Ganni is available to purchase in more than 400 retailers around the world, and has had successful pop-up shops in London, the location on Beak Street is ...

https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/ganni-london-shop-soho

London Met Police Trial Opt-Out Facial Recognition

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Wed 19th Dec 2018 12:00 AM


London’s Metropolitan police have recently ... There were two small signs advertising the trial, one tied to a lamppost on Charing Cross Road and one next to the van. A handful of police ...

https://tech.co/news/london-met-police-trialled-opt-...

London mayor Sadiq Khan: F1 race 'should be possible'

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Wed 19th Dec 2018 12:00 AM


Formula E in Battersea, 2016Getty Images F1 is pushing for more street races and Vietnam will join the calendar in 2020 with a Hanoi city event. In an interview with London newspaper the Evening Standard, F1 sporting director Ross Brawn said that a race on ...

https://www.eurosport.co.uk/formula-1/london-mayor-f...

UK house price growth at five-year low as values start to fall in London suburbs

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Wed 19th Dec 2018 12:00 AM


which includes boroughs such as the City of London, Kensington and Chelsea, Westminster and Islington. House prices across inner London have been consistently falling annually since January. But in the year to October, house prices in outer London fell by ...

https://www.bmmagazine.co.uk/news/uk-house-price-gro...

Robbie Williams ‘wins war over underground swimming pool’ after row with Jimmy Page

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Tue 18th Dec 2018 11:08 PM


The Angels singer has been feuding with neighbour, Led Zepplin guitarist Jimmy Page, over the plan for his home in West London ... However, Kensington and Chelsea councils urged the famous ...

https://metro.co.uk/2018/12/18/robbie-williams-wins-...

Council backs Robbie Williams´ swimming pool plan

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Tue 18th Dec 2018 10:59 PM


The decision could put an end to the five-year battle between the celebrity musicians over proposals for 44-year-old Williams' home in Melbury road, in Kensington, west London ... he nods to the next-door end of terrace house, which is owned by former ...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6509433/Cou...

Grenfell fire fraudster Abolaji Onafuye jailed for £33,000 scam

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Tue 18th Dec 2018 10:28 PM


The 54-year-old, of Gorleston Street, Hammersmith, west London, also claimed he was related to one of the 72 people who died in the blaze. Isleworth Crown Court heard he claimed ... Street - paid for by Kensington and Chelsea Council and the charity ...

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-46608283

Farewell to El Sabrosito, A Pupuseria on Wheels

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Tue 18th Dec 2018 09:49 PM


Maria said they are closing the business for a “change of careers.” The mobile pupuseria brought pupusas, tamales, bean soup, and other Salvadoran eats to Jack London Square during ... Brewing at 4115 Telegraph Ave. in Oakland. This Saturday will ...

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Robbie Williams gets permission for underground swimming pool at Kensington home after five-year planning spat with Jimmy Page

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Tue 18th Dec 2018 09:24 PM


The decision could put an end to a five-year row between the celebrity musicians over plans for Mr Williams' home off Kensington High Street in west London. Planning permission ... chair of the Kensington and Chelsea planning committee, suggested the ...

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/robbie-willia...

Ganni Prepares to Open First London Store in Soho

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Tue 18th Dec 2018 08:30 PM


NORDIC NOOK: London’s Soho district is getting its own small slice of Scandinavia ... will open a 2,750-square-foot store at 36 Beak Street. Harper Dennis Hobbs advised Ganni on the deal. And Sweden’s Viu Eyewear, which allows customers to take ...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/home-and-garden/...

Ganni Prepares to Open First London Store in Soho

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Tue 18th Dec 2018 08:30 PM


London’s Soho is buzzing with real estate ... Earlier this year Facebook moved into new, bigger offices in Fitzrovia, creating an extra 800 jobs.

https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/ganni-pr...

Andrew Lloyd Webber's theatre company given £280k parking charge by Westminster City Council

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Tue 18th Dec 2018 08:15 PM


Cllr Tim Mitchell, Westminster City Council cabinet member for environment and city management, said: “Suspending parking bays in central London is an inconvenience to our residents, visitors and other businesses. That’s especially true if those bays ...

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/12/18/andrew-l...

Review – London’s Waterfront 1100-1666: excavations in Thames Street, London, 1974-84

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Tue 18th Dec 2018 08:14 PM


Another significant aspect of this publication is that it represents a second stage of investigating London’s archaeology, from the perspective of a larger continuous footprint of the city’s past rather than a single site. Centred on four neighbouring ...

https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/review-london...

The Search for Good Vibes: How Theophilus London Lost, Then Found His Glow

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Tue 18th Dec 2018 08:02 PM


On a cool fall evening in Los Angeles, London sits comfortably in his Silverlake home -- street chic, with an Atlanta Braves cap ... But quiet as kept, aside from an appearance at London’s NYC Soho House release party with Kardashian, that was the ...

https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8...

Longines FEI World Cup jumping part of London’s Olympia Horse Show

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Tue 18th Dec 2018 07:23 PM


It is billed as the the World ... London has something for every horse sport fan. From FEI Dressage to Driving World Cups, pony races, six bar, dog jumping, an exhibitors village, international riding displays and a Longines FEI Jumping World Cup, the year ...

https://www.eurosport.co.uk/equestrian/longines-fei-...

Hot Mess: Bezzie Mates at The Soho Theatre (Soho Rising Season)

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Tue 18th Dec 2018 06:57 PM


Review by Tomm Ingram Following a four star Edinburgh Festival run and gigs in The London Eye for Time Out, Sketch Off Finalists Hot Mess bring their debut hour to the Soho Theatre. Anna and Max are best friends and spend a lot of time together…some ...

https://www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/hot-mess-bezz...

Grenfell fraudster who stole £33,000 from victims' fund and claimed fasting drove him insane jailed for five years

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Tue 18th Dec 2018 06:44 PM


The 54-year-old, from Hammersmith, west London, also claimed he had been related to one of the 72 people who died in the blaze, a court heard. Onafuye claimed for accommodation and financial help worth around £33,000 from Kensington and Chelsea council ...

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/grenfell-fraud...

Leicester Square Theatre comedian of the year 2018 final

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Tue 18th Dec 2018 06:41 PM


First up was Mad Ron, an guff-talking, old-school London hardman. Think Hale and Pace’s Bruiser ... because his writing is mostly excellent. The Leicester Square competition favours straight stand-ups, but Charlie Hopkinson has a fine talent for ...

https://www.chortle.co.uk/review/2018/12/18/41933/le...

10 Magical Ways to Experience Winter in and around London

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Tue 18th Dec 2018 06:28 PM


Covent Garden, and Carnaby Street, too. Where to Stay: The Browns Hotel, located near Bond Street, offers a luxury holiday experience. It’s the oldest hotel in London and also reportedly the first hotel to offer high tea. Even if you can’t afford an ...

https://www.smartertravel.com/best-things-to-do-in-w...

Notting Hill nursery children design their own Christmas cards

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Tue 18th Dec 2018 06:23 PM


Children at Bright Horizons Holland Park Day Nursery and Preschool in Notting Hill, London have been busy designing their ... to get making their Christmas cards,” said Nursery Manager Chelsea Garrett. “Alessandro’s entry is beautiful and we ...

https://www.daynurseries.co.uk/news/article.cfm/id/1...

Police in Central London Run a Facial Recognition Trial. Are Drones Far Behind?

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Tue 18th Dec 2018 06:20 PM


The Metropolitan Police of London have announced that they ... The trials will be held near Soho, Piccadilly Circus and Leicester Square on Monday and Tuesday during the busy holiday season.

https://dronelife.com/2018/12/18/police-in-central-l...

Suffolk Federal Opens New Port Jeff Branch

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Tue 18th Dec 2018 05:56 PM


"We are excited that Suffolk Federal has become part of the St. Charles Hospital community and look forward to the immediate and long-term benefits," said James O'Connor, President, St. Charles ...

https://patch.com/new-york/portjefferson/suffolk-fed...

City awarded accreditation by Unicef UK Baby Friendly Initiative

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Tue 18th Dec 2018 05:41 PM


City, University of London has had its Public Health Programme for Health Visitors accredited as ‘Baby Friendly’, following assessment by Unicef UK. It is the first programme of its kind in London to receive the award, and the eighth in the UK.

https://www.city.ac.uk/news/2018/december/public-hea...

Kensington & Chelsea 'improves but post-Grenfell change lacks pace'

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Tue 18th Dec 2018 05:23 PM


There are signs Kensington & Chelsea RBC is “beginning to reinvent itself” in ... the programme that will help improve the social economic and environmental offer in the north of the borough is not yet fully developed, and the rate of people moving ...

https://www.lgcplus.com/services/housing/kensington-...

Tycoon owner of Annabel's nightclub plans to demolish Victorian mansion and rebuild

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Tue 18th Dec 2018 05:21 PM


Plans submitted to the local authority reveal that Mr Caring proposes to build a new family home in its place ... London mansion, called the Versailles of Hampstead, with his first wife Jacqueline Stead. Mr Caring's proposal to Kensington and Chelsea ...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6508705/Tyc...

Met Police test facial recognition technology in London

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Tue 18th Dec 2018 05:10 PM


Metropolitan Police tested facial recognition technology in central London, amid rising crime rates in the city, according to a Telegraph report. The police conducted preliminary tests in Soho, Piccadilly Circus, and Leicester Square on Monday.

https://www.softwaretestingnews.co.uk/met-police-tes...

Grenfell fraudster who bragged of Harrods shopping on day he was arrested for £32,000 scam is jailed

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Tue 18th Dec 2018 04:56 PM


The serial conman who clamed he was 'a model for the community' was put up at one of London's top hotels and racked up ... Local taxpayers in Kensington and Chelsea footed the £23,500 bill for Onafuye's stay at the four-star Grosvenor Hotel in Buckingham ...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6507887/Gre...

Not all doom and gloom on the high street

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Tue 18th Dec 2018 04:06 PM


Picture: Joe Norton And, to be frank, who can blame them ... who owns the portrait photography studio on London Road North, added: “We have three for two offers for loved ones and family members to make savings on gift ideas. “With the three-for ...

https://www.edp24.co.uk/business/not-all-doom-and-gl...

Peaty leads call for fair pay from governing body

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Tue 18th Dec 2018 04:00 PM


LONDON (Reuters) - Swimming's governing body FINA needs to show more transparency and give 50 percent of its revenues to athletes, Britain's Olympic and world breastroke champion Adam Peaty said ... The summit, at Chelsea's Stamford Bridge stadium ...

https://www.euronews.com/2018/12/19/peaty-leads-call...

Curzon Bloomsbury

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Tue 18th Dec 2018 03:32 PM


How can a sculpture of a balloon animal possibly be worth tens of millions of dollars? What effect do huge valuations have on the artists themselves? And is any of it even art? These are the questions asked in Nathaniel Kahn’s surprisingly unstuff...

https://www.timeout.com/london/cinemas/curzon-blooms...

Curio Collection by Hilton Celebrates Monumental Year of Global Growth

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Tue 18th Dec 2018 03:31 PM


The hotel is a short walk from the beach and provides direct access ... Ideally situated at the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, 100 Queen’s Gate Hotel London will open in 2019 following a stunning transformation. The hotel was the former home ...

https://www.citizentribune.com/news/business/curio-c...

Lego Man street artist decorates Carlisle walls

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Tue 18th Dec 2018 03:29 PM


James Ame - known as Ame72 - got to work on the wall of Struts, off Chapel Street, creating two murals. Ame is known as The Lego Guy and his works have appeared around the world, including London, New York ... near the Thin White Duke pub and Coco Mill ...

https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/17305969.lego-man...

Met Police use state-of-the-art facial recognition technology amid London's Christmas shopping crowds to arrest suspect wanted for violence

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Tue 18th Dec 2018 03:29 PM


Police having been using the cameras in Soho, Piccadilly Circus and Leicester Square this week ... How accurate is the technology? Trials in London and Wales have had mixed results so far. In May, the Metropolitan Police released figures showing it ...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6507909/Met...

Britain at Christmas: From Scrooge to universal credit

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Tue 18th Dec 2018 03:11 PM


However, his description of Scrooge’s views early in the book reflect the realities of attitudes in the early Victorian City of London (Scrooge’s office was in Cornhill near the Bank of England). Scrooge is visited by “two portly gentlemen ...

https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/britain-chri...

Susanna Reid: Why I'm fighting scourge of loneliness

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Tue 18th Dec 2018 03:03 PM


In 21 simple rhyming verses, Bob, of New Milton, Hampshire ... Last month she attended a fundraising concert in London's Covent Garden with her daughter which inspired her to get involved again. She is now waiting to be paired with another lonely older ...

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1060208/susanna-re...

Shifts among the major auction houses could spell serious change

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Tue 18th Dec 2018 02:43 PM


He adds: “The new location offers a state-of-the-art exhibition space to display contemporary art, design, watches and jewellery, and matches the unrivalled setting we offer collectors in our London gallery in Berkeley Square in Mayfair .” Phillips has ...

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/shifts-among-th...

Juan Santa Cruz Launches Upscale Takeaway Nathalie

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Tue 18th Dec 2018 02:35 PM


Nathalie, named after a stylish friend, opened on Mayfair 's Hanover Square this month. From 6.30am to 11.30pm ... fashion caterers Tart London will open its first place in Victoria. But none will match Nathalie for sleekness and choice.

https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/nathalie-london-opening

Police to test facial recognition technology in central London

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Tue 18th Dec 2018 02:19 PM


Crowds on Oxford Street in central London Credit: PA A mobile deployment of the controversial surveillance software will include covering areas in Soho, Piccadilly Circus and Leicester Square and will be used "overtly", the Met said, with a uniformed ...

https://www.itv.com/news/london/2018-12-17/police-to...

Want to buy a home in London? Brexit isn’t the only thing to watch out for

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Tue 18th Dec 2018 02:10 PM


London’s stock of completed but unsold homes has surged ... by selling its stakes in projects on Lincoln Square and at the former Canadian diplomatic premises at Mayfair ’s Grosvenor Square. Sellers who put their homes on the market are facing the ...

https://www.scmp.com/business/article/2178302/want-b...

Over 280,000 homes could be built above London's railway tracks

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Tue 18th Dec 2018 02:05 PM


More than 280,000 homes could be built in unused space above train tracks, tube lines and the overground network in London according ... the world. In America, Rogers Partners and Nelson Byrd Waltz have suggested building an elevated city park over the ...

https://www.dezeen.com/2018/12/18/london-280000-home...

London boutique hotel looks to WeHo

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Tue 18th Dec 2018 01:58 PM


A London-based boutique hotel has its eye on Nashville. Nashville Post reports SoHo House & Co. is looking to operate a location in the May Hosiery complex, located at 429 Chestnut St. in Wedgewood-Houston. The hotel chain and private members-only club ...

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2018/12/1...

Dad 'caught in the act' by paedophile hunters claims he was hacked and framed

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Tue 18th Dec 2018 01:56 PM


Married father-of-two Peter ... called Chelsea Breckon and Zoe Jones when messaging a man – Curd or someone using his mobile phone number. Hill, pretending to be Zoe, even arranged a meeting with him near Hereford, but nobody showed up. London-born ...

https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/...

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