14 h. ago 10 great British cities to visit instead of London (that are far less crowded)

While the capital is a travel hub for overseas visitors, it’s possible to have the trip of a lifetime in the UK without staying there a single night. Here’s where to spend your vacation instead

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30 h. ago Emma Raducanu shows true colours after going unrecognised and debuting stunning new look

Tennis star Emma Raducanu has unveiled a striking new hairstyle while discussing how she navigates London Underground rush hour crowds largely unrecognised

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59 h. ago ‘He asked me what I’d done sexually with a woman’: how Joy Gharoro

The rising star has made her debut film, Dreamers, a semi-autobiographical love story set in an immigration detention centre. She talks about fleeing persecution in Nigeria – and what she learned from French new waveJoy Gharoro-Akpojotor had a little wobble when she stepped on to the stage after the screening of her debut feature, Dreamers, at the London film festival. The Nigerian-British director’s film is a love story set in an immigration detention centre. It had already premiered in Berlin earlier this year. But showing her semi-autobiographical film to a home crowd in London felt exposing. “I suddenly had this feeling: Oh my God, everyone can see me. Everyone knows everything about me.” She laughs.Gharoro-Akpojotor has built a reputation as a rising star producer. Her company Joi Productions makes films telling black, female and gay stories. (“All of the above, sometimes individually.”) Her credits include Rapman’s Blue Story and Aml Ameen’s romcom Boxing Day, and she is curre...

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8 d. ago 'Save our LTNs!' £100,000 crowdfunded battle to save three low traffic neighbourhoods in east London reaches Court of Appeal

Campaigners say it would cost £2.5m for Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman to axe the schemes

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1 week ago Moment hooded gang 'rob revellers in taxi' as crowd stands and films it on their phones in central London

Footage shows the group reaching into the back of the van which was parked on Gresham Street in the City of London and seeming to struggle with someone inside.

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2 w. ago The horse of a lifetime: Olympic champion to bow out in London in front of home crowd

The horse of a lifetime: Olympic champion to bow out in London in front of home crowd  Horse & Hound

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3 w. ago Yasiin Bey Responds To Angry London Crowd As Black Star Show Starts Late And Ends Quickly

Yasiin Bey Responds To Angry London Crowd As Black Star Show Starts Late And Ends Quickly  Stereogum

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3 w. ago Prince George pays tribute to veterans at Festival of Remembrance

The crowd at the Royal Albert Hall in London stood as the family entered to a fanfare by trumpeters and took their seats in the royal box on Saturday.

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4 w. ago 'Dangerous' South London fireworks leave crowds 'squeezed in field' as display starts late

'Dangerous' South London fireworks leave crowds 'squeezed in field' as display starts late  MyLondon

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4 w. ago PDRN: the regenerative skincare treatment changing the beauty game

From South Korea’s clinics to London’s glow-obsessed crowd, the salmon sperm facial has rewritten the rules of regenerative skincare

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4 w. ago PDRN is regenerative skincare treatment changing the beauty game

From South Korea’s clinics to London’s glow-obsessed crowd, the salmon sperm facial has rewritten the rules of regenerative skincare

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