76 minutes ago This major east London stadium will soon be ‘one of the world’s greenest sports and concert venues’

This major east London stadium will soon be ‘one of the world’s greenest sports and concert venues’  Time Out London

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77 minutes ago Detectorist hails ‘lottery’ payout five years after finding ancient coins

Adam Staples found the Chew Valley Hoard, worth £4.3m, in Somerset in 2019 but has only just received his share of the treasure’s value.

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1 hour ago Tories seek watchdog probe into Sadiq Khan's Taylor Swift freebie tickets

Mayor says he has ‘lost count of the number of times the Conservatives have made complaints against me’

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1 hour ago Our street has become a dangerous rat run because of LTNs. We urgently need speed cameras before children are killed

According to residents in the east London borough of Hackney, children's lives are being put at risk as a result of the Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) as they funnel traffic down their streets.

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2 hours ago ‘It romanticised my night!’ The R&B slow jam events making Black British clubbers swoon

No pounding beats, no strobes – just sensual tracks, singalongs and nostalgic vibes. Black-club goers explain how this craze gives them a space to call their ownIt’s just past 5pm in West Silvertown, a random-feeling stop on the DLR line in east London’s docklands. It’s not the sexiest time or location, but as my friend and I step inside a nightclub, The Cause, a crowd is singing along to Joe’s outrageously horny 1996 hit All The Things (Your Man Won’t Do). The DJ smoothly transitions into SZA’s Snooze, and the energy in the room shifts – phones shoot up in the air as everyone prepares to belt out the chorus: “I can’t looooose, when I’m with yooooou!”This is SlowJamsWithA, part of a growing craze where club nights focus not on uptempo pop, house, techno or rap, but instead on slow, sens...

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2 hours ago Chris Kaba was one of London's most feared gangsters who shot rival at nightclub and had a history of violence

Martyn Blake is having to live in hiding, fearing for his life and his family after a £10,000 reward was offered to anyone prepared to kill him in revenge for the death of Chris Kaba in South London in 2022.

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2 hours ago Eighties pop icon looks unrecognisable as she shops in London with her husband

The iconic Mancunian singer looked unrecognisable as she enjoyed a spot of shopping on London's Regent Street with her husband, Ian Devaney.

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2 hours ago Man 'kidnapped and sexually assaulted' girl, 9, separated from parents outside Harrods

Robert Prussak approached the girl, who was lost after becoming separated from her family during a trip to London, and led her back to his flat, Isleworth Crown Court heard

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2 hours ago Parts of Britain with most pubs revealed by interactive map – second will surprise you

The City of London has more pubs per person than any other area of England and Wales, with the Isles of Scilly and Derbyshire Dales close behind, according to official figures

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