35 m. ago Househunter compares renting in London to 'the Hunger Games' after revealing bizarre list of  'tips' for tenants from letting agent

Taking to TikTok, Harriet shared the message a friend got after doing viewings in the London, which included a series of baffling 'tips' on how to get the landlord to accept an offer

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44 m. ago Roses and Bunnymen: Inside Johnny Depp's new London art exhibition

Roses and Bunnymen: Inside Johnny Depp's new London art exhibition  Yahoo

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54 m. ago North Korea bans foreign tourists to newly opened beach resort

North Korea says it is suspending the entry of foreign tourists to a recently opened mega beach resort, a move that dims prospects for the complex

Society

62 m. ago Young, educated and knee deep in rubbish: the recyclers cleaning up in Cairo’s Garbage City

Piles of waste line the streets of Manshiyet Nasr, turning it into a no-go zone for many. But a new generation see themselves as agents of change in the fight against plastic pollutionWhen Mina Nedi graduated with a nursing degree last year, his friends and family expected him to start working in one of Egypt’s overstretched hospitals. Instead, the 25-year-old decided to join his father’s recycling business in Manshiyet Nasr, a neighbourhood on Cairo’s eastern outskirts known as Garbage City.Every day, he sorts through thousands of plastic bottles, collected by a team of men who roam the city at night to pick up rubbish, separating them by colour and compressing them into large bundles with the help of a machine, ready to be sold for recycling and reuse.Mina Nedi, 25, has been working as a plastic collector for five years and funded his university education with it Continue reading...

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74 m. ago Belvedere crash: Car ploughs into London home as firefighters cut men free

Two men were cut free from a car by firefighters after it ploughed into a home in London

Events

1 hour ago Music teacher 'dared teen girls to kiss' and texted one saying 'I love you'

Janelle Colville Fletcher, from Adelaide in South Australia, has been accused of grooming and sexually abusing a child over several months while working as a teacher

Politics

1 hour ago Reason Arsenal have not completed £52m Noni Madueke transfer yet

Reason Arsenal have not completed £52m Noni Madueke transfer yet  Football London

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2 h. ago Dubai Chambers Expands Global Footprint with London Hub Launch

Dubai Chambers Expands Global Footprint with London Hub Launch  Entrepreneur

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2 h. ago London travel news LIVE: Delays on the Elizabeth and Northern lines

The delays are caused by electrical faults

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2 h. ago CFC's Potential London Listing: A Catalyst for UK IPO Market Revival and Insurtech Growth

CFC's Potential London Listing: A Catalyst for UK IPO Market Revival and Insurtech Growth  AInvest

Economics

3 h. ago ‘Keeping us hooked on fossil fuels’: how can we negotiate with autocracies on the climate crisis?

The bulk of global greenhouse gas emissions come from countries that are not democratic, and many big oil and gas exporters are also authoritarianThe big emitters: which countries are holding back climate action and why?When it comes to the climate crisis, how do you negotiate with an autocracy?It is the case today, and it is almost certain to remain so for the dwindling number of years in which we can hope to stave off the worst of climate breakdown, that the bulk of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions come from countries that are not democratic. Add to that, many of the major suppliers of oil and gas – the Gulf petrostates for instance, plus Russia, Venezuela and a few others – are likewise authoritarian. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Rapper Giggs' guide to London: dates at Cecconi's and his favourite Caribbean spot in Peckham

The rapper Giggs, who plays at Somerset House this weekend, shares his favourite spots in the capital

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3 h. ago Asian shares mostly advance after Wall Street cruises to more records

Asian shares are mostly higher after Wall Street rose to records following better-than-expected updates on the economy and a mixed set of profit reports from big U.S. companies

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4 h. ago ‘Our silence didn’t protect him’: daughter pleads for father on death row in Iran

Arrested in 2023 after helping those injured during Women, Life, Freedom protests, Rezgar Beigzadeh Babamiri has been subjected to torture and a forced confession, say family and campaignersIn late October 2022, as protests over 22-year-old Mahsa Amini’s death in police custody swept across Iran, Rezgar Beigzadeh Babamiri, a father of three, was racing through alleyways in the city of Bukan, in western Iran, carrying medical supplies to secret clinics where doctors treated injured demonstrators in defiance of the state.Many of the wounded were too afraid to seek hospital care after reports of secret police patrolling wards, interrogating patients and detaining injured protesters. By helping, Babamiri, a 47-year-old fruit and vegetable farmer, did not see himself as a revolutionary but simply as someone doing what was right, says his daughter, Zhino. Continue reading...

Events

4 h. ago Original London Underground sign from the 1930's being sold for £1.8k on eBay

Original London Underground sign from the 1930's being sold for £1.8k on eBay  Richmond & Twickenham Times

Economics

4 h. ago Airport costs are plane crazy as Scots get financially hammered again

Record View says increased drop-off charges are another reminder of how much it costs to live in the UK.

Economics

5 h. ago Britons puff over 78 MILLION cigarettes every day, shock study finds

Researchers in London , who assessed the smoking habits of almost 80,000 Britons, found smokers still had 10 cigarettes per day on average in 2024.

Events

6 h. ago Amarillo play inspired by 1997 tragedy heads to London festival

Amarillo play inspired by 1997 tragedy heads to London festival  MyHighPlains.com

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7 h. ago Johnny Depp's impressive new London art exhibition includes sweet nod to his ex

Johnny Depp's impressive new London art exhibition includes sweet nod to his ex-wife and children  Daily Mail

Politics

7 h. ago I just got my first conviction in my 50s for driving 4mph above the speed limit while rushing my ill father to hospital. This is the cynical reason hard

Earlier this week I found myself in the dock of a London court receiving the news that for the first time in my 50-something years I now had a criminal conviction.

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