12 h. ago This Somali eatery is officially the best east African restaurant in London

This Somali eatery is officially the best east African restaurant in London  Time Out Worldwide

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14 h. ago 14 best Christmas light trails to visit in the UK over the festive season

Start off the Christmas period with a dose of holiday cheer at these spectacular light displays

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15 h. ago Guide to Lewisham: The London area popular with buyers priced out of Peckham and Blackheath

This corner of south-east London has far more to recommend it than its comparatively good-value house prices

Economics

16 h. ago ITV's Lorraine Kelly opens up about keeping family close over Christmas

The TV presenter has opened up about how she stays connected with her family over the busy Christmas period

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17 h. ago Christmas rail strikes are called off: Union bosses resolve pay dispute

Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) were due to walk out for the next four Saturdays on CrossCountry Trains, causing chaos on the network.

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30 h. ago How the embattled Welsh Government's bid to pass a budget is going

A deal has to be struck, but with whom?

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33 h. ago Pictured: 'Germophobic' girlfriend stabbed to death by her Goldsmiths student lover in row over STI

Zhe Wang, a 31-year-old creative writing student at the London university, was found dead with two stab wounds to her face at her flat in Manor Park, Lewisham, south-east London, in March 2024.

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35 h. ago Billingsgate and Smithfield to move to east London’s Royal Docks

Billingsgate and Smithfield to move to east London’s Royal Docks  Financial Times

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35 h. ago Billingsgate and Smithfield set to move to east London’s Royal Docks

Billingsgate and Smithfield set to move to east London’s Royal Docks  Financial Times

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36 h. ago Bin strikes in east London over Christmas period called off after new pay deal struck

GMB union members were due to begin rolling strikes in Waltham Forest next week ithat would have caused chaos

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40 h. ago Smithfield and Billingsgate Markets Are Set to Move to a New Location in East London

Smithfield and Billingsgate Markets Are Set to Move to a New Location in East London  Time Out Worldwide

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41 h. ago Agency refuse workers to join Birmingham bin strikers on picket lines

Unite said the number of agency workers who will join the strike action is ‘growing daily’.

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49 h. ago Southport killer Axel Rudakubana, 19, 'is facing 52 years in solitary confinement'

Southport triple killer Axel Rudakubana has already been segregated after he allegedly threw boiling water at a guard at HMP Belmarsh in south east London.

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51 h. ago Princess Kate shares Christmas cheer as she emphasises power of ‘simple acts’ of love in heartwarming letter

PRINCESS Kate has spread Christmas cheer as she hailed the power of "simple acts" of love in a heartwarming letter. The Princess of Wales, 43, penned a heartfelt message to guests attending her Together At Christmas carol service. She welcomed the festive period that reminds us "how deeply our lives are woven together". On a...

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60 h. ago Busiest Christmas in history set to cause travel chaos for Brits

2025 saw the busiest summer ever for UK aviation - and the trend is likely to continue, with the Christmas period set to see huge amounts of travellers heading abroad.

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60 h. ago Selfless Brits wrestle with a massive 40 festive tasks over the Christmas period

Almost two thirds believe they do so much in December that they would appoint themselves the ‘chief Christmas officer’, research by phone firm Three UK found

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65 h. ago Royal Mail issues warning to anyone planning to send post this Christmas

Christmas marks the peak period for posting cards and parcels to family and friends across the nation, but Royal Mail has issued an important notice.

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65 h. ago Arsenal star in danger of Premier League ban as Mikel Arteta faces nightmare scenario

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta is facing the prospect of losing one of his key players to a ban ahead of the busy Christmas period as the title run-in gets into full swing

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2 d. ago ‘I wish I could say I kept my cool’: my maddening experience with the NHS wheelchair service

After I was paralysed in a climbing accident, I discovered how inconsiderate, illogical and incompetent many wheelchair providers can beI was lying on my back in an east London hospital, sometime in August 2023. I don’t know what day it was, exactly; by that point I’d mostly given up caring. My phone rang. I managed to answer, even though I had largely lost the use of my hands. (Luckily, a member of staff had left it lying on my chest.) Also, I wasn’t feeling great. In the early stages of coming to terms with the fact I was paralysed, I had just been informed that the doctors wanted to drill a hole directly into my guts, inserting a plastic tube to drain away my urine, effectively making my penis redundant. It was proving quite a lot to take in.Nonetheless, I answered. Continue reading...

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2 d. ago UN experts accuse one of England’s biggest social landlords of habitability failings

Exclusive: Letter says L&Q appears to have systematically failed in its duty to provide adequate standard of livingUN experts have said that one of England’s biggest social landlords appears to have systematically failed to ensure the habitability of its rental properties.In a letter to the UK government, they cite the case of a disabled tenant, Sanjay Ramburn, 55, who they say lived with his family of five in an L&Q group property in Forest Gate, east London, for several years with no electricity. They experienced four ceiling collapses, as well as severe damp and mould that affected their health. Continue reading...

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