19 h. ago UK city dig unearths horror grave with 'Black Death' skeletons from seven year pandemic

An excavation project is being carried out near the White Tower to prepare the chapel for a new lift - but a mass grave may have been discovered instead

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22 h. ago Black Death victims 'discovered' in Tower of London excavation

Black Death victims 'discovered' in Tower of London excavation  MSN

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30 h. ago Black Death victims 'found' among remains of more than 20 people at the Tower of London

The skeletons are among more than 20 burials found during the excavation project near the White Tower, which was built by William the Conqueror in the 11th century.

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30 h. ago A Gothic Tower Soaring Into the Clouds Outside London Hits the Market for £2.78M

A Gothic Tower Soaring Into the Clouds Outside London Hits the Market for £2.78M  Mansion Global

Economics

61 h. ago 'Extremely pungent' Chinese restaurant to open at bottom of Woolwich tower block

'Extremely pungent' Chinese restaurant to open at bottom of Woolwich tower block  This Is Local London

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2 d. ago Plague linked to Black Death claims victim within hours of A&E visit as symptoms emerge

A person has died from plague, also called the Black Death, less than a day after going to A&E with symptoms in the US.

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3 d. ago London’s Elizabeth Tower and Young V&A have just won very prestigious architecture awards

London’s Elizabeth Tower and Young V&A have just won very prestigious architecture awards  Time Out

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6 d. ago Huge fire breaks out at south London tower block — 70 firefighters race to scene

Ten fire engines responded after a fire broke out in a block of flats in Walworth

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6 d. ago Grenfell Tower campaigners hit out at delay to possible banning of firms criticised in inquiry

Ministers have confirmed a pause in possible public contract bans for seven firms ‘to prevent any impact on criminal investigations’

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6 d. ago Chinese restaurant plan for London tower block gets up noses of local residents

Residents have objected to the new restaurant over fears of “extremely pungent cuisine”

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9 d. ago Texas flooding: a visual guide to one of US state’s worst natural disasters

Over 100 people are believed dead, many of them children, after torrential rain and extreme flash floodingTexas floods – latest updatesWith more than 100 people dead, many of them children attending a Christian summer camp on the banks of the Guadalupe River, Friday’s extreme flash flooding that overwhelmed a sizeable chunk of central Texas will be recorded as one of the state’s worst ever natural disasters.The brunt of the tragedy was felt in Kerr county, where at least 27 children and counsellors were killed after a deluge of water described by one witness as a “a pitch-black wall of death” swept through the all-girl Camp Mystic on the river’s south fork. About 750 young campers were celebrating the Fourth of July holiday. Continue reading...

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1 week ago London borough that doubled 20mph zones shoots up league table of best places in capital to walk and cycle

Newham, City of London and Islington praised - but Tower Hamlets, Lewisham and Bexley criticised

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1 week ago Man, 32, stabbed to death in lobby of luxury skyscraper next to US embassy in London

Two male suspects, 33 and 35, arrested following reports of an altercation at DAMAC Tower, Vauxhall, early on Saturday

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1 week ago Fears death row triple murderer's heart implant could shock him 'over and over'

Death row inmate, Byron Black is set to be executed next month for a triple murder in 1987 - but his legal team fear his heart implant will make his end a 'gruesome spectacle'

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1 week ago Wimbledon star wears black ribbon in tribute to Diogo Jota after Liverpool star's tragic death

TAMARA PRENN AT WIMBLEDON: The 28-year-old's death has plunged both his home country and his adopted one into mourning, with fans travelling to Anfield to pay tribute to the forward.

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2 w. ago Hero hound sniffs out 'potentially dangerous' Viagra tablets in east London

The springer spaniel detected a suspicious scent coming from the back of a bike while on patrol in east London

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2 w. ago iPhone glitch leaves baffled users with a 'black dot of death' on their screens

A mysterious iPhone glitch has left some baffled users with a 'black dot of death' on their screens.

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2 w. ago I tried the quirky 1970s restaurant in a north London tower block that hasn't changed in decades

I tried the quirky 1970s restaurant in a north London tower block that hasn't changed in decades  My London

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2 w. ago Man in 20s arrested on suspicion of woman’s stab murder in Tower Hamlets

Detectives say victim in her 40s is known to younger male suspect and there is ‘no wider threat to public’

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2 w. ago Interactive map shows the London boroughs facing the biggest rise in population

Tower Hamlets, Islington and Camden top the list as number of Londoners approaches 10 million

Culture