15 h. ago Copyright Protection: Writers Protest in Front of Meta's London Offices

Copyright Protection: Writers Protest in Front of Meta's London Offices  ActuIA

Events

43 h. ago Reprieve for East London 'dive bar' popular with metalheads as council agrees to noise limits amid complaints

Blondies Brewery in Leyton will be allowed to stay open despite being challenged by neighbours over ‘unacceptably’ noisy gigs

Politics

4 d. ago Meta says it will resume AI training with public content from European users

Social media company Meta says that it will start using publicly available content from European users to train its artificial intelligence models, resuming work put on hold last year after privacy activists raised concerns about data privacy

Politics

1 week ago Landlines and leather benches: The curious survival of London's metals market that time forgot

Landlines and leather benches: The curious survival of London's metals market that time forgot  Fortune

Events

1 week ago China metals tumble after trade war retaliation; London metals rebound on arbitrage trading

China metals tumble after trade war retaliation; London metals rebound on arbitrage trading  TradingView

Events

1 week ago Dagenham fire: Black smoke seen across London after scrap metal and cars catch fire at industrial estate

Ten fire engines and around 70 firefighters are attending a fire at the site on Beamway in Dagenham

Events

1 week ago Dagenham fire: Smoke billows over London skyline for miles from blaze at scrap metal site

The London Fire Brigade confirmed a fire has broken out on an industrial site on Beamway in Dagenham - they were called at 14:09 and no casualties or injuries have been reported

Events

2 w. ago Meta and Pinterest understood to have made donations to Molly Russell charity

The 14-year-old girl took her life in 2017 after viewing harmful material about suicide on social media platforms.

Politics

2 w. ago 'David and Golliath' moment as writers union protest at Meta HQ over 'theft' of work

In March 2025, reports alleged that over 7.5 millions were pirated to train Meta's new AI system. Now writers are fighting back for compensation and to protect the future of the arts

Events

2 w. ago Exclusion from Trump's tariffs reduces premium of New York precious metals over London

Exclusion from Trump's tariffs reduces premium of New York precious metals over London  Reuters

Politics

2 w. ago Authors Hold London Protest Against Meta For 'Stealing' Work To Train AI

Authors Hold London Protest Against Meta For 'Stealing' Work To Train AI  Barron's

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2 w. ago The Adidas Gazelle Indoor x Liberty London "Off White/Gold Metallic" is Available Now

The Adidas Gazelle Indoor x Liberty London "Off White/Gold Metallic" is Available Now  House of Heat°

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2 w. ago Society of Authors to hold protest at Meta's London HQ after 'pirated books used to train AI'

Society of Authors to hold protest at Meta's London HQ after 'pirated books used to train AI'  The Bookseller

Culture

2 w. ago ‘Meta has stolen books’: authors to protest in London against AI trained using ‘shadow library’

Writers will gather at the Facebook owner’s King’s Cross office in opposition to its use of the LibGen database to train its AI modelsAuthors and other publishing industry professionals will stage a demonstration outside Meta’s London office today in protest of the organisation’s use of copyrighted books to train artificial intelligence.Novelists Kate Mosse and Tracy Chevalier as well as poet and former Royal Society of Literature chair Daljit Nagra will be among those in attendance outside the company’s King’s Cross office. Continue reading...

Culture

2 w. ago Zadie Smith on the magic of Tracy Chapman: ‘She didn’t just look like us – she was singing our songs’

The novelist was just 12 when the ex-busker stunned a mammoth crowd at the Free Nelson Mandela concert – and sent everyone racing to Woolworths for her astonishing debut album. Its simple, honest, perfect songs of protest have mesmerised the writer ever sinceOn 11 June 1988, I was 12 and sitting with my family watching the Free Nelson Mandela Concert on TV. As a clan, we were old hands at trying to free Mandela, having done our fair share of marching and boycotting over the years, and this concert felt like the culmination of all that. There was a lot of excitement in the room: we squeezed on to the sofa and opened the windows wide. (If the wind’s blowing in the right direction, you can hear a Wembley audience roar from Willesden.)Many world-famous musicians played that day. Most of them I don’t remember, but one I will never forget: Tracy Chapman. I think a lot of people feel that way, though when you rewatch the footage you realise what she was up against at the time. Nobody cheer...

Events

2 w. ago A thunderous fusion of metal and Indian tradition crashes London – photo gallery of Bloodywood’s show at the O2 Forum Kentish Town

A thunderous fusion of metal and Indian tradition crashes London – photo gallery of Bloodywood’s show at the O2 Forum Kentish Town  Chaoszine

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3 w. ago “This is less a concert than a hard rock workout”: Bloodywood’s energetic Indian folk/nu metal fusion makes for one of London’s sweatiest gigs in recent memory

“This is less a concert than a hard rock workout”: Bloodywood’s energetic Indian folk/nu metal fusion makes for one of London’s sweatiest gigs in recent memory  Louder

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3 w. ago London Metal Exchange market data issues resolved, says Trading Technologies

London Metal Exchange market data issues resolved, says Trading Technologies  Investing.com

Politics

4 w. ago UK watchdog fines London Metal Exchange over handling of 2022 nickel crisis

UK watchdog fines London Metal Exchange over handling of 2022 nickel crisis  MINING.com

Events

4 w. ago London Metal Exchange fined £9.2m by City watchdog over nickel price spike

The FCA said the London Metal Exchange ‘should have been better prepared to address the serious risks posed by extreme volatility’.

Economics