59 h. ago Do London’s power outages spell disaster? West End networks are creaking

Do London’s power outages spell disaster? West End networks are creaking  UnHerd

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6 d. ago Flutter takes 100% ownership of US firm FanDuel after £1.3bn deal

The London listed gambling giant said it has purchased the remaining 5% of FanDuel it did not own from Boyd.

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6 d. ago Mohammed Kudus’s Tottenham transfer is the end result of West Ham’s spending disasters

The Ghanaian is likely to depart West Ham in a move that sums up the club’s recent transfer failings

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2 w. ago Labour MP reintroduces bid for Hillsborough Law after campaign stalls

Ian Byrne (Liverpool West Derby), who was with family at the Hillsborough disaster in 1989, said a law is needed to restore faith in justice.

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2 w. ago China’s New London “Super Embassy”: Soft Power Hub or Security Risk?

China’s New London “Super Embassy”: Soft Power Hub or Security Risk?  CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies

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2 w. ago Chelsea 'hold talks with Mayor of London' over new stadium plans amid ownership power struggle

Chelsea 'hold talks with Mayor of London' over new stadium plans amid ownership power struggle  Daily Mail

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3 w. ago From Tate Modern to Grimsby docks: the team saving Britain’s cherished buildings from the wrecking ball

Can you imagine Liverpool without its Welsh Streets or London without Battersea Power Station? For 50 years, one small band of activists have been finding creative alternative uses for great buildings their owners couldn’t seeIt’s hard to imagine London without the mighty riverside citadels of Tate Modern and Battersea power station, or bereft of the ornate Victorian market halls of Smithfield and Billingsgate. It is equally difficult to picture Yorkshire without its majestic sandstone mills, Grimsby without its fishing docks, or parts of Liverpool without their streets of terrace houses. Yet all these things could have victims of the wrecking ball, if it weren’t for one small band of plucky activists. You may not have heard of Save Britain’s Heritage, or Save as it likes to style itself. But the tiny charity, which celebrates its 50th birthday this month, has had more influence than any other group in campaigning for the imaginative reuse of buildings at risk, most of which had no ...

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3 w. ago London Climate Week Must Harness The Capital’s Cultural Power

London Climate Week Must Harness The Capital’s Cultural Power  Forbes

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4 w. ago Ed Miliband tackles national security fears over China's involvement in UK wind farms

The Energy Secretary insists protecting UK's security is "non-negotiable" as a number of Chinese firms exhibited at a high-profile London conference on offshore wind power

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