61 h. ago A renowned mountain guide puts clients on Everest summit less than a week after they left London

An expert mountain guide has put four of his clients on top of Mount Everest less than a week after they left London, one of the fastest ascents on record of the world’s highest peak

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3 d. ago Crystal Palace keep party going as Eze’s glorious goal wraps up win over Wolves

Afterparty at the Palace, a gala night at Selhurst Park. If the 2024-25 Premier League season has faced accusations of featuring far too little jeopardy, the result here mattered little but will be remembered for ever as the night Crystal Palace brought the FA Cup home to south London.For the record, Palace celebrated a win via two goals from Eddie Nketiah, a deflected free-kick and a late, glorious Eberechi Eze strike. In truth, the main event did not arrive until after full time with the end of Selhurst Park’s 101-year wait to show off a major trophy to fans. Eagles supporters can now dream of next season’s European tour, with the hope and expectation the precise but emotionally charged leadership of Oliver Glasner will lead them into that promised land. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Labour has denounced me as ‘deeply misleading’ on its planning reform. I wish that were true | George Monbiot

Even it now admits that brick by brick, these proposals will wreck habitats. This could be Starmer’s most damaging mistake yetThe precedent is uncanny, and the failure to learn from it downright mystifying. Keir Starmer is rushing gladly towards the catastrophe Boris Johnson inflicted on himself in 2020. Had he set out to stymie Labour’s chances of re-election, he couldn’t be doing it better.In 2020, Johnson promised “a whole new planning system” for England, which, he claimed, would promote “economic growth”. He said he wanted to see 300,000 new homes built every year. He sought to “build, build, build”, but falsely claimed that his plans were thwarted by newts, which he used as shorthand for environmental protections. He would sweep these protections away. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Your chance to stare down a god: inside the British Museum’s mesmerising look at Indian religions

A show full of deities, snakes and shrines puts three ancient faiths in the spotlight. Our writer seeks out its inspiration in the bustling metropolis of MumbaiIt’s the eyes that stay with you – piercing black discs that seem to vibrate against the intense orange of a goddess’s skin. The rest is a blur of silver, yellow and saffron as temple attendants encourage you to move, clockwise, around the murti, or sacred statue. For a moment it’s as if this shrine is the one fixed point in the whole city.The goddess in question is Mumba, the patron of Mumbai, her temple at the beating heart of one of the most densely populated areas on Earth. A few streets to the east is the green and white splendour of Minara mosque. To the north is the intricately carved Jain temple of Parshwanath. All around is the noise and commerce of a place that Indians regard as their version of New York and LA combined – “the city of dreams”. Yet, far from being a godless metropolis, this is a place where religion ...

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9 d. ago Chance meeting at country venue helps lead distance runner London Culbreath to UNT

Chance meeting at country venue helps lead distance runner London Culbreath to UNT  Denton Record-Chronicle

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1 week ago New York Jets 2025 schedule: First regular season game announced with London matchup vs. Broncos

New York Jets 2025 schedule: First regular season game announced with London matchup vs. Broncos  Bergen Record

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1 week ago New Tube map celebrates London's grassroots music venues and history

Map reimagines Underground lines as different aspects of London’s musical heritage, with stops highlighting venues, nightclubs and record shops

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2 w. ago Irish footballer breaks Guinness World Record for longest throw

London City Lionesses player Megan Campbell broke the record with a throw of 37.55 metres.

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2 w. ago Olympic triathlon champion Alex Yee says London Marathon debut has helped on journey to LA 2028

Olympic triathlon champion Alex Yee says London Marathon debut has helped on journey to LA 2028  TRI247

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2 w. ago Will London host a record 4 Olympics? Here's what the city's mayor wants to do

Will London host a record 4 Olympics? Here's what the city's mayor wants to do  Deseret News

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2 w. ago Mum convicted of kidnapping and trafficking daughter for 'eyes and skin'

Joshlin Smith, aged 6, vanished from plain sight in February 2024. A photograph of her smiling with her bright green eyes and two pigtails hit the headlines after it was released in an appeal to find her.

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2 w. ago Mum convicted of kidnapping and trafficking 'missing' daughter, 6, for 'eyes and skin'

Joshlin Smith, 6, went missing in South Africa last year. Her disappearance stole the hearts of thousands of people across the globe - prompting a national search

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2 w. ago Kula Shaker on making Govinda: ‘Crowds would sing the lyrics as, “Go cash your giro giro”’

‘It was great to get a song that’s entirely in Sanskrit on Radio 1. It has a power that’s beyond us. We’re just the vessels’It’s not our song; it’s as old as the hills. The first time I heard it was in a Krishna temple as a kid. George Harrison was the first person I know of who recorded it – it’s the last track on 1971’s The Radha Krsna Temple album. We were all living together as a band in Swiss Cottage, London, and that record got played all the time. So I had it absorbed. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago More than 1 million people sign up for 2026 London Marathon, shatter world record

More than 1 million people sign up for 2026 London Marathon, shatter world record  South China Morning Post

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2 w. ago London Marathon gets record 1.1 million applications for 2026 race

London Marathon gets record 1.1 million applications for 2026 race  reuters.com

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2 w. ago London Marathon breaks world record with more than 1.1 million entries for 2026

London Marathon breaks world record with more than 1.1 million entries for 2026  Yahoo News UK

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3 w. ago Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson to make injury return at London Diamond League this summer

Hodgkinson set an 800m British record during her last London Diamond League appearance before she winning gold at Paris 2024

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3 w. ago Met Office confirms warmest start to May on record as mercury hits 28C in London

Met Office confirms warmest start to May on record as mercury hits 28C in London  London Evening Standard

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3 w. ago London sees warmest start to May on record as temperature hits 28C... and it's set to get even hotter

It eclipses the previous record of 27.4C

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3 w. ago Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson to race in London Diamond League this summer

Last year the event at the London Stadium saw Hodgkinson set an 800m British record before she went on to claim gold at the Olympics in Paris.

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