43 m. ago US lawmakers warn on China’s planned London embassy ahead of Starmer

Letting Beijing build largest embassy in Europe seen as inappropriate reward given its human rights record

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60 m. ago Scots cops find cocaine worth £16k in drugs raid as man and woman arrested

A man, aged 30, and a woman, aged 24, have been arrested and charged in connection with the recovery.

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72 m. ago King Charles cracks cheeky joke as he and Camilla try alternative kind of 'speed dating'

King Charles and Queen Camilla paid a visit to a restaurant on London's Carnaby Street for an event to mark the start of Ramadan - and they were put to work arranging food parcels for hospitals

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73 m. ago Seubert Reaches 1000 Point Plateau, Stevens Point Girls Dump New London

Seubert Reaches 1000 Point Plateau, Stevens Point Girls Dump New London  OnFocus

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73 m. ago 'Woman in nurse's outfit injects resident with substance' as cops launch probe

Police in County Durham are investigating 'following reports of a suspicious incident which occurred' in which a woman in a nurse's outfit allegedly injected a woman

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77 m. ago Chelsea target’s agent ‘travels to London’ for talks as move races towards completion

Chelsea target’s agent ‘travels to London’ for talks as move races towards completion  MSN

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83 m. ago Aldi UK: Supermarket follows trend to launch bubble tea easter eggs

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89 m. ago Men who drank Guinness in pub minutes after stabbing man to death found guilty of murder

David Walcott and Rammon Mali ordered pints after brutally killing Rijkaard Siafa in Croydon

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89 m. ago Luigi Mangione, Accused of US CEO Murder, Depicted in London Mural

Luigi Mangione, Accused of US CEO Murder, Depicted in London Mural  U.S. News & World Report

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90 m. ago Tonight's Cardiff City news as star 'stronger than ever' after injury torment and striker makes it two in two

The latest Bluebirds news from Cardiff City Stadium

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90 m. ago ‘It’s our right to not let him in’: Ukrainian restaurateur bans Trump from London culinary hotspot

Olga Tsybytovska has banned the US president from Mriya Neo Bistro, nestled in well-heeled South Kensington

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94 m. ago Ukraine's president Zelensky to join European leaders meeting in Britain for defence talks this weekend amid row with Donald Trump

Volodymyr Zelensky will join European leaders in London this weekend for talks about defence and security amid fears over US support for its allies.

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95 m. ago This Morning's Josie Gibson rushed to hospital as she shares worrying update

Ahead of the launch of her new show Around the World in First Class, This Morning host Josie Gibson has revealed to fans on social media that she was at hospital this afternoon

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1 hour ago Wife of Charles Hanson ‘not controlled in any sense of the word’ – defence KC

Sasha Wass KC claimed Rebecca Hanson had been vindictive towards the Bargain Hunt auctioneer and ‘had an agenda’ after launching divorce proceedings.

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1 hour ago ‘Champagne for my real friends!’ Francis Bacon masterpiece escapes to the artist’s old drinking den

Seeing Bacon’s stunning depiction of his lover Peter Lacy hanging in a reincarnation of the watering hole where his skeletal friends would drink, stagger and cackle was a fleeting yet unforgettable experienceWhen a work of art fails to excite, interest or move me, the word that comes to mind is “dead”. Bad art is lifeless, good art is alive and great art is supervital. And it’s a supervital masterpiece I am looking at right now. Face as sharply hewn as a Congolese mask, with a flesh-coloured pullover melting into the shadows of his loins, Peter Lacy dominates the room, captured in a gold-framed portrait by his lover Francis Bacon.That room is the Colony Room Green in London, not the original Colony Room but a bar nearby that lovingly recreates, with the precision of an art installation or stage set, the bohemian drinking den run by Muriel Belcher where Bacon would order drinks all round with his famous toast: “Champagne for my real friends and real pain for my sham friends!” Its gre...

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2 h. ago London NHS Trust seeing 100 per cent of beds regularly occupied despite drop in winter viruses

London NHS Trust seeing 100 per cent of beds regularly occupied despite drop in winter viruses  Yahoo News UK

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2 h. ago New collaboration to tackle health inequalities launches in South Lanarkshire

The council and community planning partners will work to reduce health inequalities and improve wellbeing in communities

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The it-girl’s glamorous pals packed into Tollington’s fish bar to celebrate her new edit for Barbour

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2 h. ago Amazon confirms new fee for using Alexa on your Echo but there's a way to beat it

Amazon has announced the launch of a new Alexa+ service which brings smart new features for a $19.99 price.

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2 h. ago Scottish minister met BBC bosses amid row over production of The Traitors

Director Peter Strachan is reported to have said 81% of the production team for the show were based in London.

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