2 h. ago LFB issues Christmas candle warning after south London flat fire

Firefighters say an unattended candle caused a flat fire in Stockwell and urged residents to take extra care with naked flames this Christmas

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6 h. ago London Fire Brigade issues warning after flat fire caused by candle

London Fire Brigade issues warning after flat fire caused by candle  BBC

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9 h. ago FTSE 100 LIVE: London stocks flat as investors look for Santa rally

FTSE 100 LIVE: London stocks flat as investors look for Santa rally  Yahoo Finance UK

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30 h. ago My weirdest Christmas: I sat on a desk chair watching the strangest film I’ve ever seen

Away from our families, my flatmate and I hung out in his bedroom, Christmas lunch on our laps, watching a poorly written, jarringly inappropriate movieIn 2022, I was living in a flat in north London above a chicken shop, with two flatmates and a cockroach infestation (what did we expect, said the landlord, living above a takeaway?). My flatmate was from Lithuania, and was due to go home in January, and our other flatmate, his girlfriend, was away for Christmas. I’d been home to Canada the month before, so for Christmas Day itself it was just the two of us.I bought a small chicken to roast, and served it with stuffing I’d brought back from Canada – it’s the same concept as the stuffing in the UK but somehow fluffier and with more texture – and some pasta. I made brussels sprouts, trying to recreate a dish I like from a restaurant in my home town by cooking them with bacon, maple syrup, parmesan and a mayonnaise drizzle. It wasn’t very nice. We had some prosecco that my flatmate had ...

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31 h. ago Vogue Williams gives house tour of ‘forever home’ as she says goodbye to London flat

Vogue Williams has shared a glimpse inside her new “forever home” with Spencer Matthews, after she confirmed the sale of their £5m London flat.

Society

3 d. ago Michael Kransdorff | SARS sets its sights on your London flat or your holiday home in Provence

Michael Kransdorff | SARS sets its sights on your London flat or your holiday home in Provence  News24

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3 d. ago New cruise ship you can live on forever and it costs less than a London flat

Villa Vie Residences has announced plans for a new residential cruise ship where people can buy cabins and live at sea permanently - with prices starting lower than average London property

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7 d. ago Dimorestudio Infuses a Classic London Flat With Moody Italian Magic

Dimorestudio Infuses a Classic London Flat With Moody Italian Magic  Architectural Digest

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9 d. ago Mother jailed for killing baby daughter after shaking her in a rage in London flat

Nazli Merthoca killed her daughter while in a ‘mutually abusive’ relationship

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9 d. ago London Flat Prices Are Becoming More Affordable for Young Brits

London Flat Prices Are Becoming More Affordable for Young Brits  Bloomberg.com

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1 week ago I hired a £500 'house whisperer' to turn my chaotic London flat into a proper home based on my star sign

Armed with the zodiac, a divination pendant and sage, House Whisperer Katie Malik goes through each room in a bid to help Poppy Atkinson Gibson feel more at home.

Society

1 week ago I hired a £500 'house whisperer' to turn my chaotic London flat into a proper home based on my star sign 

Armed with the zodiac, a divination pendant and sage, House Whisperer Katie Malik goes through each room in a bid to help Poppy Atkinson Gibson feel more at home.

Society

1 week ago Revealed: How much it REALLY costs to live on a luxury cruise

Sailing around the world permanently and stopping off at different destinations every few days sounds like a dream for some. 

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1 week ago FTSE 100 LIVE: London flat and Europe mixed as AI fears outweigh Federal Reserve rate cut

FTSE 100 LIVE: London flat and Europe mixed as AI fears outweigh Federal Reserve rate cut  Yahoo Finance UK

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2 w. ago FTSE 100 LIVE: London stocks flat as data shows spending dip on lacklustre Black Friday

FTSE 100 LIVE: London stocks flat as data shows spending dip on lacklustre Black Friday  Yahoo Finance UK

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2 w. ago American student found guilty of murdering girlfriend after 'argument over STI'

Joshua Michals stabbed his girlfriend Zhe Wang after visiting her in her London flat, with a post-mortem examination revealing the creative writing student had also been strangled

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2 w. ago 'My lungs are screaming. I cannot go on': Why on earth is everyone doing HYROX? ALEX BYWATER joins the hordes of ripped torsos at the 'painfully addictive' fitness craze taking over the world

I'm flat on the floor of London ExCeL, mid-burpee broad jump. My body is telling me I simply cannot do another one.

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2 w. ago A new start after 60: I moved on to a boat, fell in love – then opened my own restaurant

After a lifetime of working for others, Rich Baker threw caution to the wind. The result was a national award for his pizza and a surprising surge in confidence When his kimchi fiorentina pizza won a national award, Rich Baker knew he was turning a corner. It was 2023. Baker was 60. He and his wife, Sarah, had made the kimchi themselves and their win put Flat Earth Pizzas, the east London restaurant they had launched the previous year, on the map. “My life has changed so much,” Baker says. “A lightbulb has lit up inside and given me energy, and that energy has given me something that is quite amazing: a sense of confidence and a sense of fulfilment.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago ‘Large cupboard’ helps owners of £18m London flat slash £1.7m stamp duty bill

A small storage unit on a different floor proved enough for the tribunal to class the £18.25m flat as ‘mixed use’

Economics

2 w. ago An entire Victorian ghost street with 11 period homes left to rot overlooking the Lake District

When Lonsdale Terrace was built in the 1840s it was the pride of the coastal village of St Bees in Cumbria.

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