9 h. ago Revealed: the most popular sex toy sold in every London borough

Revealed: the most popular sex toy sold in every London borough  Time Out London

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10 h. ago Salvage Hunters star forced to sell antiques after running out of cash for home

Salvage Hunters star Drew Pritchard has been feeling the financial pressure of his Georgian house restoration project in Bath, with the renovation almost grinding to a halt

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11 h. ago London borough that desperately needs council homes may have to sell some to repay £40m bailout

London borough that desperately needs council homes may have to sell some to repay £40m bailout  Yahoo News UK

Economics

25 h. ago City Hall rejects plan for London art trail blaming lack of funds

A new artwork would have been commissioned for each London borough under the proposals

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28 h. ago Parking fines set to increase across London after councils say they aren’t a deterrent anymore

London Councils says that it has been 13 years since the penalty charges were last reviewed

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53 h. ago Full list of London council tax bills as virtually every borough seeks maximum increase

Revealed: Why Wandsworth can set the cheapest bills but Kingston’s are biggest in the capital

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61 h. ago Desperate pensioner slams council as home wrecked by damp and mould damages health

Stressed Elizabeth Gough says the long standing battle with the council is making her ill

Society

68 h. ago How Walford in EastEnders got its name as the BBC soap turns 40

EastEnders is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a week of dramatic episodes - but the London Borough of Walford, where the soap is set, is actually not real

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3 d. ago This London borough will be the first to ban smartphones from schools

This London borough will be the first to ban smartphones from schools  Time Out London

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4 d. ago Wandsworth is kinky and Chelsea is vanilla: New stats reveal sex toy sales by London borough

New stats from LoveHoney have revealed the biggest buyers across London — and some boroughs are getting freakier than others

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4 d. ago ‘Happy Christmas, Ange!’ EastEnders’ 40 most memorable moments – from Dirty Den to Dot Cotton

There were landmark gay kisses, characters who returned from the dead and the biggest earrings ever seen on screen. As the soap turns 40, we round-up Walford’s weirdest, wildest and most heartbreaking scenes‘Cor, stinks in here, dunnit?” At 7pm on 19 February 1985, we heard Simon May’s now-familiar theme tune and watched those wriggly River Thames titles for the first time – followed by that aromatic opening line of dialogue.The BBC’s new soap opera was its attempt to make a mass-market, twice-weekly rival to ITV’s Coronation Street. Co-created by the producer Julia Smith and the writer Tony Holland, the gritty saga was set in a Victorian square in the fictional east London borough of Walford. Working titles for the show included Square Dance, Round the Houses and London Pride. They settled on EastEnders. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Roads in southwest London borough in 'terrible state' causing danger to residents, warns MP

Ministers have been warned that Britain’s roads are ‘in a shocking state of disrepair’

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4 d. ago More than 100 schools in north London borough to go smartphone

More than 100 schools in north London borough to go smartphone-free  Evening Standard

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5 d. ago London council tax: Sadiq Khan's home borough sets lowest bill in the country (again)

Wandsworth will be the only London borough to keep bills under £1,000

Economics

6 d. ago The hidden London pub with delicious roasts just steps away from Borough Market

The hidden London pub with delicious roasts just steps away from Borough Market  Brent and Kilburn Times

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