2 h. ago Why London's property market is broken — and what fixes can we expect in the spring statement?

A £2bn funding boost for new homes in England has been announced ahead of tomorrow’s spring statement

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5 h. ago The Breakdown | Robot rugby may be a way off but art of coaching is making way for science

As data reshapes coaching and tactics at club and international level, the numbers are increasingly kingOnce upon a time coaching sport was deceptively simple. Many years of experience could be distilled into a gut instinct of how best to respond in certain situations. Selection was more of an art and less of a science and you didn’t have smarty-pants analysts telling you stuff that – damn it! – you could already see with your own eyes from 50 yards away.Pray for the old-timers because rugby’s tech era is well and truly here. Nowadays, one game spawns millions of pieces of usable data. Wearable technology attached to one player can collect information from 300 data points at a rate of 40 times per second. Skeletal tracking, microchipped balls – less painful than it sounds – and myriad other previously invisible markers are now routinely available. Farewell, then, leaky Biros and old‑school clipboards. Continue reading...

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30 h. ago Income tax shock: London's bill hits nearly £64 billion a year

The bill for the two regions has jumped above £108 billion a year

Economics

44 h. ago Income tax shock: London and South East now pay more than rest of England put together

The bill for the two regions has jumped above £108 billion a year

Economics

45 h. ago London Spring Art 2025: Noah Davis And Arpita Singh On Social Change

London Spring Art 2025: Noah Davis And Arpita Singh On Social Change  Forbes

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4 d. ago Ten unmissable things to do in London this spring, according to our Things to Do editor

Ten unmissable things to do in London this spring, according to our Things to Do editor  Time Out London

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4 d. ago ‘It was chaotic but beautiful’: Warda Mohamed and Kosar Ali on filming the British

As the award-winning short is released on BBC iPlayer, the director and star talk about grief, breaking Somali stereotypes and a career-changing social media postWhen Warda Mohamed posted a message on social media that she had completed her feature film script, she never expected it to change her career. “I genuinely thought it was just going to be a few people saying, ‘Oh my God, well done’,” she says. “I posted it at nine o’clock at night and thought nothing of it.” By morning, a commissioner at BBC Film had reached out, setting the wheels in motion for what would become Muna – an 18-minute short film that screened at more than 60 international film festivals, won multiple awards, and has now made its way to BBC iPlayer.Muna tells the story of a British-Somali teenager, played by Kosar Ali (Bafta-nominated for Rocks), who navigates a complex mother-daughter relationship while mourning a grandfather she never met. Her grief mirrors Mohamed’s own experience growing up. “There isn’t ...

Events

4 d. ago Coronation Street star Shobna Gulati forced to make social media change after coming out as non

The 58-year-old revealed how they’ve only recently discovered the words to express how they've always felt

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4 d. ago ‘I spent six years just repeating dots and lines’: the great painter Arpita Singh on a lifetime in art

She has been painting for 60 years – yet it’s taken until now for her to have an exhibition outside her native India. The artist reluctantly takes time out from her studio in order to grant a rare interviewWhen Arpita Singh’s Remembering opened this week at the Serpentine in London, despite being one of India’s leading artists, it was her first solo institutional show outside her native land in her six-decade-long career. It also marked the first time the Serpentine has given over its main galleries to a show by a south Asian artist. But Singh, who spends most of her waking hours in her Delhi home studio, is muted in her reaction. “Serpentine is a known gallery, so it is a prestigious thing for me,” is about as effusive as she gets.At 87, Singh is reluctant to give her time to anything that might take her away from her canvas – and that includes this interview. Her vivid, unhinged paintings, chock-a-block with adrift figures, motifs and text often structured by narrow borders cramme...

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4 d. ago Dad's mystery after undeveloped film found in camera he was gifted by his son

David Winder, 54, was excited when he was gifted a used camera for Christmas from his son, Noah. But when he looked closer, David found an exposed, but undeveloped, film inside

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5 d. ago It's the warmest day of the year! Temperatures hit 21.3C in London as spring officially arrives with glorious sunshine making Britain hotter than Ibiza, Corfu and Rome

The mercury got up to 21.3C (70.3F) at Northolt in West London this afternoon, beating the previous 2025 high of 19.7C (67.4F) recorded on March 9 in Crosby, Merseyside.

Events

5 d. ago Hottest day of year as temperature hits 21C in London on spring equinox

Londoners basked in temperatures of 21C in Northolt, beating the top figure this year of 19.7C in Crosby, Merseyside, on March 9

Events

5 d. ago Steve Reich: ‘We all wish art could counter the direction of US politics. But it can’t’

Now 88, the minimalist composer has reissued his life’s work. He answers your questions about Bowie, the Grateful Dead, spirituality – and his complicated friendship with Philip GlassWhy does minimalist music consist of so much repetition? Correllisflute The word “minimalist” was invented by Michael Nyman when he was more of a music critic than a composer, but the kind of music that I and people like me deal with has changes on a much smaller scale than people are used to hearing. The number of repetitions is the nature of the music. On my early pieces, such as It’s Gonna Rain or Piano Phase, everything moves so slowly. Some people will say: “To hell with it, I’m not listening to that,” but those who do experience a different kind of listening.Not only was David Bowie influenced by your work during his Berlin era, but also your Clapping Music is sampled on the hypnotic James Murphy remix of Bowie’s Love Is Lost (Hello Steve Reich Mix). What do you recall of your conversations with B...

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5 d. ago It's the warmest day of the year! Temperatures hit 20.6C in London as spring officially arrives with glorious sunshine making Britain hotter than Ibiza, Corfu and Rome

The mercury got up to 20.6C (69.1F) at Northolt in West London this afternoon, beating the previous 2025 high of 19.7C (67.4F) recorded on March 9 in Crosby, Merseyside.

Events

5 d. ago It's the warmest day of the year! Temperatures hit 21.3C in London as spring officially arrives with glorious

It's the warmest day of the year! Temperatures hit 21.3C in London as spring officially arrives with glorious  Daily Mail

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5 d. ago London weather LIVE: Hottest day of year as temperature hits 20C on spring equinox

With temperatures set to rise further this afternoon, the UK’s spring equinox temperature record - 21.5C in 1972 - could potentially be broken

Society

5 d. ago London weather LIVE: Capital already reaches 19C as spring equinox threatens to break temperature record

With temperatures set to rise further this afternoon, the UK’s spring equinox temperature record - 21.5C in 1972 - could potentially be broken

Society

5 d. ago How hay fever sufferers can survive the start of London’s pollen season this spring

If you thought last year was bad for hay fever sufferers, this spring promises much the same misery as research suggests that it’s only set to get worse

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5 d. ago London weather LIVE: Spring equinox brings hottest day of the year – maps, pictures and reaction

The sharp rise in temperatures coincides with the spring equinox which is the first day of astronomical spring

Society

6 d. ago Major change for millions of new and existing Social Security recipients

In an effort to limit fraudulent claims, recipients and applicants will no longer be able to verify their identity over the phone

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