2 h. ago Susan Hall reclaims Tory leadership at City Hall and pledges to renew battle with Sadiq Khan

Surprise as defeated mayoral candidate returns as Tory group leader on the London Assembly

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8 h. ago Sadiq Khan backs London bid for 2040 Olympic Games as mayor points to 'humongous' benefits

Report also estimates that hosting World Athletics Championship in 2029 could be worth £400million

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15 h. ago Sadiq Khan backs London bid for 2040 Olympic Games as mayor pledges to make city 'the sporting capital of the world'

Sadiq Khan wants London to host the 2040 Olympic Games as part of his quest to make the city 'the sporting capital of the world'. London 2012 proved to be a monumental success.

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22 h. ago Update On WWE Bringing WrestleMania To London, Mayor Sadiq Khan Remains Committed To Making It Happen

Update On WWE Bringing WrestleMania To London, Mayor Sadiq Khan Remains Committed To Making It Happen  Wrestling Headlines

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22 h. ago London Mayor Sadiq Khan 'Remains Committed' To Bringing WrestleMania To London

London Mayor Sadiq Khan 'Remains Committed' To Bringing WrestleMania To London  Fightful

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22 h. ago Mayor of London ‘remains committed’ to making the city WrestleMania’s ‘first international destination’

Mayor of London ‘remains committed’ to making the city WrestleMania’s ‘first international destination’  Wrestleview.com

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28 h. ago London mayor hopes city will bid for 2040 Olympics as part of ambitious hosting plan

London mayor hopes city will bid for 2040 Olympics as part of ambitious hosting plan  Sportstar

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39 h. ago British Paralympian, 35, vanishes while on holiday in Las Vegas and has been missing for more than a week

Sam Ruddock (pictured), 35, who has represented Britain in shot put, cycling and sprinting, had gone alone to the American city to watch the annual WWE WrestleMania event.

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3 d. ago Concerns over regeneration causing 'irreversible damage' to London's markets and railway arches

London Assembly warns mayor Sadiq Khan to ‘ensure regeneration enhances, rather than erodes, the social fabric of our city’

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4 d. ago Sadiq Khan boosts funding to combat hate crimes and radicalisation

Mayor admits hate crimes in the capital remain ‘far too high’, while stressing the need to help Londoners ‘think critically’ in face of online extremism

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5 d. ago Oxford Street: London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan accused of 'power grab'

Oxford Street: London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan accused of 'power grab'  BBC

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6 d. ago 'Senseless vanity project': Sadiq Khan faces backlash over Oxford Street pedestrianisation plans

Residents’ groups tell London Assembly investigation that need for change has been overstated by Mayor of London

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7 d. ago Fury as posh Londoners wake up to find their council has replaced their parking spaces with e

Wimbledon residents are up in arms after the local council's decision to replace precious street parking with 350 dedicated e-bike bays as part of a wider scheme promoted by the London mayor.

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9 d. ago Calls grow for private hire cap as Mayor of London says hands tied by law

Calls grow for private hire cap as Mayor of London says hands tied by law  taxi-point.co.uk

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1 week ago Uyghur rights group calls on hotel chains not to ‘sanitise’ China abuses in Xinjiang

Growth in international hotels coincides with government effort to push region as a tourism destination Almost 200 international hotels are operating or planning to open in Xinjiang, despite calls from human rights groups for global corporations not to help “sanitise” the Chinese government’s human rights abuses in the region, a report has said.The report by the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) identified 115 operational hotels which the organisation said “benefit from a presence in the Uyghur region”. At least another 74 were in various stages of construction or planning, the report said. The UHRP said some of the hotels also had exposure or links of concern to forced labour and labour transfer programmes. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Nvidia boss visits China days after Donald Trump limits AI chip exports – business live

Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as Chinese state media publishes photo of Jensen Huang visiting BeijingNvidia boss Jensen Huang has travelled to China for talks despite limits on the chip company’s sales imposed by the White House under Donald Trump.The visit of Huang, chief executive of one of the US’s most valuable companies, will be closely followed amid the vicious trade war between the US and China.The SFO remains committed to stamping out international bribery wherever it may occur.British companies have a duty to prevent the harm caused by bribery when doing business at home and abroad, to ensure that the UK remains a safe and fair place to do business. Continue reading...

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1 week ago EU youth mobility scheme could save Britain from harm of Trump tariffs, Sadiq Khan says

‘If others want to rush to put up trade barriers, London will always be in favour of tearing them down’, the London Mayor wrote in The Independent

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1 week ago Voices: Sadiq Khan: Here’s one thing I know that’ll get us closer to Europe – and a post

A new youth mobility scheme will bring the UK and the EU some much needed connection – and a shot in the arm for business, too, writes London Mayor Sadiq Khan

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1 week ago 'Bad for all of us': London's mayor rebukes trade wars, protectionism, nativism

'Bad for all of us': London's mayor rebukes trade wars, protectionism, nativism  MSNBC News

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1 week ago Sadiq Khan confirms plan for almost 300 affordable homes next to North Middlesex University Hospital

All of the homes will be available either for social rent or shared ownership, and “will meet the highest standards of design and energy efficiency”

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