35 h. ago 'Very drunk' British Airways pilot hauled off plane and arrested

Pilot on flight to London hauled off plane before take-off is suspended by airline

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55 h. ago Canada Water: Transforming London's Rotherhithe Peninsula with Green Spaces, Mixed

Canada Water: Transforming London's Rotherhithe Peninsula with Green Spaces, Mixed-Use Planning, and Historic Significance  Urban Land Magazine

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58 h. ago Sadiq Khan admits knowing since last year of police station desk closure plans

Sadiq Khan admits knowing since last year of police station desk closure plans  London Evening Standard

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58 h. ago Fury as Sadiq Khan admits he's known since last year of plans to close half of London police stations

Asked why he had broken a manifesto pledge to keep a 24-hour police front office counter in every borough, mayor says: ‘When the facts change, I change my mind’

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59 h. ago Week of protests over Palestine Action ban will begin at Labour conference

Group opposing the proscription announces ‘major escalation’ that will culminate in London on 4 OctoberUK politics live – latest updatesA week of mass actions protesting against the ban on Palestine Action has been announced, beginning at the Labour party conference in Liverpool and culminating in a national mobilisation in Parliament Square in London on 4 October.The plans were announced by Defend Our Juries on Friday, a week after 857 people were arrested under the Terrorism Act at a demonstration outside parliament opposing the proscription. It said the next phase of the protests represented a “major escalation” that would create an “unprecedented challenge” for the police, with 1,100 people already registered to take part and risk arrest. Continue reading...

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61 h. ago Met insists Muslims should not change plans ahead of Tommy Robinson rally

Met insists Muslims should not change plans ahead of Tommy Robinson rally  London Evening Standard

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69 h. ago UK trade minister urges China to let Britain revamp Beijing embassy

Stalling over renovation follows planning delays for China’s planned ‘mega’ embassy in London

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3 d. ago London Tube drivers would be ditched under bombshell plans as Sadiq Khan slammed

London Tube drivers would be ditched under bombshell plans as Sadiq Khan slammed  Daily Express

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3 d. ago JPMorgan Chase plans new office building in London, could be the biggest in region

JPMorgan Chase plans new office building in London, could be the biggest in region - report (JPM:NYSE)  Seeking Alpha

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3 d. ago JPMorgan Draws Up New Plans for London’s Biggest Office Building

JPMorgan Draws Up New Plans for London’s Biggest Office Building  Bloomberg.com

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3 d. ago Merck scraps £1 billion London research hub, citing U.K. investment issues By Investing.com

Merck scraps £1 billion London research hub, citing U.K. investment issues By Investing.com  Investing.com

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3 d. ago Merck scraps plans for £1 billion London research centre in blow to life sciences sector

Merck scraps plans for £1 billion London research centre in blow to life sciences sector  Workplace Insight

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3 d. ago Big pharma will stop investing in UK, warns eminent scientist Sir John Bell

Warning follows news of US drugmaker Merck’s decision to scrap planned £1bn London research centreSir John Bell, a prominent scientist who brought business and government together during the Covid-19 vaccine rollout, has warned that other big pharmaceutical companies will stop investing in the UK, after Merck’s decision to scrap its planned £1bn London research centre.Bell, a former regius professor of medicine at the University of Oxford, told the BBC’s Today programme that he had spoken to several chief executives of large companies in the past six months “and they’re all in the same space, and that is, they’re not going to do any more investing in the UK”. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Big pharma will stop investing in UK, top scientist warns after Merck’s £1bn exit

Comments by former professor of medicine at Oxford follow scrapping of planned London research centre Sir John Bell, a prominent scientist who brought business and government together during the Covid-19 vaccine rollout, has warned that other big pharmaceutical companies will stop investing in the UK, after Merck’s decision to scrap its planned £1bn London research centre.Bell, a former regius professor of medicine at the University of Oxford, told Today on BBC Radio 4 that he had spoken to several chief executives of large companies in the past six months “and they’re all in the same space, and that is, they’re not going to do any more investing in the UK”. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Sadiq Khan offers £200,000 salary to lure 'Oxford Street tsar' to accelerate pedestrianisation plans

Mayor hopes traffic-free street will help West End to rival New York, Paris and Barcelona

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3 d. ago London Bay Development submits revised plans for Fort Myers Beach project

London Bay Development submits revised plans for Fort Myers Beach project  Fox4Now.com

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3 d. ago Approving China's embassy in London unlawful, planning lawyer argues

Approving China's embassy in London unlawful, planning lawyer argues  Green Street News

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3 d. ago Merck scraps £1bn London expansion as report warns UK drugs sector ‘losing out’

UK pharmaceutical sector ‘risks losing investment to other countries’.

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3 d. ago Glasgow recycling centre fire burns overnight as smoke billows over city

Fire crews are continuing to battle the blaze at the plant on London Road in Glasgow after the inferno broke out last night.

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3 d. ago Mayoral Hopeful Dawn Butler MP Plans to Create London’s ‘Station F’ Tech Hub

Mayoral Hopeful Dawn Butler MP Plans to Create London’s ‘Station F’ Tech Hub  BBN Times

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