3 h. ago Illegal pangolin meat and cane rats seized by police in Deptford

Officers from the Food Standards Agency and the Metropolitan police found the bushmeat at a site in south-east London on December 5

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11 h. ago Have we learned NOTHING from Covid? Illegal pangolin meat seized in Deptford

Officials from the Food Standards Agency (FSA) found the wild animals at a site in Deptford, south east London on December 5.

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22 h. ago Dozens of pubs ban Labour MPs as backlash grows over rising taxes

The ‘No Labour MPs’ campaign has spread nationwide as hospitality bosses protest soaring business rates

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63 h. ago TfL worker is caught using megaphone siren to wake up sleeping homeless woman in Tube station

Shocking footage shows the employee standing over the rough sleeper at Leytonstone in east London, before blasting a high-pitched siren in her ear.

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66 h. ago Prince William celebrates 20 years of his patronage with homeless charity Centrepoint

The Prince of Wales, 43, was thrown a party to mark 20 years of his patronage and travelled to Centrepoint's office in east London today.

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69 h. ago Person dies after becoming unwell near south east London park

Person dies after becoming unwell near south east London park  News Shopper

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2 d. ago News | Argo and Blue Coast buy East London trade park for £500 million brown

News | Argo and Blue Coast buy East London trade park for £500 million brown-to-green strategy  CoStar

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3 d. ago Argo and Blue Coast snap up £34m east London industrial estate

Argo and Blue Coast snap up £34m east London industrial estate  Green Street News

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3 d. ago Laid in Dagenham: Family of white storks to set up home in east London for first time in 600 years

Beavers will also be reintroduced at Eastbrookend Country Park in Dagenham after funding from Sadiq Khan

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3 d. ago Rapper Ghetts pleads guilty to causing death by dangerous driving

The award-winning grime artist, whose real name is Justin Clarke-Samuel, failed to stop after his BMW hit Yubin Tamang in north-east London

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3 d. ago Rapper and Netflix star Ghetts pleads guilty to causing death by dangerous driving after killing student, 20, in hit

Justin Clarke-Samuel, who stars in the Netflix streaming series Supacell, hit Yubin Tamang while driving his black BMW M5 in Ilford, east London on the night of October 18.

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3 d. ago Rapper Ghetts facing years in jail after pleading guilty to killing man in hit

Ghetts is in custody and likely to face several years in jail after his guilty pleas

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3 d. ago Inside life of Netflix star Ghetts from ‘gritty’ upbringing to Glastonbury – as rapper faces jail over fatal crash

UK RAPPER and Netflix star Ghetts today pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving over a fatal hit-and-run. The Glastonbury performer, 41, failed to stop after hitting a 20-year-old Yubin Tamang with his BMW in Ilford, east London on October 18. The artist first rose to fame in the early 2000s and has since...

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4 d. ago Tower Hamlets: ‘Significant weaknesses’ exposed at London council controlled by Lutfur Rahman’s Aspire party

East London council risks being stuck in ‘cycle’ of government intervention, auditors warn

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4 d. ago House price growth forecast: London expected to lag behind East Midlands and North West by 2028

Property firm Hamptons, which made the forecast, said London ‘is being held back by higher stamp duty and broader tax anxieties’

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4 d. 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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4 d. ago House prices will rise 2.5% next year as East Midlands overtakes London in growth stakes

House prices will rise 2.5% next year as East Midlands overtakes London in growth stakes  MSN

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4 d. ago Midlands and North West ‘will overtake London for house price growth since 2010’

Property firm Hamptons, which made the forecast, said London ‘is being held back by higher stamp duty and broader tax anxieties.’

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5 d. ago ‘I visited a Ukrainian bakery hidden in East London that serves tasty meals under £10’

‘I visited a Ukrainian bakery hidden in East London that serves tasty meals under £10’  MyLondon

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6 d. ago Woman in her 20s raped in east London park in horrific attack

Woman in her 20s raped in east London park in horrific attack  London Evening Standard

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