11 h. ago Negroni Week: 10 of the best bars in London to enjoy Italy's most famous cocktail

For a drink so simple, quality varies wildly. Josh Barrie reports

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33 h. ago Man charged after spate of ‘revolting’ attacks on synagogues and Jewish premises in London

Ionut-Cristian Bold, 37, allegedly smeared a substance on a number of premises in the Golders Green area between 4 and 11 September

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43 h. ago ‘I’ve spent a lot of my adult life trying to prove myself’: Mawaan Rizwan on his long journey from shopping centre performer to Bafta

He’s the star and creator of the BBC hit Juice, but life has thrown him a few curveballs along the way. He opens up about his years of hard graft, his mum’s big acting break, and why things are getting weird with his therapistI don’t know if I’ve even really celebrated it to be honest, man.” Sitting in a north London bar on a boiling hot evening, resplendent in a matching silk shirt and shorts combo, Mawaan Rizwan is contemplating his life post-Bafta. In May last year, he won best male comedy performance for Juice, his gloriously surrealist BBC series in which he stars as Jamma, a clownish manchild with a bowl cut navigating a chaotic life alongside his dysfunctional family and buttoned-up older boyfriend.In the end, after a few sips of his negroni, Rizwan – whose CV also includes appearances on Taskmaster, Live at the Apollo and Doctor Who, plus a slew of comedy songs about racism, toxic masculinity and skiing’s lack of socioeconomic diversity – pinpoints one way his life has ...

Economics

54 h. ago Militant union baron behind tube strike that crippled London says train drivers on £72k salary could walk out AGAIN despite receiving 3.4% pay rise

Eddie Dempsey, General Secretary of RMT, has told BBC's Politics London that his union is prepared to strike again if TFL doesn't 'make serious progress' on 'fatigue and shift work'.

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57 h. ago Met Police charge man, 37, over 'revolting' series of antisemitic attacks on synagogues and Jewish school

Seven Jewish premises in Barnet, north London, were allegedly targeted while four synagogues and a private residence had a 'substance smeared on them' between August 15 and September 11.

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3 d. ago Man arrested over series of linked antisemitic offences in Golders Green

A man, 37, has been arrested on suspicion of religiously motivated criminal damage in connection with seven offences

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3 d. ago Met Police arrest man, 37, over 'revolting' series of antisemitic attacks on synagogues and Jewish school

The Metropolitan Police launched an investigation after seven Jewish premises in Barnet, North London, were targeted in separate incidents over recent weeks.

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3 d. ago Daughter who 'tried to storm Canary Wharf migrant hotel with a meat cleaver after she found asylum seeker in her blind mother's flat' pleads guilty to affray

Channay Augustus, 22, was part of a group of around 20 people who are said to have tried to barge into the Britannia Hotel in Canary Wharf, east London, on the evening of August 13.

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3 d. ago I was just 34 and in perfect health when a massive stroke left me unable to walk or talk. All young people need to know about these easy

Melissa Clayton, a public relations account director from London, was holidaying with friends in Barbados over New Year when she suddenly became unwell.

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3 d. ago Barclays chief urges Government to limit wage rises and avoid hiking bank taxes

CS Venkatakrishnan, chief executive of the banking group, told the Financial Times that wage inflation was a problem across the UK economy.

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3 d. ago London's biggest sports bar opens in Piccadilly at cost of £4 million

London's biggest sports bar opens in Piccadilly at cost of £4 million  London Evening Standard

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3 d. ago Barking lives up to its name with most noisy dog complaints in London

Southwark was the second-worst borough for noisy dogs with 2,144 complaints, while the City of London recorded just six

Society

3 d. ago Revealed: London's bars and restaurants suffered an astonishing collapse during Tube strike

Cancellations of bookings surged by over half and a ‘sharp decline’ in bookings at restaurants and other venues fell by 67%.

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3 d. ago Josh Barrie On the Sauce at Giuseppe’s: Dance ’til 4am among the fridges and foggy memories

London? An earlybird city? Come off it, says Josh Barrie

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4 d. ago Oldest Jewish Cemetery in UK Rediscovered Beneath London’s Barbican Estate

Oldest Jewish Cemetery in UK Rediscovered Beneath London’s Barbican Estate  VINnews

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4 d. ago Substance smeared on synagogues in series of ‘revolting’ antisemitic incidents

An investigation has been launched after seven Jewish premises in Barnet, London, were targeted in separate incidents over recent weeks, police said.

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4 d. ago Moment fare dodger pushes bike through ticket barrier at London's Bank Station

The fare dodger was able to carry his bike through the station unchallenged despite the presence of TfL staff

Economics

4 d. ago Amanda Barrie says she feared she would be sacked from Corrie over her sexuality

The actress, who is almost 90, played Alma Sedgewick on and off for 20 years until 2001.

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5 d. ago NFC Notes: Graham Barton, Drake London, Buccaneers, Falcons, Panthers

NFC Notes: Graham Barton, Drake London, Buccaneers, Falcons, Panthers  NFLTradeRumors.co

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5 d. ago Obelisco is resurrected on Lakeshore; Jack London Square gets new sports bar

Obelisco is resurrected on Lakeshore; Jack London Square gets new sports bar  Berkeleyside

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