6 h. ago Staggering cost of meeting London's housing target revealed in new research

Analysis comes as London Assembly housing chief warns an entire generation ‘will never get on to the housing ladder independently’

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32 h. ago Denied, detained, deported: the people targeted in Trump’s immigration crackdown

These are some of the people ensnared by the administration’s unprecedented measures to target people it believes oppose its agendaDonald Trump retook the White House vowing to stage “the largest deportation operation in American history”. As previewed, the administration set about further militarizing the US-Mexico border and targeting people requesting asylum and refugees while conducting raids and deportations in undocumented communities, detaining and deporting immigrants and spreading fear.Critics are outraged, if not surprised. But few expected the new legal chapter that unfolded next: a multipronged crackdown on certain people seen as opponents of the US president’s ideological agenda. This extraordinary assault has come in the context of wider attacks on higher education, the courts and the constitution. Continue reading...

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35 h. ago EU trade chief meets ministers in London amid leaks of mooted pact

The meeting comes ahead of a UK-EU summit in May that will be seen as a critical moment in the Government’s drive to to reset relations with Brussels.

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37 h. ago Ronnie O'Sullivan still not happy with cue as staggering cost of his snooker equipment emerges

Ronnie O'Sullivan has been using cues made by John Parris for almost 40 years, with the renowned cue maker supplying the Rocket with his preferred equipment

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39 h. ago Andy Burnham tells Labour to set major new target to help end housing crisis

Andy Burnham said delivering new social housing would stop children being forced to live in mouldy and damp homes with soaring levels of kids living in temporary accommodation

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39 h. ago Cars firebombed in West Lothian as thugs target house twice in two weeks

A source told the Record that the firebombings are thought to be drug-related.

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45 h. ago ‘You have to be taken inside Poirot’s brain’: Ken Ludwig on the secret to adapting Agatha Christie

The US playwright and anglophile behind much-revived comedies has a flair for crime and is following a crowd-pleasing Murder on the Orient Express with Death on the NileIf you ever face a quiz question about the most performed theatre writers in the world, likely to have a play on somewhere every day, William Shakespeare, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Agatha Christie are all reliable answers but a fourth may surprise you: Ken Ludwig. He also has intriguing connections with the other three.The popularity that made the American wealthy enough to have donated £1m to the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust is partly due – apart from his own much-revived comedies, Lend Me a Tenor (1986) and Moon Over Buffalo (1995) – to Christie. Ludwig’s 2017 adaptation of Murder on the Orient Express has had hundreds of productions and is currently touring the UK. We meet when he is in London for a workshop on a second Hercule Poirot adaptation, Death on the Nile, which premieres in September. Continue reading...

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52 h. ago King Charles turns red as an American tourist flirts with him during a meeting in London

King Charles turns red as an American tourist flirts with him during a meeting in London  Marca.com

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54 h. ago Going for Goldblum: fans flock to Jurassic Park star Jeff in London

Hollywood actor and jazz musician, in UK to launch fourth album and play concerts, arrives in King’s CrossIn what was once a red-light district, between a furniture shop and a recruitment agency, Jeff Goldblum is selling T-shirts.And not only T-shirts, the Hollywood A-lister is also selling his own jazz albums, while meeting fans and signing their merchandise. He has not had to work too hard to sell himself to the crowds of people waiting to meet him on a sunny Monday afternoon in London – the queues stretched more than 50 yards. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago The staggering number of Romanians on student loans, a deserted Oxford business college with 10k students

In the city of dreaming spires you'll find Oxford Business College, a place where 'ambition meets opportunity and education drives success'.

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6 d. ago UK deal with EU will not return to ‘arguments of the past’, minister says

Exclusive: Nick Thomas-Symonds says growth is highest priority of talks as Keir Starmer prepares to meet EU chiefNick Thomas-Symonds: A new deal with the EU is exactly what Britain needs. Here’s how Labour will achieve itUK politics live – latest updatesThe UK’s new deal with the EU will be a break from “debates and arguments of the past,” the UK’s chief negotiator, Nick Thomas-Symonds, has said, pledging that growth would be the highest priority of the talks.It comes as Keir Starmer prepares to meet the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, in London, as momentum builds towards a crucial EU-UK summit in May. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Is this man London's answer to Ralph Lauren and Tommy Hilfiger? Meet the new prince of preppy style

Is this man London's answer to Ralph Lauren and Tommy Hilfiger? Meet the new prince of preppy style  London Evening Standard

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6 d. ago U.S. pulling out of talks with Russia and Ukraine? Meeting in London all but collapses

U.S. pulling out of talks with Russia and Ukraine? Meeting in London all but collapses  Belsat.eu

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7 d. ago US Secy of State skips key London meet, Ukraine peace talks come to standstill

US Secy of State skips key London meet, Ukraine peace talks come to standstill  The Tribune

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7 d. ago Trump blames Zelenskyy for peace talk collapse as Rubio skips London meetings

Trump blames Zelenskyy for peace talk collapse as Rubio skips London meetings  The National Desk

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7 d. ago History in the making as Benn and Eubank meet again in London

History in the making as Benn and Eubank meet again in London  Diario AS

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7 d. ago Chief of Zelenskyy's office shares details of meeting in London

Chief of Zelenskyy's office shares details of meeting in London  Українська правда

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7 d. ago Russia says Ukraine meeting in London canceled as US, Europe, Kyiv lack agreement on key issues

Russia says Ukraine meeting in London canceled as US, Europe, Kyiv lack agreement on key issues  Anadolu Ajansı

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7 d. ago Hopes of breakthrough at London peace talks to end Ukraine war dashed after US top envoy Marco Rubio pulls out

Officials from Ukraine, US and the UK are meeting in London – but the talks will not be the high-level meeting of ministers originally envisaged

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7 d. ago London meeting on Ukraine to be held without foreign ministers

London meeting on Ukraine to be held without foreign ministers - Sky News  MSN

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