18 h. ago Tesco grants worth £7,500 help fund south London Primary Schools.

Tesco grants worth £7,500 help fund south London Primary Schools.  London Post

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48 h. ago Primary school in Newham to close due to lack of pupils as London's school closures crisis grows

Newham Council says falling pupil numbers and a £1.1million budget deficit means it can’t afford to keep Calverton Primary School open

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5 d. ago Wonka star Timothee Chalamet blows huge sum on luxury chocolate boxes for Christmas at Harrods

WILLY Wonka star Timothée Chalamet showed his real-life love of chocolates — by buying £3,500 worth in a spree. The star, 29, called at posh Harrods department store to snap up lots of boxes of the goodies made by top Italian maker Venchi. He whisked the lot back to his five-star hotel, The Emory London,...

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9 d. ago China’s sovereign fund reveals it opened London office after Trump win

China’s sovereign fund reveals it opened London office after Trump win  South China Morning Post

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1 week ago British law student jailed in Dubai over 'single line of cocaine' is set to be freed after spending a year in 'hellhole' prison following one

Mia O'Brien, 23, was arrested in the Middle Eastern city in October 2024 after 50g of cocaine - worth around £2,500 in the UK - was allegedly found in a flat stormed by police during a party.

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1 week ago British law student jailed for 25 years in Dubai 'hellhole' prison over cocaine charges after trial held in Arabic to be freed

Mia O'Brien, 23, was arrested in the Middle Eastern city in October 2024 after 50g of cocaine - worth around £2,500 in the UK - was allegedly found in a flat stormed by police during a party.

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1 week ago Air hostess ‘scammed’ perfume and ciggies in £2.5k card con mid

AN easyJet air hostess used dodgy bank cards to scam in-flight perfume and ciggies worth nearly £2,500, a court has heard. Jessica Quigley, 28, is accused of tapping debit cards from closed bank accounts. A court heard purchases cannot be processed during flights due to a lack of internet connection and are only put through...

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1 week ago Thief steals 'more than £500 worth of goods' from same store in crime spree

Police have released CCTV of an individual they believe may be able to help their investigation

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1 week ago Meera Sodha’s recipe for Friede’s grandma’s zimtsterne | Meera Sodha recipes

When you try these festive, chewy German almond biscuits, you’ll see why people have kept making and gifting them at Christmas for more than 500 yearsThe thing I love most about these chewy, crisp, star-shaped, cinnamon-and-almond Christmas biscuits from Germany is that they date back to the 1500s. Which, much like spotting Mars in the night sky or visiting the pyramids of Egypt, makes me feel hugely insignificant in the grand scheme of things, but simultaneously awe-inspired by the power of a simple biscuit to provide joy and underpin celebrations across centuries. This particular recipe belongs to my friend Friede’s grandma, Hadmuth, and is worth continuing, I think, for at least another 500 years. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago East Ham primary school named as one of best in London in new parent guide

East Ham primary school named as one of best in London in new parent guide  Newham Recorder

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2 w. ago Cops hunt thief after WWII drawings worth £500k destroyed after van stolen and set ablaze

A thief stole a van in Livingston, and set it on fire, destroying 1,500 WWII-era drawings worth around £500,000, as part of the Royal Engineers Museum archive.

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2 w. ago Museum staff ‘devastated’ after drawings worth £500,000 stolen and destroyed

The museum director said she is hopeful that some of the drawings may have survived.

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2 w. ago German president’s wife reads Christmas story to London primary school children

Elke Budenbender was at the bilingual Judith Kerr Primary School in Herne Hill.

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2 w. ago Big Yellow warns annual business rates bill to jump by £1.8m post Budget

The business said it will be affected by an upcoming tax shake-up which will see properties worth more than £500,000 taxed at higher rates.

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2 w. ago I'm 64 and will get a £98,000 inheritance tax bill for being single, but a married couple could pay nothing

My flat is worth £500,000 and I have savings of around £70,000. As it stands I would face a big inheritance tax bill, but a married couple in my position would not.

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2 w. ago Man charged with theft after allegedly swallowing Fabergé pendant in jewellery store

New Zealand police allege 32-year-old ingested the 18-karat gold egg – a James Bond Octopussy locket – and say the object has ‘not yet been recovered’A New Zealand man has been charged with theft after allegedly swallowing a Fabergé James Bond Octopussy egg pendant worth more than $33,500 (US$19,200).Police were called to a central Auckland jewellery store, Partridge Jewellers, on Friday afternoon after staff reported a man had allegedly picked up the pendant and swallowed it, said Grae Anderson, the city’s central area commander. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Food price hike fears mount after supermarkets hit with property tax rise

The Government will introduce a new business rates ‘surtax’ on larger commercial properties worth £500,000 or more.

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3 w. ago Budgeting expert shares 'secret hack' to spot designer clothing in charity shops

After snapping up a designer top worth £500 for just £3.99 a budget shopper has detailed her 'secret hack' that could help you find a similar bargain in charity shops

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3 w. ago Police probe £13,500 Shetland jewellery heist as rings stolen

Three rings worth around £13,500 were stolen from a property in Lerwick over the weekend.

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3 w. ago School replaces truancy fines with 'attendance awareness courses' for parents

Netley Primary School in Camden, North London , is asking parents at risk of getting a fixed penalty notice to attend four sessions about the risks of persistent absence.

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