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Lime axes speed limits for Deliveroo riders
Plus: How to end the tube strikes • Did a London school really ban ham sandwiches? • Who's reclaiming lost sex toys from TfL? • Was a Waymo really lost on Waterloo Bridge?
Are goats being sacrificed in this Hackney office?
Live animals dragged into a trendy east London building and never seen again • Fire rituals in London cemeteries • Bones left by strangers' graves • What is going on?
Mozilla revokes Firefox signing key after unencrypted copy lands in GitHub
Audit logs found no unexpected visitors, but release verification still needs an update
Your Borough
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Tory mayoral hopeful vows to resist any ‘anti-London’ decisions by Burnham government
James Cleverly is the frontrunner to become the Conservative Party's candidate for London mayor in 2028
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Brentford comes to Ealing in new play about historic equal pay strike
A historic strike by hundreds of women workers in Brentford is being brought to the stage in Ealing 50 years on. The Questors Theatre is staging On the Line, a new play inspired by the 1976 Trico equal pay strike on Brentford’s Golden Mile.
Save Wimbledon Park back in court today to overturn tennis expansion
Whether the land is protected by a public trust is a separate appeal, due by July 2027
The 2026 Croydonites Festival, from Wed Nov 4 to Sat Nov 21
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Housing provider A2D apologises (again) after water leaks continue at Mortimer Street building
Housing provider A2 Dominion has again apologised to residents living in a housing block in Fitzrovia West after the landlord was forced to move some of them into temporary accommodation due to ongoing problems with rainwater coming in and a build up of damp.
Style
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The beauty at Paris Fashion Week SS27 goes hard on the drama
From uncanny eyes at Hodakova to SFX horns at Matières Fécales and lots of bold glitter looks, the beauty in Paris this season was a feast for the senses
JD Sports expands loyalty offering with JD Gyms rewards and third-party partnerships
JD Sports Fashion is expanding its loyalty proposition with the launch of JD Gyms Rewards and a new JD STATUS feature allowing members to earn JD Cash through spending with more than 40 third-party brands.
My perfect weekend boot: Designing the Viberg ‘Leisure’ boot
As readers will know from my article on Viberg a few years ago, the Canadian maker is my favourite brand of work boots. The quality is higher than pretty much anyone else in that category, and they manage to be both traditional and innovativ... >
UK News & Comment
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Husband of Norfolk GP found dead at home appears in court charged with her murder
Mark Cain, 45, charged on Tuesday after Hannah Cain was found dead in Fern Hill, Dersingham, on Sunday night The husband of a GP has appeared in court charged with her murder.
FCA faces a grilling over Wall Street whistleblower’s death
FCA faces a grilling over Wall Street whistleblower’s death
Prosecution of Kosovan leader Hashim Thaçi illustrates the challenges of bringing war criminals to justice
It took 27 years after the end of hostilities in Kosovo to bring the leader of the KLA to book for his war crimes.
How to survive the end times
St Francis exposed our obsession with ownership
Business & Tech
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Fundraiser launched for family of whistleblower Simon Andriesz
A fundraising campaign has been launched to support the family of Simon Andriesz following his death in Thailand last month. Andriesz was the British whistleblower who raised concerns about alleged links between US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick and Jeffrey Epstein.
Rails originator roasted over Rust boosterism
David Heinemeier Hansson's agent-coded bakeoff produced curious results
An easier route to Valkey clusters?
Big migrations from Redis have typically still meant rewriting parts of the application.
Waitrose launches ‘exclusive’ Rick Stein range
Waitrose has launched a new exclusive partnership with chef Rick Stein for his first ever supermarket line. The line features nine “restaurant quality” seafood and fish meals, that aim to bring the “flavours of coastal dining” to consumers homes.
What should the Autumn Budget mean for facial recognition technology?
Tony Kounnis, CEO of Face Int UK Facial recognition technology (FRT) has taken notable strides over recent years, moving from relative obscurity into the mainstream. Throughout 2026 the technology’s use has continued to expand.