Fresh twist in London Lions sale after league weighs in on potential rescue deals August 9, 2024 Super League Basketball say the part-owner of Zalgiris Kaunas has been the only party to meet its deadline for entry into the 2024-25 season.
Bitcoin on trial in London: ‘Inventor’ offers settlement weeks before court battle January 25, 2024 The self-proclaimed inventor of Bitcoin has issued a settlement offer to all parties ahead of an upcoming London High Court case that will decide on the creator of the first ever cryptocurrency. Australian computer scientist Dr Craig Wright has long claimed to be behind the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto, the name used by the person who [...]
Why Lord’s Cricket Ground and Wembley Stadium are the best areas for buy-to-let in London August 19, 2024 Buy-to-lets in London are, famously, quite a good idea – if you have the money to spend on them. But rental yields – defined as the return on your investment after accounting for costs like mortgages and taxes – have been hammered by high interest rates lately, making it crucial to buy in the right [...]
Bring Commonwealth Games to London, says capital business body July 23, 2023 London is the “ideal city” to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games, a top business lobby body has said. The £3.5bn, 12-day event was meant to be held in the Australian state of Victoria but premier Daniel Andrews confirmed the region had pulled out after costs tripled. Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has said London “stands [...]
Hermes Pacific exits London Stock Exchange’s AIM market citing ‘undervalued’ shares August 8, 2024 Investment firm Hermes Pacific has become the latest company to exit the London Stock Exchange with bosses saying they believe its shares are undervalued. The firm, which listed on London’s junior AIM market in 2013, has seen its share prices drop month-on-month for the past year from 147 pence on September 30, 2023, to 52 [...]
Priced out: London renters continue to look outside the capital for affordable housing January 11, 2024 The latest data from Rightmove shows some 45 per cent of Londoners enquired to leave the city last year, compared to 40 per cent in 2022.
Once on this Island, London musical review: Gorgeous but problematic May 25, 2023 Once on this Island review and star rating: ★★★ There’s nothing that signals the start of summer so brightly as the Regent’s Park Open AirTheatre, which has kicked off its 2023 season with an adaptation of the musical Once on this Island. It’s a beautiful production, with some brilliantly catchy songs, but it’s hard to [...]
Post Office faces further criticism over closure of two London depots January 21, 2024 The under-fire Post Office is facing renewed criticism for closing two key London depots despite concerns from campaigners.
Anti-Semitism in London is rife – it’s time the Met stood up to it October 11, 2023 In the days before the 2019 election, this paper published an editorial which asked – begged – its readers not to vote for Jeremy Corbyn. Not because of his economic policies (illiterate though they were), his instincts towards business (envious as they seemed) nor for any politically partisan reason: but because a Corbyn victory would [...]
UK Athletics chief: London Diamond League will be bigger in 2025 after huge success July 21, 2024 UK Athletics chief Jack Buckner has hailed a successful London Diamond League as Team GB athletes shone ahead of this month’s Olympic Games in Paris. West Ham United’s London Stadium – the central arena of London 2012 – hosted 60,000 fans on Saturday in what was the last major athletics meet before Paris 2024. There [...]