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Honiara: London Fashion Week show Blo Iumi returns bigger and better in 2024The British High Commission in Honiara hosted its second edition of the popular London Fashion Week Show Blo Iumi on Tuesday, September 17, 2024, featuringRead More...
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Wiener Holocaust Library reopens after major renovations with exhibition on Jewish émigré sculptor Fred KormisThe world’s oldest Holocaust studies library and research center, the Wiener Holocaust Library, is set to reopen its doors on September 20th following extensiveRead More...
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Van Gogh's 'Les Canots Amarrés' expected to fetch $50 million at Hong Kong auctionA painting by Vincent van Gogh, titled "Les canots amarrés" (The Anchored Boats), is set to be auctioned at Christie's 20th and 21st Century Evening Auction inRead More...
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Silk Roads at the British Museum: a first glimpse at a route of vast historical importanceThe upcoming "Silk Roads" exhibition at the British Museum promises to be an expansive exploration of one of history's most significant trade networks.Read More...
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Library closures are a 'decimation,' says former Children's LaureateFormer Children's Laureate Michael Rosen has strongly condemned the closure of libraries across the UK, describing it as a "decimation." Rosen, who grew up in Harrow,Read More...
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Historic painting once owned by Britain's first Prime Minister faces export riskA temporary export bar has been placed on Le Rêve de L’Artiste, a painting by the influential 18th-century French artist Jean-Antoine Watteau, to allow time for a UK galleryRead More...
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National Gallery enlists social media influencers to attract Gen Z and shed 'stuffy' imageIn an effort to draw in Gen Z visitors and refresh its image, the National Gallery has teamed up with social media influencers to promote its art and engage with aRead More...
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Liverpool library rises from the ashes: community defies UK riotsAmid a wave of community support, a library in Liverpool is rebuilding after being set on fire during a series of racist riots that swept across England last week.Read More...
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Banksy's latest artwork in London stolen just hours after unveilingAnother of Banksy's animal-themed artworks was stolen in London only hours after it was unveiled. The piece, which featured a stencil of a wolf howling towards the sky, was painted on whatRead More...
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UK museums introduce child-friendly hours for summer visitorsSeveral museums and galleries across London and the UK are introducing designated child-friendly hours this summer to make parents feel more comfortable bringingRead More...
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Cineworld to close six UK cinemas in major restructuring effortCineworld has announced its decision to close six cinemas across the UK as part of a comprehensive restructuring plan. The closures come as the world'sRead More...
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Unseen letters from Diana, Princess of Wales, to be auctionedPreviously unseen letters from Diana, Princess of Wales, are set to be auctioned this weekend, offering a rare glimpse into her personal correspondence withRead More...
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JSO activists face jail time for soup attack on Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers'Two activists from Just Stop Oil (JSO), Phoebe Plummer and Anna Holland, both 22, have been found guilty of criminal damage after throwing tomato soup overRead More...
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German rebate merchant Aldi said on Monday it wanted to open an alternate 550 new stores in Britain throughout the following eight years, making 35,000 new employments.
The firm, at present the quickest developing food merchant in the UK part, said it would contribute more than 600 million pounds ($954 million) in the extension that would develop its store bequest to 1,000 by 2022.
"Our extension arrangements imply that we can suit developing customer numbers," said joint gathering overseeing executive Matthew Barnes.
U.S.-based social networking have gotten to be "charge and-control systems" for terrorists and hoodlums, and tech organizations are willfully ignorant about their abuse, the new leader of Britain's electronic listening stealthily organization said.
Writing in Tuesday's Financial Times, GCHQ boss Robert Hannigan said British sagacity offices realize that IS fanatics use informing administrations like Facebook, Twitter and Whatsapp to achieve their companions without breaking a sweat. He said spy organizations need to have more noteworthy backing from the U.s. innovation organizations which overwhelm the Web with a specific end goal to battle aggressors and the individuals who host material about vicious radicalism and tyke abuse.
"However much (tech organizations) may disdain it, they have turned into the charge and-control systems of decision for terrorists and crooks." he wrote.twitter declined to remark on the story. Facebook — which claims Whatsapp — had no prompt remark.
Yet the issue is bigger than the inquiry of social networking, said Thomas Rid, teacher of security learns at King's College London. Organizations like Apple, insightful of the security concerns of its clients, are introducing effective encryption programs on their gadgets. That leaves organizations like GCHQ confronting the onset of encryption on a gigantic scale.
"You can't make the Internet super protected and keep it hazardous for pedophiles and terrorists," Rid said of GCHQ's quandary.
Israeli elite rich person Teddy Sagi has purchased a second acclaimed market in London's Camden Town.
The originator of gaming programming business Playtech has consented to pay the private merchant $35 million for the 0.3-section of land London symbol, Nw1.
It is Sagi's second securing in Camden after his buy of the adjacent Camden Stables Market from a consortium including Chesfield and restaurant mogul Richard Caring for $640 million in March.
Arrangements are constantly worked up for Camden Market – which is referred to by nearby brokers as Buck Street Market – for a 17,000 sq ft shelter which would expand retail space by 49%.
It is right now home to 206 stalls and a different 4,000 sq ft office and retail hinder at 190 Camden High Street.
Camden's business sectors, which are synonymous with counter-society and the development of the punk rock scene, are among London's most famous vacation spots, averaging around 100,000 guests consistently.
Their visitor pull has helped the north London locale turn into one of the most sizzling zones in the capital for land financial specialists.
Alex Salmond has respected Flybe's dispatch of new administrations from Scotland to London City air terminal, saying they would free business explorers from Heathrow and lessen British Airways cheating.
Flybe dispatched operations from London City on Monday with six courses joining the UK and Ireland to the capital's budgetary locale. Scotland is a key beneficiary with numerous every day administrations to Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Inverness.
Salmond, who touched base on the new flight from Aberdeen, said additional associations with the heart of London would be an incredible support.
His remarks come just months after Willie Walsh, manager of BA's guardian organization IAG, sponsored Salmond's crusade for Scottish freedom, which raised the possibility of lower avionics charges. Salmond repeated his promise to scrap air traveler obligation in Scotland if sufficient controls over tariff are declined, saying that the move would help expand visitor using.
London has overwhelmed Hong Kong to turn into the most costly city for top of the line, new form property - which has now arrived at a world record at £2,000 for every square foot.
The expense of another form home, arranged in the well known center of the UK's capital, has climbed by 16pc throughout the most recent year, as indicated by a report by property bunch, CBRE.
The file has Hong Kong and New York in second and third place, with prime property costing £1,950 and £1,800 separately.
Jennet Siebritis, head of private examination at CBRE, refers to the extreme supply and interest lopsidedness in London as the fundamental component driving up costs in the city, which has expanded in populace by one million individuals since 2004.
Interestingly, the number of inhabitants in New York stayed static.
While supply was an issue 10 years prior, she proceeded with, London has now turned into a "worldwide" city pulling in worldwide organizations and their representatives, expanding the power for new form condo in the capital's center.
The Georgian House Hotel has provided for some of its rooms a gothic feel so visitors can imagine they are using a night in Hogwarts.
There are two "Wizard Chamber" rooms that accompany a four-publication, "Muggle-size" cot; elixir jugs; cauldrons and other themed extras.
The rooms are accessible as a component of a bundle that incorporates a "Muggle strolling visit" of London, which takes in taping areas and different places that roused J.k. Rowling.
It is additionally conceivable to consolidate a stay with a Harry Potter studio visit. Visitors can take a Harry Potter visit transport from Victoria Station to the Warner Brothers Studio Tour – The Making of Harry Potter on the edge of Watford.
Super-rich oligarchs are taking their inconceivable assets and putting them in the place of refuge of London property - with more than £600million used in the capital in the previous three years.
A mixture of conventional reasons joined with expanded terrorism and the flare-up of Ebola is said to be behind the sensational deluge of African cash to the capital.
While African purchasers represent 1.5 for every of transactions in the 'ultra prime' London market, they make up five for every penny of offers by quality - up from two for every penny. This is by commonly using in the middle of £15million and £25million on each one home.
The late Ebola pestilence and proceeded with terrorism from gatherings, for example, Boko Haram has brought about an increment in purchasers lately.
Beauchamp Estates, which offers some of London's most extravagant homes, today discharged a report on African purchasers in the capital.
The upmarket home office said the purchasers are originating from six nations - Nigeria, Ghana, Congo, Gabon, Cameroon and Senegal.
Nigel Farage has guaranteed that David Cameron will be compelled to pay out an additional £1.7 billion into the EU plan before one month from now's over in spite of the legislature saying the additional interest was not adequate.
The Ukip pioneer's remarks, which he says is an impression of Britain's feebleness in Europe, will expand the weight on David Cameron after Thursday night's exposure that Britain has been requested to pay the cash in light of the fact that Britain's economy is improving contrasted and other EU economies.
A legislature source said the interest is "not worthy". It stayed misty on Friday morning whether the British government would challenge the EU request in the courts,an choice the Dutch government are purportedly investigating.
On Friday 17th October, Department Managers from Sainsbury’s, Haider Husnain and Roswald Cabral took three trolleys full of drinks and snacks to Acacia Pre-School, where they met the children and teachers at the school.
The children and teachers greeted them with smiles and were shocked by the amount of donations delivered to the school. The teachers then explained who their guests were and how Sainsbury’s Nine Elms Temp had donated snacks and drinks for them.
Only one day after the Scottish choice on autonomy, chairman of London Boris Johnson got his shot. Since the decentralization of force had been made a theme of dialog, he affirmed that it was about time for the administration of the United Kingdom to allow more prominent power to the city of London. Particularly in terms of the era and consumption of assessment salary, Johnson believes that the capital of Britain needs a greater say.
Margaret Hodge, Labor's part of parliament for the London body electorate of Barking, made it clear that she concurs with Johnson. In a sentiment piece distributed in the London Evening Standard, she watched that the leader of New York is permitted to use half of the city charge pay, while the Mayor of London can just keep 7%.
Johnson and Hodge have a point. Considering the steady fight to stay aware of opponent worldwide urban communities and the excessive nature of handling neighborhood issues, London is in frantic need of more self-governance.
Take the eventual fate of London's open transport, for instance. As indicated by London First, a not-revenue driven association speaking to different business stakeholders, monetary devolution would tremendously rearrange the procedure of financing base tasks, for example, Crossrail 2. Plans for the acknowledgment of Crossrail 1 another, somewhat underground line that will join Maidenhead and Heathrow in the west to Shenfield in the east through focal London, because of be finished in 2019—took just about 35 years to happen as intended, halfway as a result of the vulnerabilities over the subsidizing.