A new Wetherspoon pub set to open in London’s West End will become one of the popular pub chain’s largest venues in the capital. JD Wetherspoon has announced a partnership with West End real estate owner Criterion Capital to open the first-ever Wetherspoon pub in London’s Theatreland. The pub will open in the London Trocadero […]
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Charlie Sawyer Published May 22, 2026 4:41pm Updated May 22, 2026 4:41pm There are times when you want to be wined and dined, and enjoy a slow build up to a steamy night of passion. And other times, you don’t want to wait. You need to scratch that itch, and it needs to happen, ASAP. […]
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Palantir has accused Sadiq Khan of “putting politics above public safety” after the London mayor blocked its £50m contract with the Metropolitan police in a move that has also led to tensions inside Labour over its involvement with the US tech company. Louis Mosley, who heads Palantir in the UK and Europe, accused Khan of […]
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You’ve made it to the airport with plenty of time to spare, and there’s only a short queue at security. Everything is going well, until you send your bag through the scanner and it gets pulled to the side. You forgot that you’ve got liquids, too many of them, and some are more than 100ml. […]
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Charlie Sawyer Published May 22, 2026 12:45pm Updated May 22, 2026 2:49pm Wetherspoons is officially about to descend on the iconic theatre district in London, launching its first ever location in the West End. The pub operator will be taking over part of what was once the iconic Trocadero complex on 30 Shaftesbury Avenue – […]
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Summer has hit the UK a few weeks early, with London set to be hotter than Athens over the Bank Holiday weekend. A days-long heatwave will send temperatures soaring well into the 30°Cs. Bank Holiday Monday could see the hottest May day on record, with as high as 34°C in parts of London. So where do we go to cool off? The capital does not […]
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To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video A man stuck out his thumb pleading with the traffic to let him cross, not at the side of a dusty highway, but at a cycle lane’s pedestrian crossing. The crossing, outside of Blackfriars Station in central […]
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The supermarket began consulting staff affected by the proposals on Thursday, according to industry magazine The Grocer. Affected stores, which are all Morrisons Daily branches, are expected to shut over the next few months, with the supermarket looking to move employees to other stores “where possible.” The news comes despite convenience being an area of […]
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The pub giant has revealed plans to open one of the capital’s biggest pubs in the London Trocadero on Shaftesbury Avenue, making it Wetherspoon’s first ever pub in Theatreland. It is set to be called Piccadilly Hall, after the 17th century mansion which also once occupied the site and gave Piccadilly Circus its name. It […]
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The Metropolitan Police has warned it will have to reduce officer numbers if a £50 million deal between the force and US technology company Palantir does not go ahead. The force said it was disappointed after Mayor of London Sir Sadiq Khan blocked the deal with the technology firm. Scotland Yard had been in talks […]
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