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More than three-quarters of UK universities join fossil fuel pledge

Laura Clayson, from People & Planet, said it would have been unthinkable a decade ago that so many institutions had formally refused to invest in fossil fuels….reports Asian Lite News More than

December 3, 2024

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850-year-old Smithfield Meat Market set to close

It comes after the City of London Corporation voted to withdraw its support for the Smithfield meat market in Farringdon and the Billingsgate fish market in Canary Wharf….reports Asian Lite News Two

December 3, 2024

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Councils try to stop London’s ‘grotification’

A recent YouGov poll had one-fifth of Londoners choose “dirty” as one of their main descriptors of the capital. …reports Asian Lite News As councils stretch budgets to cover the costs of

December 3, 2024

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Ashmolean Museum to return stolen bronze idol to India

Oxford University has expressed its “commitment to repatriate” the idol said to be worth crores of rupees back to India…reports Asian Lite News The Ashmolean Museum at Oxford University, London, which purchased

December 3, 2024

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Starmer appoints Wormald as new cabinet secy

Wormald will take over from Simon Case on 16 December as the most senior official in the country Keir Starmer has appointed Chris Wormald, a career civil servant who heads the health

December 3, 2024

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‘We need not choose between Trump and EU’

At lord mayor’s banquet in London, British PM says ‘national interest demands that we work with both’…reports Asian Lite News Keir Starmer has “utterly rejected” the idea that the UK must choose

December 3, 2024

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Weather blamed for small boat arrivals rising to 20,000

In that time, 6,288 people crossed the Channel, compared with 768 over the same period last year. …reports Asian Lite News The number of small boat arrivals since Keir Starmer took power

December 2, 2024

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More than 600 Brazilians deported on three secret flights

The Home Office has never before removed any nationality in such large numbers on individual deportation charter flights…reports Asian Lite News More than 600 Brazilians, including 109 children, have been secretly removed

December 2, 2024

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More than third of Londoners encouraged to work from home

There were five per cent more journeys by bike in 2023, compared with 2022…reports Asian Lite News Working from home has become “more embedded” among Londoners since the pandemic, according to the

December 2, 2024

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UK, US, France, Germany urge ‘de-escalation’ in Syria

An alliance of Syrian rebel factions led by the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) reportedly seized control of Aleppo over the weekend….reports Asian Lite News The United States, Germany, France and the

December 2, 2024

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