Sheffield Wednesday: Joint bid could win £30m fight for crisis-hit club December 3, 2025 A number of the six bidders for Sheffield Wednesday are considering joining forces as competition to buy the Championship club hots up. Administrator Begbies Traynor has set an initial deadline of this Friday to begin exclusive negotiations with a preferred bidder, but with a number of credible offers on the table that timeline is likely [...]
Majority of young voters consider leaving London due to cost of living December 3, 2025 A majority of young Londoners have considered leaving the capital due to the high cost of living, with one in four actively looking into moving, according to a new survey. Just under half – 47 per cent – of all Londoners have thought about moving out of the capital, with that figure rising to 54 [...]
Londoners don’t want Sadiq Khan to run for Mayor again December 3, 2025 The majority of Londoners do not want Sadiq Khan to run for Mayor again in 2028, new polling has shown, with 56 per cent saying London is going in the wrong direction. A City AM/Freshwater Strategy poll of London voters has shown that three in five of the capital’s residents believe that Khan should not [...]
Has Sadiq Khan laid the groundwork for Mayor Zack Polanski? December 3, 2025 According to a recent YouGov survey, just under 20 per cent of Brits think London is in a bad state and worse than the rest of the country. Only 14 per cent of actual Londoners share that view, while 22 per cent of voters in the North think it’s definitely the case. Just under 20 [...]
Preferred site for Smithfield and Billingsgate markets confirmed December 3, 2025 The controversial relocation of the centuries-old Smithfield and Billingsgate markets is one step closer to completion, after traders and local authorities earmarked a new site in east London’s Royal Docks for both markets to set up together. The City of London Corporation, Greater London Authority (GLA) and representatives for the iconic markets’ traders identified a [...]
Imperial College and Thomson Reuters bring AI lab to London December 2, 2025 London is staking its claim as a world-leading hub for AI research with the announcement of a new Frontier AI Lab, a partnership between Imperial College London and Thomson Reuters. The lab promises to bring cutting-edge AI development, until now largely the preserve of a handful of tech giants, to the heart of Britain’s capital. [...]
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Back Baxter to blitz his rivals in the Becher December 2, 2025 THERE’s added spice to this Saturday’s Becher Chase (2.40pm), over the Grand National fences at Aintree, with sponsors William Hill putting up a £500,000 bonus for any horse that wins here and goes on to land the National in April. Connections of many of the 19 that are entered will be dreaming of achieving that [...]
ITV launches £80m bid for rugby’s Nations Championship December 2, 2025 Rugby union’s inaugural Nations Championship looks set to be shown on free-to-air television after ITV bid more than £80m. If successful, every Six Nations match and Nations Championship fixture will be terrestrial TV in the UK until at least 2029. The broadcaster has been in competition with TNT Sports, the early favourites to land the [...]
JP Jenkins allows investment firm to take advantage of Pisces licence December 2, 2025 The new Pisces market today took a step closer to coming to fruition after prospective operator JP Jenkins unveiled a new partnership with Belfast based investment firm Sapphire Capital Partners, allowing it to take advantage of the trading venue. The online securities venue secured its licence from the Financial Conduct Authority in November, after London [...]