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LONDON: Asian liquefied natural gas (LNG) spot prices continued its upward trend this week as fears of further market tightening following a major outage at a Freeport plant and reduced Russian gas flows to Europe pushed buyers to cover short-term needs.

Bangkok Post

What is polio and what happened the last time there was an epidemic in the UK?

Scientists have now discovered polio in several sewage samples collected from the London Beckton Sewage Treatment Works

The Independent UK

Owner of UK chip designer Arm says London still in running for flotation

SoftBank chief has been lobbied to bring public offering to the UK but says Nasdaq still his ‘main preference’

The Guardian - UK

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London’s most popular Harry Potter books ahead of 25th anniversary of Philosopher’s Stone

London’s most popular Harry Potter books have been revealed...

Evening Standard

London Underground workers vote for more strike action

More than 90% of RMT members who voted back further stoppages in dispute over pensions and job cuts

The Guardian - UK

Sex toys and false teeth: The weirdest things left behind in Ubers this year

London was named the most forgetful city in the UK

The Independent UK

First UK polio outbreak in 40 years: How it happened

London health authorities are investigating a likely outbreak of polio, the first in nearly 40 years. One in 200 infections causes irreversible paralysis.

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Softbank's Masayoshi Son Emphasizes Chances Of US Listing For Arm

Softbank Group Corp (OTC:SFTBY) founder and CEO Masayoshi Son stressed the possibility of British-based chip designer unit Arm Ltd listing on Nasdaq pending a final decision, Reuters reports. "Most of Arm's clients are based in Silicon Valley and ... stock markets in the U.S. would love to have Arm," Son told at the annual…

Benzinga

Le Pont Bistrot, London SE1: ‘It looks like all of 7p has been spent on this refurbishment’ – restaurant review

Someone, somewhere, had at some point intended this fixture of riverside dining to be brilliant

The Guardian - UK

BackRoad Gee: “I’ve got PTSD from the police. I’ve been pepper sprayed, beat up by them – it was just wild”

Jay-Z’s favourite UK rapper, BackRoad Gee is coming to Wireless — and it’s been quite a ride to get there

Evening Standard

Polio: we're developing a safer vaccine that uses no genetic material from the virus

Recent reports of poliovirus detected in samples from a sewage treatment works in London have rightly generated significant concern among public health agencies and medical staff. The poliovirus detected is what is called vaccine-derived poliovirus – this is not “wild poliovirus”.

The Conversation

Man finds his car 8ft from where he left it with Range Rover on top after shooting drama

Luke returned to find "a Range Rover in the air where he thought his car was" after police were called to reports of gunfire on a street in north west London last night

Daily Mirror

What is polio, what are the symptoms and should we be worried about the discovery of poliovirus in London?

It is the first time since 1984 that the virus has been found to be spreading in the community in the UK.

Evening Standard

Diana Ross at the London O2 review – A still-gleaming star

Six decades in, Ross still relishes the music and remains ravishing in performance

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

All the trains running during nationwide rail strike

In the forthcoming strikes by Network Rail signallers, only about 20% of lines will open for trains

Evening Standard

London commuters face further headaches as weekend rail strike looms

Rail passengers faced further disruption on Friday because of a deadlocked dispute over jobs, pay and conditions.

The Independent UK

When is the UK train strike? Dates, times and everything you need to know

In the forthcoming strikes by Network Rail signallers, only about 20% of lines will be open for trains – many of which might not run anyway

Wales Online

You and your friends can charter your own yacht around London for £100

The summer cruises come complete with cocktails and food

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Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin ally says London will be bombed first in World War 3 in chilling outburst

One of Vladimir Putin's close allies, reservist general MP Andrey Gurulyov, 54, who is also a member of Russianparliament’s defence committee, said Moscow won't target "Warsaw, Paris or Berlin" and launch missiles at London instead

Evening Standard

London Tube strike: Hopes rise for end of action after Sadiq Khan signals he has accepted union demands

Hopes of an end to the dispute that has caused four Tube strikes in three months have risen after Sadiq Khan signalled he accepted union demands not to cut staff pensions.

Reuters

Nigerian couple charged with plotting to get child to UK to harvest organs

A Nigerian senator and his wife were remanded in custody in London on Thursday charged with plotting to have a 15-year-old boy brought into the United Kingdom to harvest his organs, the BBC and police said.

Edinburgh Live

Police launch frantic search for missing Scot who left home for London

Damian Gray's family haven't had any contact with him since Friday, June 18, and are becoming increasingly worried as this is out of character for him

Evening Standard

London’s newest green spaces — from bee-friendly gardens in Hyde Park to floating east London wetlands

From bee-friendly planting by algorithm to a floating Thames estuary park, George Hudson finds the capital’s newest green spaces

The Independent UK

Man arrested after mother and son, 5, stabbed to death is released with no further action

A 37-year-old woman and a five-year-old child were found with stab wounds at an address in Barnet, north London on Tuesday.

Evening Standard

Why I live in Aldgate East: furniture maker Felix Conran on his ‘endlessly entertaining’ London area

Felix Conran is the grandson of designer Sir Terence, and the co-founder of luxury furniture brand Maker&Son. Here’s his insider guide to the bustling East End

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