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The council has unveiled its vision for the centre of London’s nightlife. But with billionaire developers, rising rents and powerful residents’ groups, it might not be enough
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The numbers behind London’s empty — and closing — schools
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Is Britain’s ‘most miserable place’ about to become part of London?
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Inside the hidden, (mostly) silent convent at the heart of London
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A London orchestra played music for 100 years. Then it vanished
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