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
Meet the cloistered nuns of Tyburn. They're always praying and can't leave except to vote or access medical care.
The numbers behind London’s empty — and closing — schools
Primary schools are shutting all over the capital. But that’s only part of the problem
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Inside the London A&E operating under ‘siege conditions’
Insiders describe staff trapped in faulty lifts, as corridors fill with makeshift beds and those at risk of self-harm are left unsupervised
Noise complaints are killing London’s pubs
We mapped the dozens of pubs forced to shut early or that faced closure last year due to everything from “faint giggles” to “constant honking” from cars.
A torso of a child was found in the Thames. Why don’t we know who he was?
The boy was named ‘Adam’ by detectives, who gave us an inside account of their investigation and how it went cold
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