
The Londoner
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https://www.the-londoner.co.uk 17-10-2024 14:07:40
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Millions of visitors descend on London every year. As councils face bankruptcy and a quarter of some area's homes are turned into Airbnbs, the capital is considering something new: a tax on tourists. Andrew Kersley found out what's going on: the-londoner.co.uk/should-london-…

Thanks to climate change, invasive bug species have put the UK's ecosystems at risk of collapse. In the depths of the Natural History Museum, a team of bug experts, with help from a professional model, are trying to stop that. Miles Ellingham met them: the-londoner.co.uk/beetlemania-th…


In Stamford Hill sits one of Europe's most Orthodox Jewish communities. Now government is intervening in its faith schools amid reports children speak little English and don't learn the secular curriculum. Miles Ellingham on an area at boiling point: the-londoner.co.uk/ofsted-vs-stam…

They never meet outside of beloved East London boozer The Palm Tree. But together, Izzy Sapsard and Alan Jackson have spent 30 years creating one of the most iconic jazz nights in London. Catch up on our weekend read by Killian Faith-Kelly: the-londoner.co.uk/the-rhythm-sec…


🚨 There are now 10,000 readers paying for Mill Media journalism! Big milestone for our team, who are inspiring a renaissance in high quality local journalism that would have been scarcely believable when we started out. Thanks to everyone who has backed us.


Further to our amazing news yesterday (if you missed it, Mill Media hit 10,000 paying members!) we have yet another happy announcement... Our colleague Jack Dulhanty has just been nominated for Private Eye Magazine's prestigious Paul Foot award! We are very proud of him!


In the past every time a new building went up in London the historic relics found beneath were largely obliterated. But now the capital has become one of the most densely excavated cities in the world. Miles Ellingham found out why: the-londoner.co.uk/digging-up-lon…

🚨The Post's investigations into the Big Help Project have been nominated by Private Eye Magazine for the prestigious Paul Foot Award, the top prize in investigative journalism in the country. It is the first time The Post has ever been listed.


Huw Lemmey in The Londoner on the illicit gay trysts and MI5 intelligence ops of Dolphin Square!!!

