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City London News •

Meet the Green leadership candidates - City News

“Sorry I’m late, even this early thing’s get hectic” Ellie Chowns MP tells me. It’s 9:25am and Ellie is already two hours into her working day.
Ellie is the Green Party MP for North Herefordshire and has just launched her joint leadership bid with Adrian Ramsey.
They’re up against surprise challenger and current deputy leader Zack Polanksi, who launched his campaign for leadership in the Guardian. In the Guardian article Zack said he wants to see the Green party transform into a “mass movement”...
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EXCLUSIVE: Soho residents hit back at G-A-Y owner claims over sale - City News

A group of Soho residents have hit back at claims from the owner of iconic G-A-Y Bar that their opposition to extending their opening hours has forced him to sell up.
They have exclusively shared with City London News their formal response to G-A-Y owner Jeremy Joseph’s allegations.
Last week, Joseph posted a statement on Instagram, announcing that he would be selling his famous Soho venue on Old Compton Street.
It read:
“This isn’t an easy decision, to me this is more than just a bar, its also...
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Protesters at Kurdish Community Centre voice regret - City News

Following a moment of erupting tension with police at protests on Thursday over what protestors are calling ‘unjust and heavy-handed’ arrests at a Kurdish Community Centre, some of those who had been present tell City News they’re feeling regretful.
‘The police aimed to provoke us, we can’t fall into their hands’ one senior protestor said.
‘Those people had been trying to have a decent demonstration from the beginning’ he added.
The brief clash took place on the evening of Thursday 28th. Protest...