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"I’ve been perplexed by Samuel Smith’s for the best part of 20 years" 🍻 Where to start after the death of the mercurial Humphrey Smith? He was well known for his idiosyncrasies but we took a deeper dive into what this huge change means for the brewery’s pubs in Leeds, one of which has been closed for a decade. theexchange.news/ive-been-perpl…

“I was involved with Extinction Rebellion. I realise now that maybe that wasn’t the best form of activism". Read the full story here. the-londoner.co.uk/paul-powleslan…

Barrister Paul Powlesland has the press skills of Alistair Campbell and the politics of Swampy. He's made it his life's work to resurrect one of London's dirtiest rivers - even if he breaks the law. We went to meet the renegade lawyer on his home turf.

London's isn't ready for extreme heat. But a crop of entrepreneurial air con salesman are, making millions off portable air con units. "When the weather's like this, there is no competition." Full story below.

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In a vital act of public service journalism, we've brought you the capital’s best boozers to spend your summer in. Agree? Disagree? Think our choices should disqualify us from writing about the city forever? Let us know — and flag any we’ve missed. the-londoner.co.uk/the-londoners-…

Chelsea and Westminster is the poster child for Palantir – the first hospital to use its tech. Publicly it claims to have cut waiting lists there by 183,000. But we found out its actual waiting list has skyrocketed by one of the highest rates in the country. What's going on?

Court sets precedent on source protection in Westgaph-Mill Media case - @pressgazette “The exemption was relied upon by Mill Media to protect confidential sources from disclosure in a case brought by TV historian Laurence Westgaph.” pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/cour…

Palantir cleared 183,000 patients from one hospital’s waiting list. Or did it? If you’ve heard ministers repeating that figure, you must read this exposé from @_TheLondoner: the-londoner.co.uk/palantir-waiti…

Brilliant reporting my the @_TheLondoner Palantir cleared 183,000 patients from one hospital's waiting list. Or did it? the-londoner.co.uk/palantir-waiti…

Chelsea and Westminster is the poster child for Palantir – the first hospital to use its tech. It claims to have cut waiting lists by 183,000. For @_TheLondoner, I discovered that its actual waiting list has been skyrocketing since the tech giant came. the-londoner.co.uk/palantir-waiti…

Read our full investigation to find out: the-londoner.co.uk/palantir-waiti…

Palantir claims it cleared 183,000 people from the waiting list of just one West London hospital. So why has their actual waiting list been rising by one of the fastest rates in the country? Read @AndrewKersley's full investigation: the-londoner.co.uk/palantir-waiti…

Read the full story: Court sets precedent on source protection in Westgaph-Mill Media case pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/cour…

Why do Thames Water want to pump sewage into the Thames’ first new open water swimming spot? People love swimming in this stretch of water in Teddington, but now it’s under threat. the-londoner.co.uk/its-the-rivers…