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Royal Mail takeover: impact on UK stamps, letters & parcels ...The Standard podcast

Plus! Approved: City of London’s tallest skyscraper approved...tall as Shard

Evening Standard

Skyscraper as tall as The Shard given go-ahead for London’s Square Mile

1 Undershaft will match the Shard’s height at 309.6 metres tall

The Independent UK

Shard to share title of tallest building in UK as new skyscraper gets green light

The new building, 1 Undershaft, will be 309.6m tall, matching the height of the Shard to the centimetre

The Guardian - UK

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Plans for tallest skyscraper ever built in the City given the go ahead

The building at 1 Undershaft will equal the height of the Shard at 306.9m

Evening Standard

Battersea Power Station, Shard and Channel Tunnel make global top ten list of buildings

Survey ranked buildings and structures according to volume of Google searches and Instagram mentions

Evening Standard

1 Undershaft: Decision on skyscraper as tall as The Shard delayed after public square concerns raised

The chair of Lloyd's of London had written to the Corporation stating it ‘would rob the City of a really important convening space’

Evening Standard

One Undershaft: Designs unveiled for skyscraper set to rival The Shard as London's joint tallest building

The proposed tower will house a free public viewing gallery, education centre and restaurant

Evening Standard

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My London: Alison Hammond

Presenter Alison Hammond goes al fresco swimming at White City House, hangs out with the lions in Trafalgar Square and likes a bath near the top of The Shard

Evening Standard

London’s top 10 tallest buildings as new skyscraper approved

How The Shard compares to its new rivals springing up in the city

Evening Standard

Briton who climbed Korean skyscraper planned to parachute off then flee country

George King-Thompson dreamt of climbing Lotte World Tower while in prison for climbing the Shard, according to his sponsor.

The Independent UK

Third tallest skyscraper in the UK planned for Salford

If approved, the building would be only smaller than The Shard and 22 Bishopsgate in London

Birmingham Post

The Shard to provide backdrop in vertiginous Daisy Ridley thriller

Film titled Cleaner will follow ex-soldier turned window cleaner who must save hostages from zealous extremist

The Guardian - UK

Al Jazeera English announces plans to move from London’s Shard to Qatar

Move of London’s live broadcast centre to Doha could involve dozens of job losses

The Guardian - UK

From street view to bird’s eye view: inside Shangri-La The Shard’s new architecture package

Introduced in November 2022, Shangri-La The Shard has collaborated with charity Open City to create a self-guided audio tour and overnight stay package for architecture lovers.

Evening Standard

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The best family-friendly afternoon tea in London, from the Langham to Aqua at the Shard

In her most delicious investigative reporting yet, Lucy Tobin tests out London’s best family afternoon teas

Liverpool Echo

Man climbed the Shard before telling police 'I'll come down after taking a selfie'

Adam Lockwood told his YouTube channel: "I'm probably going to prison tomorrow but when I get out my videos will probably get crazier."

Manchester Evening News

Climber scaled the Shard before telling arresting officers he would 'come down in two minutes after taking a selfie'

After the incident, Adam Lockwood uploaded a video to YouTube, in which he said: "I’m probably going to prison tomorrow but when I get out my videos will probably get crazier.”

Chronicle Live

Engineer who designed The Shard awarded honorary degree from Northumbria University

Roma Agrawal's first job was to build the bridge which connects Northumbria University's two campuses either side of the Central Motorway

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Evening Standard

Shard developer: our £1.5bn Liverpool Street scheme ‘will not harm historic station’

Developers seeking to build a 16-storey tower block on top of Liverpool Street station have insisted their plans will not harm the historic mainline station.

Evening Standard

Sex offender Shard tycoon ‘kept foreign jaunts from police’

Simon Halabi is accused of failing to tell police about his activities

Fortune

Inside the Shangri-La London hidden within the iconic Shard building

An ideal spot for digital nomads in finance and tech.

Daily Mirror

Huge asteroid twice the size of the Shard set to crash into Earth's orbit for Halloween

The 'potentially hazardous' asteroid, called 2022 RM4, is being closely monitored by NASA and is due to zoom past our planet at speeds of around 52,500 mph on November 1

Evening Standard

Battle over £1.5bn hotel and office plan for Liverpool Street station

Sellar, the developer of the Shard, wants to build a 16-storey tower block on top of the historic mainline station

Evening Standard

‘Shard climber woke us up in our 40th-floor bed’

A 21-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of trespass

The Guardian - UK

‘Amazingly uplifting’: barefoot climber greets couple through 40th-floor window of Shard

Visitors in London for birthday trip were in bed when Adam Lockwood waved to them on way to top of 72-floor landmark

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