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Delivery targets for new homes per year in England, by local area

More than half of new homes are to be built in London, the South East and eastern England.

Evening Standard

Nationwide says first time buyers can borrow up to six times their salaries

Nationwide made a huge pitch to first time buyers in London and the south east today when it said it will lend up to six times salary at rates below 5% - even to borrowers with only a small deposit.

Evening Standard

Bid to keep Crossrail 2 alive as talks continue over 'safeguarding' project's future

The long-awaited scheme could unlock hundreds of thousands of new homes and jobs across London and the South East

Evening Standard

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Mapped: Met Office issues thunderstorm and heavy rain warnings across UK for tonight

The Met Office has issued thunderstorm warnings for London, the South East, South West and Wales

The Independent UK

House prices in the Home Counties commuter belt slashed as buyers boomerang back to London

London house price growth outperformed the Home Counties last year, although £1 million plus properties across the south east saw reductions in asking prices

Evening Standard

Fresh ice warning for London as temperatures plummet

A yellow ice warning has been issued as the capital plunges to freezing temperatures

Evening Standard

London faces another battering from wild weather as 75mph gusts to hit south ahead of New Year

Yellow weather warning for wind issued for parts of London, the South East, South West, East Anglia and Wales from 11am on Saturday until 3am on New Year's Eve

Evening Standard

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£18,000 typically ‘shaved off’ asking prices to achieve house sales – Zoopla

In London and the South East, sellers are discounting properties by around £25,000, according to new figures.

The Independent UK

House price falls: London sellers accepting hefty price reductions in buyers' market

Higher mortgage rates and an increased supply of homes have seen buyers achieve sizeable discounts

Evening Standard

Women’s World Cup weather forecast: England fans to bask in 25C sunshine but pack a raincoat for snap showers

England’s Lionesses are set to benefit from ‘ideal’ 15C temperatures in the World Cup Final against Spain in Sydney, Australia, while fans in England will enjoy dry, sunny spells

The Independent UK

A Level results: London students soar ahead of the rest of the UK because of ‘talent magnet’

London students soared ahead of the rest of the country in their A-level results because the city is a magnet for talented people who value education, experts said on Friday.

Evening Standard

North East unemployment falls to record low for second month running

The region now has lower unemployment than regions including London and the South East

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London house prices drop at fastest rate since 2009 in June

The fall in the London property market is gathering pace with house prices dropping at their fastest rate since the peak of the 2009 global financial crisis last month, latest figures showed on Friday.

Evening Standard

UK weather: Rain deluge to lash the nation after June confirmed as hottest on record

Temperatures will also be cooler than they have been in recent weeks with the south east the warmest area but with high temperatures around 20C by late afternoon

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The Independent UK

Glastonbury weekend: Heat health warning issued in parts of the UK as temperatures set to hit 32 degrees

Rain is also forecast to sweep in over some areas of the UK, while other regions will experience soaring temperatures

Evening Standard

Heat health warning as London set to be hottest part of UK

Capital is expected to be the hottest part of the UK on Saturday with potential highs of 30C

The Independent UK

Glastonbury weekend: Heat health warning issued in parts of the UK as temperatures set to hit 32 degrees

Rain is also forecast to sweep in over some areas of the UK, while other regions will experience soaring temperatures

The Independent UK

Heat health warning issued as temperatures soar for Glastonbury weekend

Rain is also forecast to sweep in over some areas.

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Birmingham Post

Lloyds Bank appoints new head of asset finance in the South East and South West

Nathan Morgan was previously an associate director

The Independent UK

Economic bias towards London and South East remains baked into system, say MPs

An economic bias remains ‘baked into’ the system, leaving barriers to the levelling up agenda, the Commons Public Accounts Committee said.

Birmingham Post

Government needs to do more on inward investment to the North, MPs say

A cross party parliamentary group has criticised the Department for Business & Trade's current approach to securing investors

Evening Standard

More than 246,000 Londoners take part in research in 2022-23

Over 246,000 people in London and the South East took part in research in 2022-23, new figures show, as a consultant urged Londoners to sign up for clinical trials to help “save lives”.

France 24

French army accused of failing to stop French hostage Olivier Dubois's kidnapping

In tonight's edition: The French army has been accused of trying to piggy-back onto former hostage Olivier Dubois's arrangements to interview a jihadist commander in Mali, but doing little to stop the reporter's eventual abduction. Also, a scientifically-backed report finds that big oil extraction in Nigeria's Bayelsa State has come…

The Independent UK

Community clinics will cut NHS waiting lists, vows Sunak

Six new facilities are opening across the east of England, Midlands and the South East.

The Independent UK

Sunak pledges to deliver as he comes under pressure over housebuilding policy

The Prime Minister was trying to move on after losing nearly 1,000 Tory councillors in the local elections on Thursday.

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