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Trafalgar Square Christmas tree must cut its carbon footprint, says Oslo mayor

Anne Lindboe to look at transport plans for Norway’s annual gift to UK, but insists tradition will not stop

The Guardian - UK

Trafalgar Square’s Christmas tree mocked after arriving from Norway: ‘Where’s the other half of it?’

‘Meh’ one Trafalgar Square Christmas Tree hater posted

The Independent UK

Trafalgar Square Christmas tree undergoes 'branch transplant' to spruce it up

Tree's appearance hailed on social media after branches are removed and reattached

Evening Standard

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Trafalgar Square's Norway Christmas tree tradition 'under threat'

This year’s Trafalgar Square Christmas tree may be the last to be sent from Norway, reports have claimed.

Evening Standard

Trafalgar Square Christmas tree begins its annual journey from Norway

The long-standing tradition started in 1947

Evening Standard

OPINION - Abusing the word ‘genocide’ about Israel is dangerous and spectacularly ignorant

The “Let’s Keep The World Clean” placard with the figure of someone throwing the Israeli flag into a dustbin finally made its way to Trafalgar Square last weekend. It was only a matter of time. We have arrived at the point at which protesters accusing Israel of genocide are simultaneously…

Evening Standard

'I felt safer in Israel' says man subjected to anti-Semitic abuse in Trafalgar Square

Duche Sorotzkin said he felt safer in Israel than he does in London amid a rise in anti-Jewish hate crime

Evening Standard

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Pro-Palestinian protesters clash with Met Police at Trafalgar Square - live updates

The Met Police has issued a dispersal order for the area around Trafalgar Square

The Independent UK

Thousands demonstrate in Trafalgar Square for Gaza ceasefire

Protesters converge on square after sit-ins at Oxford Circus and Charing Cross station and chants outside BBC

The Guardian - UK

29 arrests and police injured after thousands gather in support of Palestine

Police said some demonstrators had launched fireworks into crowds and towards police, leaving four officers injured.

The Independent UK

Arrests made following pro-Palestine protest in central London

Sit-in protests caused disruption in Oxford Circus and Charing Cross

Evening Standard

Watch: Pro-Palestine demonstrators march through central London

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched through some of London’s iconic landmarks to a rally in Trafalgar Square demanding a ceasefire today (4 November).

The Independent UK

UK must stand with Israel against Hamas, Michael Gove tells London rally

Communities secretary calls for safe return of Israeli hostages during Trafalgar Square event

The Guardian - UK

Tens of thousands of protesters across UK call for a free Palestine

Seven arrested at march in London, while demonstrations also take place in Manchester, Liverpool, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen

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Evening Standard

OPINION - ‘Red Ken’ had stark highs and lows, but this diagnosis is sad

Not many politicians got the better of Sir Tony Blair but Ken Livingstone has a claim. I remember one late summer’s day in 2005, travelling around Trafalgar Square in a car with Sir Tony, my then-boss and also the prime minister. Around us, people were clearing up after a festival…

The Independent UK

National Gallery installation will bring voices of Trafalgar Square into gallery

The new installations include a 25-by-six metre textile sculpture.

The Week

Michael Rakowitz: The Waiting Gardens of the North review

Michael Rakowitz is an Iraqi-American artist renowned for recreating ancient Middle Eastern sculptures, said Elena Clavarino on Air Mail. He does this not with limestone or basalt, but using cardboard, food packaging and other modern materials. In 2018, for instance, he recreated a huge Assyrian statue of a winged bull…

The Independent UK

Trafalgar Square evacuated after police incident

Police were called to the London gallery at 2.35pm today after a man in a ‘distressed condition’ was spotted on its roof

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Evening Standard

National Gallery finally reopens nearly 24 hours after man scales building

A man was reported to be standing on the roof of the gallery in a distressed condition, police say

Evening Standard

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

The Guardian - UK

LGBTQ+ military charity backs proposal for Alan Turing statue on fourth plinth

Trafalgar Square monument would stand in ‘stark contrast’ to treatment codebreaker received in his lifetime

The Independent UK

LGBTQ+ armed forces charity back statue of wartime codebreaker Alan Turing on Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth

The Defence Secretary suggested erecting a statue of Alan Turing on the Fourth Plinth in London

The Independent UK

LGBT+ armed forces charity backs suggestion of Turing statue in Trafalgar Square

The Defence Secretary suggested erecting a statue of Alan Turing on the Fourth Plinth in London

The Independent UK

Ben Wallace suggests Alan Turing statue for Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth

The plinth is currently used to showcase artistic works temporarily.

Nottingham Post

Long Eaton property closed by police after 'unacceptable behaviour'

A property at Trafalgar Square in Long Eaton has been served a closure notice by police following repeated reports of drug related anti-social behaviour

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