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London council saves gay fetish club from redevelopment The GuardianThe UK's last remaining strict leather and rubber fetish gay club has been saved after a London council blocked plans to redevelop the East End site into a ... View the full article

Private jet used by ‘eco warriors’ Meghan Markle and Prince Harry for Ibiza holiday cost £20k from fleet dubb The SunTHE private plane used by “eco warriors” Harry and Meghan to jet back from their summer holiday is from a fleet let to billionaires. The royal couple flew on a ... View the full article

The Londoner: Broadcasters balk at 'sharing' Boris Evening StandardNational broadcasters are flummoxed over how to cover Boris Johnson's Facebook live videos, leading to internal rows. The BBC, ITV and Channel 4 all refused ... View the full article

Jailed British rapper got Uber driver friend to transport gun from London to Manchester | TaxiPoint Taxi News | UK | Black cabs TaxiPoint Taxi NewsA 32-year-old rapper, who goes by the stage name J Avalanche, arranged for a gun to be transported from London to Manchester by an Uber driver friend. View the full article

WeWork is about to make Uber's IPO look prudent The Australian Financial ReviewWho else but WeWork founder Adam Neumann could keep a straight face while describing the company's plan to elevate global consciousness? View the full article

Toronto ride-sharing startup Facedrive expands to London, Ont. BetaKitFacedrive, a Toronto-based peer-to-peer ridesharing *service* with a focus on C02 emissions reduction, has officially launched in the City of London, Ont. View the full article

Uber brings in global marketing VP weeks after raft of redundancies Prolific LondonCar-share giant Uber has hired a former Google marketing lead two weeks after it laid off around 400 in-house marketing staff, around a third of its total team. View the full article

The Rise of the Virtual Restaurant The New York TimesSAN FRANCISCO — At 9:30 on most weeknights, Ricky Lopez, the head chef and owner of Top Round Roast Beef in San Francisco, stacks up dozens of hot ... View the full article

Rapper got Uber driver to traffic GUN a month before he arranged 1kg Swindon cocaine transfer Swindon AdvertiserA MONTH before he arranged for a kilogramme of cocaine to be transported to London, rapper Nahkell Gordon got an Uber driver pal to take a revolver… View the full article

SunTrust: Internet Stocks Outperforming S&P 500 Yahoo FinanceInternet stocks are outperforming the broader market, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey said in a review of second-quarter earnings season. Top-Line Momentum ... View the full article

Savoir Just Released a $300,000 Rotating Bed Architectural DigestIt's a funny story, really. Savoir Beds' new $300,000 rotating bed—one of the most expensive models currently on the market—was generated by a quip said ... View the full article

Platform Power: Amazon, Facebook, Google, and the hidden forces driving the world’s top businesses GeekWireAmazon, Uber, Google, Facebook, Microsoft and many other big companies have something in common. They're all platforms, providing underlying ... View the full article

Fayetteville babysitter charged after 3-year-old slips out at 1 a.m., walks to nightclub WCTI12.comA Fayetteville mom says she received a terrifying call from her babysitter telling her that her 3-year-old daughter was missing. "She walked out the house at ... View the full article

Market Morning: Hong Kong Chaos, Rates Plummet, Gold Soars, Hybrid Lull, Uber Bleeds Yahoo FinanceHong Kong Continues Its Slide Into Chaos With Chinese Troops On The Border Hong Kong stocks (NYSEARCA:EWH) are sliding again, down 15% in a month, ... View the full article

Inside Smooci, the Sex Work App Described as 'Uber for Escorts' VICEWe went to the launch of the self-described “next-generation escort booking platform” to see if it had sex workers' interests at heart. View the full article

Election 2019: Here are all of San Francisco’s November ballot measures San Francisco ChronicleThe six ballot measures facing San Francisco voters on the Nov. 5 ballot got their identifying letters by the city's elections department Monday. Voters will ... View the full article

Deliveroo to pull out of Germany POLITICO.euIt's a setback for the London-based tech firm after rapid expansion in Europe. View the full article

Top 5 London Prosecco bars The Drinks BusinessLast year London got its own Prosecco palace in the form of Prosecco House in Tower Bridge; a glitzy bar dedicated to the Italian sparkler. Prosecco House ... View the full article

Charged a wait fee by Uber when the driver was early? You CAN get it back MoneySavingExpertSome Uber passengers who booked journeys in advance have reported being charged wait fees when the driver arrived before the scheduled time - but if this ... View the full article

Uber, Lidl, Viacom: Everything that matters this morning Marketing WeekGood morning and welcome to Marketing Week's round-up of the news that matters in the marketing world for the week of 12 August 2019. View the full article

Parents warned not to allow their children to travel in Ubers alone as drivers complain they are under pressure to break rules Telegraph.co.ukParents have been warned not to allow their children to travel in Uber cars as drivers complain that they are under pressure to pick up unaccompanied children ... View the full article

Parents allowing children to ride in Uber vehicles unaccompanied despite a ban on under 18s travelling alone | TaxiPoint Taxi News | UK | Black cabs TaxiPoint Taxi NewsCriticism has been aimed at a number of parents after it was revealed that they are letting their children travel in Uber vehicles unaccompanied.Under Uber's t. View the full article

'No stopping zone' considered for notorious Western student party enclave CBC.caLondon city councillors vote Monday on whether to impose a 'no stopping zone' on streets surrounding Broughdale Avenue, an enclave of mostly student rental ... View the full article

Gemma Collins lives the high life with Deliveroo helicopter ride Metro.co.ukThe 38-year-old ensured she dressed up before taking to the skies, rocking one of her signature printed black and white kaftans. View the full article

Bad Timing: U.K. Power Failure Stresses Task Ahead for Johnson BloombergChancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid donned a hard hat on Friday and promised to step up investment in infrastructure from transport to digital connectivity. View the full article