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The New York Times · 4d

London’s 850-Year-Old Smithfield Meat Market Is Set to Close

The historic site in Britain’s capital has been a market for centuries. The local authority voted this week to close it.

The Telegraph on MSN · 4d

London will have lost its soul when Smithfield is finally butchered

The trouble with capitalism is it has no soul. It only values what can be measured in currency, which means that less tangible qualities – such as beauty, nature, civic pride or historical meaning – are not factored into the balance sheet.

Bloomberg L.P. · 6d

London’s Smithfield Market at Risk of Closure After More Than 800 Years

London's historic Smithfield meat market is at risk of being closed for good at a vote in the City of London. The City of London Corporation, which owns and operates the site, has previously planned to relocate the market and Billingsgate fish market to a new £1 billion development in Dagenham.

2don MSN

'It's another London tradition that will go'

"It just means another tradition that will go in London." Listen to the best of BBC Radio London on Sounds and follow BBC ...

4don MSN

‘Smithfield is British history – but we’re being kicked out so they can fill the space with cafes’

It is shortly after 4am in central London and a fleet of white transit vans is pulling into parking bays. Porters bent double ...

GB News on MSN5d

Historic Smithfield and Billingsgate markets set to close after City pulls support for £1bn relocation plan

London’s historic Smithfield and Billingsgate markets are set to close after 800 years of trade after a £1billion relocation ...

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