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32-year-old woman linked to Abu Dhabi’s Royal Family found unconscious and barefoot after drug use on a London street, with a 3-year-old child nearby
She had used cocaine in the days leading up to the incident — Mahra Al Nahyan, who is connected to Abu Dhabi’s royal family through marriage, admitted to child neglect


British tragedy as three sisters take their own lives 16 years after their mother’s death
Three sisters aged 36, 32 and 31 were found dead off Brighton in May after visiting the Birmingham lake where their mother took her own life 16 years earlier, an inquest has heard

Greek designer of Princess Diana’s “revenge dress” tells its story as the gown heads to auction
The black silk gown, which sold for $74,000 in 1997, is on show at Sotheby's London before touring Hong Kong and Geneva ahead of a December auction in New York estimated at up to $300,000

Financial Times: Greece is “wooing” hedge funds – the incentive and Chris Rokos’ tax residency move
Greece is ramping up efforts to lure hedge funds and private equity executives with a new 5% tax rate on bonuses and carried interest, its most high-profile win being billionaire manager Chris Rokos' move of tax residency from Britain to Greece
Chris Rokos, manager of $22 billion hedge fund, leaves London and chooses Greece for tax residency
According to Bloomberg, his decision is a major success for Athens but a significant blow to Britain, as the prominent fund manager was the country’s third-largest taxpayer

Months without rain: Images of London’s (unrecognisable) parks
Once-lush green spaces have taken on the characteristic yellowish colour of parched grass, as July was the driest month on record in the country

The Greek architect behind 36 Victorian properties in London’s Knightsbridge
His widow is selling them for £187 million following his “sudden death” – The portfolio belongs to the family of the little-known, despite the scale of his wealth, Dimitris Panagopoulos and includes 32 ultra-luxury apartments and four mews houses, generating approximately £6.13 million in annual rental income

Citizens take legal action over planned giant Chinese embassy in London amid fears of espionage and targeting of dissidents
China’s plans to build an embassy at Royal Mint Court, a two-century-old site near the Tower of London, were approved in January as part of efforts to improve relations between the two countries


