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The New York Times · 10h

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 · 11h

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.

The Daily Beast on MSN · 4h

Historic 900-Year-Old London Markets Set to Shut Down

The operators of the site, The City of London Corporation, said Tuesday its council voted to stop operating Smithfield and Billingsgate meat and fish markets. The vote pours cold water on plans to relocate the markets to a £1b ($1.3b) development in ...

1don 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 ...

i1dOpinion

As a butcher I salute Smithfield – but it hasn’t caught up with the times

Larger meat merchants and food wholesalers have prided themselves in a 'stack it high and sell it cheap' model ...

GB News on MSN1d

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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