The historic Smithfield and Billingsgate markets could both move to new site at the Royal Docks in east London, under new ...

No one is sure how the market got its name, with earlier versions including Blynesgate and Byllynsgate. Perhaps the name comes from a water gate at the south side of the City where goods came in, ...

Meat lovers gathered at Britain’s oldest market for its annual pre-Christmas auction for the first time since its survival at ...

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest UK economy news every morning. The sight of sailcloth-smocked porters carting boxes of fish on their heads at Billingsgate Market has ...

Billingsgate is a wholesale market steeped in the history and social fabric of London. The market is renowned for selling fish from all over the world, and has been known to shift over 25,000 tonnes ...

A pair of historic wholesale meat and fish markets in London will permanently close in the coming years. The Smithfield Market and Billingsgate Market will remain open for meat and fish sales, ...

London's historic Billingsgate fish market is set to shut after the City of London Corporation voted to withdraw support for it, reports the BBC. Billingsgate developed from an open-air medieval ...

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Traders at London's iconic Billingsgate Fish Market are being forced to close over a lack of coronavirus protection. Eight out of 40 stalls at the fresh fish market in Poplar, east London, decided to ...

Activists attempting to shut down London’s biggest fish market have claimed “mass arrests” in the early hours of Saturday morning. Dozens of protestors from Animal Rebellion, which aims to “end the ...

Animal rights protesters claim there have been 'mass arrests' at their demonstration at a London fish market. Video footage showed dozens of demonstrators standing outside Billingsgate Fish Market in ...