This is terribly sad news. A plan to relocate the 900-year-old meat market and Canary Wharf’s Billingsgate fish market to a new £800m site in Dagenham was scrapped after costs spiralled.

At Smithfield, the market traders typically begin work at 10 p.m., selling mainly to the restaurant trade, and finish up at about 6 a.m., just as the rest of the city is waking up.

At Smithfield, the market traders typically begin work at 10 p.m., selling mainly to the restaurant trade, and finish up at about 6 a.m., just as the rest of the city is waking up.

At Smithfield, the market traders typically begin work at 10 p.m., selling mainly to the restaurant trade, and finish up at about 6 a.m., just as the rest of the city is waking up.

FILE – Traditional porters at work at Billingsgate fish market in London, on Aug. 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File) PAN PYLAS, Associated Press Nov 27, 2024 / 06:49 AM PST Nov 27, 2024 / ...

Britain-London-Fish-Meat-Markets FILE - A woman wheels away meat products bought at Smithfield meat market in London, on May 3, 2006. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File) (Matt Dunham/AP) ByPAN PYLAS ...