OPINION - The Standard View: The ending of 900 years of Smithfield Market is a shameful abdication of duty

The City of London is a world-leading business and financial district. One only has to gaze up to see the extraordinary skyscrapers, full of workers in offices, or dining restaurants, or enjoying luxury living accommodation. Yet one only also has to look a little lower down to understand the City is a place bursting with history, something at grave risk being forgotten.