{"id":319619,"date":"2026-02-20T18:00:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T18:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-is-the-worlds-gold-under-the-streets-of-london\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T18:00:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T18:00:28","slug":"why-is-the-worlds-gold-under-the-streets-of-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-is-the-worlds-gold-under-the-streets-of-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is the world\u2019s gold under the streets of London?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/5Xg_exPezNU\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Why is the world\u2019s gold under the streets of London?\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5Xg_exPezNU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Imagine being in a room surrounded by \u00a364bn worth of gold.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a glittering reality Sky\u2019s economics and data editor Ed Conway experienced in one of 12 huge vaults below the Bank of England.<\/p>\n<p>To be granted access to the vaults is incredibly rare, not least because the gold bars inside them has been skyrocketing in value globally.<\/p>\n<p>So why is so much gold just sitting under London\u2019s streets? Who does it belong to? Ed joins Niall to discuss what it\u2019s like to be in the vaults below London.<\/p>\n<p>Producers: Soila Apparicio, Luke Hatten, Tom Gillespie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imagine being in a room surrounded by \u00a364bn worth of gold. It\u2019s a glittering reality Sky\u2019s economics and data editor Ed Conway experienced in one of 12 huge vaults below the Bank of England. 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