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Commuter chaos on London’s rail lines: Waterloo station evacuated after ‘false alarm’ while TfL’s Elizabeth and Piccadilly routes are part-suspended and Heathrow Express is shut during rush hour

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Commuter chaos on London’s rail lines: Waterloo station evacuated after ‘false alarm’ while TfL’s Elizabeth and Piccadilly routes are part-suspended and Heathrow Express is shut during rush hour

Waterloo station was cleared after a fire alarm was activated at the station  * Are you caught up in today’s Heathrow rail chaos? Email: [email protected] *  By Mark Duell and Katherine Lawton Published: 08:05 GMT, 27 November 2023 | Updated: 17:00 GMT, 27 November 2023 Commuters are still facing travel chaos today as Waterloo was … Read more

Chart-topping rapper Nines, 33, is charged with possession of cannabis after being arrested at Heathrow Airport

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Chart-topping rapper Nines, 33, is charged with possession of cannabis after being arrested at Heathrow Airport

Courtney Freckleton was held last Wednesday, the Metropolitan Police said By James Callery Published: 20:21 GMT, 23 November 2023 | Updated: 04:42 GMT, 24 November 2023 Rapper Nines has been charged with drug offences after he was arrested at Heathrow Airport. The 33-year-old, whose real name is Courtney Freckleton, was held last Wednesday, the Metropolitan Police said. … Read more

Geert Wilders: The firebrand who was BANNED from Britain, has received countless death threats for his anti-Islamic views and become a symbol of Europe’s lurch to the right (… oh, and he loves cats)

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Geert Wilders: The firebrand who was BANNED from Britain, has received countless death threats for his anti-Islamic views and become a symbol of Europe’s lurch to the right (… oh, and he loves cats)

He’s been called the Dutch Donald Trump, threatened with death countless times by Islamic extremists, convicted of insulting Moroccans, and Britain once banned him from entering the country. Oh, and he adores his two cats. Now, Geert Wilders could be the next Dutch prime minister. The political firebrand has been around Dutch politics for a … Read more

BBC Africa Editor hired by rapist Yaqub Ahmed’s lawyers to give evidence in his appeal to block deportation to Somalia

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BBC Africa Editor hired by rapist Yaqub Ahmed’s lawyers to give evidence in his appeal to block deportation to Somalia

Rising to her feet in the drab West London courtroom, Mary Harper exuded the natural confidence and authority of one of the BBC‘s most senior journalists.  What she said, however, may well have shocked viewers and listeners familiar with her reporting as Africa Editor on the World Service. The 58-year-old was appearing at the first tier … Read more

Scrapping tourist VAT would be ‘quick win’ for Chancellor Jeremy Hunt as companies say tourists are not spending as much money in the capital

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Scrapping tourist VAT would be ‘quick win’ for Chancellor Jeremy Hunt as companies say tourists are not spending as much money in the capital

BusinessLDN is among business groups backing a campaign to scrap tourist tax By Emily Hawkins Business Reporter Published: 01:47 GMT, 11 November 2023 | Updated: 02:11 GMT, 11 November 2023 Restoring tax-free shopping would be a ‘quick win’ for the economy, the Chancellor was told last night. BusinessLDN, which represents a number of firms in … Read more

Rebekah Vardy flees the country with her children as smiling WAG is seen at Heathrow ahead of arch rival Coleen Rooney’s explosive Wagatha Christie documentary

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Rebekah Vardy flees the country with her children as smiling WAG is seen at Heathrow ahead of arch rival Coleen Rooney’s explosive Wagatha Christie documentary

Rebekah gets ‘honest’ in the witness box   There were several tense exchanges between Rebekah and Coleen’s lawyer David Sherborne, who had accused the WAG of having ‘selective amnesia’. He also accused the WAG of being dishonest under oath, announcing: ‘You’re making this up, aren’t you Mrs Vardy?’ The reason you can’t get your story straight is because … Read more

Britain’s worst railway operators revealed: How nearly one in ten trains were cancelled on Grand Central line over one-month period making it the least reliable in the country… so how does your service compare?

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Britain’s worst railway operators revealed: How nearly one in ten trains were cancelled on Grand Central line over one-month period making it the least reliable in the country… so how does your service compare?

Britain’s least reliable train firms have been named and shamed in the latest round of transport statistics – with one operator cancelling almost one in 10 journeys across four weeks. Official figures collated by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) show Grand Central cancelled 9.4 per cent of all journeys in the four weeks … Read more

Furious commuters demand investigation into Elizabeth Line as passengers are held for 40 minutes underground due to faulty doors after emergency rail works cause massive rush hour delays on the year-old TFL service

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Furious commuters demand investigation into Elizabeth Line as passengers are held for 40 minutes underground due to faulty doors after emergency rail works cause massive rush hour delays on the year-old TFL service

Furious commuters have today demanded an investigation into the Elizabeth Line after passengers claim they were held for 40 minutes underground, while others were more than an hour late for work due to emergency rail repairs.   The disruption on the year-old Transport for London (TfL) service, which has resulted in no service between Paddington and Abbey … Read more

Panic at 30,000ft as BA captain and co-pilot both fall ill in the cockpit after smelling ‘foul odour’

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Panic at 30,000ft as BA captain and co-pilot both fall ill in the cockpit after smelling ‘foul odour’

 The pair were rushed to hospital after fears of exposure to toxic chemical By Sukhmani Sethi Published: 19:25 BST, 19 October 2023 | Updated: 09:58 BST, 20 October 2023 A British Airways captain and co-pilot were rushed to hospital after the pair breathed in a ‘foul odour’ and fell ill in the cockpit during a … Read more

How the U.S. is ramping up firepower in the Middle East to deter Iran from starting WWIII – with an armada of 13 warships, over 100 fighter jets, cruise missiles, spy planes and 2,000 amphibious special forces massing in the region

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How the U.S. is ramping up firepower in the Middle East to deter Iran from starting WWIII – with an armada of 13 warships, over 100 fighter jets, cruise missiles, spy planes and 2,000 amphibious special forces massing in the region

The United States is amassing a war machine in the Middle East in a clear message to Iran to stay on the sidelines as Israel prepares to launch a ground invasion into Gaza to destroy the terror group Hamas. Within hours of the horrific onslaught on Israel by Hamas on Oct. 7 the U.S. began … Read more