Day: May 10, 2023
Flexible train tickets to be available across East Coast route
May 10, 2023T rain passengers using the East Coast Main Line will have more flexible ticketing options from Sunday. Operator London North Eastern Railway (LNER) said it will expand its trial of single leg pricing to cover its entire network. That means single fares across the East Coast route between London King’s Cross and Edinburgh will be […]
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England could face severe water stress in future, analysis shows
May 10, 2023S even English regions could face severe water stress by 2030 – spreading to almost the entire south and midlands by 2040, new analysis has shown. Using data from water companies and the Environment Agency, home improvement company Kingfisher’s research suggests a total of 12 out of 17 English regions could face severe water stress […]
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UK hosting Eurovision for Ukraine is special moment of unity, say refugees
May 10, 2023Ukraine’s Eurovision entry this year was written during the fall of Mariupol. Electronic duo Tvorchi will be performing the song, Heart of Steel, in the final on Saturday. The group told Sky News that performing it in Liverpool – despite winning last year, Ukraine is unable to host the event for obvious reasons – feels […]
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Police launch manhunt after man stabbed to death in a car in London
May 10, 2023A 29-year-old man was stabbed to death in southeast London this afternoon. Metropolitan Police officers rushed to Malyons Road, in Ladywell, Lewisham, just after 2pm. The victim was discovered in a car with serious stab wounds. But despite the best efforts of emergency services, he was pronounced dead at the scene. Though he has not […]
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How to get tickets for NFL’s London games in 2023
May 10, 2023The National Football League (NFL) has confirmed its London schedule for autumn 2023. The first game will see the Atlanta Falcons take on the Jacksonville Jaguars at Wembley, with Trevor Lawrence and the team then returning to face the Buffalo Bills a week later at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. The Spurs stadium will be on […]
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E-bike riders face fines if they don’t park up properly
May 10, 2023London e-bike riders will soon have to park up or pay up as part of new council plans to curb pavement-blocking bicycles. E-bikes are everywhere. Ride-sharing firms such as TIER and Lime have led a post-pandemic bike boom as commuters turn to greener forms of urban transport. But not everyone is happy. Scenes of battery-powered […]
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Gang members who stabbed innocent Afghan refugee to death jailed for life
May 10, 2023To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Two gang members who stabbed a 16-year-old Afghan refugee to death after mistaking him for a rival have been jailed for life. Vanushan Balakrishnan and Ilyas Suleiman, both 18, knifed Rishmeet Singh 15 times in a frenzied […]
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These are the best cities for book lovers in the UK
May 10, 2023There are many wonderful things about being a bookworm. The smell of a new book, wandering the shelves in an independent bookstore – coffee in hand. It’s no wonder that the amount of book lovers in the world is rapidly growing,BookTok and Bookstagram are converting the new age of young readers after all, but they […]
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Plumber says his road has become a hotspot for dumped Lime bikes
May 10, 2023A homeowner says he is ‘fed up’ with people dumping their hired bikes along his street, giving motorists and elderly residents a headache. Andrew White, 47, says people keep leaving their Lime bikes, which first came to London in 2018, around Willesden, a suburb in the capital’s northwest. Lime, a Californian company owned by Uber, […]
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Are disabled vehicles exempt from ULEZ?
May 10, 2023The Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) is set to expand across all the boroughs of London later this summer in a bid to clean up the capital’s air. Announced back in March 2022, the change is due to come into effect on August 29, 2023. Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said at the time: ‘The […]
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