Day: August 27, 2025
Should London have free travel for all – and how realistic is it?
August 27, 2025Could some of London’s problems be solved by free travel? It might not be a silver bullet, but free travel campaigners have cranked up the pressure by calling for universal free public transport for all ages in the UK and London. Londoners have been bogged down by the rising cost of travel, coupled with the […]
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1Rebel opens brand new site on London’s King’s Road – and we have an exclusive discount
August 27, 2025Metro journalists select and curate the products that feature on our site. If you make a purchase via links on this page we will earn commission – learn more Many of you may have heard of the fitness space 1Rebel, and if you haven’t you may have been living under a rock, or you just […]
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Map reveals England’s gonorrhoea hotspots — with one London borough crowned ‘clap capital’
August 27, 2025Jessica Lindsay Published August 27, 2025 3:17pm Updated August 27, 2025 3:55pm Earlier this month, the UK became the first country in the world to roll out a vaccine for gonorrhoea. The breakthrough jab has been shown in trials to cut the risk of infection by more than 50% and is being hailed as a […]
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Man found strangled to death at his home in Lewisham, south east London
August 27, 2025John Dunne Published August 27, 2025 12:10pm Updated August 27, 2025 1:08pm Neighbours have paid tribute to a ‘warm hearted and peace loving’ pensioner found strangled at his south London home. Emergency services were scrambled to Wellmeadow Road at 1am on Sunday. They found Brian Hunt, 87, dead at his home. Vasile Iosebica, 47, who […]
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Frasers moves into mini-golf and trampolining with We Do Play investment
August 27, 2025Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group is expanding into trampoline parks and mini golf after snapping up a stake in leisure group We Do Play. Frasers, which runs Sports Direct and House of Fraser, said it will be the company’s first move into the UK leisure market. The company has acquired an undisclosed minor investment in the […]
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Diana’s 90s time capsule revealed to contain Kylie Minogue CD and passport
August 27, 2025More than 30 years after it was buried, a time capsule compiled by Diana, Princess of Wales and two children to represent life in the 1990s has been opened prematurely – revealing a Kylie Minogue CD, a solar-powered calculator and a passport. The lead-encased wooden box was sealed in 1991 to mark the laying of […]
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The Eurostar rival that wants trains to Europe from across UK — not just London
August 27, 2025High-speed Uber trains could soon be running from east London to Europe — but the dream is to extend cross-Channel services to every corner of the UK. That’s according to Adrian Quine, chief executive of Gemini Trains, a start-up railway company that plans to make Stratford International its gateway to the continent, in partnership with Uber. ‘I think […]
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