Day: May 7, 2026
London travel news LIVE: Bakerloo line is part-suspended as Londoners take to the polls for local elections
May 7, 2026Minor delays on the Jubilee line Minor delays are currently impacting the Jubilee line due to an earlier defective train at Westminster. Bakerloo line is part-suspended due to a faulty train There is currently no service on the Bakerloo line between Elephant & Castle and Lambeth North while engineers fix a faulty train at Elephant […]
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Shell under fire over ‘outrageous’ profits after boost from soaring oil prices
May 7, 2026A Shell petrol station (PA) PA Wire Shell has become the latest oil giant to face criticism over mammoth profits after it revealed a bumper earnings haul thanks to rocketing oil prices caused by the Iran war. The FTSE 100 firm reported underlying earnings of 6.92 billion US dollars (£5.09 billion), more than double the […]
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Local elections 2026 LIVE: Keir Starmer casts vote in central London as millions go to polls
May 7, 2026Labour MP Ed Miliband makes air quality a key election issue Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband is making air quality in London a key borough election issue. The north Londoner said: “It’s polling day, and I’m asking you to vote for your brilliant local Labour candidates in this election. “£11 billion for social and affordable […]
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Polling stations open as Scots elect new Holyrood Parliament
May 7, 2026Polling stations across Scotland have opened as the country elects a new batch of MSPs to Holyrood. Voters have until 10pm on Thursday to cast their ballot in a contest that will decide who Scotland’s MSPs will be – as well as determining who will be first minister. A total of 129 seats in the Scottish […]
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Hantavirus: British cruise passengers ‘will self-isolate in UK for 45 days’
May 7, 2026British passengers on board a hantavirus-hit cruise ship will be asked to self-isolate in the UK for 45 days, a health official has suggested, as two Britons who already returned from the vessel continue to isolate at home. Professor Robin May, chief scientific officer at the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), said “for the broader […]
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