Day: May 16, 2026
British man left unable to walk after breaking his neck on holiday had no insurance
May 16, 2026A ‘foolish’ Brit was left with a huge medical bill after breaking his neck while on holiday with no insurance. Guy Evans ‘obliterated’ a vertebra in his spine when he fell off a ladder while staying at his father’s holiday home in the Loire Valley, France, last month. The 30-year-old copywriter was rushed to hospital […]
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Full list of Tube lines hit by strike next week and what services are running
May 16, 2026Noora Mykkanen Published May 16, 2026 3:26pm Updated May 16, 2026 3:27pm Another wave of London Tube strikes is around the corner, with disruption and patchy services expected across the network. Commuters have hardly recovered from the stress of last month’s strikes when another walkout is set to take place from Tuesday. The strike comes […]
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Mick Jagger and Eric Clapton win battle to stop 29-storey block being built by Thames
May 16, 2026Celebrities including Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger have defeated plans to build a 29-storey tower on the banks of the River Thames. Jagger, along with fellow rock star Eric Clapton, actor Felicity Kendal and comic Harry Hill, fought the developer Rockwell Property for two years over its plan to erect a 100-metre tower next to […]
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Dishoom fans are just learning the little-known trick to get money off
May 16, 2026It’s been 16 years since Indian restaurant chain, Dishoom first opened its doors, but the hype hasn’t died down. People still queue daily for the delicious curries, biriyani, and, of course, the signature black daal. And while the food is fantastic, it’s not necessarily the cheapest, with the classic Chicken Ruby priced at £18.90, without […]
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Vienna’s spotless Tube system puts the UK’s public transport to shame
May 16, 2026It hit me on the way to a lunch date, somewhere between Karlsplatz and Stephansplatz, in the central first district of Vienna. This is brilliant. That quiet, almost smug realisation that public transport in the Austrian capital is in a completely different league to anything in the UK. The U-Bahn– Vienna’s underground train system – […]
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