Author: london
What impact will last year’s oil price slump have on Shell’s earnings?
January 30, 2026Shell is expected to reveal annual earnings slumped by more than a fifth last year as oil prices saw the biggest fall since 2020 at the height of the Covid pandemic. Annual results from the FTSE 100 oil giant on Thursday are set to lay bare the impact of the steep declines in the cost […]
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Protester arrested after scaling Kings Cross clock tower
January 30, 2026Brooke Davies Published January 30, 2026 1:48pm Updated January 30, 2026 2:21pm A protester who scaled the 120 ft clock tower at King’s Cross station has been pictured being dragged away by police. Emergency services have been at the station since 9am over reports of a ‘person in a precarious position’ at the central London […]
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Man fighting for life after being repeatedly stabbed in West Hampstead
January 30, 2026John Dunne Published January 30, 2026 12:43pm Updated January 30, 2026 12:43pm Detectives have launched a manhunt after a stabbing in a leafy part of north west London. A man is fighting for his life after he was repeatedly stabbed in West Hampstead. The victim, in his 20s, was attacked at 4.30pm on Thursday. Paramedics […]
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London Euston trains cancelled and delayed after fire breaks out near railway line
January 30, 2026Noora Mykkanen Published January 30, 2026 12:34pm Updated January 30, 2026 3:34pm To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video A fire has broken out in a building near a railway line, disrupting Overground services and trains at London Euston station. Services on the West […]
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UK commuter train brings back first-class travel for first time in 10 years
January 30, 2026Eleanor Noyce Published January 30, 2026 12:26pm Updated January 30, 2026 1:36pm London commuters, we bring good news. If you’re based outside of the city and travel into work using Chiltern Railways, you’ll now be able to travel in style – and that’s because the rail operator has reintroduced first-class carriages. The upgraded train class […]
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London bus driver sacked for chasing after thief ‘volunteered in Ukraine after war broke out’
January 30, 2026Brooke Davies Published January 30, 2026 10:31am Updated January 30, 2026 12:20pm A bus driver who caused a public outcry after he was sacked for stopping a thief is a hero volunteer who spent months in Ukraine after Russia invaded. Mark Hehir was driving the 206 bus between Wembley and Maida Vale in June 2024 when a […]
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More rush hour trains announced on ‘overcrowded’ Elizabeth line station
January 30, 2026Noora Mykkanen Published January 30, 2026 8:00am Updated January 30, 2026 9:26am Stations across west London will get more frequent rush hour services when extra trains are rolled out as part of the Elizabeth line upgrade. Elizabeth line, or Lizzy line to fans, has become the UK’s busiest railway route less than four years after […]
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UK’s first rapid-charging battery train ready for boarding this weekend
January 30, 2026The UK’s first superfast-charging train running only on battery power will come into passenger service this weekend – operating a five-mile return route in west London. Great Western Railway (GWR) will send the converted London Underground train out from 5.30am to cover the full Saturday timetable on the West Ealing to Greenford branch line, four […]
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Starmer to meet businesses and visit Shanghai on last day of China trip
January 30, 2026Sir Keir Starmer will meet businesses in Beijing as he continues his push to bolster economic ties with China on the final day of his visit to the country. The Prime Minister will later travel to Shanghai before leaving for Tokyo to meet his Japanese counterpart Sanae Takaichi for a working dinner. His visit to […]
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Woman charged with murder after death of one-year-old girl
January 29, 2026One-year-old Jayla-Jean Mclaren died in hospital in August (Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary/PA) PA Media A woman has been charged with murder after a one-year-old girl died on the Isle of Wight. Jayla-Jean Mclaren died in hospital on August 3 after being taken there with serious injuries on August 1, according to Hampshire Police. […]
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