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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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We found London’s best terrace for drinks with a view — it’s stunning
May 7, 2026We’re fully in the swing of spring, but many of us are already thinking ahead to summer. More specifically, we’re trying to work out which of London’s outdoor terraces we need to book now, to make the most of the sunshine when it finally hits. But finding the perfect spot to enjoy a spritz is […]
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Heavy police presence at Stamford Hill Lag BaOmer celebrations after terror threat raised
May 6, 202603:14 A significantly increased police presence accompanied Lag BaOmer celebrations in Stamford Hill, east London, on Tuesday (5 May), with officer numbers around five times higher than in 2025, according to the Metropolitan Police. It comes after the terror threat level for the UK was raised from “substantial” to “severe” for the first time in […]
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Parents told to check children’s handwashing after hepatitis A outbreak
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‘The Sheep Detectives’ is the starry, family-friendly whodunnit you didn’t know you needed
May 6, 2026Talking animal movies do not, on the whole, have the best reputation. Yes, there is “Babe,” but “Babe” is the exception. Most are pretty bad, whether it’s the uncanny effects, the shoddy storytelling or some horrifying combination of the two. Audiences have earned the right to be skeptical when something like “The Sheep Detectives” comes […]
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Green party threat to Labour in London laid bare in Starmer’s own back yard
May 6, 2026In Highgate New Town, a north London housing estate whose brutalist architecture has been a fixture of film shoots, the enormous scale of the challenge Labour faces in the capital from the Greens was starkly evident. “I’ve always voted Labour. My entire family has, but it feels like a time for a change,” said Cynthia […]
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