Now TfL wants to KEEP £15-a-day London congestion charge after Sadiq Khan pledged to SCRAP rise

Now TfL says it wants to KEEP £15-a-day London congestion charge to ‘support capital’s culture, hospitality and night-time businesses’ months after Sadiq Khan pledged to SCRAP the temporary rise TfL had claimed the rise in Congestion Charge from £11.50 to £15 was temporary  Sadiq Khan previously said he would ‘negotiate with Government’ to reduce cost … Read more

Should we cancel the term ‘Head Girl’? Apprentice star says we should scrap the title

‘It’s woke madness!’ GMB viewers slam decision by £26,000-a-year St Paul’s Girls’ School to cancel the term ‘head girl’ because it’s ‘too binary’ – saying ‘people need to get a grip’ St Paul’s Girls’ School will no longer use the term because it says it is too ‘binary’ The £26,000-a-year school will now refer to those in … Read more

Huge blaze rips through scrap yard near London City Airport

Huge blaze rips through scrap yard near London City Airport as more than 70 firefighters battle flames London Fire Brigade deployed 10 fire engines and 70 firefighters at 10.46pm   Firefighters tackled flames for hours and will stay at Newham scene this morning No one was injured in the blaze but it has caused ‘significant amount … Read more

Larry the Downing Street cat sees off rival FOX in scrap behind Prime Minister’s home 

The fur flies at Number Ten: Larry the Downing Street cat sees off rival FOX in scrap behind Prime Minister’s home Larry the Downing Street cat was photographed chasing away a territorial rival Photos show the chief mouser facing off against a fix behind Cabinet Officer After intense stare-off, Larry successfully chases the fox out … Read more

‘He treated me as an equal’: Former scrap dealer who was friends with Prince Philip for 40 years

‘He treated me as an equal’: Former scrap dealer who was friends with Prince Philip for 40 years pays tribute to the duke’s down-to-earth nature Scrap dealer, George Bowman, 84, tells of 40-year friendship with Prince Philip  Unlikely pair met whilst competing in Lowther Carriage Driving Trials in Cumbria  Duke of Edinburgh visited the trials almost … Read more

Man seeks to scrap 150-year-old inheritance law in court battle with sister over mother’s estate

A brother is fighting a bitter £325,000 High Court test case against his sister in a bid to scrap a 150-year-old law he says is an ‘unjust’ restriction on parents’ right to disinherit their children. John Clitheroe and his sister Sue Bond, a former bank manager, have been fighting in court since their mother Jean … Read more

Scrap ‘unhelpful and redundant’ term BAME, racial disparity commission tells Boris Johnson 

The term BAME is ‘unhelpful and redundant’ and should be scrapped, Boris Johnson‘s racial disparity commission will suggest in a report. The acronym – which stands for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic – overshadows the fact that people from different ethnic groups have varying life experiences and should not be grouped together in one category, the … Read more

TOM UTLEY: Scrap the theatre interval? It’s the only bit old soaks like me really enjoy 

Here’s an embarrassing confession — and I fear that I’ll never be admitted to polite society again once it’s out in the open: reader, I’m not at all keen on live theatre. Indeed, my heart used to sink before the lockdown on those mercifully rare occasions when kind friends would ring to say they had … Read more

Son of woman who was killed on a smart motorway pens letter to Grant Shapps asking to scrap scheme 

Son of woman who was killed on a smart motorway pens letter to Grant Shapps pleading with him to scrap the ‘death trap’ scheme The fiery letter says Grant Shapps will be held responsible for future deaths Niaz Shazad’s mother died on the M1 in 2018 after she was struck by a lorry The letter … Read more

JOHN HUMPRHYS: Scrap GCSEs for this year? No, we should scrap them FOR EVER 

Never let a good crisis go to waste. It was Winston Churchill who made that saying famous. He was speaking in 1940 when the future of the nation was at stake. Even Covid can’t compete with that. But what we do face today is a crisis in education and, no, it has not been created … Read more