Extinction Rebellion activists today dressed up as banshees to protest the construction of a new tunnel that it believes is ‘racist, colonial and unjust’. Eco-warriors rallied outside the TfL headquarters in Stratford, East London, in a show of anger at the forthcoming twin-bore road, which will pass under the Thames from Silvertown to Greenwich. The … Read more
Extinction Rebellion protesters today staged a Titanic-themed dinner party in the sea to shine a light on global warming. Climate activists wearing fine dining dress waded into the water off Chalkwell Beach, Southend-on-Sea, to quaff Champagne and sip tea around a semi-submerged table. The stunt was designed to illustrate the ‘obliviousness’ of the ‘elite’ in … Read more
The coronavirus pandemic has left the Greater London area with an estimated £5.7billion black hole in its public finances – after the lockdown and work from home economy sapped £575million a day from the capital’s economy in a £66.9billion hammer blow. Now taxpayers face having to pick up the bill for the lost revenue in … Read more
Celebrity snapper turned detective to hunt down stolen £17,500 Range Rover by requesting CCTV then spotting it 14 times on London streets… after Met Police closed theft case in 48 hours David Hogan’s Range Rover was taken from outside his flat in Musell Hill, London He reported it to the police but was told 48 … Read more
Banksy has disguised himself as a Tube cleaner to graffiti a bustling train as it went through central London in a piece named: ‘If you don’t mask – you don’t get’, it was revealed today. The guerrilla artist, dressed in a high-vis jacket, boiler suit, goggles and face mask, paints a black rat coughing and … Read more
Banksy has disguised himself as a Tube cleaner to graffiti a bustling train as it went through central London in a piece named: ‘If you don’t mask – you don’t get’, it was revealed today. The guerrilla artist, dressed in a high-vis jacket, boiler suit, goggles and face mask, paints a black rat coughing and … Read more
The Prime Minister has announced a series of changes to the lockdown in England from July 4. Here is how the alterations will affect people’s lives: Do we have to keep to being two metres apart? No. For people not from the same household it is now ‘one metre-plus’. The ‘plus’ element is what the … Read more
Investigation is launched as commuter train going the WRONG WAY up a London Tube line stops just feet from having a head-on smash A train went the wrong way up a London Underground line on Sunday night It almost collided with a train at Chalfont & Latimer station in Buckinghamshire The near miss incident involving … Read more
A Tube passenger has today been spotted wearing a face mask over his eyes leaving fellow commuters asking ‘is this how you wear a face mask?’ The man was pictured on a Central Line Tube in London wearing the face covering in similar to way those struggling to sleep use an eye-mask, as the government’s … Read more
How will drawing my state pension affect my TfL pension and what happens if I work part-time? Steve Webb replies By Steve Webb for This Is Money Published: 07:42 BST, 15 June 2020 | Updated: 07:42 BST, 15 June 2020 I will be 66 in December. I have a private pension from Transport for London. … Read more