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London bus and tube fares to rise
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 month ago
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The London mayor, Boris Johnson , has announced sharp rises in bus and tube fares and the congestion charge to help plug a multimillion-pound hole in transport funding in the capital. London bus fares would rise by an average of 12.7% from January 2010...
Tags: Londoners, London Tube, bus fares, The United National Bank, tube fares, Boris Johnson, londoners bus, fares rises
Storms drench royal party and flood stations
London :: United Kingdom | 4 months ago
Credibility Flash floods disrupted the evening rush hour and had guests at the Queen's garden party running for cover yesterday as thunderstorms struck across the UK. The Met Office said London and the south-east were the worst affected, with Kent recording almost...
Tags: Central London, London Tube, garden party
COUNTERVIEW | No light at tunnel's end
New Delhi :: India | 5 months ago
Credibility Turner prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller has one big load in his backpack: the collective spiritual uplift of London Tube users. He's to make a list of quotations of the Greats from Gandhi to Einstein to Sartre to be recited by Piccadilly Line train...
Tags: London Tube, Transport for London
Tube strike forces Victoria line closure
London :: United Kingdom | 7 months ago
Credibility Members of the Rail Maritime and Transport Workers' (RMT) union based on the Victoria line walked out at 9pm last night over a dispute about the safety of the sliding-door opening mechanisms as well as the sacking of a train driver and the alleged victimiation...
Tags: Rail Maritime and Transport, Victoria Line, London Tube, hour strike
Woman gives birth on Tube
Brent :: FL :: USA | 11 months ago
Credibility A woman went into labour and gave birth while travelling on the London Underground. TfL spokesman She got off the train with her sister at Kingsbury Station, north west London, and went into labour on the platform. A Transport for London spokesman said:...
Tags: London Tube, North London, north west London, gives birth, woman gives, Julia Kowalska, tube station, station supervisor
Coroner begins summing up in Menezes case
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 year ago
Credibility A coroner is due to begin summing up at the inquest into the death of Jean Charles de Menezes. Former High Court judge Sir Michael Wright is tasked with bringing together the final account of how the innocent Brazilian was gunned down on a south London...
Tags: Jean Charles de Menezes, unlawful killing, Michael Wright, lawful killing, coroner rules, London Tube, Mr de Menezes, court judge, De Menezes, sir michael
Menezes jury told of chaotic scenes
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 year ago
Credibility A policeman mistook a colleague for a suicide bomber in the chaos of the Stockwell shooting, an inquest has heard. The surveillance officer, named as Malcolm, said he had "no recollection" of firearms officers warning Jean Charles de Menezes they were...
Tags: Jean Charles de Menezes, suicide bombers, De Menezes, London Tube, Mr de Menezes
Partner of London bomb plotter found guilty
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 year ago
Credibility The partner of a man who tried to carry out a suicide bombing in London in July 2005 was found guilty on Wednesday of not informing the authorities about his plans and helping him escape justice. Yeshiemebet Girma, 32, was the partner of Hussein Osman,...
Tags: Osman Yeshi Girma, Hussain Osman, London Tube, husband hussain, Hussein Osman, kill innocent, wife convicted, bailey jury, suicide bombers, Yeshiemebet Girma
Tube booze ban bash ends in chaos
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 year ago
Credibility British Transport Police Eyewitnesses said there were nightmarish scenes on trains and in stations as drunken partygoers began fighting and vomiting as the planned gathering drew to a chaotic close. The party was organised after London's new Mayor Boris...
Tags: London Tube, London Underground Party Chaos, underground stations, booze ban, Boris Johnson, train drivers, tube train, alcohol ban, underground staff, mayor boris
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