7 h. ago TfL told stop leaving Tube ticket barriers open and get serious about fare dodging

80% of Londoners believe TfL is not doing enough to tackle fare evasion

Politics

13 h. ago TfL told stop leaving ticket barriers open if you want to get serious about tackling fare dodging

80 per cent of Londoners believe TfL is not doing enough to tackle fare evasion

Politics

2 d. ago Palestinians warned of a genocide in 2023. Why weren’t we believed? | Ahmed Ibsais

Western academics now speak of ‘genocide’ with newfound authority. Why weren’t our voices enough?Today I watched those children again, the ones who stood before the cameras at al-Shifa hospital on 7 November 2023. They spoke in English, not their mother tongue, but the language of those who they thought might save them.“We want to live, we want peace, we want to judge the killers of children,” one boy said. “We want medicine, food and education. We want to live as the other children live.”How holy their concern now sounds, rising over a land emptied of the living.As if starving a child pre-disposed to death makes the violence more justified?Ahmad Ibsais is a first generation Palestinian American, law student and poet who writes the newsletter State of Siege Continue reading...

Events

4 d. ago Law student sobs 'my life is finished' after trying to outsmart his way out of fare dodging fine

The passenger was stopped by a South Western Railway revenue protection officer at Clapham Junction station in London and initially claimed he had a valid ticket.

Society

5 d. ago Fare dodging 'up to twice as bad as thought' on parts of TfL network

Fare dodging 'up to twice as bad as thought' on parts of TfL network  London Evening Standard

Economics

5 d. ago Fare dodging 'up to twice as bad as thought' on parts of London transport network, TfL reveals

More than 1.8 million contactless cards have been checked since April in a new crackdown

Economics

6 d. ago Fare dodging 'up to twice as bad as thought' on parts of London transport network, reveals TfL

More than 1.8 million contactless cards have been checked since April in a new crackdown

Economics

6 d. ago Fare dodging 'twice as bad as thought' on parts of London transport network, reveals TfL

More than 1.8 million contactless cards have been checked since April in a new crackdown

Economics

1 week ago The science behind what happens to your body when you quit drinking alcohol

Katinka van de Ven and Nicole Lee explain how the body recovers after removing alcohol from your life

Politics

1 week ago Homeless wannabe rapper, 28, dubbed one of Britain's 'most prolific' fare dodgers after owing more than £30k in unpaid fines appears in court

Charles Brohiri, 28, was banned from entering any Thameslink station in April this year - but has been caught without a ticket a further 30 times since then, a court heard.

Economics

1 week ago Rail passenger in court after 'dodging train fares 113 times'

Charles Brohiri, 28, has been charged with more than 100 counts of travelling without a ticket - and is accused of continuing to fare dodge despite being banned from going into any Thameslink station

Events

2 w. ago Student ends up in court after trying to pay parking charge in cash

Oliver Griffiths, a fourth-year law student, was slapped with a $97 fine after parking his car at his Australian university campus earlier this year, but decided to contest the charge

Economics

2 w. ago Rail bosses given ‘criminal offence’ warning over fare dodger prosecutions

The use of lay prosecutors in court cases with passengers accused of not buying the correct ticket is not legal, firms were told.

Events

3 w. ago Moment staff on London's 'lawless' Tube appear to ignore two fare dodgers who shamelessly push their way through barriers next to where they are standing

The shocking incident is believed to have taken place at the brand new Elizabeth Line station in Woolwich, south-east London last week.

Politics