37 m. ago Tube strike to bring week of major London Underground disruption as drivers walk out

Major disruption is expected on the London Underground next week amid a Tube strike by thousands of workers from the Rail, Maritime and Transport union

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3 h. ago White City fire: 100 firefighters battle 'complex fire' as blaze rips through former BBC HQ in west London

Wood Lane is shut as London Fire Brigade crews battle a major blaze in the early hours of the morning

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5 h. ago Big Half schedule, times and how to watch half marathon on TV

Everything you need to know as the eighth edition of London’s major half-marathon event takes place

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9 h. ago White City fire: 100 firefighters battle flames as huge blaze rips through former BBC HQ in west London

Wood Lane is shut as London Fire Brigade crews battle a major blaze in the early hours of the morning

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31 h. ago This major London travel hub is officially the worst airport in the UK for delays

This major London travel hub is officially the worst airport in the UK for delays  Time Out Worldwide

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40 h. ago How Martha's rule which lets patients concerned about their treatment receive rapid second opinion is already saving lives as thousands call helpline in first nine months

Martha's rule, which lets families and patients concerned about their treatment seek a rapid second opinion from medical staff, is already saving lives.

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55 h. ago Several injured after London bus mounts pavement near major station

Emergency services remain at the scene with passengers and pedestrians among those who have been taken to hospital.

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57 h. ago LIVE as major emergency services presence outside London station after crash

LIVE as major emergency services presence outside London station after crash  East London Advertiser

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3 d. ago Trump’s aid cuts in east Africa led to unwanted abortion and babies being born with HIV – report

Doctors, nurses, patients and other experts describe the loss of decades of progress in beating the virus in 100 days after Pepfar was disruptedAid cuts in east Africa have led to cases of babies being born with HIV because mothers could not get medication, a rise in life-threatening infections, and at least one woman having an unwanted abortion, according to interviews with medical staff, patients and experts.A report by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) sets out dozens of examples of the impact of disruption to Pepfar – the president’s emergency plan for aids relief – in Tanzania and Uganda. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago ‘Jay Kelly,’ ‘Hamnet,’ ‘Frankenstein,’ ‘After The Hunt,’ ‘Is This Thing On?’ Among Major Premieres in Full BFI London Film Festival Lineup

‘Jay Kelly,’ ‘Hamnet,’ ‘Frankenstein,’ ‘After The Hunt,’ ‘Is This Thing On?’ Among Major Premieres in Full BFI London Film Festival Lineup  The Hollywood Reporter

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3 d. ago WTM London 2025 Set to Break Records with Major Expansion, New Cultural Programs, and Influential Global Participation

WTM London 2025 Set to Break Records with Major Expansion, New Cultural Programs, and Influential Global Participation  Travel And Tour World

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4 d. ago Person dies after crash with major emergency response near west London station

Person dies after crash with major emergency response near west London station  News Shopper

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4 d. ago Visa warning: International students will be told to leave UK when right to remain expires

Warning campaign comes after Home Secretary revealed the first returns of migrants crossing the Channel will begin later this month

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4 d. 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

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4 d. 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

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5 d. ago University Hospital Wishaw creating new frailty assessment unit

Staff are being recruited across a range of roles, including nurses, healthcare support workers, advanced nurse practitioners, pharmacists, allied health professionals and medical staff.

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5 d. ago London to Kent train lines closed ALL DAY amid 'major disruption'

London to Kent train lines closed ALL DAY amid 'major disruption'  News Shopper

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5 d. ago Voting for Brexit, stopping the small boats – none of it will ever appease those who wage war on immigration | Nesrine Malik

The facts and the numbers are irrelevant: Donald Trump and Nigel Farage just find new excuses and increase the toxicityA few weeks after the Brexit referendum, a leave-voting friend of mine told me what the biggest benefit would be. “We will never hear about immigration again,” he said. If you give the people the control over the border they want, the logic went, then Brexit will finally dissolve immigration as an issue that politicians can exploit, and the country can crack on with all the other important stuff that needs doing. And, well, let’s just say that this prediction did not pan out on such a colossal level that no follow-up conversation has been necessary.Because that’s just not how the whole immigration thing works. The goalposts always move. Nothing clarifies that more than Nigel Farage getting everything he has said he ever wanted, the country heaving itself out of the EU and ending free movement, only for another boil to fester around the issue of immigration – and gue...

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5 d. ago Vote Brexit, stop the boats – the goalposts on immigration keep moving, and those who oppose it will never be appeased | Nesrine Malik

The facts and the numbers are irrelevant: Donald Trump and Nigel Farage just find new excuses and increase the toxicityA few weeks after the Brexit referendum, a leave-voting friend of mine told me what the biggest benefit would be. “We will never hear about immigration again,” he said. If you give the people the control over the border they want, the logic went, then Brexit will finally dissolve immigration as an issue that politicians can exploit, and the country can crack on with all the other important stuff that needs doing. And, well, let’s just say that this prediction did not pan out on such a colossal level that no follow-up conversation has been necessary.Because that’s just not how the whole immigration thing works. The goalposts always move. Nothing clarifies that more than Nigel Farage getting everything he has said he ever wanted, the country heaving itself out of the EU and ending free movement, only for another boil to fester around the issue of immigration – and gue...

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6 d. ago Doubts cast on Kemi Badenoch’s claim of US medical school offer

Stanford University staff and academic experts raise questions over Tory leader’s claim of place and partial scholarship offered at 16Doubts have surfaced over Kemi Badenoch’s claim to have been offered a place at a prestigious US medical school at 16, with admissions staff unable to recall the proposal and the university not providing the course.The Conservative leader has said in interviews that she was offered a place and a partial scholarship to study medicine – sometimes describing it as pre-medicine – at Stanford University in California, one of the most competitive in the US. Continue reading...

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