3 h. ago Moment 'fare dodgers' pull every trick in the book and claim their phones 'are broken, aren't charging and they can't remember passwords' when asked to show tickets

The two young women were stopped at the gates of Southampton Central railway station because they could not show valid tickets, despite claiming they had bought them on their phones.

Culture

21 h. ago Moment fare dodger pushes bike through ticket barrier at London's Bank Station

The fare dodger was able to carry his bike through the station unchallenged despite the presence of TfL staff

Economics

3 d. ago Moment 'prolific fare dodger' is snared after 'racking up £3,000 in unpaid train tickets by using scam card to make more than 400 journeys'

Investigators working for Transport for London stopped the woman at Ilford station on the Elizabeth line in East London after tracking her journeys for weeks.

Economics

4 d. ago Rightwing preppers should be the biggest boosters of this climate solution

We’re beyond Mel Gibson’s Mad Max era. We no longer need oil to make it through the apocalypseAs I write these words, the No 1 trending story on the Guardian is titled: “The history and future of societal collapse”. It is an account of a study by a Cambridge expert who works at something ominously called the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk; he concludes that “we can’t put a date on Doomsday, but by looking at the 5,000 years of [civilisation], we can understand the trajectories we face today – and self-termination is most likely”.I can’t claim to have done a study, though I have been at work on climate change for almost 40 years and I gotta say: seems about right. So it’s maybe not the worst moment for a bit of worry about how you would fare in the case of a temporary breakdown of our civilization. Perhaps you have noticed that extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and violent. Or you read the stories that Donald Trump was shutting down the Federal Emergency Man...

Politics

4 d. ago The climate solution both the right and the left can get behind | Bill McKibben

We’re beyond Mel Gibson’s Mad Max era. We no longer need oil to make it through the apocalypseAs I write these words, the No 1 trending story on the Guardian is titled: “The history and future of societal collapse”. It is an account of a study by a Cambridge expert who works at something ominously called the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk; he concludes that “we can’t put a date on Doomsday, but by looking at the 5,000 years of [civilisation], we can understand the trajectories we face today – and self-termination is most likely”.I can’t claim to have done a study, though I have been at work on climate change for almost 40 years and I gotta say: seems about right. So it’s maybe not the worst moment for a bit of worry about how you would fare in the case of a temporary breakdown of our civilization. Perhaps you have noticed that extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and violent. Or you read the stories that Donald Trump was shutting down the Federal Emergency Man...

Politics

9 d. ago Travel expert reveals the REALLY simple trick to book cheap flights

There are many different techniques travellers use to cut costs, from vouchers to  selecting off-peak travel times. But one travel expert has revealed the really simple trick he uses every time.

Transport

2 w. ago 'Don’t watch this film alone as its the scariest of the decade’

A24 is back with a horror hit for the decade. It is full to the brim with every trick in the book but will take you out of your head and into your body for an hour and a half.

Politics

3 w. ago Putin avoided Trump's handshake trick as US President was 'nervous' about meeting

The two world leaders met yesterday (August 15) at an airstrip in Anchorage, Alaska, as Vladimir Putin pulled out every trick in the book not to suffer indignity via a Donald Trump handshake

Politics