25 h. ago New UK car law '49% of drivers want' could be introduced in days

Electric vehicle drivers could soon be benefiting from a significant change, as motorists without access to a home charger might have cheaper charging options soon

Transport

8 d. ago 12,000 drivers a day avoiding Blackwall and Silvertown tunnels following introduction of tolls, TfL reveals

TfL has said that initial data shows there has been a significant increase in cross-river bus use at the Silvertown Tunnel and Blackwall Tunnel, while individual journeys have dropped

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8 d. ago 12,000 drivers a day are avoiding Blackwall and Silvertown tunnel following introduction of tolls, TfL reveals

TfL has said that initial data shows there has been a significant increase in cross-river bus use at the Silvertown Tunnel and Blackwall Tunnel, while individual journeys have dropped

Politics

2 w. ago Gary Lineker makes trademark joke in last ever BBC Match of the Day introduction

Gary Lineker was the host for the BBC's Premier League highlights show on Sunday for the final time after it was announced in the week that his contract was being terminated

Politics

3 w. ago A Danish Groundhog Day or tales of millennial angst What should win next week’s International Booker?

A headspinning novel from Japan alongside a high concept tale from Denmark, and a French account of migrant tragedy our critic weighs up the contendersWhat unites the books on the shortlist for this year’s International Booker prize? Brevity, for one thing: five of the six are under 200 pages, and half barely pass 100. They are works of precision and idiosyncrasy that don’t need space to make a big impression. Themes are both timely – AI, the migration crisis – and evergreen: middle-class ennui; the place of women in society. And for the second consecutive year, every book comes from an independent publisher, with four from tiny micropresses. Ahead of the winner announcement on 20 May, here’s our verdict on the shortlist.Solvej Balle’s On the Calculation of Volume, Book I (Faber, £12.99; translated by Barbara J Haveland) is easiest to introduce through the film Groundhog Day: its heroine, Danish antiquarian book dealer Tara Selter, is stuck in time. “It is the 18...

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3 w. ago A Danish Groundhog Day or tales of millennial angst What should win this year’s International Booker?

A headspinning novel from Japan alongside a high concept tale from Denmark, and a French account of migrant tragedy our critic weighs up the contendersWhat unites the books on the shortlist for this year’s International Booker prize? Brevity, for one thing: five of the six are under 200 pages, and half barely pass 100. They are works of precision and idiosyncrasy that don’t need space to make a big impression. Themes are both timely – AI, the migration crisis – and evergreen: middle-class ennui; the place of women in society. And for the second consecutive year, every book comes from an independent publisher, with four from tiny micropresses. Ahead of the winner announcement on 20 May, here’s our verdict on the shortlist.Solvej Balle’s On the Calculation of Volume, Book I (Faber, £12.99; translated by Barbara J Haveland) is easiest to introduce through the film Groundhog Day: its heroine, Danish antiquarian book dealer Tara Selter, is stuck in time. “It is the 18...

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4 w. ago Bungling Treasury minister wrongly claims domestic abusers and sexual offenders will be excluded from prison early release scheme

UK Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood is introducing a standard 28-day 'recall' period for released inmates who are locked up again for breaking the rules.

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