18 h. ago Residents block street to stop £650k plan to replace parking spaces with benches

Residents block street to stop £650k plan to replace parking spaces with benches  London Evening Standard

Economics

47 h. ago Residents block London street to stop controversial £650,000 plan to replace parking spaces with benches

Locals sealed off the road with fake crime scene tape to stop council employees from entering to start on scheme

Economics

65 h. ago Residents block off street to stop council workers replacing their parking spaces with seating

Residents block off street to stop council workers replacing their parking spaces with seating  Southwark News

Politics

3 d. ago Fury as posh Londoners wake up to find their council has replaced their parking spaces with e

Wimbledon residents are up in arms after the local council's decision to replace precious street parking with 350 dedicated e-bike bays as part of a wider scheme promoted by the London mayor.

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6 d. ago Residents of London apartment block left without running water for 12 days

Residents of London apartment block left without running water for 12 days  The Guardian

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6 d. ago FDA hiring contractors to replace fired staff who supported safety inspections

The Food and Drug Administration is scrambling to hire contractors to replace fired employees who helped plan thousands of food and drug safety inspections throughout the world

Events

1 week ago ‘Space junk’: huge astronaut statue coming to Perth park is one giant leap too far for many

Council criticised over plan to replace beloved public artwork with 7-metre tall effigy of spaceman created by a former Wall Street traderGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastThe City of Perth is under increasing pressure to drop its plans to replace one of the city’s most beloved public artworks with a 7-metre tall effigy of an astronaut, which as been derided as a piece of “factory-produced space junk”.Until four years ago, Ore Obelisk, affectionately known as The Kebab by the people of Perth, stood in the heritage-listed Stirling Gardens in the heart of the city. The 15-metre work made from local geological minerals, created by the architect, artist and Perth’s first city planner, Paul Ritter, was erected in 1971 to celebrate Western Australia’s population reaching one million, and was one of the city’s first public artworks.Sign up for the Afternoon Update: Election 2025 email newsletter Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Jeremy Clarkson could face ANOTHER council showdown over bid to improve car park at his Cotswolds pub The Farmer's Dog

The presenter wants to increase parking spaces and plant trees at his two car parks at the Farmer's Dog with visitor numbers greatly increasing since he took over the pub in August.

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2 w. ago Travellers take over Tesco car park after being removed from local park five minutes down the road

A large group of travellers have pitched up at the Tesco superstore in West Sussex and aerial pictures show 19 caravans parked across several spaces in the car park.

Transport

2 w. ago Residents 'scream for help' in terrifying flat block blaze in London

The blaze, which engulfed the building, has left 11 people in hospital.

Events

2 w. ago Israeli strike on Gaza City residential block killed at least 23, officials say

Israeli military says it struck a senior Hamas militant who it claims was behind attacks emanating from ShijaiyahMiddle East crisis – live updatesIsraeli aircraft struck a residential block in war-ravaged northern Gaza on Wednesday, killing at least 23 people, health officials said, as the renewed fighting in the devastated Palestinian territory showed no signs of letting up.The Al-Ahli hospital said at least 23 people were killed in the strike, including eight women and eight children, figures confirmed by the territory’s health ministry. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Family's £100 penalty for parking over this white line into unusable space

Maureen Roberts can't get around without her walker so needed the extra space for when the disabled bays were full but it almost probed very costly

Economics

2 w. ago Israeli strike on Gaza apartment building kills at least 23, officials say

An Israeli airstrike on a residential block in northern Gaza killed at least 23 people, health officials in the Palestinian territory say

Events

2 w. ago Gaza rescue workers say 20 people killed in Israeli strike on residential block – Middle East crisis live

Gaza’s civil defence agency says the strike resulted in ‘20 martyrs and more than 40 injured’The Gaza health ministry said on Wednesday that at least 1,482 Palestinians have been killed since Israel resumed intense strikes on the Gaza Strip on 18 March, taking the overall death toll since the start of the war to 50,846.Hamas’s October 2023 attack resulted in the deaths of 1,218 people on the Israeli side, mostly civilians, according to an Agence France-Presse (AFP) tally based on Israeli official figures. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Please, for the love of God, stop buying supersized cars | Arwa Mahdawi

Why would anyone want a car that’s too big for parking spaces, or that’s a menace to other road users? I have a theoryExcuse me for a moment while I clamber on top of my high horse to deliver an important public safety announcement: stop buying enormous cars! Please, for the love of God, pedestrians and my tiny chihuahua that is just trying to cross the road, stop this cycle of car-brained insanity.I write this from the US, where everything (including the presidential ego) is supersized and where going for a walk means having to constantly peer around one enormous truck to make sure you’re not going to get hit by another enormous truck. Still, at least in the US the big cars have big roads to drive down. The trend for bloated vehicles is spreading to places where they’re even more unsuitable. New research has found that more than 1m cars that are too big to fit in parking spaces are being sold in the UK each year. Continue reading...

Economics

2 w. ago Kevin de Bruyne replacement tipped as Man City replacement plan 'outlined'

Manchester City are beginning to prepare for life without Kevin de Bruyne after he announced that he will leave the club at the end of the season

Politics

2 w. ago Accountant who sued because her £1.5m flat in 'Versace Tower' had a bathroom with no bath LOSES £700,000 court battle

Mi Suk Park said she was promised the 'the ultimate in luxury' when she paid a £381,000 deposit on a two-bed apartment and parking space in the 50-storey Thames-side Aykon London One tower.

Economics

2 w. ago The Observer view on SUVs: they are too dangerous and too big, their drivers should be made to pay

If a car generates more potholes, takes up more space and poses more risk, it is only fair that its owner pays moreBritain is facing an unusual crisis: carspreading. Our road vehicles are getting bigger as people buy more and more SUVs of increasing dimensions and weight. At the same time, our streets and parking places remain the same size.The consequences of this uncontrolled vehicular expansion have become profound. Potholes are being created in greater numbers as our roads are pounded by heavier vehicles; multiple parking spaces are being taken over by single, giant cars; and road accidents are now producing more severe injuries to drivers and passengers of other vehicles. This last issue is of particular concern. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago Gary Lineker reveals how he really feels about Match of the Day replacement plan

Gary Lineker will host his last Match of the Day episode next month and has given his verdict on the BBC's new presenter line-up for the Premier League highlights show

Politics

2 w. ago 'My neighbour won't stop using my driveway – I think she's taking advantage'

A woman has taken to social media to ask for advice after her neighbour continued to use her driveway as a parking space, long after their agreement was supposed to have ended

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