50 m. ago London travel news LIVE: District, Jubilee and Mildmay lines part suspended

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67 m. ago Cheaper public transport for under 21s and pensioners as Andy Burnham rolls out Bee Network expansion

Burnham announced new plans

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1 hour 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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2 h. ago Motorcyclist on shopping trip arrested amid Labour’s crackdown on undocumented migrants

Fernando Fontoura, who moved to the UK aged 12, detained in drive to find people ‘illegally working’ as delivery driversA motorcycle rider out on a shopping trip was arrested and detained for a month as part of a high-profile government crackdown on undocumented migrants working for food delivery apps.Fernando Fontoura, 33, who moved from Portugal to the UK when he was 12, was arrested by immigration enforcement officers after he parked his motorbike near a grocery store in south-east London on 22 July. He was taken to a detention centre near Gatwick airport where he was held for 29 days. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago ‘Artefacts were just sitting in suitcases in people’s homes’: the London museum preserving Somali culture

The UK’s first dedicated space for Somali heritage has built its collection from 15 years of donations. Culture House’s founders explain the power of giving a permanent home to a community’s heritage and hopesYou could probably walk right past Culture House without noticing it. Tucked away, just off the bustle of London’s Uxbridge Road, the building’s muted colours, simple sign and arched doorway give little away. Step inside, though, and you’ll soon be enticed by what is the UK’s first permanent exhibition and cultural space dedicated to Somali heritage.Officially opened last May, Culture House features a collection of over 150 artefacts, a rotating exhibition, poetry workshops and a digital archive. It has quickly developed a reputation as a hub for the UK’s Somali community, while drawing in curious visitors from outside the diaspora too. Non-profit group the Anti-Tribalism Movement, who lead the project, say the aim is to “celebrate, preserve and connect” Somali culture and comm...

Culture

3 h. ago ‘What reconciliation? What forgiveness?’: Syria’s deadly reckoning

Over a few brutal days in March, as sectarian violence and revenge killings tore through parts of Syria, two friends from different communities tried to find a way to surviveOn the night of 6 March, Munir, his wife and their two sons, both in their 20s, got no sleep. They huddled together in a small bedroom in their apartment as government troops and militiamen entered their neighbourhood of Qusour in the coastal city of Baniyas and went from house to house. The fighters seemed to be moving through the streets with little coordination. One house might get raided by five separate groups, while others were left untouched. “There was no plan,” Munir said, “just violence and looting.”The first question the fighters were asking when they stormed into an apartment was: “Are you a Sunni or an Alawite?” The answer decided the fate of the residents. Sunnis were spared – although in some cases their apartments were looted. When the raiders found an Alawite home, some stole what they...

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3 h. ago France has a massive debt crisis. So why is it spending billions a year subsidising business? | Alexander Hurst

The government is on the brink of collapse over planned austerity. Instead it must face up to the costs of its unnecessarily rigid labour marketAs someone who has always been against austerity, I find France, with a national debt at 114% of GDP and a budget deficit of 5.8% of GDP, a conundrum. Despite years of denunciation from his left and far-right opponents that Macron has engaged in “ultraneoliberalism”, there hasn’t been any. Not on a macro level, anyway, where both French government spending (57.3% of GDP) and tax receipts (51.4% of GDP) are among the highest in the world, including social spending, which outpaces any of its European neighbours.At the same time, it’s impossible to have spent the past decade in France without encountering the widely shared perception and accusation that public services are in decline. Doctors and nurses denounce a labour shortage in public hospitals; people who live in rural areas denounce the closing of rural train lines; students and academic...

Economics

3 h. ago Six of London’s best noodle spots, by Bao restaurateur Erchen Chang

Six of London’s best noodle spots, by Bao restaurateur Erchen Chang  Financial Times

Politics

3 h. ago 'Gorgeous' New Look trench coat our fashion team thinks will be an autumn sell out

The faux suede trench costs less than £50 but features a premium-looking material and is available in two autumnal brown shades

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5 h. ago Brit 'mum on the run' who was jailed after boasting about claiming UK benefits in Thailand returns home without son after being freed from hellish prison

Ellis Matthews, 32, was deported by Thai authorities after spending more than three months locked up in an overcrowded and squalid immigration prison with her son Cairo, 4.

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8 h. ago NHS Scotland crisis: 'Record number' of private hospital and clinic admissions in Scotland revealed

Private admissions reached a historic high of 13,195 in January to March.

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8 h. ago At least 45,000 sites in Wales could be contaminated with toxic waste, study says

Campaigners say only 82 sites have been fully examined and classified as contaminated, so scale of threat not knownResearch from Friends of the Earth Cymru has found that at least 45,000 sites across Wales could be contaminated with toxic waste but have never been adequately inspected, leaving communities and wildlife vulnerable to a potential environmental crisis.Despite Wales’s extensive industrial history, Tuesday’s publication found that due to a lack of funding and oversight, only 82 sites across the country have ever been fully examined and classified as contaminated, meaning the actual scale of the threat is unknown. Continue reading...

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8 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

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8 h. ago Surinder Arora working with Changi airport on Heathrow expansion plan

Arora Group and Heathrow’s owners both recently submitted plans to the Department for Transport for a third runway at the west London airport.

Society

9 h. ago Nicolas Jackson: Chelsea striker agrees Bayern Munich loan after Liam Delap injury sparks chaotic saga

Doubt was cast over the striker’s move away from west London after Liam Delap’s hamstring injury left Chelsea light in attack

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9 h. ago Man United seal Senne Lammens deal in bid to solve goalkeeping crisis

The Belgian goalkeeper arrives to provide competition against the error-prone Altay Bayindir and Andre Onana

Economics

10 h. ago Supercar owners' fury over missing Lamborghinis and Ferraris after celebrity car dealership faces crash into administration

Luxury vehicle dealership GVE London in Uxbridge, west London, submitted a Notice of Intention to Appoint Administrators (NOI) with the High Court at the end of last month.

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10 h. ago Liverpool sign Alexander Isak in British transfer record £125m deal from Newcastle

Isak signs six-year deal and ‘wants to create history’Deal for Crystal Palace’s Marc Guéhi falls throughLiverpool broke the British transfer record to sign Alexander Isak for £125m from Newcastle on deadline day but were foiled in an attempt to end a stunning window with a deal for Marc Guéhi.On a contrasting day for the Premier League champions, Isak underwent a medical on Merseyside before signing a six-year contract worth around £300,000 a week. Liverpool also stepped up efforts to sign the Crystal Palace captain, Guéhi, who had a medical in London in anticipation of joining Arne Slot’s side after Steve Parish, the Palace chair, accepted £35m plus £5m in add-ons for the defender. Continue reading...

Economics

10 h. ago London teacher banned from classroom after changing room voyeurism conviction

Christopher Arnold, who worked at a private school in south London, was placed on the sex offenders register

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11 h. ago High school football: Rouse QB London Morgan wins player of the week

High school football: Rouse QB London Morgan wins player of the week  Austin American-Statesman

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