8 h. ago When will Khan get a grip of Wimbledon Tube chaos? Tennis chiefs to hold crisis meeting over travel madness

Thousands of fans were held up by 'severe delays' yesterday with no service on the District Line between Parsons Green and Wimbledon.

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40 h. ago Wimbledon in chaos after AI line judge bungles call against Sonay Kartal's opponent

There was drama during the first set of Sonay Kartal's round of 16 clash with Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova at Wimbledon on Sunday as the electronic line calling system failed.

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48 h. ago Wimbledon chaos: Southfields Tube station ‘struggling to cope’ with tennis crowds as Lime bikes clog pavements

Southfields has seen extensive train delays at the station this week as well as piles of Lime bikes clogging pavements

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48 h. ago Wimbledon chaos: London Tube station ‘struggling to cope’ with tennis crowds as Lime bikes clog pavements

Southfields has seen extensive train delays at the station this week as well as piles of Lime bikes clogging pavements

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3 d. ago Abandoned Spanish village near Madrid is now a haven for dark tourists

El Alamin, a town built to house cotton and tobacco workers in the 1950s, was meant to be a utopia

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3 d. ago Hamas officials meet to discuss proposed Gaza ceasefire deal

Militant group said to want stronger guarantees of permanent end to war as Netanyahu prepares to meet Trump in USMiddle East crisis – live updatesHamas leaders are close to accepting a proposed deal for a ceasefire in Gaza but want stronger guarantees that any pause in hostilities would lead to a permanent end to the 20-month war, sources close to the group have said.Hamas officials met on Thursday in Istanbul to discuss the ceasefire proposals and later issued a statement confirming they were talking to other “Palestinian factions” before formally announcing a response. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Sadiq Khan told ‘get a grip’ of Wimbledon District Line delays

Sadiq Khan told ‘get a grip’ of Wimbledon District Line delays  The Times

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4 d. ago District line chaos an 'international embarrassment' after tennis fans hit by Tube disruption, says Wimbledon MP

Sections of the District Line track near Wimbledon are 130 years old and should be treated as a priority, a local MP has said

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6 d. ago Temperature records shatter as heatwave grips Europe and UK records hottest day of year

Public health warnings as heatwave raises concerns about impact of climate changeWhat you need to know about heatwavesThe French prime minister François Bayrou, who attended a government crisis meeting over the heatwave, was asked about the great difficulty of French schools to handle the heatwave.More than 1,350 schools across France were fully or partially closed on Tuesday as classrooms proved dangerously hot for children and teachers, amid anger from teaching unions. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Paris on red alert as Europe faces extreme heat with weather warnings across the continent

Public health warnings as heatwave raises concerns about impact of climate changeWhat you need to know about heatwavesThe French prime minister François Bayrou, who attended a government crisis meeting over the heatwave, was asked about the great difficulty of French schools to handle the heatwave.More than 1,350 schools across France were fully or partially closed on Tuesday as classrooms proved dangerously hot for children and teachers, amid anger from teaching unions. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago EU foreign ministers meet to discuss Ukraine, Russia and worsening crisis in Middle East – Europe live

Foreign affairs council discusses Ukraine after another night of heavy Russian attacks as Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits UKGerman foreign minister Johann Wadephul said today’s meeting was kicking off “a crucial week for security in Europe and the world,” with talks to be continued at the Nato and the EU summits later this week.He says European negotiators told Iran last Friday in Geneva that “a real prerequisite for resolving the conflict is that Iran is willing to negotiate directly with the US.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer update as PM issues warning ahead of crisis meeting

The PM will chair a meeting of Cobra, which holds sessions over matters of national emergency or major disruption

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2 w. ago 'We made a change after Covid that's let us quit our jobs to travel the world'

Ryan Losasso and Jade Beaty, 30, are now known as Live The Dash and travel across the world filming their exploits for their TikTok account, which is followed by 505,000 people

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer weighs UK response as Donald Trump threatens to bomb Iran

Prime Minister Keir Starmer chaired an emergency COBRA meeting on the UK response to the Middle East crisis as Donald Trump warned that 'Iran's got a lot of trouble'

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2 w. ago Only two years left of world’s carbon budget to meet 1.5C target, scientists warn

Breaching threshold would ramp up catastrophic weather events, further increasing human sufferingThe planet’s remaining carbon budget to meet the international target of 1.5C has just two years left at the current rate of emissions, scientists have warned, showing how deep into the climate crisis the world has fallen.Breaching the target would ramp up the extreme weather already devastating communities around the world. It would also require carbon dioxide to be sucked from the atmosphere in future to restore the stable climate in which the whole of civilisation developed over the past 10,000 years. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Keir Starmer to meet Donald Trump TODAY amid crisis talks over Middle East conflict

Keir Starmer also urged Brits in Israel to register their presence in the country as he issued a warning of the risks of the conflict between Iran and Israel escalating

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3 w. ago Tourists and locals at odds with each other in holiday hotspot

A housing crisis in popular cities has led to growing frustration about the proliferation of short-term rental apartments in city centres

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3 w. ago Spain cannot ignore ‘overtourism’ problems as 100 million visitors expected this year

A housing crisis in popular cities has led to growing frustration about the proliferation of short-term rental apartments in city centres

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3 w. ago Italy blasted for 'ridiculous' new cabin rule on planes as passengers ask 'how is this okay?'

Italy has made a major rule change that's set to make air travel much more pet-friendly.

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4 w. ago Four European countries 'outraged' over new airline luggage rules passed by EU

Last week, the Council of Europe made two major decisions on the future of commercial air travel. The first was on compensation rights, and the second related to free hand luggage

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