Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Extinction Rebellion organiser Roger Hallam is charged with conspiring to cause a public nuisance An Extinction Rebellion co-founder has appeared in court charged with attempting to cause disruption at Heathrow airport using a drone. Roger Hallam, 53, who declared Heathrow expansion “a crime against humanity”, was arrested on Saturday. […]
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Image copyright Danny Lawson/PA Wire Image caption In Scarborough people flocked to the beach to enjoy Wednesday’s hot weather The UK is expecting its hottest day on record on Thursday, with temperatures of up to 39C (102.2F) forecast in southern and eastern England. The Met Office said there was a 60% chance of the current […]
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Roy scored 443 runs as an opener in England’s triumphant World Cup campaign, England v Ireland, one-off Test Venue: Lord’s Dates: 24-27 July Time: 11:00 BST Coverage: Ball-by-ball Test Match Special commentary on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra, Radio 4 LW, online, tablets, mobiles and BBC Sport app. Live text commentary on the BBC […]
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A group of London taxi drivers have joined together to celebrate the capital. boiler service greenwich Source link
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Image copyright Getty Images London Mayor Sadiq Khan has called for the power to introduce rent controls to help lower housing costs in the city. It is an idea that has been tried in many cities worldwide, but what is rent control and how does it work? What are rent controls? There are a number […]
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Image copyright Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe Image caption Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been detained in Iran since April 2016 Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian woman jailed in Iran for alleged spying, is now in a hospital psychiatric ward, her husband says. Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe, 40, was moved to the hospital in Tehran on Monday and is being held by the […]
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Kieran Tierney has won four league titles with Celtic Celtic have rejected a second bid, in the region of £25m, from Arsenal for Scotland left-back Kieran Tierney. The English Premier League club, who previously had an offer of £15m knocked back, had been optimistic a deal could be reached for the 22-year-old. Arsenal increased that […]
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A London restaurant has committed to running its business without single-use plastics. There are more than 15,000 restaurants in the city, and most are using a large amount of single-use plastics including cling film to cover food. Spring, which is based at Somerset House in Aldwych, has stopped using cling film and plastic straws and […]
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Image copyright Getty Images Dust from car brakes and tyres will still pollute city air even when the vehicle fleet has gone all-electric, a report has warned. Fragments of microplastics from tyres, road surfaces and brakes will also flow into rivers, and ultimately into the sea, government advisers say. Ministers say they want to pass […]
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Image copyright Reuters Deutsche Bank has made the first of the 18,000 job cuts announced on Sunday as part of a radical reorganisation. Staff working in share trading in London, New York and Tokyo were told that their jobs were going. In London, some staff stayed away from work after being told their passes would […]
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