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London travel update: Tube delays on Northern, Central, District, Elizabeth and Northern lines | UK News Passengers in London have been hit by severe delays after disruption across the TfL network. Service on the Tube and Overground was affected again today after disruption on Tuesday. Transport for London warned of severe delays on the Central, District and Elizabeth lines. There were also severe delays on the London Overground and severe delays on the Central line. Part of the Elizabeth line is currently suspended, affecting trains between Abbey Wood, Heathrow Airport and Reading, and it is causing minor delays on the…

Many of Wednesday’s newspapers focus on the Wikileaks founder Julian Assange – who agreed to a plea deal that has seen him set free. He is en route to his native Australia ending a years-long legal battle. 

Elsewhere, the betting scandal is also splashed on the papers as another Tory has been implicated in the scandal, and Labour has also found itself wrapped up in the political mess. 

Labour have been out and about spreading its election messaging in this morning’s newspaper briefings – convincing readers that the party has changed since 2019 and sharing plans of how they’ll improve the NHS. 

Many of the papers feature pictures of Harry Kane and England are through to the Round of 16 at the Euros – although the team’s performance has been widely panned for being flat and boring.

Chilling CCTV shows teens being sold fireworks they used to kill gran | UK News Shocking CCTV shows the moment two teenage yobs are sold fireworks that they later used to kill a grandmother by shoving them through her letterbox. Josephine Smith, 88, died in her bed after a Megaburst rocket exploded and set her home in Harold Wood, east London, ablaze in October 2021. Kai Cooper, then 18, and Callum Dunne, then just 15, were later convicted of manslaughter at the Old Bailey and locked up for more than eight years. Mrs Smith’s son Alan, 55, has now asked…

Londoners brace for tropical weather as heatwave continues in the UK | UK News Londoners are boiling in the grips of a mini-heatwave as warm weather is set to continue in large parts of the UK. If you’ve woken up groggy after a badly slept night, you’re not alone as London is taken over by a mini heatwave. Tuesday was the hottest day of the year so far in the UK, the Met Office said. Chertsey in Surrey reached 30°C, while mercury at Heathrow Airport hit 29.7°C on Tuesday. And there is more to come as daytime temperatures across the…

‘Nobody helped’ woman, 23, after she was assaulted on the tube | UK NewA woman who was kicked and verbally abused by a stranger on the tube says other passengers did nothing to help. Scarlett Owens, 23, was travelling from London to Liverpool on June 10, 2024, to meet up with her family, when the incident took place. She was sat on the Northern line when she claims a man got on and ‘booted’ her in the leg, completely out of the blue. She claims the man, who she has never seen before, started shouting at her but she wasn’t…

London Travel updates: Bakerloo, Jubilee, DLR and London Overground hit by closures and severe delays | UK News Here are all the service hit by disruption today on the Transport for London network. Bakerloo line – severe delays Severe delays due to an earlier fire alert at Queen’s Park and a points failure at Lambeth North. Tickets are being accepted on London Buses. Central line – minor delays Minor delays between Leytonstone and Hainault due to train cancellations. Good service on rest of the line. DLR -minor delays Minor delays between Canary Wharf and Stratford due to an earlier faulty…

This ‘rare’ private island could be yours for less than £100K Looking for a bit of peace and quiet? This private island could be exactly what you need. Found on the River Thames – near Bisham in Berkshire, to be specific – is the idyllic Temple Weir Island, up for sale for £75,000. All things considered, that’s not too bad for an entire private island. Measuring approximately 2,000 square feet (around the size of a family home), the space was previously used for mooring and private fishing and includes a small underwater sandbank. Bougie or what? Next door, there are…

Rush hour disruption at London station over fire alert and fallen tree | UK News A major London Underground station has been forced to close due to a fire alert. Commuters were forced to evacuate over a fire alarm at Liverpool Street, which has since reopened after being closed to passengers for about half an hour.

The hidden ‘Cotswolds of London’ is just 40 minutes from the centre From bustling city streets to towering skyscrapers, London isn’t necessarily synonymous with peace and quiet. But if you’re looking for a slice of the rural vibe while maintaining proximity to the city centre, the hidden ‘Cotswolds of London’ could provide the answer. Found in the northern area of Leytonstone in East London, Bushwood is named after the ancient woodland of the same name – and, as such, has gathered praise for its village-like feel. It’s little surprise that it gives off this aura, considering that historically, it was…

British Airways IT allocation failure leaves passengers ‘stranded on planes’ and ‘suffering panic attacks’

LEADERS’ SHOWDOWN General Election 2024 updates — Sun readers weigh in on Sunak & Keir Starmer as leaders grilled ahead of polling day SUN readers have weighed in on Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer’s pre-election grilling – with both leaders facing off on your key issues. The Labour chief and PM took on questions from Political Editor Harry Cole and our very own readers live from Sun HQ in London Bridge last night. Both candidates to be PM were pressed on a range of issues – but were particularly put to task on immigration and health. [https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/28286594/general-election-2024-nigel-farage-rishi-sunak-keir-starmer/page/2#liveblog-entry-28713023] ‘SNATCH HORROR’…

Tuesday’s front pages have a little more variety than what we’ve seen over the past few weeks – with other domestic topics away from the general election finding themselves as the lead story. 

The tabloids lead on the opening day of a trial of a man accused of plotting to kidnap, rape and murder TV presenter Holly Willoughby. Princess Anne’s accident at home – which has seen the 73-year-old taken to hospital, as well as England’s upcoming Euros match also make the front splash. 

Elsewhere, politics make up the rest of the front pages with the left-leaning newspapers picking up on comments that the IFS think tank has said Labour and Conservative plans to improve public services are “essentially unfunded.” The right-leaning papers offer up their scrutiny of Labour’s plans if they are elected to government on 4 July.

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange freed from London jail in US plea deal | UK News Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been released from prison in the UK as part of a plea deal with the US government. The 52-year-old – who came to the international spotlight in 2010 after publishing a series of leaks from US Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning – was today freed from the high security Belmarsh jail in London. For years, the US has argued that the hundreds of thousands of classified military documents – which disclosed information about the Iraq and Afghanistan wars – endangered lives. The…

Taylor Swift joined by Travis Kelce and 7 other chaotic moments from London Eras Tour We all knew Taylor Swift’s London shows for the Eras Tour were going to be epic but her three-night stint at Wembley was beyond our wildest dreams. From the Sir Paul McCartney dancing to But Daddy, I Love Him to Travis Kelce getting on stage in a top hat for a whole routine, it’s been one for the history books. The list of celebrities attending across the weekend was almost as long as the mammoth three-and-a-half-hour setlist and included actual royalty for Prince William’s birthday. Taylor…

This posh neighbourhood is actually the rowdiest place in London Of all of London’s boroughs, Kensington & Chelsea is perhaps the most la-di-da of them all. It is, after all, the neighbourhood that the Prince and Princess of Wales calls home, and it’s where you’ll find the Royal Albert Hall, the V&A and the fancy King’s Road. Houses are some of the most expensive here too, with the average home costing a cool £1,657,903. In fact, it’s official name is actually The Royal London Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, a title awarded by none other than Queen Victoria, in recognition…

Netflix’s ‘crazy’ new sci-fi series set in London is Jay Z approved Netflix’s brand new sci-fi series Supacell is so good that even Jay Z has been raving about it. From the mastermind of Blue Story director Rapman, the six-part drama is the first of its kind following a group of predominantly Black south Londoners who suddenly develop superpowers. Rather than saving the world, they’re utilising their newfound powers to advance their own lives. Think Heroes with a sprinkle of Misfits; Supacell offers a space for Black British characters in the sci-fi genre where they were once overlooked. Fans of…

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Queen of the London stage reigns supreme at spectacular West End Live It was in with the new and celebrating the old at West End Live this weekend in London’s Trafalgar Square. As a crowd of 35,000 cheered, the stage was stolen by the newbies performing for the first time at the festival-style stage in their huge new roles. Ultimately the show belonged to Zoe Birkett, the former Pop Idol contestant – who was explosive as the new Tina Turner just three days before she joins the sell-out stage show. There was no sign of first-timer nerves as she quickly…

First London borough to ban leaving e-bikes on pavements revealed | UK News Wandsworth council has become the first to ban e-bike riders from parking their vehicles in the middle of the street. The south London borough will enforce the ban once it has finished installing 111 parking bays across the area, including town centres such as Clapham Junction, Tooting Broadway, Tooting Bec, Wandsworth, Balham and Putney town. The scheme aims to end inconsiderate parking throughout the borough, which blocks pavements and has made certain streets ‘impassable’ for pedestrians. Parking bays will begin to be installed on June 20, with…

Editorial 24 June 2024. There’ll be little surprise that Monday’s front pages continue to be dominated by the upcoming general election. One of Monday’s popular focus points is the ongoing fallout from the Conservative Party election betting scandals. It’s a story mostly picked up the left-leaning newspapers, whilst the traditional right-leaning Conservative-supporting press leads on Labour – with stories around transgender legislation and fears of what a Labour government will do in power – especially if they end up with a ‘super majority’. Elsewhere, several front pages feature images of Scotland – who crashed out of the Euros yesterday, following…

Tabloids attack Independent candidates with being Anti Semitic to scupper the chances of Independents winning any seats.

Sunday Papers – ‘Starmer growth plan doomed without EU’ The Sunday newspapers continue to be dominated by the general election with Nigel Farage’s recent claims that the West provoked Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on several papers. Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, Farage – leader of Reform UK – has responded to the backlash. He says he is not and has never been an “apologist or supporter of Putin”. He goes on to write that he has been warning for 10 years that the West has played into President Vladimir Putin’s hands “giving him an excuse to do what he…

What I Own: We bought an ex-council property in Hackney for £400,000 Welcome back to What I Own – Metro’s property series where we speak to homeowners about getting on the ladder. For last week’s sister column, What I Rent, we visited 29-year-old Leila Davis and her wife Fleur in leafy South East London. Since moving in July 2019, they’ve transformed a tiny flat with next to no storage into a colourful dopamine dream, affectionately referred to as Casa de Modelei. This week, we’re over the river in East London, where 40-year-old James Barley and his 51-year-old partner David own a vibrant two-bedroom flat. Since buying…

Wembley Stadium train station closed for Taylor Swift’s Eras concerts Wembley Stadium train station will be closed over the weekend for the Taylor Swift Eras tour concerts to avoid overcrowding. The stadium in north-west London has capacity for 90,000 people, so it’s safe to say the area will be busy on Saturday and on Sunday. Wembley railway station is closest to the stadium, but fans will have to find other ways to travel there such as the Underground, after Chiltern Railways said its services will not stop at the stadium over the weekend. This is because Chiltern is already taking…

Taylor Swift put this kebab shop on the map — but is it actually worth the hype? Taylor Swift might have sang So Long, London but it seems the superstar isn’t done with the city just yet. She’s back, bringing her record-breaking Eras Tour to Wembley Stadium for an impressive eight shows this summer, kicking off on June 21. And while many might expect the singer to enjoy some of London’s finest food while she’s in town, she’s going to be tucking in to something a little different during the first leg. That’s because her team have placed an order…