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The new Map shows which London which London Underground stations are faster to walk than to tube Most of central London’s tube stops are less than a 10-minute walk from one another in the central zone. A new map shows which London Underground stations are faster to walk than to tube and we have broken it down for you. So when you are heading out for a day out in the capital, Londoners usually always ride the tube, hop on a bus or book an Uber. But is that actually the most efficient way of travelling around London? The tube,…

Monster pickup trucks accelerate into Europe as sales rise despite safety fears A Dodge Ram 1500 is bigger than a Panzer I tank and campaigners say heavy trucks are ‘lethal’ in collisions. The engines rev, the guitars thrum and a gruff narrator lays out why the vehicle occupying the driveway is more than just a machine. “A truck is a tool,” he says, “but a Ram – a Ram is life.” So begins an advert for the Ram 1500, a pickup truck slightly bigger than the Panzer I tanks of Nazi Germany and almost as heavy. It is growing in…

‘Cheer up, you caught the bad guy,’ says killer Virginia McCullough as she is arrested for murdering her parents A woman who murdered her parents “in cold blood” before hiding them in makeshift tombs for four years told officers to “cheer up, you caught the bad guy” as she was arrested in her home. Virginia McCullough, 36, poisoned her father John McCullough, 70, with prescription medication and fatally stabbed her mother Lois McCullough, 71, shortly afterwards in 2019. She ran up large debts on credit cards in her parents’ names and after their deaths, she continued to spend their pensions until she…

UK leader Keir Starmer is marking 100 days in office. It has been a rocky ride British Prime Minister Keir Starmer marks 100 days in office Saturday with little cause for celebration. Starmer’s centre-left Labour Party was elected by a landslide on July 4, sweeping back to power after 14 years. But after weeks of stories about feuding, freebies and fiscal gloom, polls suggest Starmer’s personal approval rating has plummeted, and Labour is only slightly more popular than a Conservative Party that was rejected by voters after years of infighting and scandal. “You couldn’t really have imagined a worse start,”…

Starmer risks ministerial rift with slap down of transport secretary after £1bn investment loss Keir Starmer has risked deepening a rift in his own government after he used an interview with the BBC to criticise his transport secretary Louise Haigh. The prime minister appeared on the BBC News Newscast podcast with Adam Fleming and Chris Mason, where he was pressed on Ms Haigh’s comments to ITV earlier this week where she suggested a boycott of P&O ferries. The transport secretary had been discussing widespread anger with the ferry company over its decision to fire and rehire 800 employees to save…

‘Cock up not conspiracy!’ – Inside the downfall of James Cleverly At about 2.30pm yesterday James Cleverly was with his entourage talking to representatives of the Girl Guides who had a stall for the day in Portcullis House on the parliamentary estate. He seemed relaxed and confident just a like man destined to go through to the final round of the Tory leadership contest. But already things were going badly wrong for the former home secretary. An hour later Bob Blackman, chairman of the Tory backbench 1922 committee, announced that he had been eliminated from the contest. It led to…

UK could send British troops to Ukraine to train soldiers Military chiefs are considering sending British troops to Ukraine to train soldiers and boost Kyiv’s recruitment efforts, it has emerged. Ministry of Defence (MoD) sources confirmed to The Independent that discussions are ongoing about whether to send troops to the country to support it amid Russia’s ongoing invasion. There is already a small number of British medical personnel in Ukraine, delivering training and mentoring to the country’s armed forces. And, under plans being discussed, small groups of military trainers would travel to secluded locations in the west of the country…

Picasso’s ‘Motherhood’ covered with picture of Palestinian mother and child in Gaza protest Two members of the British civil resistance group Youth Demand have been arrested after they pasted a photo of a mother and child from Gaza over Pablo Picasso’s painting Motherhood at the National Gallery on 9 October to protest arms sales to Israel. The activists who put the photo on the protective glass of Picasso’s 1901 work and dumped red paint on the floor were National Health Services worker Jai Halai, 23, and Politics and International Relations student Monday-Malachi Rosenfeld, 21. The photo they used was taken…

Labour’s support slides under 30% as angry older voters turn from Starmer to Farage and the Tories – poll Labour’s vote share since winning power has continued its dramatic slide to less than 30 per cent after voters aged 55 and over abandoned Keir Starmer’s party, new polling has revealed. The Techne UK weekly tracker poll for The Independent has registered support for Labour falling to 29 per cent down five points from the election and two points below last week. But with the Tories still undecided on a new leader, they failed to capitalise on Labour’s loss of popularity…

UK economy returns to growth in August after two stagnant months The UK economy grew in August after two months of being flat, the latest official figures show. Gross domestic product (GDP) has recorded a 0.2 per cent growth in August, an increase on no growth in June and July, figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said. While growth was already forecast in economic predictions, it will come as a boost for new Chancellor Rachel Reeves ahead of the autumn budget at the end of October. But ONS warned that the “broader picture” still reflects one of “slowing…

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UK weather today: Rather cloudy and breezy across much of Scotland and perhaps the far north of Northern Ireland today, with outbreaks of rain moving eastwards. Largely dry elsewhere, with sunny spells, especially across the south. Rather cold, but the sunshine compensating somewhat. Tonight: Rain across Scotland and Northern Ireland becoming more widespread through the night, although far north clearer with the odd wintry shower. Largely dry but chilly elsewhere, with a patchy frost. Source: Met Office

Today’s news summary – Paper Talk If you are someone who reads every perspective of a story, here is a news summary of all of today’s front pages from today’s newspapers; summarised in a 2-minute read

Today’s news summary – Paper Talk If you are someone who reads every perspective of a story, here is a news summary of all of today’s front pages from today’s newspapers; summarised in a 2-minute read

Today’s news summary – Paper Talk If you are someone who reads every perspective of a story, here is a news summary of all of today’s front pages from today’s newspapers; summarised in a 2-minute read

Today’s news summary – Paper Talk If you are someone who reads every perspective of a story, here is a news summary of all of today’s front pages from today’s newspapers; summarised in a 2-minute read

Today’s news summary – Paper Talk If you are someone who reads every perspective of a story, here is a news summary of all of today’s front pages from today’s newspapers; summarised in a 2-minute read

Today’s news summary – Paper Talk If you are someone who reads every perspective of a story, here is a news summary of all of today’s front pages from today’s newspapers; summarised in a 2-minute read

Friday’s headlines continue to be dominated by domestic politics, with much of the coverage lent to the Employment Rights Bill and the chancellor’s tax hike plan.
Princess Kate leads many of the tabloids as she returns to work following her cancer treatment. Pictures of the Princess of Wales are splashed on the front of many publications this morning.
In international coverage, a few front pages feature pictures of the devastation in Florida following the recent hurricane. Elsewhere, the latest from the Middle East conflict also finds space on today’s front pages.

Councillor who oversaw Grenfell works donated to Badenoch’s Tory leadership bid Survivor of blaze which killed 72 ‘disgusted’ Quentin Marshall gave £5,000 to candidate promoting deregulation. One of Kemi Badenoch’s Tory leadership campaign funders is a councillor who had oversight of Grenfell Tower and dismissed some residents’ complaints about the pre-fire refurbishment as “grossly exaggerated”. One survivor of the blaze that killed 72 people said he was “disgusted” that Quentin Marshall, a senior politician at the Conservative-controlled Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) which owned the block, has given £5,000 to the current shadow housing secretary to help her…

Boris Johnson defends Donald Trump over 6 January Capitol riots and Ukraine claims Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inboxGet our free View from Westminster emailBoris Johnson has mounted a defence of Donald Trump’s role in the Capitol riots, insisting the former president did not intend to “overthrow the constitution”.The former prime minister claimed what happened was “the peaceful transfer of democratic power from one administration to another”.And, asked about Mr Trump’s repeated claims that Russia would not have invaded Ukraine had he remained in the White House, Mr Johnson said it…

Neighbour’s tribute to ‘truly lovely couple’ found shot dead alongside dog Neighbours of a “lovely” married couple are still reeling after they were both found shot dead alongside their beloved cocker spaniel. Locals reported not seeing their blinds open and called their daughter who reportedly went into their semi-detached home in a quiet suburb of Cardiff to find the bodies of Stephen Jefferies, 74, and his wife Christine, 72 and their pet May. South Wales Police confirmed the recovery of a rifle from the killings adding they weren’t looking for anyone else in connection with the deaths that have rocked…

Luton Airport car park blaze could have been limited by sprinkler system A huge fire that broke out inside a multi-storey car park at Luton Airport which destroyed 1,352 vehicles could have been put out faster if a sprinkler system had been installed. A report into the incident, which saw 100 firefighters tackling the blaze with four of them suffering injuries, concluded that while a sprinkler system was not mandatory, it would have helped contain the fire. Bedfordshire Fire & Rescue Service were alerted shortly before 9pm on 10 October 2023, after “light smoke” began to emerge from a red…

UK politics live: Boris Johnson tries to defend £350m bus as he is quizzed over Brexit ‘betrayal’ Cleverly knocked out in huge Tory leadership shock to set up Badenoch and Jenrick clash Boris Johnson has tried to defend his infamous Brexit campaign bus that claimed Britain paid £350m a week to the EU. Speaking at his book launch event for his new memoir, Unleashed, the former prime minister was questioned about “the big bullsh***ing bus”, to which he responded: “That’s what other people call it.” He added: “The £350m bus the whole point of that was it was 100% accurate,…

Kate and William meet families of Southport victims in first joint engagement since end of cancer treatment The Prince and Princess of Wales have made their first joint public appearance since Kate finished cancer treatment, as they met the bereaved families of the Southport knife attack on Thursday. Kate and William spent 90 minutes chatting privately with them after making an unannounced visit to the town. At an undisclosed location, the couple privately met the families of Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Alice Dasilva Aguiar, nine – all fatally stabbed during a Taylor Swift-themed dance class on…