The Metro – We’ll grab him by the roubles
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The Metro – We’ll grab him by the roubles
Boris Johnson has promised to turn Russia into a pariah state as he unveiled the “first barrage” of financial sanctions after Vladimir Putin sent troops into Ukraine, the Metro says. The paper features a picture of Boris Johnson and Vladimir Putin on the front page.
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Full list of London Underground lines closed this weekend
Some Tube lines will be partially closed or have reduced service over the weekend (Picture: Sinai Noor/REX/Shutterstock) The weekend is almost here and tens of thousands of Londoners are ready to make the most of it – despite the Arctic weather forecast. For many, it will involve travelling on the london Underground and the newly named Overground – maybe to a market in another borough or visiting friends. However, if you are planning to jump
Pensioner ‘beat wife with saucepan then strangled her over hookworm obsession’
Brian James, 81, is accused of murdering Carol James, also 81, at their bungalow in Bexleyheath, southeast london (Picture: Emily Manley) A pensioner hit his wife over the head with a saucepan before strangling her after becoming obsessed with the idea they were infected with the parasite hookworm, the Old Bailey has heard. Brian James, 81, is accused of murdering Carol James, also 81, at their bungalow in Bexleyheath, southeast London, last Friday, November 15.
80s pop icons’ former studio hits the market for £6,000,000
This £6,000,000 space was previously owned by The Pet Shop Boys (Picture: Rightmove) Nestled between Old Street and Clerkenwell, you’ll find an unassuming former warehouse tucked behind a walled courtyard. And yet, as with many places in london, there’s a hidden history here that doesn’t immediately reveal itself. After they found fame in the 1980s, popstars The Pet Shop Boys set up their recording studio here in White Lion Court on Garrett Street – and
Undercover flying squad taser gang trying to steal phones from London EE shop
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Step-by-step guide to surviving a nuclear attack and what happens after
Ten minutes warning, if that, is all the UK population would have to prepare for a nuclear attack. An intercontinental ballistic missile carrying a nuclear warhead would take only 20 minutes to travel from Russia to Britain before exploding with a force equivalent to 1,000,000 tons of dynamite. As Russia has updated its doctrine to lower the threshold for using nuclear weapons and British Storm Shadow missiles were fired into Russian territory for the first
First look at 20 new futuristic London buses with quilted seats and USB ports
London transport has just taken a step into the future of travel after a fleet of 20 new electric buses was launched. You would be excused for thinking that south London has got new trams after seeing the new electric vehicles rolled out by TfL today. They resemble the tram-like trolleybuses which were a familiar sight on London roads until they were phased out by the 1960s. But no, TfL hasn’t suddenly expanded the tram
