Image copyright PA Media Image caption Sir Rod Stewart and wife Penny Lancaster Sir Rod Stewart has been given the all-clear after being diagnosed with prostate cancer. The rock legend made the revelation at a fundraising event on Saturday. “No one knows this, but I thought this was about time I told everybody. I’m in […]
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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. blocked drains blackheath Source link
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The 4G service should help passengers get the latest travel information while on the go Passengers will be able to make calls and go online anywhere on the London Underground by the mid-2020s. Transport for London (TfL) has announced plans for mobile users to have 4G access across the […]
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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. Richard Ratcliffe said his wife was being held by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard in a Tehran hospital and […]
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Kieran Tierney (right) 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 had previously had an offer of £15m turned down, had been optimistic a deal could be reached for the 22-year-old. On […]
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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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