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London Mayor rides first Night Tube
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, was aboard the first Night Tube as the service launched in the city.
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It was mocked as the latest martyrdom of St Jeremy of Corbyn: the Labour leader sitting on the filthy floor of a rammed London to Newcastle train for three hours. Why hadn’t his staff booked him a seat, since the hustings he was attending were long-planned? Look, the man who wants to run a country can’t run his own diary
Southern Rail trains are literally falling apart, right on top of us!
London commuters were given a shock this morning when the ceiling of a�Southern Rail train carriage collapsed between Purley Oaks and South Croydon, south London yesterday morning.
'Callous' theft of disabled drivers' blue badges trebles
Thousands of people are stealing disabled drivers’ blue badges, with the number of cases trebling in the past three years.
Gatwick Airport passengers experience longest delays in the UK, BBC reveals
… analysed aviation data and the routes and airports where customers … The investigation found that Gatwick Airport passengers experienced the longest delay … including numerous air traffic control strikes across European airspace, impacting the airport’s …
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- Essex dilemmaLarge container ships passing close to the site of a historically significant shipwreck have caused its condition to deteriorate rapidly in the last year, divers say.
- Low-cost underwater drone explores SS Tahoe shipwreckAn underwater drone has been developed which aims to make exploration more affordable and accessible.
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- First world war wreck gets virtual restoration off coast of YorkshireHMS Falmouth, veteran of the Battle of Jutland, recreated digitally as 3D image superimposed above present state of wreckThe original appearance of a ship from the Battle of Jutland has been recreated, superimposed on the wreck that still lies on the seabed off the Yorkshire coast where the ship finally sank after being hit by German torpedoes for a third time.The warship HMS Falmouth is the only substantial wreck of a Royal Navy ship from the battle still lying in English waters. The ship has been recreated digitally by Historic England as a 3D image strikingly superimposed above its present ...
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