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Bailiffs threat for driver in TfL congestion charge error

EXCLUSIVE: Howard Colin, 26, from Cardiff, who has never driven his car in London, received the penalty charge notices after cameras misrecognised one of the letters on his registration.




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Bus passengers mock TFL over new announcement

Londoners are getting riled up about the latest TfL announcements which inform travellers that their bus is about to move, but often only once the bus is already travelling away from the stop.




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Tube passenger launches into a rant about 'foreigners'

Police are investigating a hate crime after a commuter on the Tube was filmed hurling racist abuse at another passenger.




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Black cabs close London Bridge to traffic

The massive demonstration saw cabbies flock to the London Bridge this evening — causing significant disruption to commuters in the capital.




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London Tube passenger abused and kicked woman in stomach

The mother, in her thirties, was targeted after getting on an eastbound Central line train from Oxford Circus with her two children, aged between two and five.




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Two teenage DLR train surfers didn’t know it was illegal

Serial train surfer Harris Ahmed, 18, and a 16 year-old-boy who cannot be named for legal reasons, rode on top of the DLR train between Limehouse and Canning Town stations in east London.




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Tube commuter 'pulled under carriage' at Notting Hill Gate

Fellow rush hour commuters at Notting Hill Gate reported hearing the woman yelling 'help me' after ending up under the carriage. The London station has been closed after the incident.




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Passenger stabbed on Tube after fight at London Bridge

The altercation is believed to have broken out after two people got into an argument on a train, before it spilled out onto the platform at London Bridge.




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London Tube passenger caught demanding a blind man move

Amit Patel, 37, who suddenly lost his sight five years ago from a haemorrhage behind his eyes, was confronted by an irate commuter on an escalator at London Bridge on Tuesday (pictured).




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TFL condemn bus surfing after Archway picture emerges

This shocking footage shows two reckless children who risked their lives by hanging off the back of a moving London bus.




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Commuter claims she pulled emergency lever to stop abuse

A passenger who was caught on video pulling an emergency lever on a London Tube during a furious row claims she did it because she was being racially abused.




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London Tube is evacuated as 'carriage fills with smoke'

The incident happened on the Tube at Mansion House station at 7.30am. Passengers were ordered off the westbound train and it has sparked major delays on the Circle and District line. File photo.




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Parsons Green bomber lied about age to stay in Britain, rules judge

Ahmed Hassan claimed he was a 16-year-old orphan when he entered the UK illegally three years ago and applied for asylum. The case raises concerns over how many terrorists are using the loophole.




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Tube passengers save men who fall onto tracks at Green Park

The shocking footage shows the two men grappling with each other just inches away from the tracks at London's Green Park station at around 1am on Sunday.




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Woman's fingers trapped in brand new Elizabeth Line train door

A woman had to be rescued after she got her fingers caught in the door of a brand new Elizabeth Line train in east London. The passenger was forced to stay on board the train for three stops.




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Drunk man's rant at Polish train passenger drinking beer

A witness began recording the vile race rant when a suited passenger, who admitted he had previously been drinking, began ranting a foreign man for drinking a beer on the train to Essex from London.




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London bus driver's racist road rage rant at van driver

Shocking footage shows the Transport for London worker (pictured) threatening the other man, who is sat in a van, as they shout at each other on a busy main road in the capital.




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Uber wins stay of execution as judge grants a 15-month licence 

Uber has won a partial victory at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in getting its London operating licence renewed following safety concerns, with a judge granting a 15-month permit.




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Furious London commuters slam 12-YEAR wait to get air conditioning

Commuters have been suffering in recent weeks as the capital battles through a heatwave that has seen temperatures approach 104F (40C) on the Underground.




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Poor puppy named George left on London Tube in soaring temperature

A tiny dog abandoned on the tube in soaring heatwave temperatures is now looking for a loving new home. The poor Chihuahua cross - now named George Michael - was scared and confused.




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Police hunt London Tube passenger 'who threatened mother and baby'

Police are hunting a woman who allegedly launched a verbal attack on a mother with a pram and threatened her - because her young child accidentally kicked her on the Central Line.




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Tube passenger hunted over knife threat to mother and baby revealed

Millicent Barnes, from South London, was said to have launched a furious verbal attack on a family, including a one-year-old child, before implying she had a weapon on a Central Line train.




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Baby-on-board badge- when is too early? Mum-to-be sparks lively debate

A mother-to-be from London has sparked a lively debate on Mumsnet after asking whether it is too early to wear Transport For London's 'baby on board' badge at six weeks pregnant.




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London Victoria station evacuated as commuters get 'trapped on platforms'

Thousands of commuters were left angry and stranded amid chaotic scenes in London this morning, as travellers complained of being trapped in Victoria station.




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London Tube passenger sparks outrage in blackface for Halloween

The man, said to have been from Bulgaria, on the Central Line in London appeared to have dressed up as Samuel L Jackson’s character Jules Winnfield from the 1994 film Pulp Fiction.




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Vintage images show construction of 55 Broadway London Underground HQ

Astounding black and white images from 1928 show 'human flies' hanging off the construction site for 55 Broadway - the London Underground headquarters near St James's Park.




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Sadiq Khan's bike bridge branded a 'vanity project' as estimated cost 'doubles to £400 million'

Transport for London has already spent £11.6million on Sadiq Khan's proposed bridge linking Canary Wharf with Rotherhithe in East London, but there are fears too few people would use it.




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TfL forced to apologise after woman fined for not paying congestion charge after miscarriage

Cairis Hickey told Transport for London she would pay the £11.50 fee for travelling through the city centre the following day as she got home late. But she suffered a miscarriage and forgot.




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Suspected fare dodger slaps London Tube worker in the face 'forcing his way through the barriers'

British Transport Police have released shocking CCTV footage of an attack that took place on a member of TFL in Bounds Green station after he challenged a man dodging the fare..




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Bus passenger hit with TFL fine and criminal record after iPhone died

Jemima Kelly tapped in on a London bus in October using Apple Pay on her phone to pay for the £1.50 ticket between zone one and two. Her phone died and she was charged £476.




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East London fare-dodger flees from police after being spotted carrying a Samurai sword

New Channel 5 series 'Fare Dodgers: At War With The Law' shows a man, from the UK, fleeing from police after he's spotted by London Bus revenue inspectors carrying a Samurai sword.




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SUV driver is spotted driving along dual carriageway on the WRONG side

Footage captures the terrifying incident close to the ExCeL centre in Canning Town, East London.




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Fare dodger is confronted after she tried to use her pensioner father's Freedom Pass to travel

In shocking scenes set to air tonight in Channel 5's Fare Dodgers: At War with the Law, the officers Karen and Peter work with British Transport Police in a sting operation at East Ham station.




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Driver with indecent child images caution was among 43 Uber workers who faked IDs to get fares

The ride-hailing firm was stripped of its licence to operate in London yesterday after Transport for London found 14,000 rides had been provided by drivers using bogus identification.




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Ex-London mayor Ken Livingstone in angry Tube row after getting his foot stuck in a train door

Mr Livingstone, whose former role saw him in charge of the London Underground, held up a service for two minutes at Willesden Junction in north west London this morning.




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Maria Sharapova announces her retirement at the age of 32 after five Grand Slam titles

Maria Sharapova has announced her retirement from tennis after winning five Grand Slam titles during her career. She has announced she will be quitting tennis in an interview with Vanity Fair.




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La Traviata review: It's time for a change from the Royal Opera House

Richard Eyre's take on La Traviata celebrates its 25th birthday with performances through until late March, with four different Alfredos seducing five different Violettas.




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Alice's Adventures Under Ground review: Gerald Barry's opera will delight audiences of all ages

Hats off to the little-known Irish composer Gerald Barry, whose late-flowering career (he's almost as old as me!) has produced a generally joyous take on Lewis Carroll's oeuvre to his own libretto.




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Maurizio Pollini album review: There is no surer way of appreciating Beethoven's genius than this

Hats off to Deutsche Grammophon. Not only is it the producer of the finest complete Beethoven set in this, his 250th anniversary year.




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Hillary Clinton campaign chief Robby Mook whacks Trump for claims US election is 'rigged'

Assailing Trump, Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook said, 'This is what losers do. And we're not even going to give it any credit by amplifying it. It's not true. The system is not rigged.'




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Hillary Clinton gets NINE point lead over Trump in poll ahead of Las Vegas showdown

Hillary Clinton has swiped a chunk of Donald Trump's voters, a poll showed Wednesday, just hours before the candidates go head-to-head in the third and final presidential debate.




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Hillary Clinton edges back with a three-point lead a week after the FBI bombshell

Hillary Clinton has a three-point lead over Donald Trump at 47 points to 44, according to an ABC News/Washington post poll. Earlier this week Clinton had slipped behind Trump for the first time.




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Florida polls are tight but Democrats think they have edge in early voting

Things couldn't be tighter in 'Florida, Florida, Florida,' as the late Tim Russert coined it in 2000, with the Sunshine State looking to be the make-or-break it state for Republican Donald Trump.




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Hillary Clinton pledges to 'make history together' while Donald Trump blasts 'political establishment' 

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump released their final campaign ads on Monday night ahead of America going to the polls on Tuesday. The videos are remarkably different from one another.




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US election pollsters get predictions wrong by underestimating white turnout in rural areas

Until the eleventh hour predictions were that Hillary had an 85 percent chance of winning the election. Even Tuesday's exit poll had Clinton winning almost everywhere at 5 p.m.




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Fox News' Megyn Kelly encourages America to 'get behind' Donald Trump

Megyn Kelly encouraged Americans to say a prayer for Donald Trump on Wednesday morning while appearing in Live With Kelly, while also revealing that she thought Clinton would win early.




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YouGov poll finds that 80 per cent of voters believe coverage of the election was biased

In the aftermath of the presidential election, most voters believe the media coverage of the campaign was biased, particularly leaning in favor of Clinton, according to a new poll.




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Russia's Facebook ads used image of black woman with gun

One of the Russian-bought Facebook ads showed imagery of a black woman 'dry firing' a rifle, which was indicative of the 'divisive social and political messages' used in the campaign.




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Republic of Ireland 3-1 Bulgaria: Browne, Long and Collins on target in friendly win

CRAIG HOPE: For a country who have long since struggled for goalscorers, to unearth three news ones made this friendly entirely worthwhile for Mick McCarthy's men.




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Aaron Connolly is poised to feature in Ireland's Euro 2020 game against Georgia 

McCarthy laughed at mention of Connolly's name as a ocal journalist asked if the striker would be starting at the Dinamo Stadium on Saturday. 'Well I'm not going to tell you the team,' he returned.