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Jenny Black, who also lives on the street, said: "I couldn't quite believe that this loud noise was resonating off the buildings here. The noise was so much louder than a normal car. "It was persistent so I came downstairs and asked the driver what he was doing. "He said the car had brought him here and that it was a driverless car."

London's bus passengers will be able to take unlimited journeys for the price of a single fare at weekends this summer, as Transport for London ( TfL) looks at ways of addressing a recent decline in bus ridership.

Services will begin calling at Cambridge South on Sunday 28 June, the Department for Transport said, with 1.8 million passengers expected annually. The DfT said the adjacent Biomedical Campus was forecast to contribute 18.2bn to the UK economy by 2050, with employees likely to double to 40,000, boosted in part by the new transport links. The station, the city's third, was supposed to open in 2025 but was delayed, partly due to the collapse of a contractor responsible for fitting out the electrics.

A signalling fault in the south-east London area has blocked all lines through Denmark Hill, causing widespread disruption across parts of the London transport network this morning. Network Rail said trains are being cancelled or revised, with major disruption expected to last until around 12:00 BST. The fault affects Thameslink, London Overground and Southeastern rail services. Network Rail is currently investigating the issue, which is believed to be caused by a power supply problem.

National Rail says disruption to trains in the Denmark Hill area will continue until 5pm when the service is expected to recover. All trains via Denmark Hill had been halted since 5am due to a signalling fault, but lines have since reopened. Some trains may still be cancelled or revised, National Rail has warned.

Heathrow's passenger numbers dipped by 5.3% last month, with the airport's chief executive citing the conflict in the Middle East as the main reason. The west London airport said about 6.7 million passengers travelled through Heathrow in April, compared with 7.1 million during the same month last year. Heathrow said the decline reflected "the ongoing impact of the Middle East conflict on some markets and shortterm adjustments to travel plans".

For a low-key weekend break in the UK, taking over a whole building via Airbnb is a brilliant option: lots of space to spread out in, no other guests to worry about and the chance to really live like a local. Before Airbnb was founded in 2008, tracking down a holiday home was much harder. Now it's almost too easy - there are millions of properties listed on the site - but search fatigue can be overwhelming.

Eagle-eyed sorts looking at Blackfriars Bridge in central London may notice something odd dangling from the middle - a bale of straw. It's there because repairs to the bridge are underway, and when the arches are open to river traffic but have a restricted height, mariners need to be warned. And for reasons long since lost to the mists of time, the preferred option is to dangle some straw or hay from the bridge. And although the bylaws governing the Thames are regularly updated, they keep clause 36.2 requiring the bale of straw to be intact every time, because why not?

Born in 1926 in suburban London, Attenborough collected fossils as a child, studied zoology at Cambridge, and got drafted into the Royal Navy in 1947. He had a career as a BBC manager before moving on-camera only after someone else got ill. He was already age 30 though wearing what looks like a Boy Scout uniform of khaki shirt, shorts and knee socks when in 1956, he wrestled a Burmese python into a burlap sack on TV.

MCR intends to bring one of Britain's most iconic buildings into public use through a hotel‑led, mixed‑use development that celebrates the BT Tower's rich heritage, complements Fitzrovia's historic character, and delivers meaningful placemaking and employment opportunities for the local community.

Sir John de Pulteney, a former Lord Mayor of London, built a fortified manor house in 1341. It looks like a castle, with its crenellated stone walls, but it was never intended as one. Over time, the house passed to the powerful Stafford family, who expanded it. That ended abruptly in 1521 when Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, was executed for treason, and Henry VIII promptly seized the estate.

The GLA's Safeguarded Wharves Review states that temporary use of a Safeguarded Wharf should only be allowed where they do not preclude reuse for waterborne freight-handling uses.

Averil Cameron is remembered not just for her intellect and knowledge, but also for her kindness and patience, which left a lasting impression on her students.

Across London's 32 boroughs, there are 1,817 council seats up for grabs. At the moment, Labour controls 21 of those boroughs but polling suggests that it could take a big hit this time around.

Visitors to the exhibition will be able to view the artwork from just feet away, revealing intricate details that are often impossible to take in from the Vatican's chapel ceiling.

A cuckoo was calling from the outskirts of a wood in south London a bare five miles from the Festival of Britain Exhibition on the South Bank. Various birds, including swifts and swallows, were observed, highlighting the rich avian life in the area.

The Mohammed VI Tower, inaugurated on April 23, 2026, in Salé, Morocco, rises 250 metres across 55 floors, making it the tallest building in Morocco and the third tallest in Africa.

The main surprise was particle pollution in the fan areas around the stadium. For a spectator attending a full day of events, their daily exposure would be more than doubled.

Skateboarding at the Southbank evolved organically, filling an empty void left when the arts complex was constructed. A community grew up, and although not always welcomed by the arty sorts, they've now secured their long-term future at the Southbank's undercroft.

The agent goes to work. Over the next 14 minutes, it opens 23 luxury hospitality websites. Two of them - Cheval Blanc Randheli and a discreet villa property in Turks - make it into the final recommendation.

The Ashmolean warmly welcomes this acquisition of a painting by one of the most important artists in the Western tradition, and we're so pleased that it will remain in the UK. We recognise the value of the Klesch Collection's commitment to lending works to public institutions.

'Rather than entering into a new contract with a named sponsor, we will now focus on a number of short-term creative partnerships that help us celebrate the seasons, major events and cultural moments in the capital.'

Charles laid flowers at the National 9/11 Memorial and the royal couple spoke with victims' relatives, first responders and local dignitaries before traveling to other events midway through a four-day diplomatic trip to the U.S. to mark 250 years of American independence.