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  • New dual strike threatens Tube

    A new coordinated strike by train drivers of two unions threatens to disrupt the lives of millions of commuters. Both Aslef and the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) unions are balloting their members, claiming that industrial relations with Tube bosses

  • High price of school's hunt for mystery intruder

    A MYSTERY intruder who forced pupils to miss a week of crucial classes has cost a school "tens of thousands of pounds". Life at Crofton School is getting back to normal, more than a week after it was closed following reports a man had set up home in

  • Lawyer murder: witness descriptions issued

    Detectives hunting the killers of a young City lawyer stabbed to death yards from his Willesden home have issued descriptions of witnesses they want to trace. Last Thursday night two youths viciously kept stabbing Tom ap Rhys Pryce, 31, even after they

  • Passenger flights ‘vital’ for Biggin Hill

    Biggin Hill airport chiefs have put the final touches to a plan they say is vital to its future. They claim the final draft of the Biggin Hill Airport Master Plan, which covers the next 30 years and was released on January 13, answers concerns raised

  • OAP in scuffle with GP

    A PENSIONER has been banned from seeing a doctor after a confrontation over his wife's condition. Retired taxi driver George Ashman says he wanted to ask Dr Peter Fish why he had prescribed his wife anti- depression medicine when she actually had a

  • Man arrested over July 21 attacks

    Police hunting those behind the failed London bombings of July 21 have arrested a 27-year-old man in west London. Anti-terrorists officers detained the man in Kensington Church Street, Kensington, just before noon yesterday. He is being questioned at

  • Deal reached in Tube strike row

    A Tube dispute, which caused two strikes, could be settled after a new deal has been reached. More than 4,000 station staff will vote on the proposal agreed after five days of talks. The Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union said plans to implement

  • New London transport boss appointed

    The man who has transformed London's bus services has been appointed as the city's new transport commissioner. Peter Hendy, Transport for London's chief of surface transport, will replace American Bob Kiley, 70, at the end of the month, London mayor