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TfL apologises after people smash windows to escape 'smoking tube' in south London

TikTok by @ub1ub2media (Image: TikTok by @ub1ub2media) TfL has issued a statement after tube passengers were forced to frantically smash windows to escape after "smoke" began to fill one of the trains.The situation sparked chaos as commuters on and off of the train were desperately smashing the windows with anything nearby to get those inside out at around 5.30pm on Friday (May 5).

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Passengers climb out of smashed windows at Tube station amid smoke emergency

Passengers climbed out of the smashed windows of a Tube train at Clapham Common station in London on Friday evening amid a fire alert.A video posted to social media shows a man with a hammer cracking one of the Northern Line tube windows to allow travellers trapped inside to get out, while other videos show smashed windows.

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Clapham Common: passengers smash windows to escape tube train amid fire alert

Passengers climbed out of the smashed windows of a tube train at Clapham Common station in London on Friday evening amid a fire alert.A video posted on social media shows a man with a hammer cracking one of the Northern Line tube windows to allow travellers trapped inside to get out, while other videos show smashed windows.

Time Out London

Vivian Oparah and David Jonsson talk 'Rye Lane', first dates and the magic of Peckham

As south-of-the-river as sun-kissed pint on Clapham Common and equally teeming in good vibes, 'Rye Lane' is our new big-screen happy place.A starburst of local colour, big LOLs, relatable first-date snafus and sharp observations around breaking up and healing, playlisted with a crate of '90s and MySpace-era bangers, the Peckham-set romantic-comedy is the perfect anecdote to all those posh London romcoms that look like they were conceived of in a branch of Foxtons.

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Panicked London Tube passengers forced to smash their way out of smoke-filled train

Panicked passengers on a London Tube were forced to smash their way out of a carriage on Friday evening after it filled with smoke.Video of the incident at Clapham Common underground station at around 5.45pm shows commuters many of whom would've been travelling home from work during rush hour bashing at the windows from inside.

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Three injured after gunman opens fire outside pub as police hunt suspect

Police responded to a shooting at The Belle Vue pub in Clapham Common. Three people were injured, two taken to a major trauma center, and one to the hospital.

Two men on a motorbike fired at bystanders in Clapham, crashing nearby and fleeing towards Brixton after dropping a shotgun. [ more ]

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Medical update after 11 people taken to hospital in Clapham chemical attack

Emergency services were called to an incident on Clapham Common South Side where an alkaline, corrosive substance was allegedly thrown at a mother and her two daughters.

Nine people were treated, with five taken to a major trauma center and three taken to a local hospital. [ more ]

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London tube passengers forced to smash train windows after 'fire' causes panic

London Underground passengers smash windows to escape amid 'fire' (Image: PA) Londoners using the city's tube system were forced frantically smash windows after smoke began filling one of the trains.The emergency sparked chaos as passengers tried to escape the dangerous situation through train windows.

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Tube passenger hysteria' as train windows smashed to escape smoke-filled' Northern Line carriage

T his is the terrifying moment Tube passengers kick out the windows of a rush hour carriage they thought was slowly filling up with smoke.Terrified Londoners burst out of the tube at Clapham Common at roughly 6pm on Friday.One brave man had to break the window with a hammer to allow people to kick their way to safety.

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Northern line could be extended to one of UK's busiest stations

A council is considering a possible extension of the Northern line to Clapham Junction (Image: PA) The Northern line could be extended to call at Britain's busiest station for interchanges.Wandsworth Council says it is considering a possible extension to the Northern line from Batttersea Power Station to Clapham Junction.

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A lighter side of life picture essay

I'd like to begin by misquoting the first line of Joseph Heller's Catch-22 It was love at first sight.The first time I saw a photograph by Elliott Erwitt I fell madly in love with him.I wasn't only drawn to Erwitt, I quickly discovered many other amazing reportage photographers too and I now realise that one of the things that I was drawn to was that their work didn't condemn the world, it celebrated it.

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Kids spotted playing on frozen Croydon pond just days after four boys die in lake

A warning at Sanderstead Pond after children were spotted playing on the ice (photo: Croydon Conservatives) Children were spotted playing on a frozen pond in Sanderstead just days after four young boys in Sollihull died after falling through ice into a lake.Croydon Council installed signs warning of thin ice in a bid to keep locals safe.

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Fears child will be hit before Clapham street is stopped from being a rat run

Residents of Lynette Avenue in Clapham.Left to Right: Bettina Michael-Winters, Jenny Treleaven, Henry Brigstocke and daughter, Lauren Mele and baby, Francois Gamaury.CREDIT: Robert Firth Clapham residents fear a child will be hit before officials ban speeding drivers from using their streets as a rat run.

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London bus strikes: Dates and which routes will be affected over Christmas?

L ondoners are set for yet more travel misery in the run up to Christmas following the news that bus drivers will go on strike from November 22. Almost 1,000 bus drivers employed by Abellio will strike on November 22, 25 and 26 and on December 1,2,3,9,10,16 and 17.The strikes will affect those who travel by bus in south and west London and could leave Heathrow terminals 4 and 5 without any daytime bus services.

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Sadiq Khan says New Met police chief Sir Mark Rowley must deliver changes to rebuild trust

T he new Met Commissioner was on Monday told to deliver a step change in his force's culture and effectiveness as Sadiq Khan warned that public trust in policing in the capital has plunged to a record low.

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Sarah Everard: Met Police stops prosecutions over vigil

T he Met Police has halted the prosecution of six protesters who attended the vigil for Sarah Everard.

BBC Sport

How a chance meeting made Liverpool's next star

During a regular training session at Balham FC in 2013, the club's founder and director, Greg Cruttwell, did something out of the ordinary.

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Met officers 'feared Sarah Everard vigil had become anti-police protest'

Attendees at Sarah Everard's vigil were arrested by police officers who feared the event had become an "anti-police protest", according to reports.

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