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A man has died after entering the Thames River in London amid freezing temperatures of -3C.The body of the deceased, who has not yet been named, was recovered at 9.25pm on Tuesday night, police have confirmed.Passersby raised the alarm at 5.33pm after spotting him entering the river.Officers attended and carried out a search with support from the Met's Marine Policing Unit, City of London Police and the RNLI.

Britain's railway services are being decimated by strike action on Tuesday and Wednesday.Half of all lines are closed and trains are only operating between 7.30am and 6.30pm.Here is a breakdown of each operator's plan for strike days:  Avanti West Coast There is one train per hour in both directions between London Euston and each of Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester and Preston.

Rail passengers face major disruption over Christmas as Network Rail carries out 300 engineering projects.The Government-owned infrastructure management company said more than 95% of the network will be open but urged travellers to plan their journeys in advance.London Liverpool Street will be closed between Christmas Day and January 2 for work including bridge reconstruction and track maintenance.

T he mayor of London has remembered the victims of the London Bridge terror attack on its six-year anniversary.Sadiq Khan said he is proud of how Londoners continue to stand united against hate and vowed to ensure no stone is left unturned in building a safer London for everyone.Eight people were killed and 48 injured on June 3 2017 when terrorists ploughed into pedestrians in a hired van then ran amok with 12-inch knives.

J ust Stop Oil demonstrators caused disruption at four major bridges in the capital on Tuesday afternoon in their latest protest action.Metropolitan Police officers moved the protesters off Waterloo Bridge, Tower Bridge, London Bridge and Blackfriars Bridge at around 5pm.The force said it was not aware of any arrests and that it had quickly cleared London Bridge, Blackfriars Bridge and Waterloo Bridge.

Lead image: The Bussey Building Rooftop Bar Nine Lives, London Bridge Tucked beside London Bridge's arches you'll find Nine Lives, an inviting neighbourhood bar that has transformed its outside seating area into something that is more sunny Cali vibes than grey London town vibes.Dubbed Nine Lives Alley, the bar's outside bit is cobbled and pedestrianised, so head down for cocktails and tacos from the bar's resident street food kitchen Tigre Tacos.

Members of Aslef union and the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) at various train operators are walking out in long-running disputes today (May 12) and tomorrow respectively.Rail minister Huw Merriman has urged the two unions to put the UK Government's fair and reasonable pay offer to its members in a bid to avert further strikes.

Despite Bexley getting classed as a London borough in 1965, some Crayford residents maintain living on the fringe is very different to inner-city life and they feel like tourists when they travel to the centre.Dupwe Oni, 50, has run People's Launderette in Crayford for the past 20 years.The business owner said that Central London is such a different ballgame to outer areas such as Crayford that she doesn't feel like she really lives in the city.

Just one quick thing before I begin: the best place to live is objectively London.But it appears The Sunday Times have other ideas after considering things like house prices (bore off), so we had no chance.Anyway!They chose a winner, and that winner is Wadhurst in East Sussex, which, we'll admit, does look fairly nice.

Protesters threw green paint at the Telegraph's offices in Victoria, and unveiled banners reading: Tell the truth.The group also targeted News UK's building in London Bridge, home of the Sun newspaper, and the offices of the Daily Mail in Kensington with green paint.It said it had taken the action because it believed the outlets did not cover the climate crisis sufficiently.

A convicted murderer who tackled the Fishmongers' Hall terror attacker is among those being recognised for their bravery.Steven Gallant was one of four men who confronted convicted terrorist Usman Khan until armed police arrived at the scene in November 2019.Khan, who had two large knives and a fake suicide belt, stabbed Cambridge graduates Jack Merritt, 25, and Saskia Jones, 23, and injured three other people before running on to London Bridge.

But economists warned the walkout on Wednesday combined with the first of two days of teachers' strikes left many workers stuck and home and will deliver a 170m blow to the capital's economy.There were extraordinary scenes at Tottenham Court Road station, where thousands of rush-hour passengers were forced to queue in tunnels for Elizabeth line trains.

A derelict set of railway arches that was once home to one of London's finest wine and spirits merchants has been restored as part of a £3m investment.Situated next to London Bridge station, the arches hosted Findlater, Mackie and Todd, a shop first opened in 1863 where it remained for more than a century.

Redditor magulagie has created the ultimate London sightseeing map for tourists in a hurry.Just a shade over five miles long on the map, it takes in a ton of London's most iconic features, and if you avoid going inside any of the places you pass, it'll only take about two hours!Perfect for ticking a lot of London tourist map boxes, filling up that Instagram story, or just getting your bearings on foot at the beginning of a trip full of London sightseeing.

The Candlelight series is returning to stunning venues across the city of London this year.London audiences are invited to sit back and relax in an atmospheric setting while listening to talented musicians.From classical renditions of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake to Taylor Swift's greatest hits, there is something to suit everyone.

P assengers are at risk of getting injured or killed because of the overcrowding chaos at London Bridge station, a prominent MP warned the Government on Thursday.Sir Bob Neill, Tory MP for Bromley and Chislehurst, said delays on Southeastern services - in the light of controversial timetable changes in December - and failures on Network Rail infrastructure were causing chaos.

London's Trafalgar Square is a popular tourist destination, but there's one secret landmark in the Square that many don't know about.(Image: Canva/PA) London has endless amounts of historic landmarks, from Buckingham Palace, London Bridge, The Tower of London and many more.But along with its many landmarks, there are some hidden secrets that lie within some of the most iconic features of the capital.

A trainee train driver in the middle of a lesson stopped to rescue a puppy on the tracks of a busy London railway.Stefan Hug, who only started learning to drive a train in January, halted a Southern service from Beckenham Junction to London Bridge on Wednesday morning after seeing the puppy running alongside the train.

On December 11, Southeastern introduced a new timetable which made alterations to a number of services - including a reduction and changes to existing services in and out of central London.Many customers have responded to these changes, claiming services have become unreliable and dangerously overcrowded over the past few weeks.

Like most Londoners, Tanya Beri has mixed views of the city's vast underground rail network that carries millions of passengers every day on its 11 lines and through its 272 stations.The tube keeps London moving, though often in cramped, uncomfortable and unhygienic conditions.However, Beri believes she has found a way to improve travel for concerned commuters.

Train usage is up, post-pandemic, but punctuality is getting worse and worse



Just when you thought the trains in London couldn't get any worse, an astonishing 40 percent of scheduled rail and Underground services in the capital were cancelled or delayed in 2022, the BBC reported.According to data compiled from OnTimeTrains, at London's 15 busiest stations last year, just under a third of all services were delayed or cancelled.

There were massive crowds at Wembley Park, leaving commuters to get to work hours late (Image: Christian David Alonzo) Tube travellers reportedly faced two-hour delays in freezing temperatures this morning - with one platform full to the brim amid travel chaos.There have been severe delays on the Jubilee line throughout this morning (January 17) due to signalling failures and a faulty train at Willesden Green.

The 1.5bn scheme, from Shard developer Sellar, Elizabeth Line operator MTR and Network Rail, is due to be submitted to the City of London Corporation by the end of March, in a bid to secure planning permission.The aim is to start construction work by mid-2025.But early designs have been criticised by conservation groups and actor Griff Rhys Jones amid fears they will trample on Liverpool Street mainline station and its Victorian heritage and harm views of St Paul's Cathedral.

An 87-year-old South London resident has been unable to go to hospital appointments in Central London after a controversial timetable change by Southeastern in December 2022.Southeastern Railway put in place a new train timetable on December 11, meaning trains on the Woolwich line now terminate at London Cannon Street instead of Charing Cross.

In 2022, 40% of scheduled rail and Underground services in London were either cancelled or delayed, analysis has revealed.Usage has steadily crept up since the pandemic - but station performance is slowly slipping.Proportionately, stations in north-west London saw the most trains cancelled in the capital.

I ce and wintry showers are on their way as London is about to be plunged into another cold spell, forecasters have warned.Ahead of the cold spell, heavy showers and strong winds are predicted to grip London on Saturday, with highs of 12C and lows of 5C.On Sunday, there will be a mix of patchy cloud and spells of winter sunshine throughout the day.

C ommuters are facing further rail disruption on Monday morning with technical failures affecting two major London stations, on the first working weekday without major strike action this year.A points failure at Waterloo Station has led to train cancellations, and an electricity supply issue at Charing Cross has caused some services to be delayed or diverted.

T he boss of one of London's busiest commuter railways has warned that a solution to the rail strikes has to be found sooner rather than later and that the industry cannot take passengers for granted.Steve White, managing director of Southeastern, said he had been inundated with tweets and emails from passengers complaining that they were unable to get to work due to five consecutive days of action by the RMT and Aslef unions this week.

The ongoing RMT strikes as well as Avanti West Coast's future feature as two of the five tops things to look out for in rail next year.(Photoby Hollie Adams/Getty Images)     Rail strikes are severely reducing services across the UK train network - with commuters forced to work from home on the first working day of the new year.

The 21-year-old's body was later recovered from the bank following a huge search by officers from the Metropolitan Police's Marine Policing Unit, City of London and RNLI.Concerns were raised after a man was seen entering the river around 5.30pm on Monday.Emergency services scrambled to the scene but despite extensive searches he could not be found.

Who doesn't like a bit of razzle dazzle and some magic in their life - particularly when the weather is so Baltic.Luckily for you dear reader, our beloved capital has plenty to choose from.Here's a roundup of 12 of the best magic shows in London:
1.The Magic Hour
Kicking off this roundup of the best magic shows in London is The Magic Hour - the longest-running parlour magic show in the capital and one of the top immersive experiences in the entire capital.

On this day in 2012, a revolution began when London's buses started accepting contactless payment for fares.A decade later, contactless payments make up over two-thirds of pay as you go fares on London's buses, and over 2.5 billion journeys have been paid for this way.On its first day, just 2,061 customers used this new fangled contactless payment option, but a year later, TfL was seeing around 33,000 bus journeys a day being made using a contactless payment card and five years later, around 900,000 bus journeys a day were being made using contactless payments.

L ondon will face more travel chaos on Tuesday as the start of a 48-hour rail strike and cold weather threaten to grind the capital to a halt.RMT union members at 14 train operating companies rejected a pay offer from Network Rail and confirmed on Monday they will be walking off the job on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.

The rail industry is warning that barely a fifth of services will run during two 48-hour strikes that will affect services for most of next week.The train strikes will run on Tuesday and Wednesday (13th & 14th), and between Friday and Saturday (16th & 17th) - but services on Thursday 15th December are also going to be affected, especially in the morning.

E mergency cold weather measures were activated by Sadiq Khan on Wednesday amid concern that plummeting temperatures posed a risk to life.The mayor asked councils and charities to provide extra beds for people sleeping rough as forecasters predicted below-freezing conditions in the capital overnight.

Christmas lovers in the capital will be wise to the paradise that is London Bridge in November and December.Setting up shop by the Thames, one of the city's finest festive hubs has it all
Thanks to the Christmas by the River market, visitors can shuffle through pop-up bars-a smidgen of mulled wine here, a drop of beer there-and plenty of other festive entertainment.

M Ps are to scrutinise a rail firm's plan to axe services  including a link to the Elizabeth line  that has angered passengers.Southeastern, which was taken under Government control last year, is imposing a series of cuts and service reductions in its new timetable from December 11 to save 10m a year.

2022 in London is, clearly, the year of the train.In May, we got the long-awaited first rendition of the Elizabeth line - which entered its second phase last month, whisking passengers from Reading all the way into Bond Street, Tottenham Court Road, and beyond.Sandwiched in between that, Bank Station opened a couple of interchanges to shorten the long ol' walk to freedom the different platforms.

East London has evolved into one of London's best culinary pockets, with a wealth of creative eateries and restaurants calling the area home.In particular, the area spanning Hackney Road to Columbia Road has a handful of gems, including Middle Eastern and Mediterranean restaurant Morito by The River Cafe team, and other spots like Sager and Wild and Laxerio.

London Waterloo is once again the busiest railway station in Britain, after being knocked from the top spot last year by Stratford (London).Waterloo's passenger numbers though, at 41.4 million, are still less than half of its pre-lockdown figures.Eight of the top 10 are London stations, with Birmingham New Street and Manchester Piccadilly coming in at eighth and 10th respectively.

Transport for London (TfL) has announced it will get rid of only three bus routes following a consultation that attracted more than 20,000 replies.Key central London routes, including the 4, 12, 14, 24 and 74, were under threat.But some routes will be altered to ensure a continued reliable bus network in central and inner London.

L ondoners face major rail disruption over Christmas as Network Rail carries out 300 engineering projects affecting busy stations including London Liverpool Street.The Government-owned infrastructure management company said more than 95 per cent of the network will be open but urged travellers to plan their journeys in advance.