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TfL records 57% income rise from driving fines on major London roads

AA says capital’s streets are ‘paved with fines’ as figures show £89m was received in 2023-24

The Guardian - UK · Sep 22, 2024

'Megastorm' set to bring six weeks of rain in 12 hours in UK and London

Six weeks’ worth of rain is set to pour down in just 12 hours when a so-called “megastorm” hits the UK on Sunday. 

Evening Standard · Sep 22, 2024

‘Levelling up’ began five years ago. Now we’re more divided than ever. Is this the UK’s fate?

Shocking new figures show that, outside London, a combination of poor transport, failing schools and lack of housing has brought the country low

The Guardian - UK · Sep 22, 2024

50 years of Bengali history in the East End of London celebrated in photography archive

“This exhibition reveals the power of community history and telling the stories of everyday people," said the curator

Digital Camera World · Sep 22, 2024

Goldies, London: ‘Celebrate its arrival’ – restaurant review

There’s a really useful new live-fire restaurant in Carnaby Street where you can feast and have fun without breaking the bank

The Guardian - UK · Sep 22, 2024

Back-to-school jewels: precious pieces for new terms and fresh starts

Prepare to be on sparkling form this semester – we've got your jewellery kit sorted, from a diamond alphabet to a rose-gold pencil bracelet

Wallpaper · Sep 22, 2024

Inside M&M’s World: Gaudy, soulless – but bewilderingly popular

It’s the world’s largest candy store, where tens of thousands flock every week to take Instagram pictures and spend a fortune on colourful sweets, but... why, asks Roisin Lanigan

The Independent UK · Sep 22, 2024

Daunt Books or Trader Joe’s? Your tote bag of choice could make you a meme

Once a pillar of eco-friendly thinking, the cotton tote bag has become a sartorial signifier of who someone is – or who they want to be. But with every coffee chain, fashion house, and supermarket peddling a style of their own own, Kate Ng asks, has the trend become totes…

The Independent UK · Sep 22, 2024

Putin regime will collapse without warning, says freed gulag dissident

Vladimir Kara-Murza and his wife, Evgenia, speak of his time in a Siberian jail

The Guardian - UK · Sep 22, 2024

Elemental House adds a Danish twist to a 1970s London house

Archmongers' Elemental House transforms a 1970s terraced house in London's Hackney into a functional, light-filled, Scandinavian-inspired family home

Wallpaper · Sep 22, 2024