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Other lives: Veteran Guardian subeditor who moved with the paper from Manchester to London

The Guardian - UK · Feb 15, 2023

The Mancunian Way: Not on the buses

Londoners more likely to catch the bus than Mancs PLUS Labour row over ‘London clique’

Manchester Evening News · Feb 15, 2023

Woman takes 400 mile trip to Edinburgh from London using only £2 local buses

Emily set herself the challenge to trek up to Edinburgh from London only using £2 local buses after a scheme to make public transport affordable came into action.

Edinburgh Live · Feb 15, 2023

Meet the Londoner who travelled all the way from the capital to Scotland by £2 bus

‘It was my 35th birthday on the day I decided to do it. I thought, you know what, this is the right time,’ says bus enthusiast of cheap, intrepid journey

The Independent UK · Feb 15, 2023

Interactive ‘What the gut?’ museum launches in London with Activia and Dr Zoe Williams

The gut is finally getting much-needed recognition as Activia and TV’s Dr Zoe Williams launch the What the Gut? museum in London.

Evening Standard · Feb 15, 2023

Vault Festival celebrates a record breaking year as it loses London home

The landlord of the Waterloo tunnels has advised the leading London live performance festival to find a new home

Evening Standard · Feb 15, 2023

Debate: Sorry, British Museum, a loan of the Parthenon Marbles is not a repatriation

In the last few weeks, we have been regularly reminded that secret talks have been taking place between the Greek government and the British Museum over the return of the Parthenon marbles to Greece. As soon the discussions became public knowledge, a wave of optimism swept the media, culminating in…

The Conversation · Feb 15, 2023

Parliament says China is committing a genocide. Why were officials planning to meet one of the perpetrators?

Erkin Tuniyaz’s visit is no longer going ahead, but Britain should never have engaged with this whitewashing of the treatment of Uyghurs and other minorities, says James McMurray of the University of Sussex

The Guardian - UK · Feb 15, 2023

Man jailed for fifth time after leaving daughters in Libya loses sentence appeal

Mohammed El Zubaidy was handed a 12-month jail term at a hearing in the Family Division of the High Court in London in December.

The Independent UK · Feb 15, 2023

Number of speeding motorists caught in London soars 64%

The number of drivers caught speeding in London has soared by almost two-thirds after police were given high-tech new enforcement cameras.

Evening Standard · Feb 15, 2023