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Ollie Hassell-Collins maintains hope of England debut after making final Six Nations squad for Scotland clash

London Irish star makes cut for Calcutta Cup meeting

Evening Standard · Feb 1, 2023

‘Astounding’: Elizabeth line hits 100m passengers eight months after opening

‘Busy Lizzie’ has raised £50m in additional fares for TfL and become busiest rail line in UK

Evening Standard · Feb 1, 2023

Hampstead fire: Woman dies after blaze in north London maisonette

A woman has died after a fire in a maisonette in north London on Tuesday night.

Evening Standard · Feb 1, 2023

Derry man creates brand-new podcast celebrating LGBTQ+ venues across the UK

"Growing up in Northern Ireland, there were not many LGBTQ+ venues. Derry only had one, which was on the fringes of town. You had to go looking for it."

Belfast Live · Feb 1, 2023

Why Hakim Ziyech's move to PSG failed with Chelsea blamed after wrong documents farce

Chelsea's Moroccan midfielder Hakim Ziyech had been all set to complete a loan switch to Paris Saint-Germain on transfer deadline day, but he now looks set to remain in London for the remainder of the season

Daily Mirror · Feb 1, 2023

World's oldest Olympian, who competed at London Games in 1948, dies aged 107

Tributes have been paid to veteran sailor Felix Sienra, who represented Uruguay at the 1948 Summer Games in London and was the grand age of 107 when he died on Monday

Daily Mirror · Feb 1, 2023

Comment: ‘London housing is completely unaffordable for young people — it doesn’t have to be so’

It’s hard to see a bright future for London’s younger generations — but the shift to increasingly unaffordable housing isn’t as inevitable as we think

Evening Standard · Feb 1, 2023

‘They felt like a possible future’: how Brian Eno and I recorded Television’s first demos

In search of the new, Richard Williams – then an A&R man at Island Records – captured early Television in an office block salsa studio. But Tom Verlaine wasn’t impressed

The Guardian - UK · Feb 1, 2023

Report Accuses Iran’s Quds Force of Smuggling Millions of Dollars from Iraq

A report published by Iran International news channel accused on Tuesday the Quds Force, the foreign arm of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard (IRGC), of smuggling millions of dollars from Iraq to the Guard's accounts in Iran, in cooperation with the Iranian embassy in Baghdad. The channel, based in London, said…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 1, 2023

February rail strikes: Are trains running today? Everything you need to know as unions walk out

Most trains in England are cancelled on Friday, but the East Coast main line and South Western Railway will see frequent services

The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2023