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St Pancras State of Mind: Alicia Keys becomes the latest big-name musician to play the public piano at London station

The global star delighted onlookers with a selection of her greatest hits

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Alicia Keys stuns commuters with surprise performance at St Pancras International train station

The nine-time Grammy Award winning musician performed some of her greatest hits on a piano donated to the station by Sir Elton John

Evening Standard

Sir Rod Stewart and Jools Holland give surprise musical performance at London train station

The musicians, who performed at St Pancras International on Tuesday, are set to release new album Swing Fever in February

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Archaeologists uncover colourful walls and fireplaces of London workhouse

Discoveries suggest St Pancras workhouse that may have inspired work of Charles Dickens was intended to be place of comfort

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Protesters stage demonstration at London St Pancras calling for Gaza ceasefire

The group chanted 'not in our name' as they called for an immediate ceasefire

Evening Standard

Eurostar running nearly full trains to Paris for first time since pandemic

Eurostar has been able to run virtually full trains from London to the Continent for the first time since the pandemic after overcoming border control issues and staff shortages, it can be revealed.

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OPINION - The London Question: Why is so much of London’s public art so bad?

St Pancras station is a magnificent place to catch a train. From George Gilbert Scott’s stunning gothic hotel front to William Henry Barlow’s elegantly soaring iron and glass train shed, it’s an uplifting location to start or end any journey. It’s also home to one of the worst works of…

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St Pancras to Dracula’s Castle by train is three holidays in one

Five trains, six countries and 48 hours: reaching Romania by rail is the perfect hassle-free, European adventure, writes Ben Lerwill

The Independent UK

St Pancras to Dracula’s Castle by train is three holidays in one

Five trains, six countries and 48 hours: reaching Romania by rail is the perfect hassle-free, European adventure, writes Ben Lerwill

The Independent UK

Eurostar’s Gwendoline Cazenave: ‘Seamless border crossing isn’t science fiction’

As the rail operator cuts back routes, its boss is pinning her hopes on technology to get the post-Brexit queues moving

The Guardian - UK

Eurostar passengers to avoid UK border checks with new facial recognition system

Eurostar hopes the launch of the SmartCheck system will reduce the stress and potential delays

Evening Standard

Le Pain Quotidien closes all but one of its stores after falling into administration

The bakery chain’s stores have been forced to close except for an outlet in St Pancras Station

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Tony Christie surprises St Pancras travellers with performance for Thank You Day

Singer Tony Christie, actor Vicky McClure and Our Dementia Choir sang Thank You for Being a Friend.

The Independent UK

What’s it like aboard the sleeper train from London to Berlin?

Fall asleep at St Pancras and wake up in Germany — Nick Curtis beds down on the new overnight service and revisits his favourite city

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Adieu Mickey Mouse: Eurostar’s shrinking ambitions seven years on from the Brexit vote

When the Channel Tunnel first opened there were visions of seamless pan-European travel from the UK. Now the Disneyland Paris route has been axed and the Amsterdam route delayed, what went wrong?

Evening Standard

OPINION - You think London’s bad? Try Paris. It’s far worse

If you find yourself tired of London — the traffic, the transport, the noise, the neighbours, the cost of a cup of coffee — take a break in Paris. By the time the Eurostar chugs into St Pancras you will be back in love with this city.

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Eurostar between Amsterdam and London to be cancelled for up to a year

And the final train from London St Pancras to Disneyland Paris departed at 10.34am on Monday

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‘Where am I going to send my children?’: anguish as schools close across England

In Lewes, a catholic primary may shut as parents are driven out by lack of affordable housing while parents of London school face ‘terrible decision’

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London restaurants opening in May, from The Midland Grand to The Campaner

From classic French in St Pancras to modern British at the National Theatre, Ben McCormack names the new openings to get excited about in May

The Independent UK

French publisher held in London ‘on suspicion of terror offences’, employer says

Ernest Moret, who works at Editions La Fabrique, was allegedly detained by officers after arriving at St Pancras railway station from Paris.

Evening Standard

Met police criticised for using anti-terror laws to arrest French publisher on way to London Book Fair

Protests held after Ernest Moret apparently told alleged involvement in demonstrations against Emmanuel Macron’s pension age reform was behind detention at St Pancras

The Independent UK

Rail ‘mayhem’ as thousands stuck in London station queues likened to ‘last train out of Saigon’

Those stuck in huge queues at St Pancras Station described ‘arguing and pushing’ amid ‘limited crowd control’

Daily Mirror

Easter weekend: Passengers 'fainting' in overcrowded trains as stations close for works

London Euston station is shut today due to engineering works and images show thousands crammed onto overcrowded trains - many then flocked to Marylebone, Paddington and St Pancras to find alternate journeys from the capital

The Independent UK

In Video: Watch pianist Lang Lang perform at St Pancras station

Lang Lang is a judge on Channel 4 show The Piano.

The Guardian - UK

‘That was Lang Lang!’: ‘greatest living pianist’ gigs on St Pancras concourse

Playing an upright and competing with PA announcements, the Chinese musician wowed an unsuspecting crowd

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