Tower to be tallest in City of London, 1 Lower shaft held up by planning queue

Tuesday, July 2, 2024 4:32 PM Part Facebook Share on Facebook X Share on Twitter LinkedIn Share on LinkedIn WhatsApp Share on WhatsApp E-mail Share via email The chairman of Lloyd’s of London has objected to plans to build a new Shard-sized skyscraper in the City of London (Image: DBOX) The decision to approve a … Read more

Travel chaos hits major British airport as hundreds of people have to queue outside

TRAVEL chaos has hit Birmingham Airport again as hundreds of people are forced to queue outside “like cattle” after a week of “total carnage”. A new video taken this morning shows long lines outside the security checkpoint as the sun rises. When the pair posted the first video at 5:18 a.m., there was already a … Read more

End of the queue for paper train tickets as Northern Rail warns passengers that e-fares will make them just a ‘museum exhibit’ for the next five years

Northern Rail said the classic orange train ticket – known as the 'magstripe' because it has a magnetic, machine-readable stripe on the back – will soon be a 'museum exhibit' (file image)

Last year, 2.3 million fewer paper train tickets were issued The number of people using Northern Rail e-tickets increased by 19 percent By Colin Fernandez and Shannon McGuigan Published: 08:54 EDT, June 3, 2024 | Updated: 11:27 AM EDT, June 3, 2024 Paper train tickets – a hallmark of rail travel since the first passenger … Read more