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The approval of Pfizer/BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine on Wednesday was hailed as the light at the end of the lockdown tunnel that could finally revert Britain back to pre-pandemic normality. But the breakthrough jab — shown to be 95 per cent effective at blocking Covid-19 infection — has thrown up a series of logistical hurdles that … Read more
Evocative pictures of Londoners using the capital’s transport network during World War Two have been released by Transport for London as part of a new exhibition. The Black and white photographs give an insight into how Britons kept calm and carried on to keep the war-torn capital city moving; converting coaches to ambulances to treat … Read more
Police have fined just 97 Britons a total of £14,100 for refusing to wear a face covering on public transport since July, figures obtained by MailOnline show. No one was fined above the minimum of £200 from September 24 to the end of October, an FOI request to the National Police Chiefs’ Council found. The … Read more
South Korea offered a glimpse of a science-fiction future on Wednesday with a demonstration flight of a two-seat drone taxi in Seoul, as the government outlined ambitious plans to commercialise urban air travel by 2025. At an event held next to the Han River near Yeouido, a finance and banking district in the heart of … Read more
Nightclubs may be left without smoke machines when they reopen because all of the dry ice will have been used to transport the coronavirus vaccine, a scientist has suggested. The Pfizer vaccine needs to be stored at -70C (-94F), about four times colder than a household freezer, before it is given to patients to ensure … Read more
Transport for London secures £1.8 billion bailout to keep it operating over winter as Sadiq Khan claims he succeeded in ‘killing off the very worst Government proposals’ Transport for London has secured a £1.8 billion bailout from the Government The agreement enables TfL to continue operating services until March 2021 London Mayor Sadiq Khan claimed … Read more
Mystery over Keir Starmer’s claim he ‘spoke to a British Transport Police officer’ before leaving scene of crash with cyclist near his local pub as BTP say it was actually ‘an off duty member of staff’ who happened to be a witness Police are investigating a road incident involving Sir Keir Starmer and a cyclist … Read more
British Transport Police say they have no record of speaking to Keir Starmer at scene of crash with cyclist near his local pub Police are investigating a road incident involving Sir Keir Starmer and a cyclist Sir Keir exchanged information with the cyclist, who was ‘in a lot of pain’ His spokesman said he talked … Read more
Nuclear engine designed for NASA could transport humans to Mars in just three months – cutting the current journey by more than half NASA is eyeing the 2030s for when it will send the first humans to Mars Mars is some 40 million miles from Earth, which should take seven months A Seattle firm is … Read more
Almost 500 people have been fined in London for not wearing face coverings on public transport. Passengers in Lambeth – which includes Waterloo Station – were the most common rulebreakers as 127 were caught between July and September. Westminster was a distant second place with 83 Fixed Penalty Notices in the same time frame, while Croydon had 61. … Read more