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Roads within the London Congestion Charge Zone will have a 20mph speed limit from Monday 2 March as part of the Mayor’s efforts to cut road deaths and serious injuries in the capital, Transport for London (TfL) has confirmed today. All 5.5 miles of roads within the charging zone – which covers the same roads … Read more
This is the astonishing moment a fight breaks out at a supermarket inside the ‘red zone’ in Italy where 50,000 people have been placed in quarantine. With food running low in the few shops that have remained open after the spread of the coronavirus, the two shoppers came to blows near the tills as a … Read more
A Tesla vehicle has been tricked into spontaneously accelerating over the speed limit with just a simply strip of tape. Researchers at McAfee placed a two-inch long piece of electrical tape horizontally across the middle of the ‘3’ on a 35 mile-per-hour speed limit sign, causing the car’s camera system to misread it as 85 … Read more
Footwear retailer Shoe Zone warns another 100 stores will be axed if business rates are not overhauled Shoe Zone boss Anthony Smith said it may have to shut down 100 stores Shoe Zone shut down about 300 stores in the last ten years Business rates payments rose from 26% to 54% over the last decade … Read more
Hiking trail opens in the Korean Peninsula’s heavily armed demilitarized zone, where endangered species are flourishing First of three hiking trails has opened on the Korean Peninsula with tours running twice a day, six days a week Pictures have emerged of the first hikers to tackle the trail, which is surrounded by barbed wire and … Read more
Student Alex Hendriks expected lifeless desolation when he visited the centre of the Chernobyl disaster zone in northern Ukraine with his friends. And while it was certainly bleak – it was far from lifeless inside the radioactive ruins. There were hundreds of dogs roaming around. The 22-year-old said: ‘My first thought was, “Wow, there are … Read more