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The world's first hydrogen-powered double-decker bus will be trialled in London next year as part of a scheme to phase out 'dirty' diesel buses. London Mayor Sadiq Khan announced on Wednesday that no more 'dirty' pure diesel buses would be added to Transport for London's (TfL) fleet from 2018. Every new single-decker bus made for central London will also be zero-emission. Mr Khan said: "I'm implementing hard-hitting measures to clean up London's toxic air. "I want London to become a...

A London teenager has been jailed for almost three years for dealing thousands of pounds worth of drugs to help his struggling mother with household bills. Mustafa Hussein claimed his mum was working two jobs as money was tight in the house, so he started selling drugs to pay the £3,000 rent arrears. The 19-year-old took drug packages from where he lived in Canning Town, east London, to Kent and was handed a knife and a mobile phone by criminals. One...

After a miserable year for British rail it has today been announced that train fares will be hiked by an average of 2.3 per cent from 2 January. With Southern Rail putting passengers through a torrid year and franchises across the country crumbling owing to a lack of investment, the price increase will come as a slap in the face for most commuters. Some unregulated fares are likely to rise by considerably more than 2.3 per cent, which far outstrips the inflation...

The UK's only LEGO Certified Professional has constructed a 700,000 brick Santa's Workshop in the middle of Covent Garden. Duncan Titmarsh, from Farnham, Surrey, has used more than 10 million pieces since his prestigious appointment. One of only 14 official Lego builders in the world, he has built the world’s tallest Lego Christmas tree, a full size caravan and even a fully working greenhouse. And he holds the Guinness World Record for the largest Lego structure ever built – a replica of...

London has been crowned the "Hangover Capital of the World", pipping Sydney to the title. The ‘Big Smoke’ took the title of hangover capital and was also found to be a one-night stand hotspot, although that didn't help it's claim to be among the "funnest" places in the World. Chicago was named this year's fun capital of the world — streets ahead of London in tenth place. The ‘windy city’ topped a global poll of 20,000 people, scoring highest for the best restaurants, bars...

The poorest boroughs in London give more to charity than the richest, according to a new study. Research has shown that many poor Londoners who cannot afford to feed their children are more generous than richer residents, by donating more to charity than stingier rich areas. Islington and Bromley boroughs are the most tight-fisted while the most generous are Tower Hamlets, Newham, Hackney and Haringey. Tower Hamlets and Newham have high levels of child poverty - 44 per cent and...

During today’s PMQs Theresa May continued her relentless campaign to save Christmas, which is nice, because for a lot of neglected elderly people this will probably be their last. Jeremy Corbyn was, rightly, very concerned that the Chancellor didn’t mention social care in the Autumn Statement, even though there is a huge funding gap, a constantly ageing population, and possibly no foreign people to care for them in the future. Wiping a pensioner’s bottom might not be a skilled job,...

New research has revealed that despite their extortionate cost, Christmas ads have ‘no impact’ on shopping habits. Whether it’s the John Lewis dog bouncing on a trampoline, Aldi’s carrot traversing a Christmas dinner or Waitrose’s two robins uniting over a mince pie, there are a host of maudlin Christmas ads are designed to tug at our heart and purse strings. But while they certainly get column inches and boost brand recognition, do they actually influence where you do your Christmas shopping?...

People aren't a statistic, but if they were they'd probably be the best statistic in the World. New research has documented the life of the average Brit in numbers, including everything from how much time we spend on social media to how much time we spend down the pub. According to the survey we spend over three years posting on social media, one year down the pub and eight months queuing during their adult years. People will typically spend eight...