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Nov 11, 2022 7 tweets 3 min read
Just Stop Oil announces M25 protest halt urging Londoners to 'honour' soldiers for Remembrance Day 🪦

[THREAD] 🧵 Just Stop Oil announced it will halt its actions on the M25 for Remembrance Day today (Friday, November 11).

#JustStopOil #RememberanceDay
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Nov 10, 2022 8 tweets 4 min read
M25 traffic: Chaos as Just Stop Oil block motorways for fourth day in a row 🚨🛣️

[THREAD] 🧵 Just Stop Oil activists have blocked the M25 motorway for the fourth day in a row this morning (Thursday, November 10).

#M25 #JustStopOil
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Nov 10, 2022 8 tweets 3 min read
London Underground strikes live: Updates as all Tube lines suspended bringing city to a standstill 🚇❌

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mylondon.news/lifestyle/trav… 🚨Despite the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) calling off national rail strike action, a Tube strike is still set to hit the London Underground today on Thursday, November 10
Nov 9, 2022 9 tweets 3 min read
Croydon tram crash: Victim's family still find it hard seeing tram 6 years after tragedy

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mylondon.news/news/south-lon… Today marks six years since a tram derailed at Sandilands Junction, killing seven local people on their way to work and injuring more than 60 people
Nov 9, 2022 5 tweets 2 min read
Live Just Stop Oil M25 protests: Updates as protesters block or close 8 sections of motorway at same time 🛢

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mylondon.news/news/live-just… 🔶Just Stop Oil protesters are causing yet more chaos on the M25 this morning, November 9

🔶This is the third day of the campaign group's demonstrations since they restarted their disruptive activity following a short break

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Nov 8, 2022 9 tweets 4 min read
Harry Potter and Carry On! star Leslie Phillips dies aged 98 after long illness

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mylondon.news/news/celebs/ha… Legendary Harry Potter actor Leslie Phillips has passed away aged 98 following a long illness

He was a well-rounded actor, notably known for his role as the sorting hat in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

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Nov 8, 2022 7 tweets 3 min read
M25 traffic live: Updates as Just Stop Oil protesters climb onto motorway causing chaos 🛢

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mylondon.news/news/uk-world-… 🚨Just Stop Oil has targeted at least four parts of the M25 causing severe disruption around London
Nov 7, 2022 8 tweets 2 min read
Rishi Sunak slams Matt Hancock for joining I'm a Celebrity revealing he's 'very disappointed'

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bit.ly/3t7F6Tz 📺 The Prime Minister has expressed his disappointment in Matt Hancock after the former Conservative MP joined the cast of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!

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Nov 6, 2022 10 tweets 3 min read
Forgotten photos of Oxford Street's iconic Christmas lights show what they looked like in the 1960s ✨

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mylondon.news/whats-on/whats… 🎄The Oxford Street Christmas lights are one of London's best known and loved attractions come Christmas time

🛍Each year, shoppers come from far and wide to get a glimpse of the sparkling light display in Central London and engage in a touch of Christmas shopping
Nov 6, 2022 10 tweets 3 min read
Elizabeth line: The two new sections of the line opening today as it finally opens on Sundays 🚆

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mylondon.news/news/zone-1-ne… 🟣As of 7.47am this morning when the first Elizabeth line passenger train entered Pudding Mill Lane tunnel portal, Londoners can now enjoy the full 78 miles of the Elizabeth line
Nov 5, 2022 8 tweets 2 min read
M&S Christmas ad 2022 features Harry Styles, and the gift of giving 🎄🎁

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mylondon.news/whats-on/shopp… 🎁Marks and Spencer's Christmas 2022 ad campaign brings-to-life how a gift given from M&S this Christmas will keep on giving, with the retailer donating £1million to 1,000 community groups and good causes
Nov 5, 2022 12 tweets 4 min read
The ‘beautiful’ London neighbourhood becoming a 'new Manhattan' where family-run cafés face eviction as vegan coffee shops open ☕️

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mylondon.news/news/north-lon… 📍In a matter of years, one small slice of North London has changed dramatically

Far from the low-rise industrial neighbourhood Verral Paul-Walcott recognised growing up, rapid development since 2013 has manifested most obviously in Tottenham Hale’s soaring new skyline café
Nov 4, 2022 6 tweets 2 min read
Police find remains of 'murdered' woman in Barnet churchyard after she was last seen a year ago

[THREAD] 🧵 The view of the scene within the black screen cordon on Wedn Officers searched for the remains of Norma Girolami, 70, from Highgate, in the grounds of St Katherine's Greek Orthodox Church in Barnet on Wednesday, November 2.

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Nov 4, 2022 10 tweets 3 min read
Twitter starts making cuts to staff after Elon Musk takeover 🐦❌

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mylondon.news/news/uk-world-… ❌Twitter has begun cutting jobs around the world in the wake of @elonmusk's takeover and his major shake-up of the platform
Nov 4, 2022 8 tweets 3 min read
Asda raises the price of milk to £1.65 for four pints - costing 45.3 per cent more than it did at the start of the year 🥛📈

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mylondon.news/whats-on/shopp… 📈Asda revealed a new price hike for one of their most popular staple items

💸The cost of four pints of milk have been raised to £1.65, a 45.3 per cent increase since the beginning of 2022
Nov 4, 2022 7 tweets 3 min read
Chef Tom Kerridge selling £195 Christmas beef wellington DIY kit that fans say is a 'rip off' 🎄

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mylondon.news/whats-on/whats… 🎄Top chef Tom Kerridge announced his coveted luxury Christmas Box for the festive season, providing the public with a do-it-at-home dinner

👨‍🍳The owner of the two Michelin star Hand & Flowers shared the news on his social media preparing his Christmas Beef Wellington
Nov 3, 2022 10 tweets 2 min read
Big Ben will bong again for first time in 5 years for Remembrance Sunday

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bit.ly/3NzL74I ⭕ London’s iconic Big Ben is set to bong for the first time in five years this weekend to mark the beginning of two minutes’ silence on Remembrance Sunday
Nov 2, 2022 11 tweets 3 min read
Cost of living crisis causing ‘influx of new sex workers but number of clients is falling'

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mylondon.news/news/cost-of-l… Sex worker Emily wants to dispel some of the myths about her job

💬“It's really not as sexy and wild as people think,” she told MyLondon
Nov 2, 2022 6 tweets 2 min read
ITV GMB's Susanna Reid forced to apologise after guest calls Matt Hancock a 'd**khead' for going on I'm A Celebrity 🤬

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mylondon.news/news/tv/itv-gm… 🤬Good Morning Britain's Susanna Reid has been forced to apologise after a guest swore live on air

📺The host of the ITV programme quickly swooped in on the show this morning (October 2) after the Daily Mail's Andrew Pierce labelled Matt Hancock a 'd**khead'
Oct 28, 2022 10 tweets 3 min read
Controversial Virginia Woolf statue next to River Thames set to be unveiled

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mylondon.news/news/west-lond… 🔴A controversial Virginia Woolf statue will finally be unveiled next month after a five-year battle which saw a charity raise more than £50,000 to build it
Oct 28, 2022 8 tweets 2 min read
UK's biggest indoor theme park officially opens in London with rollercoaster, bumper cars and a Halloween weekend 🎢

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mylondon.news/whats-on/famil… 🌃Just when you thought London had it all, another exciting and unique attraction lands in the city

🥇And this one's very special as it's the biggest of its kind in the UK

🎢That's right, North London is home to the UK's largest indoor amusement park