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Fury as Met firearms officer cleared of murdering Chris Kaba to face gross misconduct hearing

Sgt Martyn Blake shot dead Chris Kaba during a police stop in Streatham in September 2022

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Multiple TfL and National Rail lines

Southeastern, Great Northern and Thameslink services are among the disrupted National Rail lines

Ross Lydall

Arielle Domb|Nuray Bulbul

Commuters may face severe delays on their journeys to work this morning, with disruptions on multiple TfL and National Rail lines.

At 10.00am, the Waterloo & City line was experiencing minor delays.

There were also delays across the National Rail network, with delays of up to 30 minutes on Southeastern trains between St Pancras International/Victoria and Ramsgate.

Michael Wiggins achieved the Guinness World Records title for the fastest marathon dressed as a traffic cone.

Michael Wiggins running during the London Marathon (Michael Wiggins/PA)

Danielle Desouza

Guinness World Records (GWR) has confirmed more than 40 records were broken at Sunday’s London Marathon, including the largest number of finishers ever.

A total of 56,640 participants crossed the finish line, beating the 55,646 set by the TCS New York City marathon in November 2024.

On Monday, locals sealed off the road with fake crime scene tape to stop Lambeth Council employees from entering and making a start on the controversial street scheme. It was the second time in a month residents have blocked council employees from Amesbury Avenue.

He told the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) on Tuesday (April 22): “If this project goes ahead, my business will be completely destroyed. We have customers from the local community. How are they going to carry their items if there's no parking for vehicles?”

Passengers may experience delays across the Bakerloo, District and Central line

The Bakerloo line is reporting delays

Ross Lydall

Arielle Domb|Nuray Bulbul

Commuters may face difficult journeys to work this morning, with delays on the Bakerloo, District and Central line

At 8.10am, Bakerloo line was reporting severe delays between Queen's Park and Harrow & Wealdstone while Network Rail fixed a signal failure at Kensal Green.

Passengers experience delays across the TfL and National Rail network

Multiple TfL lines were experiencing severe delays

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Arielle Domb|Nuray Bulbul

Commuters may face difficult journeys to work this morning, with delays on multiple TfL and National Rail lines.

At 7.00am, there were severe delays on the District and Windrush lines. There were minor delays on the Central and Metropolitan lines.

United Airlines plane forced into emergency landing as it catches fire after 'rabbit sucked into engine'

Plane forced into emergency landing after 'rabbit sucked into engine'

'Too many angry young men': Goldie says community support could have stopped his son from killing

Goldie: Community support could have stopped my son from killing

The Elizabeth, Metropolitan and Suffragette lines were experiencing

Engineering works between London Paddington and Southall has blocked several lines

Katrina Mirpuri

Arielle Domb|Nuray Bulbul4 hours ago

Commuters may face difficult journeys to work this morning, with severe delays on multiple TfL and National Rail lines.

The Elizabeth line, Great Western Railways and Heathrow Express services are experiencing disruptions due to overunning engineering works.