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London travel news LIVE: Windrush line suspended during rush hour

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A customer incident has caused the entire Windrush line to be suspended

There is a good service on all other London Underground lines

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Arielle Domb

The majority of commuters will not face problems getting to work on Wednesday morning, with a good service on all but one TfL line.

At 7.58am, there was no service on the Windrush line due to a customer incident.

London travel news LIVE: Delays on the Central and Weaver lines

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The Weaver and Central lines may cause delays to some journeys

The Weaver line is facing delays on Tuesday morning

Transport for London

Nuray Bulbul

Majority of commuters will not face problems getting to work on Tuesday morning with delays impacting two Tube services.

At 8:32am, the Central line was reporting severe delays between Leytonstone and Epping/Woodford via Hainault due to an earlier faulty train at Hainault.

There is a good service on the rest of the line.

London travel news LIVE: Major disruption across National Rail services during rush hour

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Travel updates from around the capital

A fault with the signalling system at Liverpool Lime Street has caused multiple lines to close (Nick Ansell/PA)

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As we head into rush hour this morning across London, tune in to all the latest travel updates from across the capital.

We’ll bring you the latest real-time travel reporting across London from the Underground to bus routes.

Campaigners fighting plans to turn disused south London theatre into a church

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The Friends of Streatham Hill Theatre has urged residents to object to the planning application as they want to restore the now-closed theatre back to its original use and reopen it as a performance venue again.

David Harvey, chairman of the Friends of Streatham Hill Theatre, said: “It would be a tragedy if the opportunity to return this beautiful building to its intended use were lost. We have been working on this for years with a recognised theatre operator wishing to buy the theatre, with shows at the ready and access to the funds needed for its full renovation.

Fury as Met firearms officer cleared of Chris Kaba murder accused of gross misconduct

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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

Chris Kaba

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London travel news LIVE: Delays on multiple National Rail and TfL lines – full updates

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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.

Most finishers and fastest traffic cone among confirmed London Marathon records

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Most finishers and fastest traffic cone among confirmed London Marathon records - London Evening Standard

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.

Residents block London street to stop work on controversial £650K plan to replace parking spaces with benches

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Residents block London street to stop controversial £650,000 plan to replace parking spaces with benches - London Evening Standard

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?”

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