Sadiq Khan has today been accused of risking the lives of Londoners who were forced on to crowded trains today after services were slashed in half. Police are also ready to guard all major stations and check ID to ensure only coronavirus key workers are travelling amid chaotic scenes in the capital where ‘health hazard’ trains were rammed … Read more
Commuters with rail season tickets will get a refund as part of the Government’s rescue package. Hundreds of thousands of passengers holding monthly or annual passes will get their money back for ‘time unused on their tickets,’ the Department for Transport (DfT) said. Ministers also announced that passengers with advance tickets for travel over the coming … Read more
Get a GRIP London! Tubes, trains and buses are still rammed on day one of UK lockdown despite biggest peacetime shutdown ever… as commuter asks Sadiq Khan ‘are you telling me these are ALL key workers?’ By Martin Robinson, Chief Reporter For Mailonline Published: 07:14 GMT, 24 March 2020 | Updated: 07:18 GMT, 24 March … Read more
The coronavirus CRUSH hour! Fury as commuters are crammed onto Tubes in morning dash after Sadiq Khan cut services then said ‘people will die’ if they don’t practice social distancing (while he works from home) Commuters were crammed onto London Underground services this morning Sadiq Khan has said Britons must stay indoors to ‘protect the … Read more
Tube users were forced to cram into carriages after reduced services for key workers left London transport packed once again amid coronavirus chaos. Mayor Sadiq Khan previously said that the Underground, Overground and Docklands Light Railway Service could be ‘scaled down’ as thousands of commuters work from home. But passengers have been urging him to reconsider as … Read more
‘More will die unless people stay at home’: Mayor Sadiq Khan hits out at Londoners and tells them to stop socialising as he launches furious rant at the government for ‘not letting him attend Cobra meetings’ London Mayor Sadiq Khan says he was not allowed to attend cobra meetings Says Londoners should be working from … Read more
What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more
Some of London’s biggest tourist spots have been left empty as stark aerial images reveal eerie shots of Trafalgar Square and Piccadilly Circus sparsely populated as the capital gets to grips with the coronavirus pandemic. Prime Minister Boris Johnson last night highlighted that London was the worst-hit area of the UK, with the most cases … Read more
London Tubes and trains could start running ‘scaled down’ Saturday and Sunday services on weekdays from as early as this week amid coronavirus lockdown, warns Sadiq Khan – while thousands of commuters work from home Mayor of London says that a weekend timetable could be used during the week This would hit the Underground, DLR, … Read more
May’s local elections are postponed for a YEAR – leaving councillors and mayors including London’s Sadiq Khan in office for an extra 12 months May 7 vote has been postponed to the same time next year Labour had joined Electoral Commission in recommending a delay There were fears that local councils would struggle to run … Read more