HS1 nearly scrapped by ministers in 1994

Exclusive: Ministers considered abandoning the HS1 high-speed railway months before the Channel Tunnel launch due to a £1bn funding black hole. Read the full story.

NYD London Canal Walk: 17k Steps & Pubs

Kickstart 2025 with an 8-mile New Year's Day walk along London's Regent's Canal. Hit 17,000 steps and discover pubs en route from Camden to Canary Wharf. Plan your active start.

Three arrests after fatal Kent hit-and-run

Three men have been arrested after an elderly man was struck and carried for nearly a mile in a horrific hit-and-run in Gillingham, Kent. Police are appealing for witnesses and dashcam footage.

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