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    GPs from the Limehouse Practice in Gill Street hosted a special meeting with the Rt Hon. Alistair Burt MP, Minister of State for Community and Social Care, on Friday, 3rd July. The Minister was keeping a promise made by the Health Secretary, the Rt. Hon. Jeremy Hunt MP, to shadow Limehouse GP Naureen Bhatti for a day. When Jeremy Hunt could not find a date before the autumn, Alistair Burt was sent instead – because the Limehouse Practice faces closure by September if NHS England fails to offer a solution. During the visit, Alistair Burt met six practice partners, staff and patients, as well as members of the Tower Hamlets Clinical Commissioning Group and supporters of the Save Our Surgeries campaign, which has been campaigning for the survival of local GP practices. T...

    If you work in London chances are you're not in a good mood this morning. The biggest London Underground (LU) strike since 2002 has closed the entire tube network since 6.30pm last night and services won't resume until Friday morning. An extra 200 buses, additional hire bikes and river services have all been laid on to help cope with the increased demand, Transport for London said. One image that has been widely shared on Facebook and Twitter is the table below, showing the differences in salary, hours and working conditions for train drivers and doctors: "London Tube drivers do get a raw deal don't they!! Thanks to @citymapper we're free to roam around London ‪#‎beatthestrike‬ ‪#‎driverlesstrains‬ ‪#‎pointlessstrike‬," explained Ed Har-ries when sharing the image on F...

    The Chancellor has denied “targeting” young people with cuts a day after wielding the axe against housing and education assistance for young people on low incomes. George Osborne’s budget, delivered on Wednesday, excluded under-25s from a flagship living wage policy, banned them from claiming housing benefit, and scrapped grants for low-income students. But Mr Osborne said his changes would be “good for them”, referring to young people. “I don’t accept that we’re targeting young people – this is all about investing in apprenticeships and universities,” he told Sky News. “I am saying – look, I’m sorry, you can’t come out of school, go straight onto benefits, claim housing benefits. “That’s not what a working young person is able to do in the sense that they often have...

    Metropolitan police managing crowds of people queuing for buses at Stratford station in London during the tube strike. Londoners have had to deal with severe disruption to their morning commute during the biggest strike on the London Underground for 13 years. Commuters faced lengthy and difficult trips to work on Thursday after the 24-hour industrial action, which began at 6.30pm on Wednesday, forced the entire tube network to close for the first time since 2002. Some rail and bus services were reported to be full before 6am, and most cabs were booked up from Wednesday night. Some commuters walked to work in bright sunshine. One traveller said police had been called to a bus stop after the driver refused to move the bus because it was too full. Writing on Twitter, th...

    The biggest London Underground strike in more than a decade will start on Wednesday, after last-minute talks between tube bosses and unions ended in acrimony. Almost 20,000 tube workers will walk out from 6.30pm, crippling tube services until Friday morning and causing travel chaos across the capital. Last minute talks at the conciliation service, Acas, aimed at settling the dispute - over pay and the new 'Night Tube' service - broke down late on Tuesday. The boss of London Underground (LU) accused of unions of not acting in a "fair and reasonable" manner over an improved pay offer, while transport chiefs were accused of "foolish games of brinkmanship". Tubes will start running down from 5pm, with all 11 lines shut for all of Thursday. Disruption could carry on until ...

    Professor John Tulloch became a symbol of the terrorist atrocity after being photographed in bloody bandages emerging from Edgeware Road tube station One of the survivors of the 7/7 bombings who became a symbol of the atrocity of the terrorist attack has claimed the UK government brought the attack on itself. Professor John Tulloch, was photographed in bloody bandages emerging from Edgeware Road tube station, on the day 52 people were killed and 700 injured. A decade after he sat feet away from bomber Mohammed Sidique Khan when he detonated his rucksack bomb on a Circle Line train, the academic says he still feels lucky to have survived when people around him lost their lives or limbs. Horror: John exits Edgware Road station following the devestating attack But Prof ...

    July 7, 2015 marks the tenth anniversary of the London bombings, which killed 52 people and injured more than 700. Three explosions targeted the Underground and a bus service during the morning rush-hour. Memorial services are being held to commemorate those who lost their lives, and a minute’s silence will be observed throughout the country at 11:30 am BST. People embrace outside Edgware Road tube station, London, as Britain remembers the July 7 attacks amid a welter of warnings about the enduring and changing threat from terrorism a decade on. London Mayor Boris Johnson (toward camera) and British Prime Minister David Cameron place wreathes at the July 7 memorial in Hyde Park, London, as Britain remembers the July 7 attacks. London Mayor Boris Johnson (left) and Br...

    Heathrow has been named as the preferred site for London's new runway. The proposal is expected to be backed - but only if it meets stringent conditions on air quality, noise pollution and carbon emissions. The three-year study into expansion plans by the Airports Commission has recommended a runway built to the northwest of Heathrow would ensure the UK's "long term prosperity" while resulting in the loss of fewer homes. Other options were to extend an existing runway at Heathrow or to build a second runway at Gatwick. Both airports are operating near capacity. The report suggests expansion at Heathrow could create 70,000 new jobs and result in airlines flying to 40 new flight destinations by 2050. Sir Howard Davies, the Commission chairman, said: "Heathrow is best-p...