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    A businessman in London ended up with a £750 bill over a £1.50 bus fare row. Robert Rowland, 50, told how he had forgotten his wallet one morning and offered to pay in cash for the Routemaster trip in Hammersmith, but the bus driver said not to worry, and that he could travel for free. But as he was about get off the bus at Green Park, a ticket inspector accused him of beinga fare-dodger. He was forced to give the inspector is name and address, and then received a summons in the post and an order to pay a fine of £225. Despite saying he reached levels of "stratospheric apoplexia", Mr Rowland decided to plead guilty to "make it go away", whilst also explaining what had happened in two pages of mitigation. However, he then received a letter from Lavender Hill Magistrates' Co...

    A majority of voters now want the UK to remain in the EU, a poll has suggested. Remaining is now backed by an extremely slim majority of 51 per cent, versus 49 per cent who wish to leave the EU. This suggests a small number of voters have changed their views since the UK voted to leave the EU by a margin of 52-48 on 23 June. The research, conducted by BMG Research, found the main swell of support came from people who did not vote in the referendum over the summer. Of those who didn't vote in June, 46 per cent said they now would in order to back EU membership, while 27 per cent said they would in order to vote to leave. Following the referendum result, reports emerged of people who claimed to regret casting their ballot for Brexit, who came to be known as 'Bregret' voters....

    A minister has insisted that Heathrow’s third runway can be built without air quality getting worse in the capital. Environment Minister Therese Coffey made the claim to MPs who lined up in the Commons to protest against London’s toxic air. Twickenham Tory MP Tania Mathias said Heathrow expansion should be abandoned following the Government’s defeat in a court ruling this week, when judges ruled that current air quality improvement plans were not good enough. How can the Government support more pollution that would come from a third runway at Heathrow? she demanded. Tom Brake, the Liberal Democrat MP for Carshalton & Wallington called for action now to improve the appalling air quality around Heathrow and said the third runway should be halted unless air pollution can ...