Uber has been accused by police in England of allowing a driver who sexually assaulted a passenger to strike again by not reporting the attack, along with other serious crimes.

A double-decker bus has crashed into a shop on a busy London high street.

A tram driver in England has been suspended after video emerged appearing to show him asleep at the controls.

Update: 1.40pm Five people have died after a tram derailed in Croydon, south London, British Transport Police said.

Counter-terrorism detectives in England have launched an investigation after a suspicious item was found on a Tube service.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan said that cancelling the planned £175m (€227m) ‘Garden Bridge’ would cost UK taxpayers more money than building it, signalling he plans to proceed with the controversial project.

Emergency crews in Kent took part in a graphic mock-up of the aftermath of a building’s collapse into a Tube station. They were testing their response to mass casualties.

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A prosthetic leg, a life-sized Spiderman doll and “enough musical instruments to form a band” have been lost on London’s travel network.

A supermarket has been damaged after a bus mounted the curb and crashed into it.

British police have urged Tube passengers to get in touch if they are given offensive leaflets after a woman said she was handed an abusive card calling her a “fat, ugly human”.

Minicab app firm had been challenged by London taxi drivers

Jeremy Corbyn’s suggestion that women-only train carriages could be introduced at night to guard against sexual attacks has been condemned by rival Labour leadership contenders and anti-sexism campaigners.

A €7.3m fine in its hometown of San Francisco marks another in a long series of difficulties for Uber, whose unorthodox business model has sparked protests from London to New Delhi, writes Olivia Kelleher

Last month Apple said that its mobile payment system, Apple Pay, would arrive in the UK in July. Documents from retailers indicate that July 14th is when it will launch.

ENGLAND: A number of bingo hall toilets in the UK have tested positive for cocaine, according to a newspaper investigation, amid concerns that increasing numbers of older people are turning to the drug.

Passengers had a lucky escape when their bus had its roof ripped off after it hit a tree in a “freak accident”.

Plans to run all-night Tube services in London will run up losses of over £100 million before breaking even, a union has claimed.

Transport chiefs have launched an investigation after a gay couple were reportedly thrown off a bus for kissing.

Transport chiefs in England have launched an investigation after a gay couple were reportedly thrown off a bus for kissing.

Architects have come up with designs for Heathrow City — a 190,000-home town that would spring up if the west London airport closes.

A driver died and 13 people were injured – including one critically – when a car collided with a night bus.

Taxi drivers protest as rule-free private cars take fares across London, say Olga Kharif and Amy Thomson.

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Tube services in London were hit today by a “solidly supported” strike over ticket office closures.

Teenage superstar Justin Bieber left fans angry and disappointed, with some booing, after he arrived on stage nearly two hours late for a sell-out UK concert.

A Christian group is fighting a High Court battle in the UK over a ban on its bus advert suggesting that gay people can be “cured”.

London’s St Stephen's Day shoppers and tourists carried on regardless today despite a “completely unnecessary” Tube strike disrupting large parts of the service.

Rail services to one of the key Olympic stations were delayed today, while there were also hold-ups at another major London terminus.

Drivers will have to contend with Olympic traffic-only routes when 30 miles of games lanes come into operation in London today.

THIS SUMMER’S London 2012 Olympic Games poses the greatest operational and security challenge the city has faced since the Second World War.

London 2012 chairman Lord Coe has played down talk of transport problems after Olympic athletes and officials experienced some travel delays yesterday.

London mayor Boris Johnson admitted today that there would be “imperfections and things going wrong” as the capital coped with the Olympics.

Talks aimed at averting a 72-hour strike by London Underground maintenance workers next week ended without agreement tonight.

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Rail union leaders today called for an urgent review of safety procedures after claiming that an internal report into a flooding incident at a Tube station in London showed it almost ended in “disaster”.

A Tube train with a suspect package on board passed through four London stations because staff cuts meant there was no-one available to evacuate and search the carriages, according to a leaked memo.

London Underground services were crippled today because of a strike by workers in protest at job cuts, causing misery for commuters and other travellers.

Tube travellers had to be led along tracks through an underground tunnel for the second day in a row today because of fresh disruption to services.

Hundreds of London Underground passengers had to walk along the track today after trains were stuck in tunnels because of a power failure.

A bus driver was arrested after a Cambridge University student died in a suspected hit-and-run, Transport for London said tonight.

HARRY REDKNAPP yesterday sidestepped the issue of Tottenham’s 11th-hour bid to take over the Olympic Stadium by joking he was scared of upsetting chairman Daniel Levy.

One of the London Underground's busiest stations had to be closed today after ticket office staff noticed a strange smell.