Transport for London

While the rest of the U.K. remained at home, England underwent its first day on May 13 of some businesses reopening amid mounting opposition criticism of the government's easing of the lockdown.

England saw an increase in the number of people traveling around the country and using public transport.

Independent - Junk food advertising will be banned from London's tube and bus network, under plans put forward by the city's mayor that steal a march on Theresa May.

Sadiq Khan said the move was necessary to curb the "ticking timebomb" of child obesity, which has left almost 40 per cent of 10 and 11-year-olds in the capital overweight or obese.

London City Airport has been closed following the discovery of a Second World War bomb in the River Thames at the nearby King George V Dock.

A 214-metre exclusion zone has been set up as a precaution by the Metropolitan Police, and roads in the area have been closed.

The bomb was found during routine work at the dock which runs alongside the airport's runway.

GBP 806 265  or BGN 1 769 568 owes the Bulgaria's embassy in London to the British company Transport For London for a congestion charge, the British Foreign Ministry reported.

There is GBP 11.50 congestion charge for each entry into the center of London during business hours. It was introduced by former mayor of London Ken Livingstone in 2003.

A major station is in lockdown this evening after a suspect package was discovered.
Police have been called to Angel Underground Station in North London to investigate the security alert.
Police have set up a cordon and passengers are being stopped from entering or leaving the busy station.

Uber's new chief executive will meet London's transport commissioner later to discuss the firm losing its licence, reported BBC. 

Dara Khosrowshahi is meeting Mike Brown, who runs Transport for London, which has criticised the firm's record over reporting criminal offences and carrying out driver background checks.

London stripped Uber on Sept. 22 of its licence to operate from the end of next week in a huge blow to the taxi service and 3.5 million users in one of the world's wealthiest cities.

The capital's transport authority said the Silicon Valley technology giant was not fit and proper to hold a private vehicle hire licence and it would not be renewed when it expires on Sept. 30.

London's transport regulator on Friday stripped Uber [UBER.UL] of its license to operate from the end of the month, affecting over 40,000 drivers in a huge blow to the taxi app, Reuters reported.

Police are investigating an "incident" on a District Line underground train at Parsons Green, south-west London, reported BBC. 

Officers and ambulance staff are on the scene following reports on social media of an "explosion" in a carriage.

A picture on social media showed a white bucket inside a supermarket bag, but does not appear to show extensive damage in the carriage.

A blast that ripped through a London Underground train this morning injuring about 20 people including a schoolboy was a terror attack.
There have been warnings a suspect armed with a knife is still on the run as bomb squads are called in to deactivate a second device.