London Underground trains to get a cool makeover

Riding the London Underground is getting cooler, literally.

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Jurors retrace steps of man shot by police

A jury on Tuesday retraced the steps of a Brazilian man who was killed by police after being mistaken for a suicide bomber. The visit included a stop at the London Underground station where Jean Charles de Menezes was shot seven times in the head as he sat on a subway train.

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"Readers have heard the question "why have there been no terrorist attacks in the US since 9-11-2001" bandied between counter-terrorism professionals on countless occasions. These debates are premised on the false presumption that there have not been any attacks.

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Blackfriars, one of London's busiest tube stations, is to close for nearly three years while upgrades are carried out to the Thameslink main line which passes through the station. Blackfriars station is used by about 44,000 commuters and tourists every day.

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Travellers on London's transport system may have found that their pre-paid Oyster cards did not work this morning. This follows a computer glitch over the weekend which disabled card-readers across the capital's transport system for around five hours.

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The failure of the public private partnership between Metronet and the London Underground has lead to UK taxpayers picking up the bill for approximately £2 billion.

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Two of the tube carriages affected by bombs during the London terrorist attacks of July 7, 2005 have undergone a £9million refurbishment and, amazingly, may be used again on the London Underground within months.

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Tube train wrecked in the 7/7 London bombings is being rebuilt in Hungary because there are no facilities to carry out the work in Britain.

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The woman who became the "Voice of the Tube" has been sacked after allegedly criticising London Underground (LU). Voiceover artist Emma Clarke, 36, is the woman millions of Tube travellers hear warning them to "mind the gap".

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Unfathomable.

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A sex toy named Rampant Rabbit is certainly courting publicity this week. It was used by a robber earlier in the week to attempt to rob a bookie (see link below). Now London Underground have banned an Ad for it. Rabbits are also much in the news! Wazz goin' on?

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A MAN who filmed himself skiing down the longest escalator on London's underground rail network has been branded "dangerous, stupid and irresponsible".

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This picture shows a young woman lying below the tracks of the London Underground in an apparent suicide attempt - before she was rescued by station staff.

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One man, Ramzi Mohammed, 25, had turned so that the rucksack on his back was pointing towards a mother with her child in a pushchair as he attempted to detonate the bomb in a tunnel on the Northern Line causing "panic, fear and confusion." Disgusting.

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Fun story about what happened when Sarah Ferguson and Prince Andrew's daughter, Princess Beatrice, took her first trip on the London Underground.

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Heaven only knows how the family of Jean Charles de Menezes must feel when they hear about this.

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Londoners may have the oldest underground railway in the world but it is not held in great affection, unlike the Metro in Venezuela which is punctual, cheap and held in the highest esteem.

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Millions of commuters face possible chaos on the Tube network after the failure of talks to avert a further strike by up to 4,000 workers. Friday night's negotiations failed, says the RMT union, and the 24-hour strike will begin on Sunday evening.

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