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Revisiting the Moon Under Water: The Perfect Pub

Nicholas Cooper | Posted 23.04.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Nicholas Cooper

I've always believed that a pub which can offer me a quality beer that I've never heard of is onto a good start, and anywhere I can walk in and see something on draught that surprises me is doing even better. Anywhere offering a combination of Carlsberg, Carling and Strongbow and not much else is simply not going to cut it.

Vietnam: Travelling With The Locals

Gareth Richman | Posted 08.04.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Gareth Richman

Here's a question for you... Would you spend 17.5 hourrs on an overnight train? There are couple of other things you might want to factor in.

Sarah Dean

INTERVIEW: Who Is Gin Wigmore?

HuffingtonPost.com | Sarah Dean | Posted 27.02.2013 | UK Entertainment

It's not every day you enjoy the support act more than a gig's main attraction. But when I saw American pop rock band Train at their sold out Hammersm...

Cleaning Lady Steals Swedish Train And Crashes It Into House

Huffington Post UK | Posted 15.01.2013 | UK

A cleaner has been arrested in Sweden after stealing a train and crashing it into a house in a wealthy Stockholm suburb. The train crashes into t...

Woman Headbutted At Rush Hour On Brixton Train

PA | Posted 23.11.2012 | UK

A 40 year-old woman was headbutted on a busy commuter train in Brixton on Thursday morning by a man carrying a work bench. The woman needed treatme...

What 'Indian Summer'? Fog Disrupts Flights And Train Travel

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 23.10.2012 | UK

Fog has disrupted flights for a second day while trainlines also suffered delays. The poor visibility affected flights at London City Airport and a...

Silly Season On Rail Fares

Sophie Allain | Posted 16.10.2012 | UK Politics
Sophie Allain

Boris Johnson's abortive journey on a zip line aside, the Olympics have so far buffered the Government against the leftfield excesses of the silly season.

The Twitter Fight That May Become a One-Night Edinburgh Fringe Event

John Fleming | Posted 15.09.2012 | UK Comedy
John Fleming

"I think it's the first time a Twitter fight went viral," Janey told me, "and I got lots of interest from the big agencies and news folk and it opened a debate about personal privacy because I had used the couple's real names.

Family Has Lucky Escape After Dangerous Driving At Level Crossing

Posted 03.07.2012 | UK

Serving as a caution to any driver who hates waiting at level crossings, take a look at the CCTV footage which captures the moment a car got caught be...

Train Tickets 'Not Value For Money' Claim Passengers

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 28.06.2012 | UK

A rising number of train passengers think their rail ticket does not represent value for money, according to figures. A total of 42% of passengers ...

WATCH: Pavarotti Impersonator Cheers Up Grumpy Commuters

Huffington Post UK | Alastair Plumb | Posted 21.06.2012 | UK Comedy

Until Luciano Pavarotti's death back in 2007, Colin Miller was a professional Pavarotti impersonator, with his career in wannabe warbling really kicki...

Kerry McCarthy MP Labels Passenger 'Oaf We Should Have Killed When We Had The Chance'

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 25.05.2012 | UK Politics

A Labour MP who was previously the party's 'Twitter Tsar' may have been caught out by the social media site after describing one of her fellow train p...

Passengers Stranded After Train Hits Herd Of Cattle At High Speed

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 09.05.2012 | UK

A packed passenger train has crashed into an escaped herd of cows causing chaos on a train travelling through Oxfordshire The 2.45pm Crosscountry T...

Tube Workers Reject London Olympics Pay Deal

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 30.01.2012 | UK

Leaders of London Underground workers, the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union, have rejected a pay offer for staff working during the London 201...

Saddam Hussein and Sam Main - The Rights and Wrongs of Intervention

Samuel Walker | Posted 14.02.2012 | UK
Samuel Walker

On 15 November, America officially left Iraq - mission accomplished, the war is over. While pondering the rights and wrongs of the intervention in Iraq, I heard about Sam Main a young Scottish student who was thrown of the Edinburgh to Perth train by the 'Big Man' for not having a ticket.

Britain's Got Racists

David Schneider | Posted 12.01.2012 | UK Comedy
David Schneider

Racist ranting: it's the new craze that's sweeping the nation. You can even get £250 if you send in a video to the BBC and it gets used on You've Been Racially Abused.

Man Tasered Nine Times While Sat On Train

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 24.11.2011 | UK

A man carrying a 99p toy gun claims he was Tasered nine times by police whilst sat on a train. The victim, Justice Livingston, said he was Tasered ...

PHOTOS: Tree-mendous! The Biggest Christmas Tree Made Out Of Lego

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 25.11.2011 | UK

A giant Lego Christmas tree has been erected at London's St Pancras station, the tallest tree ever built with the toy bricks, according to the manufac...

Musical Marriage Proposal On Train To Watford Leaves Commuters Shocked (Video)

PA | Posted 04.01.2012 | UK

Passengers on a packed London train have been stunned when their evening commute was interrupted by a musical marriage proposal. Adam King enlisted...

Australian 'Free Runner' In Closest Of Close Shaves With Train

Huffington Post UK | Posted 26.10.2011 | UK

An Australian man has narrowly avoided being hit by a train by the smallest of margins while attempting to run across the tracks. The man was appar...

How Will Rail Price Hikes Affect You?

Huffington Post UK | George Sandeman | Posted 16.10.2011 | UK

Train commuters in England will be subject to rail fare rises of at least eight per cent next year as inflation rates remain high. The fare increa...

Police Condemn Train Attack

The Independent | Posted 10.10.2011 | UK

Police have described an attack on a train in which a bag was filled with stones and faeces and then suspended across a railway line as "abhorrent". ...

Giant Drill To Be Buried Under The Heart Of Manhattan

The New York Times | Posted 27.09.2011 | UK

A 200-tonne drill used to cut tunnels for the New York underground is to be buried deep under the heart of Manhattan. The New York Times reports that...