OYSTER

There are more than 83 million Oyster cards out there that haven't been used for at least a year and there is around £517million pound sitting on them. This is made up of over £259 million in initial deposits when getting the card and over £258 million in pay-as-you-go credit. In the recent Money Saving Expert (MSE) newsletter, Martin Lewis highlighted this and explained how you could claim some money back.

The trick is simple enough. You first identify someone who is going to use an Oyster card, their bank card or their phone to tap in or out through a barrier. You then sidle up to them close enough to pull off the trick, but not close.

Voters in England who headed to the polls needed to bring with them photographic ID. Accepted forms of ID included passports, driving licences, 60+ Oyster cards and some bus passes. Government’s own research suggests that around 2 million voters in the UK may lack the kind of photographic ID needed to cast a vote.

Kate and Wills used Oyster cards to get through barriers at Acton Main Line. But as they took the newest train line they bumped into TikTok royalty. Francis Bourgeois has amassed more than 2.9million followers on TikTok. He awkwardly stands up and shakes her and William's hand.

The monarchy is becoming too personalised, and too much time is spent picking over the character of the monarch. Travellers into the capital will need to buy a day return and then pay for buses or the Tube, either by tapping a debit card or purchasing an Oyster card.

Council elections on 4 May will be the first time that people will need photo ID. Some forms of ID - like an older person's bus pass or a 60+ Oyster card - are being accepted. But the same is not true for young adult railcards or student Oyster cards.

Sabrina Rova, 23, stole items including a Cartier watch, a pair of Cartier earrings worth more than £22,000, a Rolex Oyster watch worth £17,000 and Dior pearl earrings. Cleaner at five-star Hilton hotel in London's Park Lane who stole £365k worth of jewellery from wealthy tourists for crime gang sobs uncontrollably as she is jailed for more than five years.

Sabrina Rova, 23, worked at the London Hilton on Park Lane. She stole a pair of Cartier earrings worth more than £22,000. Also took Rolex Oyster watch worth £17,000, a Cartier watch and Dior pearl earrings.

Daily paper tickets would no longer be sold or accepted on Tube, bus, rail, tram and London Overground services. Passengers travelling from outside the capital would be expected to use contactless or Oyster cards on arrival. Last year, 12m day travelcards were sold, double the number in 2020, but down from 27m in 2018.

Daily paper tickets would no longer be sold or accepted on Tube, bus, rail, tram and London Overground services. Passengers travelling from outside the capital would be expected to use contactless or Oyster cards on arrival. Last year, 12m day travelcards were sold, double the number in 2020, but down from 27m in 2018.

Voters in some parts of England and Northern Ireland will choose new councillors across 241 councils in May. To vote in person, you need to turn up at the polling station between 07:00 and 22:00 BST on 4 May in England, or 18 May in Northern Ireland. You don't need to take your poll card, but from 4 May 2023, voters in England must show photo ID. There are 22 forms of valid ID including: passports, driving licences and Oyster 60+ cards.

Hotel cleaner weeps as she admits stealing nearly £400,000 of jewellery from wealthy guests. Sabrina Rova worked at the posh five-star Hilton Hotel but was said to be apart of an 'organised crime group' The 23-year-old swiped Cartier watch, Cartier earrings worth over £22,000, a Rolex Oyster watch worth £17,000 and Dior pearl earrings.

Meow-Ludo Disco Gamma Meow-Meow says he had it put under his skin. Opal card is the Sydney alternative to an Oyster card in London. He has two other implants in his arm, one of which he uses to store documents.