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☆ Dua Lipa and Callum Turner are bringing back this vintage travel accessory
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-29 | by ( Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Romance was in the air at London’s St. Pancras station on Tuesday, and not just because burgeoning power couple Dua Lipa and actor Callum Turner were spotted returning from a trip to Paris. Beyond their similar leather jackets, there was something nostalgic, even sentimental about their looks. Turner wheeled a silver Rimowa cabin case decked out with a smorgasbord of luggage stickers. The fashion for luggage patches began around the 1900s — they were typically offered by grand, palatial hotels. “In this age of nostalgia… I say bring back the travel sticker,” wrote the New York Times in 1971, insisting that the colorful decorations are key to evoking pleasant memories and standing out from the crowd.

Persons: Dua Lipa, Callum Turner, Jane Birkin, Turner, Neil Mockford, ”, Birkin, “, it’s, Taylor, Lipa — Organizations: CNN, Dua, Puma, New York Times, Vogue Locations: London’s St, Pancras, Paris, Lipa, Palermo, Italy, Costa Rica, Greece, Israel, Palestine

☆ 6 Chinese people demanded that a British pianist remove their faces from his public live stream. The ensuing fight has gone viral.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewA confrontation between a group of Chinese people and a pianist in a London train station has gone viral on YouTube. "We are here filming for Chinese TV, did you film all of us in your cameras?" Business Insider could not immediately verify her claim that she works for Chinese TV. The other officer told Kavanagh to stop filming and that he was "not allowed to put this on your YouTube channel because this is a police matter." Later, the officer who told Kavanagh to shut down his live stream returned.

Persons: —, Brendan Kavanagh, Kavanagh, YouTube Kavanagh, We're, we're, Kavanagh's cameraperson, YouTuber Organizations: Service, YouTube, Business, Pancras International, Police, St, Communist, British Transport Police, Embassy, Google Locations: London, St, People's Republic of China, Communist China, Weibo, China

☆ 700 passengers were left stranded and without toilets for 8 hours after a Eurostar train broke down
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Marielle Descalsota | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Hundreds of passengers traveling to Amsterdam were stuck on a Eurostar train in London for hours. AdvertisementSome 700 passengers were left stranded after a Eurostar train broke down 30 minutes after leaving London's St Pancras station on Thursday, reported the BBC. Ben Williams, a passenger on the train, told The Independent that four or five hours after the train broke down, passengers were each offered one free item of food. AdvertisementIt's not the first time passengers were left stranded after a train broke down. In August 2022, passengers were stranded in the undersea Eurotunnel for five hours after a Le Shuttle train broke down.

Persons: —, Ben Williams, Ashleigh Furlong, Furlong Organizations: Eurostar, Service, London's St Pancras, BBC, Independent, Politico, Business, Amtrak, Le Shuttle Locations: Amsterdam, London, London's St, England, France, St Pancras

☆ Round and Round We Go: Circular Strolls Near London
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Susanne Fowler | More About Susanne Fowler | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

For example, a 70-minute train ride from Liverpool Street station to the town of Manningtree in Essex county is the starting point for discovering the Stour Valley scenery that inspired the painter John Constable. The approximately 3½-hour, 7½-mile trail passes through the village of Dedham, once a flourishing textile center, and where Constable attended grammar school. Depending on the season, you might see five-petal primroses in sun-dappled hedgerows, cowslips on grasslands where sheep graze, dainty white wood anemones or even orchids. On the 4-hour, 8½-mile walk from Limpsfield in Surrey (30 minutes from London Bridge station), famed for its carpet of sweet-scented bluebells in late spring, bird-watchers can listen for nightingales or spot hawks circling overhead. I chose this destination because it included the pebble beach along Sandwich Bay and because I’ve always wanted to tick a box off my bucket list by having a sandwich in Sandwich.

Persons: John Constable, Constable, I’ve Organizations: Liverpool Street, London Locations: Manningtree, Essex county, Dedham, Limpsfield, Surrey, Wye, London’s St, Pancras, Sandwich, Kent, St

REUTERS/Andrew Winning/File PhotoWASHINGTON, March 7 (Reuters) - Engineering company Siemens AG (SIEGn.DE) will announce on Tuesday it is investing over $220 million to build a rail car manufacturing facility in North Carolina, the White House and Siemens said. Busch said Siemens has a "strong foothold" in the market and sees longer term growth opportunities in high-speed rail. Siemens' rail unit will be receiving a jobs development grant from the state of North Carolina, the company said. Funding comes in part from the bipartisan infrastructure law passed in 2021, the White House said. The $1 trillion infrastructure law provides $66 billion for rail, an unprecedented boost in federal aid for trains.

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