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The Knowledge is back! Applications for the 'world's toughest taxi exam' in two years have been submitted by aspiring cabbies who are still eager to be a black cab pilot, even in the days of satnav... Check out our online quiz to see if you can pass the exam
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February 9, 2024
Since applications for The Knowledge tripled in two years, London black cabbies could be up for revival, despite concerns that the world's toughest taxi exam may be ruled out. Drivers must memorise 25,000 streets and 100,000 landmarks within a six-mile radius of Charing Cross, 1865. Successful applicants must go through 320 routes and seven stages, with up to a dozen interviews having to be approved during a process that can take up to four years. However, fears have been raised in recent years that the test will have been extinct, with applicants down 94 percent in a decade from 3,000 in 2012 to just 174 in 2021. But figures are now up, with the 2023 total hitting 579, up three years from two years ago, and much higher than the previous pre-pandemic number of 356 in 2019. The rise seems to be owing in part to the freetravel app FreeNow's initiative, which allows passengers to hail private hire cars similar to Uber but also black cabs. The German-based company is giving a voucher to finish the exam, which can cost people up to £10,000.
The best 100 TV shows ever created have been rediscovered (and no surprise)... But does YOUR favorite appear on the list?
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November 3, 2023
The Daily Mail's Weekend magazine has reached yet another magnificent milestone - this month we turn 30! We asked you to share our top ten TV shows so we could compile our definitive list of the 100 Greatest TV Shows voted for by you.
John Nettleton, a Yes Minister who played Sir Humphrey's predecessor, died at the age of 94
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July 14, 2023
Yes Minister actor John Nettleton (right) has died at the age of 94, according to his handlers. In the 1980s, the actor was best known for portraying Sir Arnold Robinson (left) in the political comedy and its sequel, Yes, Prime Minister. In a tweetout by his handler, Scott Marshall Partners, we learn that our beloved client and much-loved stage and screen actor John Nettleton died at the age of 94.'
In the new A History Of The World Part 2 trailer, Emily Ratajkowski puts on a leggy display
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January 14, 2023
In a recent trailer for the forthcoming Hulu comedy film History of the World Part 2, Emily Ratajkowski turned up the heat. In a sexy, Grecian-style dress with major leg slit, the actress, 31, sparkled her upper class as she lounged sensuously amongst pillows. She twirled her hair as she lay by a roaring fire station with a pensive expression on her face.