An armed raid on a bank in Ashford, on the western edge of London has reportedly ended peacefully. A man ‘in his 30s’ has been arrested at the local branch of Barclays after taking a number of hostages. Eleven people were released about an hour …
A Eurostar train running from Paris to London broke down last night at around 10pm near Ashford. The company said the locomotive had suffered a “major technical failure” (presumably one more complex than the frozen air intakes that knocked out most services in December). Fortunately …
37 minutes from Kings Cross St Pancras is London’s newest suburb: the Kentish Town of Ashford. South Eastern High Speed weekend services have now begun and we set off through Sunday’s drizzle to inspect the latest addition to the commuter belt. Ashford is a town …
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