Extra, Extra

By · November 22, 2010 at 17:00 pm · 4 Comments · Miscellaneous · Report an error ·
  • Time to get the mittens out of the attic: London could get its first snowfall of the winter this Thursday.
  • Spending cutbacks may force the Met to abandon Operation Trident.
  • Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti dismisses rumours that he is going to quit the club. following three losses in four games.
  • A woman is in a serious but stable condition in hospital after being rescued from Greenwich flat fire.
  • Bishop apologises after predicting Wills – Kate marriage would last seven years. Appropriately enough, Rt Rev Pete Broadbent is in the Bishop of Willesden.
  • “Women scared off Boris bikes” – shrieks the Standard after discovering that only a quarter of users are female.

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  • Kevincopy

    ‘Appropriately enough, Rt Rev Pete Broadbent is in the Bishop of Willesden.’ Eh? I mean, EH?

  • Kevincopy

    ‘Appropriately enough, Rt Rev Pete Broadbent is in the Bishop of Willesden.’ Eh? I mean, EH?

  • http://twitter.com/topdowntoedown Lewis Cooper

    I read that story about female Boris Bikists last night in the Stannit with much amusement. Speaking personally (and for everyone that doesn’t live in Zone 1?) I don’t use the bikes to commute, just to skip across town somewhere that’s quicker (and obviously cheaper) by bike than it is by tube. For instance, it’s 10-15 mins to Oxford Street from Old Street, which at rush hour isn’t likely either by Northern/Piccadilly or by Northern/Central.

    Also – when in Paris recently I noticed that the Vélibs have a proper basket on the front not the BB’s excuse – is it sexist to suspect that perhaps ladies need somewhere to put their handbags?

  • http://twitter.com/topdowntoedown Lewis Cooper

    I read that story about female Boris Bikists last night in the Stannit with much amusement. Speaking personally (and for everyone that doesn’t live in Zone 1?) I don’t use the bikes to commute, just to skip across town somewhere that’s quicker (and obviously cheaper) by bike than it is by tube. For instance, it’s 10-15 mins to Oxford Street from Old Street, which at rush hour isn’t likely either by Northern/Piccadilly or by Northern/Central.

    Also – when in Paris recently I noticed that the Vélibs have a proper basket on the front not the BB’s excuse – is it sexist to suspect that perhaps ladies need somewhere to put their handbags?

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