London News Roundup: King's Cross Gets A New Park

Rachel Holdsworth
By Rachel Holdsworth Last edited 101 months ago
London News Roundup: King's Cross Gets A New Park
A new park has opened in the middle of one of King's Cross's old gasholders.
  • A teenage girl has been filmed punching an 87 year old woman in the face on a bus.
  • Transport for London has hired 500 staff in advance of the much-delayed Night Tube at a cost of £1.5m a month — but they're all doing other things across the network until launch.
  • 13 fire engines that have been held 'in reserve' in case of strike might be axed altogether in budget cuts.
  • Londoners' commute times are getting worse.
  • Ajit Chambers plans to challenge TfL over the tendering process for transforming ghost stations.
  • The 2012 Olympics were "more or less sabotaged" by Russian athletes who should have been banned for doping, says a report.
  • A load of bones have been found in Greenwich.
  • Ian Visits has crunched some numbers and come up with the best dates to buy monthly travelcards to save you money.
  • Never been to Persepolis in Peckham? Shame on you.

Last Updated 09 November 2015