Barking

We exchanged a few words with the comedian before his tour reaches Barking on Friday.

Midweek news. Today’s trajectory takes us from Notting Hill via the Tate, thence to the Olympic Village and Barking.

TfL prepares to switch on the first ‘average speed cameras’ on a major urban road – the accident-attracting A13 in east London.

The charity Practical Action has hit upon an interesting way of demonstrating how a rise in ocean levels would impact on London: they’ve created an alternative Tube map which shows the areas of the capital that would be flooded.

Here’s what we’ve learned this weekend whilst you’ve been shopping for thermals: Rumblings in the synod: the Bishop of Fulham is to convert to Catholicism. RIP Simon McCorkindale and Malcolm Allison. There was a fatal stabbing at a Barking pub on Saturday. Clearly a dangerous …

Over the past few months, London’s main highways have been turning black and blue in an effort to prevent cyclists doing the same. Today, the first two (of ten) cycle superhighways open: route CS7, connecting Merton to the City; and CS3, linking Barking to Tower …

A man was shot dead on Hendon Way in the middle of this morning’s rush hour. Beggars belief. The Church plays it safe: Southwark Cathedral is not to get a gay bishop after all. A two year old boy was killed in a hit and …

Writing in The Observer, Rowan Moore lists his top ten public artworks around Britiain. As one might expect, London is home to a number of them, but what makes Moore’s list stand out is his mixture of the very familiar with some less known finds …

The Malthouse In the fizzing wake of the LIFT Molten Festival, Barking continues to emerge as a ‘cultural hub’ with the Malthouse. Home to some of the areas arts organisations it’s also housing a monthly film club offering a series of genre-based screenings accompanied by …

Bus drivers are once again on strike, affecting 58 routes through East London. Members of the Unite union will strike until 3am on Sunday. Routes through Barking, Bow, Leyton, Romford, Upton Park and West Ham are most heavily affected. The industrial action comes in protest …