I have been interested in recent newspaper reports suggesting I had lost, or was about to lose, one leg, two legs, an arm, a head – some people suggesting this went some time ago! – or even a fingernail. I am happy to tell you …
Trying to end the year on a positive, if unglamorous note: Olympic demolition complete and Games declared on track West Ham United get behind campaign to stop young people killing each other, Home Office campaign criticised for not being strategic enough Winehouse arrested, bailed and …
Just when you thought London might be a city safe from domination by Americans getting paid heaps of cash to do absolutely nothing … … enter former CIA employee (in movies they always say “The CIA’s like the mafia; you never leave” – but that’s …
A public-spirited chap called Carl Court has provided the BBC with a dossier of photos that reveal the shocking state of many railway stations in London and the South-east. London stations that get named and shamed include London Bridge, Battersea Park and Charlton. It’s depressing …
Bob Kiley’s compensation/consultation package for next year will amount to around £1 million (or around £3000 a day). Yesterday Ken denied that Londoners will automatically have to pay for Olympic overspend through their council tax. Remember those non-C Charge paying diplomats? Looks like they’re going …
Bob Kiley is to step down as London Transport Chief in January 2006. Epolitix.com has all the goss’. Angela Merkel arrived in London yesterday to play ‘middle woman’ between us and France over the EU budget. Cristiano Ronaldo will not face charges over the alleged …
It’s an age old trick: if things aren’t going right, blame the guy who’s not English. And in London, where we’re particularly bad at sorting out our transport sytsems it’s always those ‘foreign types’ who end up the worse for wear when somethig grinds to …
Since a brakes scare last week the Northern Line has been pretty much crippled with almost constant ‘severe delays’ and crowded, interminable waits for anyone using it. The problems began when LU were forced to double-up drivers on the Northern Line trains after four (count …
With construction well under way at Arsenal’s new Ashburton Grove stadium, everything looks set for it to become one of the best stadiums in the country to watch football. That’s of course assuming you’ll actually be able to get there to watch a game of …
In what seems to be a more and more elaborate plan to extract the most money possible from London’s motorists, the Commissioner of Transport for London, Bob Kiley wants to put in place a tag and beacon system to allow greater flexibility in charging on …
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