Electric lorries are coming to London. Like milk floats on steroids, the fleet of 50mph ‘Newton‘ vehicles will glide around the capital in the employ of delivery firm TNT. The company hopes to reduce pollution in the capital and get a C-charge discount to boot. …
We need green energy. And on this blustery isle, one of the best sources is wind power. Trouble is, we’re also a nation of moaners, and any large structures get the NIMBYs tilting at windmills. So what to do? Stick them offshore of course (the …
We have a healthy respect for Jaws, but the likelihood of a Great White swimming down the Thames is about as likely as spotting a whale in that muck. Alligator though… there’s a concept we can get in a panic about. We have toilets and …
Michael Halls-Moore is a man on a mission. Or, rather, a man wanting to be on a mission. His dream is to go into space. But he’s a student at Imperial College, and not the most likely client for Richard Branson’s 100-grand-a-shot Virgin Galactic trips. …
Westminster Council has unveiled what are thought to be the first two recharging points for cars in the UK. The borough suffers from the UK’s highest levels of air pollution caused by the amount of traffic flowing in and out of central London. Electric cars …
Yesterday, Londonist went down to Trafalgar Sq. to see comedian Tim Fitzhigham attempting to inflate the world’s largest ever man-inflated balloon. By the time we arrived he had been inflating for two hours and had already fainted. Twice. The man is a loon. However, he …
Lots to see and do this weekend – don’t succumb to staying indoors and waiting for spring. Grab your coat, keys, wallet and camera and keep going – there’s no stopping in this town and no excuses either… Tonight Because the Night is a special …
We’ve had an elephant and a mammoth, but now London has a vulture! This ones real too! Eleven more tube station will become step-free by 2011 including Vauxhall and Finsbury Park. There are conflicting reports over what Michael Jackson actually sang at last night’s WMAs, …
We’ve got to hand it to Ken, when he goes for something he really goes for it: The daily charge for vehicles in carbon emissions band G, which includes some 4x4s, is to rise to £25 from 2009. Ouch! If you were thinking of buying …
Simply Botiful is the new installation by Swiss artist Christoph Buchel and the cramped, creepy, unsettling work is an alternative reality where viewers can walk from room to room to find themselves climbing into the back of a lorry, squeezing around piles of obsolete cameras …
London’s ‘most prolific burglar’ has been locked up for seven years. How prolific you ask? 2,646 burglaries. London’s allotments are being misplaced at an alarming rate. London is the most expensive city in Europe when it comes to hotel internet access. Jamie Hewlett’s huge murals …
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