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Entries from Londonist tagged with 'lda'

August 18, 2008

To London House (well, not literally: us what blog from our garrets by a candle’s flicker don’t actually have a budget, let alone one which stretches to Beijing), where a programme of upbeat seminars and lectures on lovable London is underway. The installation has been set up with a view to promoting our wondrous city for matters non-Olympian. Business investment, tourism, study-trips, that sort of thing. You will recall that we reported on Boris’ Olympic......

Continue Reading "Stereotyping London"

August 6, 2008

Astonishingly, London's only 10m diving facility in Crystal Palace whose club is busy fast-tracking talent for 2012, and was responsible for the discovery of 3 of the diving team currently getting the jitters in Beijing, is facing closure due to rent arrears. It was already in trouble when it shut last September when asbestos was found and an alternative dry training facility had to be found. The club lost thousands on membership fees, as......

Continue Reading "Save Crystal Palace Diving Institute "

July 17, 2008

This is the damning conclusion of an audit into the London Development Agency under Ken Livingstone. During his eight years in power, millions were squandered on pet projects, approved without appropriate checks and balances, says the report, which was authored by Patience Wheatcroft at the behest of her long-time pal and occasional back-scratcher Boris Johnson. Contentious projects, like a world-class aquarium in the Silvertown Quays complex, were given Ken's glad-hand and pushed ahead despite......

Continue Reading "LDA "Treated Like The Mayor's Personal Cheque Book""

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