Thames Barrier

The rest and best of today’s news.

Tuesday news. With extra helpings of Jubilee, Olympics and transport.

Some of London’s landmarks are having landmark birthdays this week. Big knees-up at Kew, which is 250 years old. The Queen and Prince Philip are having a walkabout there today: it seems only fair as the park was kind enough to play host to the …

This Week In London’s History Monday – 4th May 2000: Ken Livingstone becomes the first Mayor of London. Tuesday – 5th May 1980: The SAS storm the Iranian Embassy in London, ending a six day siege and freeing 19 hostages. Wednesday – 6th May 1990: …

Photo by Alexei 322 Londoners won’t need to get their wellies out until at least 2070, according to a new report from the Environment Agency. The Thames Barrier was built to protect the city from flooding and was thought to need replacing around 2030. Designers …

Image: Astonmatt76 Can you get the morning off work on Thursday or Friday this week? If so, do so, and head along to the Isle of Dogs. The Thames21 charity is appealing for volunteers to help clean up the particularly trash-prone stretch of the river …

SS Robin, with the Canary Wharf skyline in the background (photo by Dean Nicholas) While the Cutty Sark and HMS Belfast are well-known icons of Britain’s marine history, London’s only other National Historic Ships Register Grade I-listed vessel was, until recently, in serious danger of …

Beware the pornographic perils of Bluetooth Chelsea Barracks sold for incredible £959 million – expect imminent Sloane explosion as 2000 luxury apartments move in Afghanistan soldiers’ exhibition up for award at National Army Museum Home time warning – trains between London and Milton Keynes are …

…that the government’s gone a bit loopy, actually. They are still banging on about developing the optimistically titled Thames Gateway region into some eco-wonderland filled with gainfully employed and happy eco-bunnies. Yvette Cooper was due to, er, ‘clarify’ exactly how this can be achieved and …

Here’s what we learned this weekend, whilst you were drawing up your Christmas card lists (or crossing people off them): It’s been a bad weekend for London’s performers, with even the ROH being dissed, and one band getting the worst review this Londonista has ever …