Articles tagged ‘News’
Daily Dose 05.30
By Chris | May 30th, 2007 |
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* Britain the ripoff capital of Europe as far as the price of goods and services is concerned.(EveningStandard)
* London house prices up 15.6% on the year, 9.1% for the rest of the UK.(Times)
* Met Office predicts hot summer for the UK. Its tanking down in London at the moment.(Reuters)
Keeping London Undergound cool
By Chris | May 29th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Anyone who’s travelled on the London Undeground during the summer months knows how hot and stuffy it can get hundreds of feet below ground, especially on packed trains or narrow platforms crowded with passengers. The Mayor of London and the Managing Director of the Tube have been detailing the short and long term plans to [...]
Daily Dose 05.25
By Chris | May 25th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
* Environmental idiots plan summer camp at Heathrow Airport to disrupt air travel for thousands of travellers.(Telegraph)
* No flash speed cameras tested in West London.(BBCNews)
* Unions call for extra British public holiday in October so the public can do voluntary work. What?(EveningStandard)
Daily Dose 05.22
By Chris | May 22nd, 2007 | Add a Comment »
* David Beckham wins the ‘Global Achievement Award’ at something called The Greatest Britons 2007. It must be for branding his name, they wouldn’t give an award for non-achievement in football, would they?(Telegraph)
* Dandy boxer ‘Ka-witthhh’ Eubank won’t be prosecuted for his anti-war protest when he drove his his seven-tonne truck down Whitehall with the [...]
Daily Dose 05.17
By Chris | May 17th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
* Harmless gas to be released in Marylebone area to test how a terrorist posion gas attack would spread in London.(BBCNews)
* Classic London gangster movie The Long Good Friday to be remade and set in Miami.(Guardian)
* Most viewed football websites for European clubs revealed, Arsenal third, Chelsea sixth most popular.(comScore)
The City of London wired for sound
By Chris | May 16th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
The City of London and the City of London Police held a joint launch today for a new public warning system in London’s financial district, the Square Mile, as the City of London is known.
The system consists of loudspeakers that can be heard clearly 150 metres away fixed to existing mounted poles for CCTV cameras [...]
London News Alert: Search on for Mourinho’s dog
By Chris | May 16th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
It all kicked off in West London last night when Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho was arrested for obstructing police trying to take his Yorkshire terrier into quarantine. The dog, named Gullit, escaped during the fracas and is now the subject of an intensive search involving the Westminster Council dog warden and a posse from The [...]
Predicted impact of global warming on London
By Chris | May 15th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
The map on the left has been produced by the International Centre for Research on the Environment and Development to illustrate how global warming will impact Europe in the next few decades. It moves the position of cities to where the predicted climate they’ll have in 2071 would put them in relation to Europe’s current [...]
Daily Dose 05.15
By Chris | May 15th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
* MI5 to advertise on London buses and Tubes for new intelligence agents.(Telegraph)
* The Green Party wants a 20mph speed limit across much of London within three years. Just shows what a party of useless wankers the Greens are.(EveningStandard)
* Home Office working on a fleet of pilotless drones to monitor British cities.(DailyMail)
Daily Dose 05.11
By Chris | May 11th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
* Statue of England’s late 1966 World Cup winning captain Bobby Moore to be unveiled outside the new Wembley.(BBCNews)
* Cost of proposed new id cards in Britain rises to £105 each as Labour try’s to hide the news behind Blair announcing he’s quitting.(DailyMail)
* Trafalgar Square to be covered with turf for two days this month.(EveningStandard)
