Articles tagged ‘News’
Tony Blair sets leaving date
By Chris | May 10th, 2007 |
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Tony Blair announced today that he’s stepping down as Prime Minister on 27 June after ten years in the job. He’s been laying out what a fantastic job he and Labour have done in that time, a lot of bullshit in my opinion, you could spend all day going over the lies, spin, and bad [...]
Prince to play 21 London gigs this year
By Chris | May 8th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Prince has announced he’s going to play 21 dates in London this summer, the only city he’s performing in this year. He’s going to do seven nights at the new O2 Arena, formerly the Millennium Dome, and then do 14 other shows at various sized venues around town.
He’ll also be varying the playlist, using [...]
Daily Dose 05.08
By Chris | May 8th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
* Every London bus to get signs asking people to turn down the volume on their ipods and MP3 players because the bloke next to you doesn’t want to listen to that noise.(EveningStandard)
* Google is Britain’s favourite brand according to the annual poll by Marketing magazine.(Telegraph)
* George Michael admits in court to driving under the [...]
Origin of London’s tourists is changing
By Chris | May 7th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Some interesting figures released by Visit London about the origin of tourists coming to London. The Guardian reports that for the first time Indian tourists spent more in London last year than did those from Japan and that while the number of Indian visitors has almost doubled in three years, there’s been a steady decline [...]
Daily Dose 05.03
By Chris | May 3rd, 2007 | Add a Comment »
* Gypsys lose High Court battle to stay on land wanted for Olympic Village. I guess that means they’ll soon be covering some other park or field in East London with piles of shit and garbage and will be allowed to get away with it because its their ‘traditional way of life.’(BBCNews)
* RAC warns that [...]
London mayor running for election….again
By Chris | May 3rd, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Ken Livingstone the current London Mayor has been chosen by the Labour Party as their official candidate for the next mayoral election, a year from now on 1 May 2008.
Livingstone will be trying to win a third consecutive four year term as mayor and has said recently he sees it as a stepping stone to [...]
US Embassy in London on the market
By Chris | May 1st, 2007 | Add a Comment »
The US Embassy in Grosvenor Square is up for sale. Its a 225,000 sq.ft, nine storey building (three of them underground) occupying the western side of the Square, which is in an absolutely prime spot in the wealthly Mayfair area of central London.
Its being sold because the US wants to build a new embassy [...]
Daily Dose 05.01
By Chris | May 1st, 2007 | Add a Comment »
* England football captain John Terry’s girlfriend filmed herself giving birth to their twins on her mobile phone. Why so classy.(TheSun)
* The lemmings were out in force again in London last night after Top Shop launched a range of clothes with Kate Moss’s name on it. They could have collected all her dumps from the [...]
London bomb plotters sentenced
By Chris | April 30th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
This bunch of happy campers on the left are the latest crew of British muslims locked up for planning bombings in the UK, in their case the targets included the Bluewater shopping centre, the Ministry of Sound, a football stadium as well as gas and electric supplies.
The good news is the judge at least gave [...]
Daily Dose 04.26
By Chris | April 26th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
* Hugh Grant arrested for assaulting a photographer in London. Hard to imagine Hugh fighting his way out of a wet paper bag.(BBCNews)
* Eight new acts added to the Princess Diana Tribute Concert, not sure if Status Quo improves the lineup or not.(SkyNews)
* Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann signs for one more season. Good deal.(ITVNews)
