Articles tagged ‘Lord Mayor’

New Lord Mayor of London elected

By Chris | October 2nd, 2007 | Add a Comment »

The 680th Lord Mayor of the City of London was elected yesterday. David Lewis, a lawyer and businessman will take up his position on 9 November and the following day will parade through the streets in a gold horse drawn coach during the annual Lord Mayor’s Show.
Among the idiosyncrasies Britain has to confuse visitors, there’s [...]

 

If you speed in London, wear a bandana

By Chris | January 12th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

The war on all fronts against the motorist continues in London with the news that speed cameras on Upper Thames Street will be facing both forwards and backwards to allow them to take a digital photo of the cars driver so that people won’t be able to deny they were driving if the car breaks [...]