Articles tagged with "mayor"
£25 congestion charge for larger cars in London
By Chris | February 12th, 2008 |
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The Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, today announced plans to start charging cars with higher CO2 emissions £25 a day to drive into central London’s Congestion Zone, where the charge... [Read this entry]
The return of the Routemaster?
By Chris | December 19th, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Anybody who grew up or lived in London from the 1950s onwards will be familiar with the red Routemaster buses which soon after their introduction became one of the symbols... [Read this entry]
London News 10.30
By Chris | October 30th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
* Mayor freezes price of single fares on public transport in London, you know there’s an election coming. BBCNews
* Staff at BAA (British Airports Authority) voting on whether to... [Read this entry]
Conservatives announce Boris Johnson for London Mayor
By Chris | September 27th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Boris Johnson, the current MP for Henley, has been chosen as the Conservative candidate in next year’s London Mayoral election in a poll of London voters. Ken Livingstone is going... [Read this entry]
London News 09.03
By Chris | September 3rd, 2007 | Add a Comment »
* Three day strike by London Underground workers to go ahead this week.(Metro)
* Ten British police forces get Taser stun guns to trial for a year.(ITVNews)
* Elderly drivers... [Read this entry]
Daily Dose 08.01
By Chris | August 1st, 2007 | Add a Comment »
* Liberal MP Lembit Opik (his parents say its not an anagram) best known for dating one of the Cheeky Girls could be about to run for London Mayor.(Guardian)
*... [Read this entry]
Boris Johnson shows he’s tough enough to be Mayor
By Chris | July 16th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Conservative MP, journalist and sometime tv presenter Boris Johnson has announced his candidacy to be the Tory challenger to Ken Livingstone as the next London Mayor in the 2008 election.... [Read this entry]
4th July
By Chris | July 4th, 2007 | 2 Comments »
It unlikely London Mayor ‘Red’ Ken Livingstone will have sent any good wishes to Robert Tuttle the American ambassador on US Independence Day today. Livingstone has previously called him a... [Read this entry]
Daily Dose 06.20
By Chris | June 20th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
* London Mayor Ken Livingstone backs down for the moment after rejecting nine nominees to London’s fire authority because they were too white and too male. He probably thinks female... [Read this entry]
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... [Read this entry]
