Hope you’re enjoying your Wednesday so far. Here’s some London links for you. The Solidarity Federation are reporting on immigration checks at New Cross bus stops. I love this. The London Tube map with the stations placed in their geographically correct positions. Fail to plan on what is happening to […]
There’s lots of Olympics news to catch-up on; BBC on the athletes attempting to get into the Games. With a look at the shooting events we have the Londonist. Shop workers’ union USDAW say that their members are opposed to suspending the Sunday trading laws. A new site Greenwash Gold looks at […]
South London squatters are making a call to arms. South London Press. The BBC report Barnet’s latest pop-up library. You see those tall towers? Londonist reports that they may become enormous advertising hoardings. The Brixton Blog looks at the little railway in Brockwell Park. Are traffic wardens becoming walking CCTVs? […]
In Greenwich they’re assessing the lifts in the foot tunnel one week after re-opening. 853 also takes a look. Lambeth Save Our Services on why library privatisation is a bad thing. Wembley Matters on yet more pop-up libraries. It’s good news over 20 mph in Waltham Forest Caroline Allen. Barnet Eye […]
Time for a bumper crop Olympics news links: Ceasefire Magazine on the Olympics and social cleansing. We have public art Olympics stylee at Brockley Central, BBC. Evening Standard on kids at Olympics protests. There’s also a ParaOlympics exhibit on tour BBC. Also on the BBC how the Olympics changed Barcelona. […]
Hackney Citizen reports on an awful incident of segregation at Clissold Park Leisure Center. Rickshaw riding fined for “furious driving”. Road CC Evening Standard is highlighting light pollution. Ali Dizeai tells the BBC his police career is not over. Election Watch Noise in the Crowd wonders whether the Standard understand […]
Welcome to the East end riviera? Evening Standard. Though Cowards Flinch were at a jazz gig in Stoke Newington with disturbing results. Traffic smoothing is not flavour of the month at the Campaign for Better Transport (pdf) Londoneer has been looking at open spaces on the edge of the city. […]
It’s *still* the weekend! Extraordinary. Congratulations to Brixton’s Ritzy Cinema named best in London. Natalie Bennett is impressed by Sainsburys’ healthy options. The Met are coming in for flak for rude and aggressive, even from the BBC. False Dichotomies has an interesting piece starting with praise of tube passengers. We […]
Hope you’ve been enjoying the weekend so far. Here’s a few Olympics news links from April so far to polish it off; Apparently it just takes “one idiot” to disrupt the Olympics…. challenge accepted! BBC Londonnet tells us that the large rise in prostitute arrests is *not* connected to the […]
London Underground want you to walk to tube lines. Which of these four bikes will get stolen first? Asks London Cyclist. Haringey Independent, council to probe Thames Water hosepipe ban. Squatted homes “in perfect nick” South London Press. The BBC say forget the smoke with these air purifying clothes. HS2 […]
Never noticed this before. As strolling past Trafalgar Square I saw the statue of Charles the first....
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