This video appeal from Assembly Member Darren Johnson asks us to sign the online petition to call on Boris Johnson to clean up the air along heavily polluted runs that run near to 1,148 schools in Greater London. You can also download a copy and take it around to parents at your […]
La Soiree at the Round House are essentially a darker, more sophisticated set of circus acts – without the cruelty to animals. There’s a more urban feel to these jugglers, contortionists, acrobats and comedians than you might find in the big top but that can only be to the good. Certainly […]
The New Statesman writes on the dark side of Brick Lane’s curry houses. East London Lines looks at Hackney’s 100% staff cuts on stations. Are you local? Daryl experiences his nearest bike repair shop. Charlie Holland reports on what’s happening with Vauxhaul’s bus stops. Transpontine shows local pride that the […]
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has put together this lovely little video for the November 30th strikes. Let’s worker together and good luck to everyone on strike today.
The union UNITE has brought out the following video on their perspective of Wednesday’s strikes
The family of a cyclist killed in June are putting out a fresh appeal for witnesses. Peter McGreal was killed in a collision with a lorry on Bethnal Green Road (Hackney Road and Pritchard’s Road junction) at 8.30 am June 21st this year. Peter McGreal, who was a UNISON shop steward, was one […]
A few things we’ve spotted that you might like to check out; Left Foot Forward says that the Northern Line extension is about profit, pure and simple. Thinking of donating your sperm? Well this is the place. Sunny Hundal defends the right to be racist on trams. There’s a great […]
Life-long Brixtonite, Esther Webber, is a bus obsessive. Here, she talks about the joys of South London buses Anyone who knows me knows how much I love buses. I ride them every day to work, and every other opportunity I get. There is something about buses quite unlike any other […]
Vacancy: Climate Outreach & Information Network (COIN) Project Assistant – Defending Rights Would you like the opportunity to work for the UK’s first coalition on climate change and migration issues? The Climate Outreach and Information Network (COIN) is a charity committed to enabling people to move from awareness to action […]
This is a lovely little video from a PC rep on why she’ll be on strike tomorrow. Lisa Ford on the N30 Strike from Strike Now on Vimeo.
Never noticed this before. As strolling past Trafalgar Square I saw the statue of Charles the first....
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