International consortium buys up London South Bank scheme for £308m March 29, 2015 A consortium of British and international investors has bought up a £1bn office and residential development on London’s South Bank for £308m. UK’s Native Land, Singaporean sovereign wealth fund Temasek, Hotel Properties, run by the Singaporean family behind British handbag-maker Mulberry and Malaysia’s Amcorp Properties, have agreed to buy the site from Carlyle, the private [...]
Earth Hour 2015 UK: London will be plunged into darkness on the Southbank as its biggest landmarks go dark March 27, 2015 Some of London’s biggest landmarks will fall dark on Saturday night, plunging parts of the capital into darkness to raise awareness of climate change. From 8.30pm, landmarks across the capital including the Gherkin, Big Ben, and the London Eye will fall dark for the World Wildlife Fund's (WWF) Earth Hour. For the first time, The [...]
London’s new low emission black cabs will be made in Coventry with £250m Chinese investment from owner Geely March 26, 2015 The new generation of London's iconic black cabs will be made in a new factory in the Midlands being built by a Chinese company, creating 1,000 new jobs. Geely, the Chinese firm which took over the 100-year-old British cab manufacturer Manganese Bronze in 2013, will invest £250m in building a new factory and research and [...]
Association of Leading Visitor Attractions: London dominates list of best UK visitor attractions led by the National Gallery March 16, 2015 The lure of the British Museum as well as that of the National Portrait Gallery continued to ensure London sites topped a list of the most popular visitor attractions in the UK. In what was a bumper year for British culture, the total number of people visiting attractions jumped 6.5 per cent, the Association of [...]
This skyscraper which casts no shadow is inspired by London’s ambitious build skywards March 15, 2015 London’s skyline is about to change dramatically as the only way to build is upwards. Hundreds of skyscrapers are being planned for the capital over the next decade and some fear that could cast a rather large shadow over the city. Architects have come up with an innovative new building design however, which can regulate [...]
Watch: A drone flies through Crossrail tunnels March 11, 2015 After almost three years the tunnelling for Crossrail is nearly finished and the project is shifting towards fitting out the stations ahead of the hugely anticipated 2018 launch. The BBC has also been busy behind the scenes. For the past four months the broadcaster has been trying to convince the project's safety team to let [...]
Military aircraft to fly over London as part of a events commemorating six months since UK’s Afghanistan base Camp Bastion was closed March 11, 2015 Military aircraft used in Afghanistan will fly over London on Friday as part of a series of events to commemorate six months since Camp Bastion was closed. The Queen, Duke of Edinburgh and other senior Royals including The Prince of Wales, Duchess of Cornwall, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Harry, The Duke of [...]
Wish you still had your Nokia 3210? Now you can play Snake on the fountains at Kings Cross March 11, 2015 Do you wish we could get back to the good old days when mobile phones were for making calls, maybe texting – and, at the absolute most, playing Snake? If that sounds like you, there are two options open to you. First, you could relocate to a county where 4G reception is so bad you [...]
Aerial London: Seven amazing photographs of the City March 11, 2015 Have you ever wondered what the City looks like if you're hanging out of a helicopter, and about 1,000ft high? Jason Hawkes, who is one of the world's top aerial photographers, has carved a career out of doing just that. His portfolio features aerial shots of some of the city's most famous skyscrapers like the Gherkin [...]
Bedlam at Liverpool Street Station: 3,000 plague skeletons are being excavated to make way for Crossrail March 10, 2015 A gruesome discovery at Liverpool Street Station is coming to light as archaeologists begin excavating skeletons from a Bedlam burial ground. Work on the new Crossrail uncovered the remains of more than 5,000 people, including plague victims, a former Lord Mayor of London and a murder victim, in a graveyard underneath the commuter hub, which [...]