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Take a look at the aircraft on show in the RAF’s centenary July flypast over central London June 28, 2018 The spectacular Royal Air Force showpiece celebrating its 100th anniversary has been announced as a "once-in-a-lifetime" centenary flypast over central London. The event on 10 July will see up to 100 aircraft take to the skies, with historic aircraft such as Spitfires alongside some of the RAF's newest additions – including the first opportunity for [...]
RAF reveals aircraft line-up for ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ centenary July flypast over central London June 27, 2018 The aircraft line-up for a "once-in-a-lifetime" flypast taking centre stage for the Royal Air Force's (RAF) 100th anniversary celebrations has been revealed. On 10 July, up to 100 RAF aircraft will perform a flypast over central London with Spitfires alongside some of the RAF's most state-of-the-art aircraft. The occasion will mark the largest concentration of [...]
Full steam ahead for Royal Docks regeneration plan June 27, 2018 A £300m plan to transform London’s Royal Docks has been given the green light today, in a move that will boost east London's business ambitions. The investment will go towards bolstering Newham’s Royal Docks, which has fallen behind London’s other waterside projects due in large part to its relative remoteness. Read more: The Royal Docks [...]
Public Health England issues health warning over UK heatwave as temperatures soar June 26, 2018 The government has issued a health warning off the back of heatwave temperatures across the country, warning people to look out for others most at risk in the summer sun. The Met Office said temperatures will be in the low thirties over the next couple of days, and spots across the UK are feeling the [...]
London has been crowned the world’s most popular city for work but the UK as a whole has fallen behind June 25, 2018 London has been crowned the most popular city in the world for work in the biggest ever study of workforce migration trends, but the popularity of the UK as a whole has dropped. In the giant survey of 366,000 overseas workers from nearly 200 countries, the capital beats New York, Berlin and Barcelona as the [...]
Fire at block of flats in Battersea under control and no injuries reported after 10 fire engines attend the scene June 23, 2018 A fire that broke out a block of flats in Battersea today is now under control, the London Fire Brigade has said. Ten fire engines were called to the blaze at Queenstown Road with 72 firefighters at the scene, and the cause of the fire has not yet been identified. A balcony on the sixth [...]
Wanted: Tory candidate who gets London June 19, 2018 Nominations for the Tories’ London mayoral candidate open this month, reminding us that London elections have been unkind to the Conservatives lately. The 2016 mayoral election, when Labour’s Sadiq Khan defeated Tory Zac Goldsmith 44 to 35 per cent on first preference votes – 57 to 43 with second preferences for other candidates counted – [...]
Three people killed by train near Loughborough Junction June 18, 2018 Three people have been killed after they were hit by a train near to Loughborough Junction in south London this morning. British Transport Police were called to the station, which is near Brixton, shortly after 7:30 "following a report of multiple bodies being found". Police and paramedics from the London Ambulance Service attended the scene, [...]
China is relaxing foreign ownership caps, and London must grasp the opportunity June 18, 2018 I write today’s article in a tall building overlooking the so-called “Paris of the East”, better known as the city of Shanghai. From here, you can see the old and new – the remnants of Shanghai’s old financial centre along the Bund, and the mind-boggling array of skyscrapers which have flown up on the other [...]
Pop-Up Padel comes to Canary Wharf for the second year running June 11, 2018 Canary Wharf might be best known for its busy commuters and corporate buildings, but for the next three weeks workers and visitors will be descending on the financial district for a game of pop-up padel. Better known as “squash in the sun”, the racket sport that combines elements of tennis, squash and badminton will be [...]