Heathrow agrees to amend fourth misleading advert after complaint to ASA October 5, 2016 The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has "informally resolved" a complaint over a Heathrow ad attempting to stir up support for its expansion after the airport agreed to amend it. The complaint is the fourth in this vein; the three other adverts were judged "misleading". The latest was made by members of Teddington Action Group (TAG) about an advert from [...]
London travel disruption: Delays on Metropolitan Line after person hit by train at Wembley Park station October 5, 2016 There are currently severe delays on the Metropolitan Line, after a person was hit and injured by a train at Wembley Park station. https://twitter.com/metline/status/783678021941223425 British Transport Police (BTP) said officers are currently at Wembley Park station after reports a person was struck by a southbound Metropolitan Line train. Officers are being supported by paramedics from the London Ambulance [...]
London travel disruption: Commuters facing delays at Fenchurch Street station until 4pm due to signal failure October 5, 2016 City commuters will face delays at Fenchurch Street station this afternoon, National Rail has warned. A signalling problem at London Fenchurch Street means that trains will be unable to run between London Fenchurch Street and Barking. While National Rail originally said services would be delayed until 4pm, the operator has since warned passengers that the [...]
The City of London Corporation moves towards closing Bank junction to traffic by Spring 2017 October 5, 2016 Bank junction is set to be closed to all traffic apart from buses from Spring 2017. As part of the City of London Corporation's project "Bank on Safety", the six arms of the busy junction will be closed to traffic between 7am and 7pm on weekdays. The plan is to be put to the local planning and transport [...]
M Restaurants hits its £1.35m crowdfunding target in 60 hours October 5, 2016 City favourite M Restaurants has raised £1.4m on crowdfunding platform Seedrs, beating its £1.35m target within 60 hours of launching its campaign. The award-winning group, which currently has restaurants M Threadneedle and M Victoria, hit its target last night and is now overfunding to £1.5m, raising the money to aid expansion. It plans to build M Social, a [...]
Commuters crowdfund £26,000 to launch legal challenge against DfT over Southern Rail crisis October 5, 2016 A fed up group of commuters has gone further than the average Londoner in an effort to tackle their travel delays and disruptions. The Association of British Commuters, a pressure group created after months of ongoing turmoil on Southern Rail, set up a crowdfunding website for a challenge of the Department for Transport's handling of the situation. [...]
Theresa May confirms government will press ahead with HS2 and airport expansion decision due shortly October 5, 2016 Theresa May confirmed the government would "press ahead" with HS2 development and that it would "shortly take a decision on expanding Britain's airport capacity". In the closing speech to the Conservative Party conference the Prime Minister said "big and sometimes controversial" decisions on infrastructure needed to be taken. Whether that statement was a hint at Heathrow getting [...]
Sadiq Khan’s plan for one new East London road crossing just isn’t enough October 4, 2016 After years of lobbying for more fixed river crossings east of Tower Bridge, Sadiq Khan’s announcement yesterday that the Silvertown tunnel, along with a DLR extension from Gallions Reach towards Thamesmead and a cycle bridge between Rotherhithe and Canary Wharf, will get the go-ahead is hugely welcome news for London. But he must not stop [...]
The number of new businesses in London keeps on rising October 4, 2016 The capital’s still the place to be for budding businesses, according to new figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). London has the largest number of VAT and/or PAYE-based businesses – 18.7 per cent of the UK total, as well as experiencing the largest growth – up 7.2 per cent between 2015 and 2016. Its [...]
After last week’s Tube Chat abomination, now a group of tourists wants to hug Britons because they’re “awkward” October 4, 2016 After last week's misjudged attempt by an American to persuade Tube commuters to speak to one another, now a group of tourists is physically invading Britons’ personal space with hugs. Shudder. A group of friends who travel around the world “saying yes to unique experiences” (their words, not ours), kicked off their time in London by welcoming [...]