BT Tower goes up in flames for the Queen’s birthday – kind of April 21, 2016 Camden Council has taken a rather unique approach to celebrate the Queen's 90th birthday this evening – it's projected flames onto the screen at the top of the iconic BT tower. While the screen had been showing a more traditional, and less frightening, birthday message throughout the day, the "beacon flames" started burning at 8.30pm and [...]
One million workers in the UK will be trained to tackle terrorism April 20, 2016 People working in built up areas will be trained how to respond to terrorist threats with police seeking to get more than one million workers ready to know what to do in the event of such an attack. The National Police Chief's Council on Wednesday announced the plan to extend the police's anti-terror scheme Project Griffin which already advises [...]
Buckingham Palace wants to pay someone £50k to manage the Queen’s Twitter account April 20, 2016 If you're a Twitter fiend who knows their Snapchat from their Instagram, Her Majesty needs you. Buckingham Palace is advertising a role for a head of digital engagement – and with a salary of up to £50,000 a year, it doesn't really matter if you're a monarchist or not… The role, which includes managing the Queen's [...]
London Marathon 2016: What time it starts, where to watch, what the weather forecast is and the best pubs along the route April 18, 2016 Carb-loading, hamstring-stretching and thanking your lucky stars that you can actually have a lie in from next weekend onwards? Welcome to the London Marathon…. This weekend the capital will be over-taken by more than 35,000 runners (and more than a few walkers) looking to finish the 26.2m course. If you haven’t been sleeping, eating and [...]
How commuters are reacting to the Holborn Tube standing-only escalators April 18, 2016 This morning Transport for London began a full trial of its standing-only rule for escalators at Holborn Tube station. Instead of the usual system, where people who want to stand do so on the right hand side, leaving the left hand side free for those who want to walk up, commuters are being encouraged to [...]
In pictures: Why Greenpeace activists got themselves arrested fitting statues in London with air pollution masks today April 18, 2016 Well, this is one way to enjoy the nice weather: statues across the capital were wearing air pollution masks this morning – thanks to a group of Greenpeace activists protesting air pollution in the capital. Statues including Nelson (of Nelson's Column. In Trafalgar Square), Boudica and her daughters by Portcullis House, Winston Churchill in the Houses of [...]
Phil Sayer, the man behind the voice of London Underground’s most iconic phrase Mind the Gap, has died April 15, 2016 The man who voiced London Underground's most famous phrase – Mind the Gap – has died aged just 62. Phil Sayer, who originally worked as a BBC presenter, died on Thursday of cancer. Following a career at the BBC, in which he worked on BBC GMR and regional TV news, he and his wife Elinor [...]
You’ll love these Shakespeare inspired Tube maps April 14, 2016 Everyone loves a good reimagining of London's iconic Tube map, and the latest addition to the genre is Shakespeare inspired. Celebrating the 400th year of the bard's legacy, the folk at Transport for London and Shakespeare's Globe theatre have created a special edition map which replaces the familiar stops and Tube lines with his famous works and [...]
This gorgeous timelapse footage shows the City’s skyline from the Cheesegrater as day fades into night – plus what it’s like to be a lift in the skyscraper April 14, 2016 With thousands of people rushing to go about their daily business, the City's streets may be a pretty frenzied place to spend our days – but a new video shows that above the Square Mile's streets, things are rather more peaceful. This 24-hour timelapse, taken from the Cheesegrater in honour of it being awarded the City of [...]
Brace yourself: Brexit could put 100,000 financial services jobs on the line, a report out today has found April 14, 2016 A vote to leave the EU on 23 June could put at risk thousands of financial services jobs, as businesses delay investment or funnel it into cities overseas, a report out today warns. The report, which was commissioned by TheCityUK and carried out by PwC, discovered that up to 100,000 jobs could be lost from the [...]