In pictures: Police offers and emergency services take part in Operation Strong Tower anti-terror training exercise in London today June 30, 2015 Up to 1,000 police officers, as well as soldiers, intelligence officers and members of the emergency services gathered today to take part in the first day of a major counter-terrorism exercise in London. Officers descended en masse to the abandoned Aldwych tube station in Surrey Street, central London, where they took part in an operation [...]
Ivan Massow: Conservatives to host open primaries for 2016 London mayoral election June 30, 2015 The Conservative candidate for mayor will be selected in an open election, City A.M. has learned. London voters who have been registered as members of the Tory party for at least three months will be able to participate in an online ballot, according to one of the party's five candidates. Non-Tory voters will [...]
Wimbledon 2015: Tesco serves up tennis inspired signs at Wimbledon June 30, 2015 Tesco is getting into the Wimbledon spirit with a new sign on its shops near the famous tennis ground. Tesco Metro stores in Wimbledon's SW19 postcode have had the "o" in Tesco replaced with a tennis ball for the tournament. Its store in Dunblane, Andy Murray's home town, has had the same treatment. [...]
UK current account deficit should “ring alarm bells” for the UK June 30, 2015 The UK's current account deficit should ring an "alarm bell" for the UK, the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) said today, after official figures showed the deficit was £26.5bn in the first quarter of the year. The figure – a measure of the UK's success in exports – has narrowed from last year's £28.9bn – [...]
European markets begin second day of falls as Greece confirms it won’t make today’s IMF payment deadline June 30, 2015 The FTSE 100 was 0.6 per cent down in late morning trading today, after Greece confirmed last night it will definitely miss today's 6pm deadline to pay the International Monetary Fund (IMF) €1.6bn (£1.1bn). Read more: George Osborne vows to help Britons hit by Greek crisis Meanwhile, although both the Cac and the Dax fell, [...]
Europe has quietly agreed to ban mobile phone roaming charges last night June 30, 2015 Paying through the nose to upload pictures of your hot dog legs to Instagram is about to become a thing of the past, after the EU quietly agreed to do away with them altogether. Read more: Three scraps roaming charges in four countries Yep – while most of the Eurozone was locked in a room [...]
UK GDP growth revised up to three per cent in 2014 as business investment hits highest since 1997 June 30, 2015 Bring on those Wimbledon strawberries, we're in for a bout of patriotism: UK GDP growth was three per cent during 2014, rather than the 2.8 per cent previously thought, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) today. And GDP grew 0.4 per cent in the first quarter, up from a previous estimate [...]
Wimbledon 2015: Where are the best places in London to watch Andy Murray on a big screen? From Canary Wharf’s Canada Square Park to One New Change in St Paul’s June 30, 2015 With the mercury expected to hit 30 degrees centigrade today, Wimbledon is likely to be the hottest on record. But why wait for hours in the queue, just so you're forced to swelter among the crowds on Murray Mount – or, worse, in the shadeless environs of Centre Court – when you can relax on [...]
Anti-terror training exercise near London’s Aldwych Tube station today: Thousands of police officers to take part in major simulation of terrorist attack June 30, 2015 The capital will play host to a major counter-terrorism training exercise today and tomorrow, with as many as 1,000 police officers and hundreds of soldiers, intelligence and members of the emergency services all involved. Although officials stressed today the exercise has been planned for six months and is not related to last week's attack in [...]
TfL shortlists four train operators to run London Overground June 29, 2015 Transport for London (TfL) has announced a shortlist of four train operators to run London Overground services from next year. Arriva Rail, LoKeGo (the snappily-titled joint venture between Keolis and Go-Ahead), Metroline and MTR are all in the running to take over the routes, which includes routes between Liverpool Street and Enfield Town, Cheshunt and [...]
