Coronavirus: Tory mayoral hopeful Shaun Bailey calls for more Tube services March 24, 2020 Conservative mayoral candidate Shaun Bailey has urged Sadiq Khan to increase Tube capacity to alleviate rush hour overcrowding. Pictures and videos of overcrowding on Tube carriages flooded social media for the second day in a row this morning, despite the government’s new draconian restrictions. Khan and train drivers’ union Aslef have both been quick to [...]
London coronavirus lockdown: Which Tubes and buses are still operating? March 24, 2020 Boris Johnson’s address to the nation last night confirmed what many had thought inevitable. From today, the UK is under a police-enforced coronavirus lockdown, with people only allowed to go outside for a limited set of reasons. Public meetings of more than two people have been banned, while all stores deemed non-essential have been forcibly [...]
Coronavirus lockdown: Sadiq Khan urges construction sites to close March 24, 2020 Sadiq Khan has called for London construction sites to be closed down in the wake of the government’s effective coronavirus lockdown. The mayor of London said he disagreed with the government’s ruling that construction sites could stay open and that it would be “very, very difficult” for those workers to follow social distancing instructions. Khan [...]
Crossrail construction suspended over coronavirus lockdown March 24, 2020 Construction on Crossrail and all Transport for London (TfL) projects has been stopped due to the coronavirus lockdown. TfL commissioner Mike Brown MVO made the call today, after Boris Johnson effectively placed the country in lockdown last night. The halt to work on Crossrail means the new £18.25bn train line will almost certainly not be [...]
Coronavirus: Tube could shut amid overcrowding, union warns March 24, 2020 Transport for London’s (TfL) biggest train drivers’ union has warned the Tube could shut if people continue to overcrowd carriages at rush hour. Chaotic scenes were witnessed on the Tube once again this morning, despite Boris Johnson effectively putting the country on coronavirus lockdown last night. TfL also heavily reduced its public transport services last [...]
Coronavirus: Boris Johnson’s designated survivor is Dominic Raab March 23, 2020 Foreign secretary Dominic Raab will take over prime ministerial duties if Boris Johnson is infected with coronavirus or is otherwise incapacitated. A Number 10 spokesperson, when asked who would take over in this situation, said today that Raab would fill-in as he was first secretary of state. “The prime minister has the power to delegate [...]
Coronavirus: Columbia Road Flower Market shuts March 23, 2020 Columbia Road Flower Market has been shut down just one day after pictures emerged of people ignoring government instructions and flocking to the East London market. Photos and videos were shared on social media yesterday of people congregating in open spaces, including the famous flower market, despite government instructions to stop socialising in public to [...]
Alex Salmond acquitted of all sexual assault charges March 23, 2020 Former Scottish first minister Alex Salmond has been acquitted of all charges in his sexual assault trial. Salmond was facing a combined 13 charges of sexual assault and attempted rape against nine different women. The jury at the Scottish High Court in Edinburgh found him not guilty of all charges this afternoon, leaving him to [...]
ExCel London could be used as a hospital to treat coronavirus patients March 23, 2020 The ExCel London centre may be turned into a makeshift hospital to deal with the coronavirus outbreak. The ExCel is located in the Docklands, between London City Airport and Canary Wharf, and is on a 100-acre site. NHS bosses and military planners met yesterday to discuss how the centre could help with the health service’s [...]
Coronavirus: Tube drivers ‘furious’ at people still commuting March 23, 2020 Tube drivers are “furious” at the amount of people still catching the Tube in rush hour, according to a London Underground union boss. Social media was awash this morning with photos of packed Tube trains, despite the government instructing people to not use public transport unless they were an “essential worker” going to their workplace. [...]
