Coalition of councils (including the Prime Minister’s local) says legal action against Heathrow expansion is a go December 9, 2016 A coalition of councils has teamed up and hit the government with legal papers for unlawfully supporting the expansion of Heathrow. And while the councils all made their intentions clear a while back, it does prove a headache for Theresa May as her own local council, the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, is involved [...]
The Waterloo & City line is suspended after a signal failure in the middle of the morning rush hour December 9, 2016 In a week of transport misery for Londoners, City workers faced even more misery this morning when the Waterloo & City Line was suspended. The line was suspended in the middle of the morning rush hour, just after 8am, because of a signal failure at Bank, Transport for London (TfL) said. https://twitter.com/wlooandcityline/status/807135825884549121 Read more: Every route [...]
Deutsche Boerse boss in warning over London Stock Exchange deal hurdles: “It is still not clear at all that everything will work out” December 9, 2016 The chief executive of Deutsche Boerse has warned “it is still not clear at all that everything will work out” in relation to the German company’s merger with the London Stock Exchange. The exchange operators, which agreed to the £21bn deal in March, are awaiting a statement of objections to the deal next week from [...]
More misery on the cards for Southern rail passengers as services are still affected post-strike action December 9, 2016 This week's strikes by the end Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union might have come to an end, but Southern passengers aren't getting respite just yet. In fact, services are still going to be "severely disrupted", as Southern tries to cope with train drivers' union Aslef's overtime ban. Southern has updated travel advice for during the [...]
Peter Pan at National Theatre: this off-kilter adaptation is as as bewildering as it is beguiling December 9, 2016 The National Theatre’s adaptation of Peter Pan is a hectic, colourful experience that should appeal to young and old alike. It’s also all over the place in terms of its treatment of JM Barrie’s long-serving fairytale, by turns reactionary and radical. Director Sally Cookson leaves the barrier between story and stage machinery engagingly fluid – [...]
Editor’s notes: Calm down, the banks are not about to run for the European hills December 9, 2016 The government has agreed to set out its Brexit plans to parliament. While this will fall short of outlining a full negotiation strategy, it has been welcomed by politicians and business groups as a necessary step towards providing some clarity. However, there appears to still be confusion in some quarters over the fate of the City, [...]
Mark Carney is right; the robots are coming – but that doesn’t mean we should fear them December 9, 2016 On Tuesday governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, warned that up to 15m British jobs could be replaced by robots amid a merciless technological revolution. Unsurprisingly, the announcement sent headline writers into delirium and administrative staff up and down the country into a state of pre-Christmas anxiety rivaled only by that of a [...]
“It’s the best Christmas present I could get”: England batsman Keaton Jennings struggling to absorb whirlwind ascent after hitting a century on his Test debut December 8, 2016 England debut star Keaton Jennings toasted an early Christmas present after his century helped the tourists make an encouraging start to the must-win fourth Test against India in Mumbai on Thursday. Jennings, who only joined up with the squad as injury cover this week, looked an old hand in an assured 112 that put England [...]
Capita share price at 10-year low as it issues profit warning and reveals plans to ditch businesses December 8, 2016 FTSE 100-listed outsourcing firm Capita today announced plans to offload a number of its businesses and issued a profit warning. Shares in the group had dropped by more than 12 per cent to a 10-year low of 495p by mid-afternoon. The company revealed that it expects profit to come in at around £515m, compared with [...]
What can we learn from Theresa May’s Christmas cards? December 8, 2016 Prime Minister Theresa May has unveiled the designs of three Christmas cards that she will send this year. All three were drawn by schoolchildren from her constituency of Maidenhead, and chosen personally by the Prime Minister. But with the PM remaining tight-lipped on her Brexit strategy ahead of triggering Article 50 next year, could she be [...]