The nanny state is over-egging childhood obesity rates to weigh in on our home lives May 4, 2018 It may no longer be just parents and children that face “naming and shaming” when it comes to childhood obesity. Schools themselves could be added to the list, as part of the government’s wider strategy to tackle obesity. According to The Times, “schools across England could be required to weigh and measure their pupils every [...]
Crop of London’s fastest-growing women-led tech startups chosen for Silicon Valley trade mission meeting Google and Facebook executives May 3, 2018 A crop of the capital’s fastest-growing tech startups led by women are headed off on a trade mission to Silicon Valley next week to explore investment, expansion and export opportunities in the US. The four-day trade mission led by the mayor’s international business programme and Silicon Valley Comes to the UK will give the 15 [...]
Wasteful thinking: We meet the man on a mission to tackle the UK’s plastic addiction April 30, 2018 That image of the dead whale calf, possibly poisoned after digesting plastic waste, is now etched in our memories forever. Aired in November, the BBC documentary Blue Planet has opened people’s minds to the consequences of consumerism – the throw-away culture which is destroying the world as we know it. “The message is a tragic [...]
Fresh doubt cast over Oxford Street pedestrianisation as Westminster orders halt on works April 27, 2018 Fresh doubt has been cast over Sadiq Khan’s plans to pedestrianise Oxford Street after Westminster Council said work should be halted while it mines the responses of residents in an ongoing consultation. Council head Daniel Astaire, who is a vocal opponent of Sadiq Khan’s plans to take buses, cabs and delivery vans off one of [...]
Parliament Square’s first statue of a woman – suffragist leader Millicent Fawcett – will be unveiled on 24 April in London April 16, 2018 A statue of suffragist leader Millicent Fawcett will be unveiled in Parliament Square next week, and will be the first ever monument of a woman to stand in the square. London mayor Sadiq Khan, who has called the statue “long overdue”, will be attending the unveiling of the bronze cast which is due to coincide [...]
Is Sadiq Khan letting London down as mayor? April 9, 2018 Is Sadiq Khan letting London down as mayor? Shaun Bailey, a Conservative London Assembly member who sits on the Environment Committee, says YES. All too often over recent weeks, the public have woken up to tragic headlines. News of yet another stabbing victim is an almost daily occurrence, and it is reported that, on some [...]
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan calls summit on violent crime as 300 extra police officers hit the streets April 7, 2018 The mayor of London has called a meeting with the home secretary Amber Rudd as well as London MPs, council leaders and assembly members over violent crime as an extra 300 Met Police officers were deployed across the city. Sadiq Khan arranged the City Hall summit for Tuesday after six people were killed in the [...]
A £100m studio and entertainment complex by Los Angeles-based Pacifica Ventures is coming to East London in Barking and Dagenham March 23, 2018 East Dagenham has awarded Los Angeles-based film and TV production facilities company Pacifica Ventures a 22-acre lot to build a £100m studio and entertainment complex. This will be the first new structure of its scale and type to be erected in London for decades, and mayor of London Sadiq Khan said this will further the [...]
AI research company is making a plan for how Mayor of London Sadiq Khan can promote AI in London March 22, 2018 Mayor of London Sadiq Khan hired London-based artificial intelligence research group CognitionX to plan how the city can best harness AI. Khan said he believes that London is already in a strong position in the data economy, so he wants CognitionX to produce a report that outlines how AI can positively progress the city’s policies [...]
Relaxing our misguided drug laws would save lives, money, and London’s nightlife March 20, 2018 The first time I came to London, I was shocked at how the city failed to come alive at night. Sure, it had restaurants, gigs and plays, but those are evening activities. After-hours events, nights out where you didn’t break the bank trying to get home, not so much. We’ve only recently opened up the [...]