Google’s new King’s Cross hub nears completion July 4, 2022 Google has placed the final steel beam on its newest development in King’s Cross at an event attended by Labour leader Keir Starmer and London Mayor Sadiq Khan, marking a major milestone as the project enters its final period of development ahead of opening in 202 4.
More than 1m people descend on London for first Pride parade since Covid lockdowns July 2, 2022 London hosted its first Pride parade since the beginning of the Covid pandemic on Saturday afternoon, marking its 50th anniversary. Saturday’s parade was the most attended one in the 50-year history of the event, making it the capital’s biggest Pride ever, according to the Mayor of London’s office. The parade started at midday at Hyde [...]
Hundreds join vigil for Zara Aleena as family remembers ’empathic and fearless’ Londoner July 2, 2022 Hundreds of people have joined a vigil for Zara Aleena, who was attacked while walking home last week. The 35-year old law graduate was killed after being attacked in Ilford, east London in the early hours of last Sunday. Hundreds of Londoners showed up on Saturday afternoon to finish her walk, from the location of [...]
Sadiq Khan: London needs to cut its dirty energy addiction and divest from fossil fuel industries June 30, 2022 THE PANDEMIC was devastating for our capital city, country and economy. But the upheaval, loss of life and cost to business that would result from a full-blown climate crisis defies comprehension. It is both unimaginable and unquantifiable. As we host London Climate Action Week, my message is that all of us – cities, businesses and [...]
Letters: Time for special measures June 30, 2022 [Re: Watchdog puts Met Police under special measures, June 29] This is a regrettable but necessary measure. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary is to be commended. This is about weak leadership over a sustained timescale , a failure to manage out poor or criminal behaviour by a small minority of police. Most Met officers do an [...]
Top West Midlands police boss questions mayor’s role with Metropolitan Police June 29, 2022 One of West Midlands’ top police bosses has questioned whether the mayor of London should retain control over the Metropolitan Police, after the force was put into special measures. It comes as Sadiq Khan and the government reignited a long-running row today, with both sides pointing the finger at each other for Scotland Yard’s failures, [...]
Pride in London: How to avoid crowds or party with the masses June 29, 2022 Making a noise about Gender Recognition Act reforms or just, well, making a noise, here’s where to spend Pride in London this weekend After a few dreary weather days it’s looking up for Pride in London on Saturday, where over 1.5 million queer people and allies will fill the streets of the West End with [...]
Guess who’s back: TfL restarts Night Tube services on Northern line from Saturday June 29, 2022 Transport for London (TfL) has announced it will restart Night Tube services on the Northern line from Saturday, two and a half years after they were initially suspended. The Northern line is the latest to see the return of the Night Tube, after services were reinstated on the Victoria and Central lines in November 2021 [...]
Metropolitan Police placed in special measures after litany of scandals June 28, 2022 The Metropolitan Police has been to be placed into special measures by a police watchdog in the wake of a series of scandals, including the murder of Sarah Everard by a serving officer. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services has sent a letter to Met bosses to say there have been “substantial [...]
Khan moves toward running London Tube on 100 per cent renewable electricity June 27, 2022 Sadiq Khan will today begin the London Underground’s transition to being carbon neutral as he opens London Climate Action Week. The mayor of London will today launch a Power Purchase Agreement, with the first tender spent on ensuring “10 per cent of TfL’s required electricity from renewable energy sources” along with “new build assets”. Khan [...]