Scottish Power stops staff catching flights in bid to hold back unnecessary emissions October 17, 2021 Scottish Power, one of the UK’s largest energy suppliers, has stopped its workers from taking domestic flights in a bid to hold back emissions. Staff must now travel by rail between the energy heavyweight’s offices in Glasgow, Liverpool, London and other cities in the country, the Telegraph first reported. The moves comes with the UN’s [...]
Paper rail tickets to be ripped up across South East England October 17, 2021 Ministers are set to scrap paper rail tickets across South East England in favour of contactless payments. The contactless payments will be integrated into London’s Oyster card system. Transport officials reportedly want to expand pay-as-you-go smartcards in a pre-emptive strike against trade unions. The unions are opposing the potential closure of ticket offices across the [...]
Skiing in Uzbekistan, the cold heart of the Silk Road October 16, 2021 I remembered the loudness of a helicopter, its blades beating the air like an incensed dragon. What I hadn’t realised, though, is that when a helicopter lands on deep snow, the force creates a blast of ice and powder which rips through your clothing and stings any inch of exposed skin. It goes on and [...]
Focus On: Peckham – A creative hub full of bars and restaurants October 15, 2021 A hotbed for creative professionals and an innovative cultural hub, South London’s Peckham offers stylish modern living with exceptional transport links and some of London’s hippest bars and restaurants. During the 1960s, Peckham underwent significant redevelopment, followed by additional regeneration programmes over subsequent decades, which have allowed the area to maintain its sense of community [...]
TfL moves to open Night Tube next month on Central and Victoria lines October 14, 2021 Sadiq Khan has announced today that the Night Tube will be back open next month on the network’s two largest lines. The 24-hour weekend London Underground service will resume on the Central and Victoria lines, after being suspended at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. It comes after a wave of complaints in recent weeks [...]
London has been resuscitated post-Covid and ambition will always keep cities alive October 14, 2021 The rumours of London’s demise have been greatly exaggerated. The pandemic has been linked to the decline, if not the death, of cities. This seemed practically inevitable as we were ordered to “stay at home” and city centres turned into glass and concrete ghost towns. Bans on socialising and the closure of businesses led many [...]
Brussels rule could see airfares spike, warns Willie Walsh October 13, 2021 An EU-plan requiring carriers to use a higher proportion of so-called sustainable aviation fuel will permanently bump up flight costs for passengers, the former IAG boss Willie Walsh has warned. The controversial aviation titan, who now heads up the industry’s global lobbyist the International Air Transport Association, said the move to mandate biofuels was completely [...]
‘Move out of the f*** way’: Furious motorists drag Insulate Britain protesters off roads October 13, 2021 Outraged motorists in Essex, including a mother who berated activists for stopping her from driving her 11-year-old son to school, clashed with protesters from Insulate Britain this morning. Multiple confrontations occurred, with demonstrators dragged off the roads by drivers near a busy industrial estate in Thurrock. Lorry drivers blasted their horns and a female protester [...]
Exclusive: Londoners flow back to office, but only in mid-week October 13, 2021 Londoners are flowing back to the office in their droves as the pull of the city centre draws workers back in. According to exclusive data obtained by City A.M.., the number of people going into London offices climbed 31 per cent over the last month. Westminster and Southwark drove the rebound in trips to the [...]
Overground crash: Two injured after buffer collision at Enfield Town Station October 12, 2021 Two people have been injured at Enfield Town Station today when the Overground service crashed through the buffers. “Thankfully, there are not the sort of casualties we could have had – just the one driver taken for shock to hospital,” London Mayor Sadiq Khan said. The mayor added that a full inquiry will be held [...]