Police search Green Park Tube after reports of man with a knife days after Leytonstone attack December 8, 2015 Armed police officers were deployed to Green Park Tube station this afternoon, after receiving reports that there was a man with a knife in the area. British Transport Police carried out a thorough search of the station and surrounding location, but said there was "no trace of anyone carrying any form of knife of other weapon". [...]
Uber warns EU regulations are holding back Europe’s tech startups December 7, 2015 Cab hailing app Uber has warned European Union (EU) regulation could mean that technology startups from Europe are unable to compete internationally. Uber’s head of public policy in Europe Mark McGann slammed the EU digital single market and said: “I’m concerned about domestic companies in the UK and across Europe not being able to make [...]
Paddington Station reopened after fire alert prompted evacuation December 7, 2015 Paddington Station has been reopened, after being evacuated because of a fire alert this morning. Both police and London Fire Brigade sent crews to Paddington Station to investigate reports of a fire on the Tube alongside Transport for London. The Circle and Hammersmith & City Lines did not stop at the station while the alert was being checked out. Eyewitnesses said [...]
London parking prices: Councils are making a mint from parking charges December 7, 2015 Councils across the country are raking in £1.9m every single day from parking, with the London boroughs of Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea , Camden, Hammersmith and Fulham and Wandsworth pocketing more than anywhere else in the country. The four locations in the capital made £148m between them – more than £400,000 every single day – from parking charges and penalty notices, accounting for [...]
Elephant and Castle layout change causes traffic upheaval during the first morning rush hour since two-way roads were introduced December 7, 2015 The first working day of Elephant & Castle's new layout is hardly what you could call a success. From yesterday, the busy junction switched from dual roundabouts – infamous for the number of collisions and traffic jams it caused – to a two-way road for the first time in 50 years. The plan is designed to [...]
Uber support grows ahead of Transport for London consultation deadline December 7, 2015 Business lobby group The Institute of Directors (IoD) has weighed in on the proposals to curtail car hire app Uber, branding them “unfriendly to entrepreneurialism, innovation and fair competition”. Transport for London (TfL) has been seeking the views of organisations and individuals since September on whether it should bring in a raft of new rules [...]
Countdown to Christmas, Syria vote and Star Wars economics: Here’s what got us talking this week December 4, 2015 A ray of sunshine after the gloomiest November in 86 years: this was the week in which the Bank of England declared the end of the financial crisis. Even banks aren’t stressed any more… What got us talking this week 1. Festive fun Only 20 more sleeps until the big day, and don’t we know [...]
Weekend traffic nightmare as TfL closes lanes on Marylebone Road and Baker Street for emergency water main repairs from 8pm tonight December 4, 2015 If you're planning on driving through London this weekend, avoid the Euston Road: Transport for London (TfL) says it will close lanes at the junction of Marylebone Road and Baker Street from 8pm tonight. In a statement today TfL said it needs to make emergency repairs to a water main leaking into Baker Street station. Drivers [...]
Kentish Town Tube incident: Man arrested for attempted murder after man pushed in front of oncoming train December 3, 2015 A 29-year-old man has been arrested under suspicion of attempted murder, after a man was pushed in front of an oncoming train at Kentish Town Tube station yesterday. The man, from Colindale, London, voluntarily attended a London Police station, after the service issued an image of the person they suspected of being behind the attack. The image [...]
London taxi drivers and Uber battling to win support with just 20 days left for TfL consultation December 3, 2015 Taxi drivers and Uber are gearing up for the final stretch in a race for support ahead of a crunch consultation that will decide the newcomer’s fate in the capital. Transport for London’s (TfL) consultation on whether to bring in further rules and regulations has just 20 days to run. Uber was given a boost [...]