Day: June 24, 2024

London borough reveals plan to stop e-bikes being dumped willy nilly

Tom SandersPublished Jun 24, 2024, 4:06pm|Updated Jun 24, 2024, 4:12pm Wandsworth council has become the first to ban e-bike riders from parking their vehicles in the middle of the street. The south London borough will enforce the ban once it has finished installing 111 parking bays across the area, including town centres such as Clapham […]

Sixth tourist dies in Greece heatwave as man falls ill on hike

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Rishi Sunak: I’ll fire up London with plans to ease housing crisis and boost West End

Interest rate cuts are “on their way,” Rishi Sunak said as he laid out his London plan to ease the housing crisis, revive the ailing hospitality sector and get more civil servants back into Whitehall. As the clock ticks towards the July 4 polling day, the Prime Minister set out his stall on why Londoners […]

London travel news LIVE: Protester climbs railway bridge near Waterloo cancelling trains and halting traffic

Bank Station reopens after fire alert Bank Station has reopened following a fire alert, Transport for London has said. Some services at the station were stopped while the issue was dealt with. Trains are now running again on the DLR and Waterloo & City Line. Trains able to run slowly past protester Trains have been […]

Stay indoors warning lifted as firefighters tackle industrial site blaze

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‘Stark choice’ facing next government on public spending, says IFS

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Taylor Swift joined unexpectedly by Travis Kelce and 7 other chaotic moments from her London shows

This posh neighbourhood is actually the rowdiest place in London

Of all of London’s boroughs, Kensington & Chelsea is perhaps the most la-di-da of them all. It is, after all, the neighbourhood that the Prince and Princess of Wales calls home, and it’s where you’ll find the Royal Albert Hall, the V&A and the fancy King’s Road. Houses are some of the most expensive here […]

Building supplies firm SIG cuts profit outlook amid lull in construction work

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Building supplies firm SIG has warned over weak demand for construction work in Europe, leading it to downgrade its profit expectations for the year. The London-listed company saw […]

‘My studio costs half my income’: can British art survive soaring rents and property developers?

‘There used to be loads of little galleries near this studio, artist-run spaces and a few smaller commercial galleries. Pretty much all of them have gone now, priced out by spiralling rents,” says painter Cathy Lomax. We are chatting over tea in a large, light-filled space near the Trelawney estate, Hackney, which has served as […]