By Abeer Sharma Last Thursday evening the Evening Standard held hustings for the Conservative candidates running to be their party’s chosen one for next year’s Mayor of London election- Andrew Boff, Zac Goldsmith MP, Stephen Greenhalgh and Syed Kamall MEP. Truth be told, the lack of big names compared to ...
By Jack Peat, TLE Editor If you ever find yourself hankering for a public execution, take a trip to a fancy wine bar in The City and have a go at defending the industrial action taken by London Underground workers over the Night Tube. It is, as I found out ...
Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @davidjdewinter @TLE_Sport As England’s cricketers gloriously maul their Australian counterparts and head towards regaining the Ashes urn, the nation’s footballers are busying themselves for a new season. I know what you’re thinking: ‘What? So soon? But we’re only just into ...
By Nathan Lee, TLE Correspondent The latest Office for National Statistics figures for London show more people left the capital than moved in between August 2013 and June 2014, except twenty-somethings, who moved to London in their droves. Some 204,443 people moved into London compared to 273,077 who moved out according to the ...
Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @TLE_Sport @davidjdewinter Well I did not see that coming. If you had told me that England would win the first Ashes Test at Cardiff, and at a canter, I would have questioned your sanity and probably referred you to a ...
Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @TLE_Sport @davidjdewinter The drawn-out transfer saga of Raheem Sterling seems to have finally been completed as Manchester City are poised to sign the former Liverpool forward for a fee that could rise to £49 million. Sterling is due to fly ...
By James Rubin, CEO, www.envirowaste.co.uk UK recycling rates increased rapidly by 32% between 2000 and 2012 but recently this rate has flatlined. Only 33.9% of household waste in London was sent for recycling last year despite Boris Johnson suggesting an initial target of 45% and the EU setting a target ...
Sport News 24/7 By Richard de Winter @TLE_Sport @rgdewinter I have many pet theories about sport, all of which are revolutionary, incredibly well-reasoned and, of course, absolutely correct. One of them is on the relative importance of sporting events, which could be summarised as i=lu, where i=interest, l=length of time ...
So Sir Howard’s Commission has returned its recommendation. After two and a half years of deliberation, pie-in-the-sky proposals, costly marketing campaigns and self-centred political lobbying we have come to the conclusion that you simply can’t move a hub with deliverable expansion proposals. It is the worst recommendation, except for all ...