In the latest attempt to reduce air pollution across London, the city’s Mayor Sadiq Khan has announced that London’s new Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) could be introduced as early as 2019. This will be a year earlier than previously anticipated, with the roll-out initially focused on inner London, before ...
Barack Obama's half-brother Malik has backed Donald Trump in the upcoming US Presidential election. The Kenyan pronounced to the BBC World Service "My name is Malik and I will be voting for Mr Donald Trump," in an interview where he backed the outspoken Republican candidate because he came across as a "straightforward ...
Sport News 24/7 By Richard de Winter, Martin Lamb & Lauren Johnson @TLE_Sport @rgdewinter @martinlamb @History_Lauren The London Economic's Richard de Winter is joined by cricket nut Martin Lamb and cycling aficionado Lauren Johnson as they discuss England's recent defeat to Pakistan at Lords and Chris Froome's progress as the ...
I wasn’t sure male (and female, they are a broad church these days) Tories would be having naughty urges about May yet, and would have to make do with vivid memories of Thatcher for the time being. Our new PM stumbled over her words and reminded me of a fussy ...
By Deborah Hodge Hilary Clinton is set to be the first female American President and Theresa May has snuck in from nowhere to become the second female British Prime Minister. I have to be honest, even though I stood for London Mayor in 2016, I had no clue who she was ...
An American reporter put the new foreign secretary Boris Johnson on the spot during a press conference with John Kerry, the US Secretary of State. The journalist said Boris has been guilty of telling "outright lies" as he and Kerry both squirmed in front of the cameras. Kerry said Boris ...
Here is a list of Labour MPs and how they voted on Trident renewal, the final vote in the Commons was 472 votes in favour against 117 against, so the margin was very large. Out of the Labour members 140 voted for the renewal of the controversial nuclear deterrent renewal. ...
London Gatwick Airport is the new favourite to get an additional runway after pro-Gatwick Sadiq Khan won the London mayoral election and a number of anti-Heathrow MPs were appointed to Theresa May’s cabinet. Betway has cut odds on Gatwick to 4/7 while Heathrow Airport’s odds of being awarded the right to develop a ...
Review by Leslie Byron Pitt This film broke me. Perhaps it was the all too real nods to customer services. The seminars, the platitudes and the like. It might have been the brilliant chemistry between the cast. The voices of David Thewlis and Jenifer Jason Leigh provide a spark so ...