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Boris Johnson triggers fresh cronyism claims with Andrew Gilligan job
Baghdad :: Iraq | 4 months ago
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Journalist Andrew Gilligan is to continue working for the Telegraph while being Boris Johnson's part-time cycling adviser. Photograph: David Levene Boris Johnson has triggered a new row over alleged cronyism after it emerged that he has offered the
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Olympics 2012 have changed the Lower Lea Valley beyond recognition
Edmonton :: Canada | 10 months ago
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On a wet day in March 2005, I took a walk up the Lower Lea Valley from Canning Town to Hackney Marshes with film director Paul Kelly. It was an area of severe pollution and urban decay with Bow, Bromley and Homerton on its west bank, Canning Town,
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Plans to regenerate London's Crystal Palace Park upheld
London :: United Kingdom | 11 months ago
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Multi-million pound plans to regenerate historic Crystal Palace Park were upheld by the High Court today. Proposals for the south London site controversially include building new homes on Metropolitan open land...Anthony Elliott and John Payne asked
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Nine questions for Sky to ask Boris Johnson
Brussels :: Belgium | 1 year ago
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Chris Jackson/Getty Images The second live TV debate of the mayoral election campaign takes place tonight on Sky News ...Newsnight's dazzlingly dreadful interrupting contest two weeks ago generated wasteful heat, little light and another week of
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London mayoral live blog – Ken Livingstone manifesto launch plus live online Q&A on economy
Frankfurt :: Germany | 1 year ago
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London's two financial centres, the City and Canary Wharf (background). Photograph: Paul Owen Ken Livingstone is launching his mayoral election manifesto today at 12.30pm and we'll be covering that here. A ComRes survey for the Evening Standard,
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The London Olympics: a festival of private Britain | Anna Minton
London :: United Kingdom | over 1 year ago
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The Festival of Britain in 1951 left the Royal Festival Hall [framed here with a nude sculpture by Jacob Epstein], one of the finest public buildings in the country.' Photograph: M. Fresco/Getty Images The organisers of London 2012 frequently assert
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The Olympic struggle of the London 2012 resisters
London :: United Kingdom | over 1 year ago
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Protests are planned to continue through to after the sporting events finish, in order to challenge the legacy' of a corporate spectacle. Many of the campaigns have organised around local issues, but the range of tactics has been impressive and has
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Eco-home developer BioRegional Quintain to shut
Middlesbrough :: United Kingdom | over 1 year ago
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Joey Gardiner An artist's impression of sustainable developer BioRegional Quintain's Middlehaven scheme in Middlesbrough, designed by the Stirling prize-winning architect Will Alsop. Photograph: George Hadley/Graphic The UK's highest-profile
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New London Olympic landmark gains final ring
London :: United Kingdom | over 1 year ago
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It rises 35 stories high, is made of ruby red steel and vaguely resembles a squashed roller coaster. Standing next to the main stadium for the 2012 Olympics, it bears the formal name of the "ArcelorMittal Orbit" — although
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Ready to shine
London :: United Kingdom | over 1 year ago
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Notting Hill Carnival spirit boosts London's economy Business reporter, BBC News The Tiananmen Square puppet from 1989 shows Carnival's topicality If you want to explore Notting Hill Carnival's cultural roots, a drab-looking shop in the west London
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