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It was a nice idea, but only 16 people set off on the bike tube from Swiss Cottage, according to BBC London. A cycling colleague has made it to the office complaining that the roads are full of biking amateurs. 8.21am: BBC London rounds up the latest...
Tags: Londoners, BBC London, London Colney, England, Andorra Wembley, world cup, tube strike, mayor boris, Boris Johnson, londoners underground
UK, Thursday April 30, 2009 Scotland Yard chiefs are to face tough questions over the actions of their officers during the G20 protests at a meeting chaired by London Mayor Boris Johnson. The Metropolitan Police have faced criticism of their conduct...
Tags: London Assembly, metropolitan policing, Metropolitan Police Authority, policing authority, g20 protesters, london mayor, mayor boris, Boris Johnson
For many London cyclists, the joy of freewheeling on one of Boris Johnson’s 6,000 new hire bikes may judder to a halt — because he is banning the use of locks. People who lean their bikes outside a shop while they pop in for a newspaper may end up £150...
Tags: Mayor Boris, Boris Johnson
The mayor of London has been accused of prejudging the outcome of the police investigation of the Conservative lawmaker by revealing he had "a hunch" he would face no charges. A sub-committee of the London Assembly's standards board is understood to have...
Tags: Greater London Authority, London Assembly, BBC Radio London, BBC London 94.9, Boris Johnson, Mr Johnson, congestion charge, central london, london mayor, mayor boris
Queen opened Heathrow’s £4.3 billion terminal building earlier this year, it was supposed to herald a new era in state-of-the-art travel. Instead, the launch of terminal 5 rapidly descended into farce, with dozens of flight cancellations, enormous check-in...
Tags: Heathrow, london mayor, London, mayor boris, Boris Johnson
London mayor unveils climate crisis plan london, Aug 29: Mayor Boris Johnson unveiled a plan on Friday to help London tackle the challenge of climate change with less carbon dioxide, more trees, better drainage and increased water efficiency. Some 15...
Tags: Londoners, Boris Johnson, climate change, londoners mayor, johnson unveils, mayor boris, global warming
Updated 14.29 Thu Jul 17 2008 Lily Allen met with London Mayor Boris Johnson to discuss the capital's knife crime epidemic. The singer wrote an appeal for an end to the spate of incidents on her internet blog. The singer wrote an appeal for an end to...
Tags: knife crime, Boris Johnson, London, london mayor, Lily Allen, crime awareness, mayor boris
Boris Johnson has scrapped plans to increase the central London congestion charge to £25 ($51) a day for owners of gas-guzzling cars. The CO2 charge, brainchild of former London Mayor Ken Livingstone, was due to have come into effect in October. As well...
Tags: London, Ken Livingstone, Mr Boris Johnson, congestion charge, central london, mayor ken, london mayor, legal challenge, charge hike, mayor boris
Survivors of the 2005 London suicide bombings which tore through three underground trains and a bus, killing 52 innocent people, are marking the third anniversary of the attacks Monday. They will join victims' families and politicians laying flowers outside...
Tags: Londoners, Tavistock Square London, Boris Johnson, flowers outside, Tessa Jowell, mayor boris, londoners bombs, outside kings, cross stations, laid flowers
Johnson, the London Mayor, said his confidence in Ray Lewis had been "shaken" after he was "misled" by his former deputy, who resigned last night. Mr Lewis, who was in charge of leading the capital's policy on youth crime, stepped down amid allegations...
Tags: London, Mr Lewis, Ray Lewis (American football), deputy mayor, Boris Johnson, financial irregularities, inappropriate behaviour, london mayor, leaders david, mayor boris