Transport Booze Ban Plans Unveiled
7th May 2008
Mayor of London Boris Johnson and Transport Commissioner Peter Hendy were at High Street Kensington Tube Station this morning to set out plans to ban alcohol from the capital’s public transport network.
Transport for London officials are redrafting the conditions of carriage for the tube and bus network and the DLR's 'Rules for using t… full story
Mayor and Fire Commissioner Visit Brigade's Local Intervention Course
6th May 2008Mayor of London Boris Johnson, Commissioner of the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority Ron Dobson and the Mayor's newly-appointed advisor on young people, Ray Lewis, visited Dagenham Fire Station earlier today to meet young people participating in the London Fire Brigade’s Local Intervention Fire Education courses.
The LIFE prog… full story
Mayoral Candidates Call for Stockwell Report Publication
17th April 2008Candidates in next month's Mayoral elections have demanded that the report into the Stockwell shooting in which Jean Charles de Menezes lost his life.
Reports have claimed that the Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) report is to be help back until after the May elections for political reasons.
Left List candidate Lindsey Germ… full story
Westminster Targets Knife Retailers
17th April 2008Shops selling knives in the City of Westminster have been warned not to sell knives or blades to children by the Council's Trading Standards officers.
The Police and officers from Trading Standards have been conducting a series of test purchases in an undercover sting operation targeting retailers which are breaking the law by selling kn… full story
IIlegal Auction Closed By Haringey Police and Council
17th April 2008Police and enforcement officers in Haringey have succeeded in closing down an illegal auction selling poor quality goods in Wood Green Town Centre.
Officials say that one of the men involved sought to get away in a van bearing a fraudulent disabled badge, a move described as "really outrageous" by Haringey cabinet member for en… full story
Boris Sets Out Four Point Plan for Crime Victims
15th April 2008Boris Johnson, Conservative Candidate for Mayor of London, has launched a four-point plan to help the victims of crime.
Speaking earlier today Mr Johnson said that tackling crime was only part of the problem facing London and that more needed to be done "to help victims of crime in the Capital."
If elected next mon… full story
