The Met has launched new counter-terrorism publicity campaign based around the message ‘Your call could save lives’ which is hopes will encourage members of the public to report any activity or behaviour they think is suspicious.
AMs set for final vote on Mayor’s London budget
London Assembly members will vote tomorrow on whether to approve the Mayor’s final draft budget for the coming financial year, the first to be drawn up since the coalition government’s spending review which saw public spending across the UK cut back.
Business leaders call for open minds in aviation policy
National and London politicians assessing the future of the capital’s air links need to make decisions “based on their merits” according to Baroness Jo Valentine, head of the business lobbyists London First.
London Transport Museum marks 1943 Bethnal Green Tube disaster
The London Transport Museum is hosting a talk covering the 1943 Bethnal Green Tube station disaster in which 173 people died from asphyxiation as a result of being crushed while entering the station during its use as an air raid shelter. At the time, news of the disaster was suppressed. Although reports appeared in newspapers, […]
TfL announces £4m of cycling funds for outer London
Thirteen ‘biking boroughs’ in the capital are in line to share £4m of new funding to help them boost cycling in their local area and create ‘cycling communities’ in outer London.