City Hall says the display will feature than 12,000 fireworks, 2,000 lighting cues and 30 tonnes of equipment on three barges and will seen by more than 100,000 spectators in the viewing areas and a predicted TV audience of over 12 million.
Mayor Sadiq Khan launches consultation for new Olympia to Brentford cycle superhighway
In addition to making it easier and safer to cycle, City Hall says the segregated route will include “significant improvements” for pedestrians, including new pedestrian crossings and reduce traffic on some local residential roads.
Sadiq undermines own claims that spending cuts are leaving the Met and security services unable to protect London
On Wednesday morning Mr Khan issued a press release calling on the Government “to reverse years of underfunding and use the autumn Budget to make sure the police and security services have the resources they need to keep the public safe.”
TfL launches consultation on transparency strategy update
First published in October 2015, the strategy radically overhauled how the agency makes frequently requested data available and saw it adopt a presumption that financial, operational and contractual information would be routinely published and done so in a way which is easily understood and accessed.
Uber and other large minicab operators set to pay more to trade in London
TfL currently has only fee tiers, with firms operating 2 vehicles charged £1,488 for a five year permit and those operating three or more vehicles charged £2,826.