Thames Water is in a monetary mess, nevertheless it’s additionally the main target of rising public concern – and anger – over its seemingly rising incapability to handle its day-to-day tasks, most notably by persevering with to pump giant quantities of uncooked sewage into London’s waterways frequently. A five-fold improve within the...
Central London air pollution spike ‘directly attributed’ to farmers’ tractor protest – OnLondon
Knowledge captured by two sensors within the space registered sharp rises in nitrogen dioxide ranges in SW1 on the day of the latest demonstration in opposition to inheritance tax modifications Final week’s protest by farmers in opposition to modifications to inheritance tax, involving tractors being pushed into Westminster, produced a...
London’s housing emergency: Perils of a Purley low-cost block – OnLondon
Inside minutes the discuss had turned to rats: rats in bin sheds, rats in drainpipes, rats scratching above ceilings and behind partitions. First noticed rooting in garbage, they've since superior, climbing, gnawing, exploring. Rats are suspected of chewing by means of wiring, short-circuiting the intercom system, in order that neighbours...
Jack Brown: Khan’s fares hike does not betray a bust-up with the government over transport – OnLondon
The Mayor's announcement confirmed what we had already been instructed, and TfL has been getting a good deal below Labour to this point Sadiq Khan and Transport for London have confirmed that some fares will rise by a median of 4.6 p.c in 2025. From 2 March, London Underground fares...
Next stage approaches for Hackney Wick’s Yard theatre – OnLondon
Tucked away in a nook of east London proper subsequent to the Olympic Park, it has grown with the a part of the capital it serves To get to the Yard theatre, emerge from Hackney Wick station on what we now name the Mildmay line, scratch your head, look proper,...
Dave Hill: Don’t grow tired of caring about London’s housing emergency – OnLondon
In a chat for The London Society, Housing Ombudsman Richard Blakeway has warned of the hazard of tolerating the insupportable In principle, Britain’s Housing Ombudsman just isn't certainly one of London’s emergency companies: the workplace’s main function is to resolve disputes between social housing tenants and their landlords. In observe,...
Julie Hamill’s London: Writing where nobody knows your name – OnLondon
I can’t write at residence. I do know plenty of writers can and do, however I’m not one among them. The slightest floorboard creak, canine desires out, noise from the radio, door bang, cough, sneeze or beep-beep-beep of a reversing lorry and it’s over, laptop computer shut. The distant echo...
Richard Derecki: Lasting intrigue of London’s most notorious suburban spies – OnLondon
Between 1954 and 1961, working from an unassuming bungalow at 45 Cranley Drive, Ruislip, Lona and Morris Cohen smuggled out an enormous haul of British nuclear secrets and techniques to their KGB paymasters. Working beneath the aliases Helen and Peter Kroger, the names taken from a New Zealander couple who...
Dave Hill: Can a ‘liveable’ London street become a forbidding precinct? – OnLondon
The aim of the scheme was to eliminate a longstanding gyratory system, cut back using personal motor autos, enhance air high quality and make the world extra nice for residents and customers. The next yr, a monitoring report by consultants Aecom stated there had certainly been reductions in visitors on...
Soho not included in Sadiq Khan Oxford Street plans, says senior aide – OnLondon
The Mayor's deputy chief of workers has additionally publicly dominated out taking licensing powers from Westminster or in search of authorities funding for the scheme Sadiq Khan is not going to be in search of to incorporate Soho within the space lined by his proposed Mayoral Growth Company (MDC) for...