Experts welcome second investigation into London’s super sewer August 29, 2016 London is in desperate need of new sewage capacity, according to experts, who welcomed a second investigation into the Thames Tideway “super sewer” on transparency grounds. The National Audit Office (NAO) has said it will publish a second study into the £4.2bn infrastructure project in the autumn, when construction on the 25km Thames Tideway Tunnel [...]
Do you have what it takes to become London’s “night czar”? August 24, 2016 Calling all party people – now's the chance to put to good use your love of the capital's night life, and get paid for it. The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan is looking for a "night czar" to champion the capital's buzzing night-time economy. Now the Night Tube has finally got going, it could open the flood [...]
Evening tube chaos: Flooding hits Circle, Bakerloo, District, DLR, Hammersmith and City, Metropolitan, Waterloo and City, and overground lines as some stations are shuttered June 23, 2016 Flooding is causing chaos across the London underground this evening as commuters battle against the elements to reach polling stations. Monument Station remains closed and has been for much of the day due to flooding as the heavens opened on the day of the EU referendum; engineers are working to fix the problem. The Circle line still has sever delays [...]
Claudio Silvestrin, architect to Kanye West and Calvin Klein, unveils his newest project in Hampstead, north London November 23, 2016 This brand new, ultra-contemporary mansion looks like it belongs in the sunny peaks of the Hollywood Hills. In fact, it’s nestled away in a quiet, exclusive corner of Hampstead, but its starry aesthetic is the creation of an award-winning architect who’s used to bringing the lavish home-stylings of the rich and famous to life. Claudio [...]
Usain Bolt and Mo Farah factor pulls in over 1m applications for tickets to 2017 London World Championships September 2, 2016 Over 1m ticket applications have been made for the World Championships in London next year, where legends Usain Bolt and Mo Farah make their final appearances on the track. According to organisers some 486,000 of 700,000 available tickets have already been sold for the 2017 World Championships at the London Stadium next August. The chance to watch Bolt in [...]
US interest rates: Weak data boosts case for another delay from the Fed September 15, 2016 The US has posted another uninspiring set of economic data, suggesting the slowdown in the world's most important economy is set to continue. Official figures on the manufacturing sector, retail sales and factory prices all came in below expectations this afternoon, just days before the US Federal Reserve is scheduled to vote on whether to [...]
Especially for EU: The ultimate referendum playlist June 23, 2016 What's that you hear? The sound of impending Brexit? No that'll be the rain and flooding… but to drown that out, we've asked Spotify to create the ultimate playlist to accompany polling day – and even results morning if you're still battling through. Of course, this is an exercise in puns rather than musical taste, and City [...]
Ferrari GTC4Lusso review: The four-seater is now even more likely to scare its three passengers witless September 26, 2016 If you own a Ferrari, you sometimes get sick of driving. Turn up to a birthday party or a barbeque and you literally have to spend hours giving people joyrides, one by one, when you’d rather be eating burgers. Or trying to fully savour the jealousy of your ex, who’s now married to a Hyundai-driving [...]
Amazon Echo review: Or how I started talking to a little black cylinder every day October 25, 2016 How often do you trust Siri to do much besides setting a timer when you’re cooking pasta, or telling you whether or not it’s going to rain? Since they crept into our pockets, virtual assistants haven’t progressed much past the point of pseudo-capable helpers, who are unreliable in most roles beyond fancy egg-timers and meteorologists [...]
Businesses and transport experts look to Autumn Statement for Hammond to flesh out infrastructure promises October 3, 2016 Businesses have welcomed Philip Hammond's promises to bolster infrastructure today, but warn they'll be watching him carefully to follow through in the Autumn Statement. Speaking at the Conservative party conference, the new chancellor of the exchequer warned that public infrastructure, including "our roads, railways and flood defences", was in dire condition compared with similarly developed countries, thanks [...]