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Controversial Tulip could yet flower in City of London

The team behind the Foster + Partners designed 305.3m tall tower have lodged an appeal. This comes after the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan rejected the plan for the scheme which would dominate the skyline in the City of London.

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Controversial Tulip could yet flower in City of London

The team behind the Foster + Partners designed 305.3m tall tower have lodged an appeal. This comes after the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan rejected the plan for the...
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London A&E waiting times ‘now at their worst ever’

New Government figures revealed that accident and emergency waiting times in London are now at their worst ever and are still getting further away from meeting their targets.

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Bank-Monument link “one of the world’s most complex subterranean railway stations”

Delayed by one year, the mammoth £642million upgrade is due for completion in 2022, and it will increase the stations’ capacity by 40%.
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£8.9m pledge to replace Square Mile resident fire doors

The City of London Corporation will be spending £8.9million to replace fire doors on its housing estates following the Grenfell Tower tragedy.
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Former Lord Mayor knighted in New Year’s Honours list

Peter Estlin, the former Lord Mayor, and two City of London Corporation staff members were recognised by Her Majesty the Queen in the New Year’s Honours list.
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Haringey charity gets City funding to feed homeless

CARIS Haringey has been working with homeless families since the 1990s and has been a key voluntary sector partner to the London Borough of Haringey since.
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Calls for caps on Tube train speed limits under Barbican

A report by TfL engineers revealed temporary speed restrictions on lines under Brandon Mews cut noise levels by seven decibels.
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London must lose ‘keep calm’ attitude to extreme weather

Bevan Jones, a sustainability consultant at Greenage Environmental, said heatwaves can increase violence, put strain on the NHS, and dent the economy.
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Plan to improve mental health services in City and Hackney

The plan aims to address undiagnosed mental health needs of people who ‘slip through the net’ as they do not access services early enough and will often end up...
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City Corporation approves sale of Snow Hill Police Station

The station, which was previously declared surplus to operational requirements by the City of London Police, has been sold to hotel owner and operator Whitbread Plc.
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Local Assembly Member gains assurances that Met Police on top of detective shortages

Mr Desai said that “he was pleased” to hear from the Mayor that the Met “were making progress on reducing the detective vacancy rate”.
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City fundraiser for Australian bushfires relief effort

The 2019-20 bushfire season still has months to run and the dangerous conditions will continue to pose a serious threat, with resources becoming increasingly stretched.
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Charity giving free bikes to refugees receives funding boost

The Bike Project, a Southwark charity giving free bicycles to London’s refugees and asylum seekers, has received £106,000 to help them integrate and improve access to key services.
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London boroughs join forces to crackdown on idling engines

Participants will speak with drivers parked up with engines running about the harmful effects caused by vehicle emissions – and ask them to turn them off.
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Almost one in 50 Londoners are now homeless

According to a new report by the housing charity Shelter More has found that more than 170,000 people in London are sleeping rough, in temporary accommodation, or living in...
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City of London to receive share of £3.5m TfL funding for cycle parking spaces

In the Cities of London and Westminster, 600 new spaces will enable even more people to cycle to key central London destinations.
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Airport staff doubled local volunteering efforts in 2019 for record year of giving

The record-breaking year of giving concluded in December with the airport’s annual ‘12 Days of Giving’ volunteering drive, which saw 74 members of staff give 592 hours of their...
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TfL must do more to tackle air pollution in London

The London Assembly’s environment committee said dust in the Underground could be dangerous and “little progress” has been made under Sadiq Khan’s mayoralty
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Mayor launches new energy company London Power

ondon Power users will always be rolled over to the cheapest tariff at the end of their contract – removing the risk of steep price hikes after the first...
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Mayor says Crossrail will ‘definitely’ open in 2021

The Mayor spoke exclusively to the BBC Local Democracy Service as Crossrail bosses announced plans to open the central section of the line by summer 2021.
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Police stations in and around Square Mile close

The Greater London Authority says police stations are falling out of use as more people report crimes online, leading to a number of closures in the Capital.
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London needs more transport investment, states report

The capital spends just two thirds of the national average on rail services per person, research from City Hall found.

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The team behind the Foster + Partners designed 305.3m tall tower have lodged an appeal. This comes after the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan rejected the plan for the scheme which would dominate the skyline in the City of London.

The team behind the Foster + Partners designed 305.3m tall tower have lodged an appeal. This comes after the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan rejected the plan for the...

New Government figures revealed that accident and emergency waiting times in London are now at their worst ever and are still getting further away from meeting their targets.

Delayed by one year, the mammoth £642million upgrade is due for completion in 2022, and it will increase the stations’ capacity by 40%.

The City of London Corporation will be spending £8.9million to replace fire doors on its housing estates following the Grenfell Tower tragedy.

Peter Estlin, the former Lord Mayor, and two City of London Corporation staff members were recognised by Her Majesty the Queen in the New Year’s Honours list.

CARIS Haringey has been working with homeless families since the 1990s and has been a key voluntary sector partner to the London Borough of Haringey since.

A report by TfL engineers revealed temporary speed restrictions on lines under Brandon Mews cut noise levels by seven decibels.

Bevan Jones, a sustainability consultant at Greenage Environmental, said heatwaves can increase violence, put strain on the NHS, and dent the economy.

The plan aims to address undiagnosed mental health needs of people who ‘slip through the net’ as they do not access services early enough and will often end up...

The station, which was previously declared surplus to operational requirements by the City of London Police, has been sold to hotel owner and operator Whitbread Plc.

Mr Desai said that “he was pleased” to hear from the Mayor that the Met “were making progress on reducing the detective vacancy rate”.

The 2019-20 bushfire season still has months to run and the dangerous conditions will continue to pose a serious threat, with resources becoming increasingly stretched.

The Bike Project, a Southwark charity giving free bicycles to London’s refugees and asylum seekers, has received £106,000 to help them integrate and improve access to key services.

Participants will speak with drivers parked up with engines running about the harmful effects caused by vehicle emissions – and ask them to turn them off.

According to a new report by the housing charity Shelter More has found that more than 170,000 people in London are sleeping rough, in temporary accommodation, or living in...

In the Cities of London and Westminster, 600 new spaces will enable even more people to cycle to key central London destinations.

The record-breaking year of giving concluded in December with the airport’s annual ‘12 Days of Giving’ volunteering drive, which saw 74 members of staff give 592 hours of their...

The London Assembly’s environment committee said dust in the Underground could be dangerous and “little progress” has been made under Sadiq Khan’s mayoralty

ondon Power users will always be rolled over to the cheapest tariff at the end of their contract – removing the risk of steep price hikes after the first...

The Mayor spoke exclusively to the BBC Local Democracy Service as Crossrail bosses announced plans to open the central section of the line by summer 2021.

The Greater London Authority says police stations are falling out of use as more people report crimes online, leading to a number of closures in the Capital.

The capital spends just two thirds of the national average on rail services per person, research from City Hall found.

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