Boriss Bus Part 39 Next Stop The Treasury

The Guardian - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

reasons not hard to guess - may have had a restraining effect, though a more likely explanation is that an appearance of statesmanlike sobriety will cut more ice than the usual chortling with ministers at the treasury. The outcome of the comprehensive spending review is due in just over a month, and fears that the GLA group faces a giant funding chop are rife. Transport grant, in particular, is ...

Letters judge development models by their strengths not philosophies

Guardian - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

Let us know what you think of stories, interviews and comments on the Guardian's global development professionals network. Photograph: Shaun Curry/AFP/Getty ...

Why do these Tories think they can rule on marriage | Zoe Williams

The Guardian - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

Boris Johnson, father of another lovechild , out of his own wedlock and that of his babymother, is a prominent member of a party that openly and loudly decries both feckless, absentee fathers and single mothers. Johnson himself was once an enemy ...

Paolo Di Canio – The Sunderland manager who would be Tory leader | Marina Hyde

Guardian - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

Paolo Di Canio's diatribe after the Spurs defeat 'sounded like football management for people who don't like football'. Photograph: Lindsey Parnaby/AFP/Getty ...

New England economy seen improving but unevenly

Channel 3 News - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

By STEPHEN SINGERAP Business Writer HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A group of economists says New England is recovering from the worst recession in decades, with the strongest gains in Massachusetts and Vermont, while Rhode Island and Maine lag. The New England Economic Partnership said Wednesday that external factors such as Europe's recession and federal spending cuts made in Washington are ...

Police called to Woolwich shooting

This is Local London - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

Police called to Woolwich 'shooting' POLICE and ambulances have been called to Woolwich this afternoon (May 22) to deal with a reported shooting. Wellington Steet is reportedly being sealed off and the air ambulance has arrived on the scene. John Wilson Street is currently shut in both directions between Artillery Place and New Ferry Approach. Traffic is heavy in the ...

Bluewater car park death trial Swanley woman Dawn Chedds car sounded like it was driven by boy racer

This is Local London - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

Dawn Chedd. A PEOPLE carrier which reversed over and killed a pensioner in a Bluewater car park sounded like it was being driven by a "boy racer", a court heard. Dawn Chedd, 50, is charged with causing the death by careless driving of 71-year-old Claire Bishop on January 4 last year in level one of the Blue area car park at the Greenhithe shopping centre. The Cranleigh ...

Waltham Forest Green Party show support in NHS protest march

This is Local London - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

Waltham Forest and Redbridge Green Party members Mark Dawes and David Hamilton on the demonstration. Members of Waltham Forest and Redbridge Green Party joined thousands of campaigners in a march last Saturday to protect the NHS in London. In line with local campaigns to save Whipps Cross Hospital, Green party members showed the NHS support by marching from Jubilee Gardens to the ...

Residents associations concerned about 20mph speed limit

This is Local London - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

By Jaber Mohamed Residents associations are concered about Haringey Borough Council's plans to introduce a borough-wide 20mile-per-hour speed limit. The Muswell Hill and Fortis Green Association and the HOBA and South Tottenham Association both said they would prefer a more targeted approach to stop speeding. The proposed limit, which has previously been rejected twice by the ...

Hospice heroes awarded for going the extra mile

This is Local London - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

Nurses Kym Owen, Louise Henderson, Barbara Vacher and Anne-Marie Hammond with patient Eleni Robb. Nursing heroes were showered with flowers, tea and cake as a special thank you for the work they do caring for terminally ill patients in Barnet and Enfield. North London Hospice organised the tea party yesterday as part of the global celebrations marking International Nurses Day. The ...

Fundraising walkers complete historic journey from London to Epsom Downs

This is Local London - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

The Derby Walk re-enacts a historic walk from London to Epsom Downs Racecourse Fundraising enthusiasts put on their walking boots and re-enacted a historic journey made by thousands from London to Epsom Downs on Sunday. Thousands of pounds were raised for a number of different charities by 40 people who participated in the Derby Walk, a re-enactment of the journey made by Londoners in ...

UPDATE Travellers move from Mitcham Common to Three Kings Piece

This is Local London - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

Travellers set up camp on Monday in Mitcham Common after breaking through a barrier A group of travellers who broke through barriers to set up camp on Mitcham Common have moved on to another public green space in the area. The encampment, made up of 14 caravans and about seven further ...

Zippos Circus bring their globe of death to Beddington Park

This is Local London - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

A terrifying globe of death, people flying through the sky and hilarious clowns are just some of the spectacles at this year's Zippo's Circus. The famous big top is in Beddington Park for six days exhibiting their new show for ...

Second newly approved free school announces details

This is Local London - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

, Reporter Another free school set to open in the borough next year has announced details of its plans and services. The new school, to be called Oasis Academy Walthamstow, was approved today along with three others in the borough when a wave of 102 new free schools had approval announced by Education Secretary Michael Gove. The group who submitted the bid, Oasis Community Learning, ...

Man arrested as part of people smuggling investigation

This is Local London - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

News A man has been arrested as part of a pan-European operation targeting people smuggling gangs. The 51-year-old Sri Lankan man was arrested at an address in Rayners Lane, Harrow, by police officers and immigration officers from the Home Office this morning. Simultaneous raids took place at addresses in London, Luton, Essex and also in France and Germany. Eleven people have ...

Grandfather hits out at string of failures at Barnet Hospital

This is Local London - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

Raymond Hague A grandfather who is one of many waiting more than a year for an urgent operation has hit out at health chiefs for what he calls a "string of failures". Despite doctors assuring Raymond Hague, of Stratfield Road, Borehamwood, there was an 18-week waiting period to have his shoulder rebuilt, he has since been told it could take over a year to have the surgery at ...

Photographer hopes to win Art Fund prize with William Morris Gallery picture

This is Local London - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

Meet the Man by Tony Cullinane A photographer whose picture has made the shortlist for an Art Fund prize hopes people will vote to help him win it. Tony Cullinane, of Pole Hill Road in Chingford, had his snap of a man walking into an exhibition at the William Morris Gallery picked ahead of nearly 1,500 others to stand a chance of winning the Museum of the Year Photography ...

Two arrested over mass brawl that left five injured

This is Local London - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

Two men have been arrested in connection with a mass brawl in Finchley Central this morning that left five people in hospital. Between ten and 15 men were involved in the altercation outside La Gogu bar, at the corner of Nether Street and Ballards Lane, at 5am. Five men were taken to hospital following the fight, including two aged 27 and 25 who had suffered what police described as ...

Walthamstow Academy bosses to open new primary free school

This is Local London - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

, Reporter The group who operate Walthamstow Academy will now be able to open a new primary free school in Walthamstow following an approval announcement from the Department of Education earlier today. United Learning, who operate the secondary academy which opened in 2006, were today successful in their bid for the school to open in September 2014. The new co-educational school ...

Barnet Clinical Commissioning Group hosts public meeting

This is Local London - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

, Reporter People in Barnet are being invited to meet the GPs in charge of providing NHS services in Barnet. During the public meeting, which will take place next Thursday at St. Paul's Centre in Long Lane at 11.00am, GPs on Barnet's Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) will be on hand to answer questions about the new body and hear the views of members of the public on how it ...

New cabinet will save taxpayers money says leader

This is Local London - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

By Bruce Thain Harrow Council's leader says his new smaller cabinet will save taxpayers money in allowances. Councillor Thaya Idaikkadar made his comments following the appointment of his new cabinet last week, which will have five portfolio holders whereas previously there had been eight. He said: "Obviously with fewer cabinet members we will be saving the taxpayer ...

The Beatles lyrics manuscripts and other Fab Four rarities donated to British Library under new scheme

The Independent - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

The British Library has become the first institution to benefit from the Government's new "lifetime giving" scheme after receiving manuscripts of the lyrics to The Beatles' hit songs "Strawberry Fields Forever", "She Said She Said" and "In My Life", handwritten by John ...