Stop press: it’s the very last Evening Standard in London today. And that tells us a lot about Britain in 2024
Stop press: it’s the very last Evening Standard in London today. And that tells us a lot about Britain in 2024 | James Hanning
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/sep/19/evening-standard-london-local-paper
Local, national, international – the weekday paper was a brilliant one-stop shop. But information, and how we get it, is more atomised now, says journalist and author James Hanning
Traffic to be banned from London’s Oxford Street under Sadiq Khan plan
Traffic to be banned from London’s Oxford Street under Sadiq Khan plan
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/sep/17/traffic-banned-london-oxford-street-sadiq-khan-westminster-council
Mayor to be given power to overrule Westminster council, which blocked previous plan amid concerns over rerouting buses
London's DLR trains too speedy so engineers slow them down
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gqgg9q2dro
Engineers slow down DLR trains by 5kmph across most track sections after reviewing the network.
‘I want them all crushed’: the council poised to ban ‘dangerous’ Lime bikes
‘I want them all crushed’: the council poised to ban ‘dangerous’ Lime bikes
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/sep/15/i-want-them-all-crushed-the-council-poised-to-ban-dangerous-lime-bikes
In Brent, local people are upset with abandoned green bikes creating a hazard and teenagers speeding along pavements
Over half of Londoners think councils prefer improving roads for drivers over safety of cyclists and pedestrians, as majority call for more Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and 20mph limits, new study finds
Crystal Palace Subway restored: First images revealed ahead of public Open Day
https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/crystal-palace-subway-restored-first-images-revealed-ahead-of-public-open-day-75440/
The first images of the restored Crystal Palace Subway have been revealed ahead of a public open day next weekend.
17-year-old arrested in connection with cyber attack on TfL
https://news.sky.com/story/17-year-old-arrested-in-connection-with-cyber-attack-on-tfl-13213195
TfL has said some customer data was compromised in the cyber attack, including customer names and contact details. Some Oyster card data, which could include bank account details, may also have been accessed.
Van Gogh National Gallery exhibition receives starry reviews
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c7852xw14l3o
The exhibition opens on Saturday, featuring more than 60 artworks including two sunflower paintings.
A cooler London Underground: TfL eyes more stations for its new cooling technology
https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/75252-75252/
Trials of a new cooling system for the London Underground stations have proven sufficiently successful that Transport for London (TfL) is already considering where it could be deployed.
