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By Linus Rees Westminster City Council have confirmed they will allow lorries and roadworks to take place at night during the 2012 Olympics after Mayor Boris Johnson announced plans to allow late night working. It is feared that other local authorities could follow Westminster’s lead. However, councillors representing Bloomsbury and Fitzrovia have launched a campaign …
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By Linus Rees Over the past couple of evenings people looking up at the BT Tower would have seen a light show complete with laser beams. The Tower will again be lit up tonight from 6pm as an official celebration of 500 days to go to the London 2012 Olympics is held. There will also …
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Demonstrators block Euston Road outside Camden Town hall.
Police and supporters of the Really Free School were called to the Black Horse in Rathbone Place at around 3.00 pm today after fears for the personal safety of those occupying the pub.
It seems The News of the World are really desperate for stories about the squatters who occupied Guy Ritchie’s house in Fitzrovia, writes Angela Lovely
The Black Horse pub in Rathbone Place has been closed and sold to an owner who wants to redevelop the residential accommodation above. London & Central Estates had acquired the 5,000 sq ft pub from Mitchells & Butlers for £1.95m.
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