Tube: Jubilee line extension celebrates 25 years (www.bbc.co.uk)
London’s ‘Boris Buses’ are being taken off the streets after just 12 years (www.timeout.com)
It's the little things (lemmy.world)
This has been a problem for the Elizabeth line since it went into full service. Two trains terminated and neither has moved by the time the next train arrives causing it to pause for quite some time just before the platforms, delaying onward journeys....
How London's history-making beavers are adapting to life in the capital | Big Issue (www.bigissue.com)
Closure of Beigel Shop leaves a hole in London’s East End (www.ft.com)
Sadiq Khan wins (www.theguardian.com)
Sadiq Khan wins third term as London mayor saying he answered 'hate with hope' (www.standard.co.uk)
cross-posted from: feddit.uk/post/11419376
Mayoral elections
I guess it’s time to vote. I mourn the loss of STV.
Uber faces £250m London black cab drivers legal case - BBC News (www.bbc.co.uk)
I’ve always felt that the black cabs were just full of sour grapes since Uber eats into their profits. Black cabs have always been overpriced.
See a partially restored Spitfire plane on Saville Row (www.ianvisits.co.uk)
The street, more famous for tailors than planes, will be taken over by the Concours on Savile Row, an event that will feature a variety of historic and interesting vehicles....
Four injured after runaway military horses bolted in central London (www.bbc.co.uk)
Campaigners want to move Lord Byron’s statue (www.ianvisits.co.uk)
A statue of Lord Byron, erected in what was part of Hyde Park at the time but is now marooned in a roundabout, should be moved to a better location, according to a campaign that aims to do just that....
Taylor Swift fans 'overwhelming' London pub The Black Dog - BBC News (www.bbc.co.uk)
Critical mass London on Sunday 14th April (lemmy.world)
Good news for traders in Stratford Market Village (www.newham.gov.uk)
Newham council has managed to find some funds from somewhere to enable them to take over the lease of the market village, although there is a break clause after a year so if it’s loss-making they can walk away.
Laurence Fox’s London mayor hopes end after errors filling in forms (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: feddit.uk/post/9744222...
Happy Sunday, Everything's fucked. (lemmy.world)
As an aside, the amount of wasted space on the widget irks me.
From Hackney to Acton, meet the Londoners giving their neighourhoods a DIY makeover (www.standard.co.uk)
cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/7824697...
Banksy: Artist confirms new London tree mural as his own work (www.bbc.co.uk)
“I don’t think anyone is going to be able to nick this… how are you going to steal a tree?”...
The cycleway from Greenwich to London Bridge is now fully open!
I just found this out today by cycling it. You can now shoot straight through the section at Surrey Quays/Southwark Park making this route extremely quick and largely safe....
Ulez helped London cut road pollution faster than rest of UK, report says (www.theguardian.com)
Firefighters battle blaze at Forest Gate police station - The Standard (www.standard.co.uk)
Guinea pig abandoned at London tube station with note asking for new owner (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/10939870...