Transport
TfL’s Southwark Street development gets the green light
Plans to build new offices, shops and flats on land in Southwark Street owned by Transport for London have been approved by Southwark councillors.
Greater London Authority
Transport
Mayor: ‘30-day antiviral disinfectant’ tested at Waterloo Tube
A "longer-lasting 30-day antiviral disinfectant" has been piloted at Waterloo Station this week according to Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, as he pledges to protect the working conditions of TfL contract cleaners.
Health
"We can come out of this more united" - Mayor of London
Human rights and civil liberties will have to be "changed, curtailed and infringed" to prevent further deaths from coronavirus (COVID-19), the Mayor of London has said.
London Fire Brigade
Fire chiefs ‘miss emergency calls’ because office is in basement
Staff at London Fire Brigade HQ whose role includes preparing for 'catastrophic events' in the capital have asked to be relocated from their subterranean offices because the lack of mobile phone signal means they miss emergency calls.
Greater London Authority
London Assembly calls on Parliament to probe Garden Bridge
The London Assembly has published its report on the Garden Bridge debacle - and has urged Parliament's public accounts committee to mount a further probe into the project which has left the taxpayer with a £43 million bill.
Vauxhall
Vauxhall to host one of Mayor's Brexit business advice hubs
The Mayor of London will provide face-to-face support to help small businesses prepare for Brexit - and one of the advice centres will be located on the Albert Embankment.
Old Kent Road
TfL: we’ll have to curb OKR development without Bakerloo line
Transport for London has warned that only 9,000 of the 25,000 new homes planned for the Old Kent Road area can be built unless or until the Bakerloo line extension is in place.
Planning & Development
35 homes for TfL Southwark Street site where Sadiq pledged 120
A mere 35 homes - eight of them for social rent - are now proposed for the Transport for London-owned site in Southwark Street where Mayor of London Sadiq Khan once claimed that 120 homes could be built.
Transport
Network Rail boss predicted Thameslink chaos three years ago
Network Rail chairman Sir Peter Hendy predicted three years ago that the new Thameslink rail timetable introduced last month was "implausible" and would have to be cut back.
River Thames
Apple 'wanted to open store' on Garden Bridge
Computer and phone company Apple was interested in sponsoring the Garden Bridge if it could open a retail store on the river crossing, according to Boris Johnson's former deputy mayor.
Greater London Authority
Sadiq Khan formally revokes Boris's Garden Bridge decisions
City Hall says that the taxpayer could lose £46.4 million if the Garden Bridge is not built, as Sadiq Khan formally revokes the decision by his predecessor Boris Johnson to underwrite the bridge's future maintenance costs.
Food & drink
Boris Johnson tribute restaurant shuts down
A South Bank restaurant named in honour of Mayor of London Boris Johnson has shut down.
