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Tube station shut after gas leak

emil — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 21:04:19 +0100

Services on the Hammersmith and City tube line has been partly suspended due to a gas leak.

Hammersmith underground station, which is on the Hammersmith and City line, has been closed since 1540 GMT.

The line is shut between Hammersmith and Edgware Road stations. Shepherd's Bush Road has also been closed between Brook Green and Hammersmith Broadway.

London Underground (LU) said the leak was near the Hammersmith Palais and an investigation is under way.

Calendar of events in London for January, 2007

emil — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 00:48:40 +0100

Happy New Year to all! I hope 2006 was successful to all of you and I wish you even more success in 2007. Since it is 4th of January already, and the New Year's parade is all over now, I will post the worth paying attention events for the next days until the end of January.

Event: London Boat Show
Date: 5th - 14th January

Event: Alegria - Cirque du Soleil
Date: 5th - 28th January

BA grounds all domestic flights

emil — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 00:55:47 +0100

British Airways is to cancel all UK domestic services from London Heathrow on Thursday following severe fog.

The firm said a significant number of European flights, including routes to Paris and Brussels served by the Eurostar, will also be grounded.

BA and other airlines cancelled more than 180 flights to and from Heathrow on Wednesday.

Some 18 Gatwick flights were affected as were services from Liverpool John Lennon and Cardiff International.

Rail travel to double by 2016

emil — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 00:16:39 +0100

Passenger numbers on some of Britain's busiest rail services could double in the next 10 years, it has been claimed.

The predicted rise suggested by South West Trains (SWT) is more than double previous industry estimates.

Some 440,000 passengers use SWT trains every day, mainly into and out of London's Waterloo station.

The firm is increasing capacity on some of its most crowded routes, including the London to Portsmouth line, with measures including longer trains.

Calendar of events in London for December, 2006

emil — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 19:53:11 +0100

December is maybe one of my favourit montsh. Why is that? It is easy to guess - because I love Christmas. Actually, who doesn't? But what is Christmas without the colourful strings of angels, bells, holly and other yuletide symbols
sparkling charmingly over our heads. Each Christmas London’s streets are festooned with a glittering assortment
of lights to illuminate our path during the festive period.

London hit by Tornado!

emil — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 19:23:20 +0100

Six people were injured and up to 150 houses were damaged when a tornado swept through several London streets leaving a trail of destruction.

Rooftops were ripped off and cars were badly damaged as the twister hit the Kensal Rise area of north-west London.

One man suffered a serious head injury and five have been treated for minor injuries and shock.

Fire services have sealed six roads in a zone covering a quarter of a square mile and searched 100 properties.

2012 London pool plan scaled down

emil — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 20:20:42 +0100

The London 2012 Olympics aquatics centre will be smaller than originally planned in order to save costs.

Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell sent the designer "back to the drawing board" last December as the original £75m budget looked set to double.

The wave-shaped roof will now be 14,000 square feet, which is just over a third of the original 35,000 square feet.

The original capacity of 20,000 seats will remain with 15,000 for the main pool and 5,000 for the diving pool.

A mammoth in Trafalgar Square

emil — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 20:34:25 +0100

A woolly mammoth has been placed in Trafalgar Square to highlight the effects of climate change.

The 11.5ft (3.5m) replica was unveiled by the Natural History Museum to warn how life in Britain could undergo radical change in the next 50 years.

The museum's researchers believe we may have to adapt to "baking summers" as well as "mortally freezing winters".

"The British way of life and Homo Britanicus could go the same way as the woolly mammoth," the museum warned.

Rules on flight liquids changed

emil — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 00:40:53 +0100

New rules permitting small amounts of liquids in hand luggage on European and UK flights have come into effect.

Liquids are limited to 100ml per container and no more containers than would fit in a one-litre plastic bag.

The new EU-wide rules represent a relaxation of the anti-terror measures in the UK, but will represent a clampdown for many European countries.

The UK imposed curbs in August after police said they had foiled a plot to bring down as many as 10 planes.

"Tourist" brothel gang jailed

emil — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 18:48:35 +0100

Six members of a brothel gang, that made about £2m in less than 17 months have been jailed.

Scores of young women were recruited in Malaysia and smuggled into the UK posing as tourists.

Southwark Crown Court was told at least one was tricked into leaving her family after being offered an all expenses paid sightseeing trip.

The six men from London, Birmingham and Hertfordshire, were sentenced to up to five years each.