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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.

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.

Fine warning for night fireworks

emil — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 22:32:56 +0100

People who let off fireworks after 2300 GMT may face an £80 fine, a north London council has warned.

Enfield Council has launched a poster campaign - with the slogan, "It's not rocket science" - to warn people about the penalty which applies all year.

This year one person has already been fined for breaking the curfew. Those involved in anti-social behaviour will also be penalised, officials said.

London towards a sustainable architecture

Mila — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 20:05:58 +0200

On 20.06.2006 the Mayor of London Ken Livingstone made public plans for a new sustainable way of designing buildings in London.
The Mayor’s new idea - ‘Design for London’ - will include integrating urban design across the area known as Greater London (that's the captial and its suburbs)

Apart from Design for London, a new Design for London Advisory Group will be founded, chaired by Lord Rogers, the Mayor’s Chief Advisor on Architecture and Urbanism, to support the work of the new institution. Renown experts in sustainable design and architecture will participate in the project. The trend to build environmently friendly is noticeable at many places already. It is proved by the mayor's words:

Third arrested over double murder

emil — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 00:40:40 +0100

A third man has been arrested in connection the shooting of a man and a woman in their home in Upper Norwood, south London, earlier this month.

Police arrested a 23-year-old man on Friday afternoon in the St James's Road area of Croydon.

The man is being interviewed in a south London police station.

It follows two other arrests over the killings of Jordan Lee Jackson, 20, and his girlfriend Leyla Djemal-Northcott, 21, on 7 March.

Six men are seriously ill after drug trials in London

emil — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 18:11:30 +0100

Six healthy volunteers were given an anti-inflammatory drug at a private research unit in Northwick Park Hospital when they suffered a reaction.
Myfanwy Marshall told the media her boyfriend's body was badly swollen and his organs were failing. The investigation didn't find any violations of the recommended guidelines in the trial.
The young men were being paid to take part in the early stages of a trial for the drug TGN1412 which is designed to treat conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis and leukaemia.