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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.

Food & drink

Boris Johnson tribute restaurant shuts down

A South Bank restaurant named in honour of Mayor of London Boris Johnson has shut down.

History

Boris Johnson at odds with own officials on future of Coronet

The Mayor of London has warned that granting listed building status to the Coronet would be a "significant obstruction" to the Elephant & Castle regeneration despite his own culture team arguing that "there is a case to be made" for protecting the venue.

Lambeth

Ice cream van seized for blocking Westminster Bridge red route

An ice cream van has been confiscated for blocking the red route and cycle lane on Westminster Bridge, the Mayor of London has revealed.

Royalty

Queen and Duke visit Union Street

The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh came to Southwark on Thursday to officially open the new headquarters of the London Fire Brigade in Union Street.