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Tower Hamlets Chief Exec paid more than PM goes 'undercover' for TV programme Posted on 17-07-2010 01:39:43 AM (GMT +01:00) Published By declan@thelondondailynews.com A Chief Executive who earns more money than the Prime Minister has gone undercover for a TV programme. Dr Kevan Collins left Town Hall and donned overalls and gloves working on the front line of the deprived East London borough for a week for Undercover Boss on Channel 4. Collins ...
Cops called in over Galloway "dead bodies" YouTube video Posted on 09-07-2010 03:50:05 AM (GMT +01:00) Published By declan@thelondondailynews.com Police are studying footage of a George Galloway video posted on YouTube. In the video which was filmed at last month's Unite Against Facism rally at Altab Ali Park in Whitechapel the former Bethnal Green and Bow Respect MP warned the English Defence League if they touch a ...
City Hall calls for more stringent laws on "dangerous dogs" Posted on 07-07-2010 12:02:23 PM (GMT +01:00) Published By City Hall Desk City Hall Desk Deputy Mayor for Policing, Kit Malthousesaw for himself the impact the growth in weapon dogs is having in the capital during a visit to the RSPCA’s Harmsworth Animal Hospital. He met staff at the frontline dealing with horrific injuries caused by dog attacks ...
Ham & Fulham to sell the family silver to pay off debts - Town Hall and Irish Centre 'up for sale' Posted on 01-07-2010 01:05:49 AM (GMT +01:00) Published By declan@thelondondailynews.com Hammersmith & Fulham council are set to flog off a score of buildings and community centres to help tackle their crippling debt crisis. The 120-year-old Grade II listed Fulham Town Hall is one of the buildings being considered in a fire sale expected to net £20m ...
Boris ready for second term Posted on 24-06-2010 08:46:08 AM (GMT +01:00) Published By City Hall Desk City Hall Desk Mayor Johnson is believed to be ready "within weeks" to launch his re-election campaign for a second term as Mayor of London in the 2012 elections. A recent London Daily News poll has given Mayor Johnson 46.7% of the vote second to previous ...
Eurythmics singer to join City Hall team against AIDS Posted on 23-06-2010 11:54:08 AM (GMT +01:00) Published By City Hall Desk City Hall Desk Musician and campaigner Annie Lennox met with the Mayor's Advisor on Health and Youth Opportunities Pam Chesters at City Hall today, as part of a roundtable bringing together representatives of HIV organisations and people living with HIV. The first to have taken place ...
Mayor Johnson gets "back to basics" with new efforts to fight black crime in London Posted on 14-06-2010 02:32:50 AM (GMT +01:00) Published By Editorial Editorial Mayor Johnson may be seen by many as a "toff" and a man who has been priveleged to have gone to the right schools, but this has not in any way diverted his attentions from combating crime amongst black teenagers in London, primarily caused by ...
Death blow to Boris Island? London wind farm gets £250m Euro loan Posted on 12-06-2010 02:49:17 AM (GMT +01:00) Published By declan@thelondondailynews.com A potential death blow has landed on Boris Island as the European Investment Bank loaned the London Array wind farm project £250 million. Hopes were already disappearing for the Mayor of London’s £40bn artificial island airport after the now Transport Secretary Theresa Villiers said the scheme was "not ...
Boris still favourite to be Mayor in 2012 Posted on 08-06-2010 10:06:25 AM (GMT +01:00) Published By News Desk Boris still favourite to be Mayor in 2012 News Desk In a London Daily News poll incumbent Mayor of London Boris Johnson is a strong favourites to win a second term with 46% of the votes, against 25% for Ken Livingtone, 14% for Alan Johnston ...
Blaming everyone else, Livingstone calls Boris a "failure" as he launches Mayoral campaign Posted on 01-06-2010 04:07:25 AM (GMT +01:00) Published By declan@thelondondailynews.com Ken Livingstone has called Mayor Boris Johnson a "failure" as he launched his campaign to take back City Hall. His unsurprising announcement was made with all the old gusto and malevolence one assoiates with the former two term Mayor. Johnson, who in 2008 defeated the Labourman by ...