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Mayor tells tube bosses: "Pull your socks up" 
Posted on  22-10-2010 04:52:26 AM (GMT +00:00)
Published By  [email protected]

Mayor Boris Johnson has told bungling Tube chiefs to get their act together after a week of hell on London Underground.

He was reported to be furious during face-to-face meetings with Transport Commissioner Peter Hendy and LU managing director Mike Brown.

Thousands of passengers had to be led through ...


  
Heathrow disruptions airlines "weighing their options" over legal action against BAA 
Posted on  07-01-2011 09:40:49 AM (GMT +00:00)
Published By  Travel Desk

Travel Desk

Airlines affected by the closure of Heathrow airport are today believed to be seeking legal remedies against the operator of Heathrow airport BAA, following major disruption caused by snowfall in December.

British Airways announced that the closures at Heathrow and other airports would equate ...


  
Coulsdon Manor, a stone throw from central London, your ticket to relaxation 
Posted on  03-01-2011 07:15:49 AM (GMT +00:00)
Published By  John Kaponi


Review John Kaponi

Coulsdon Manor Hotel, Surrey
1 Coulsdon Court Rd
Coulsdon CR5 2LL
020 8668 0414



If like me you find Christmas an exhausting experience with shopping, lots of stress, then consider treating yourself to a weekend ...


  
East coast trains paralysed by overhead wire problems 
Posted on  21-12-2010 12:58:24 PM (GMT +00:00)
Published By  News Desk

News Desk

Passengers attempting to travel by train using the East Coast train lines are warned that all services have been cancelled between Peterborough and London Kings Cross. These delays are expected to last until further notice.

East Coast

Services are suspended between Peterborough and ...


 
Car insurance claims rocket during "cold snap" 
Posted on  21-12-2010 12:42:13 PM (GMT +00:00)
Published By  Travel News

Travel News

The prolonged cold spell has seen a rise in insurance car claims, with estimates putting increases over 30% compared to this time last year.

The Co-operative Insurance is warning drivers to take extra care in the current weather conditions to help ...


  
Serious injuries at Cannon Street results in £7,000 fine 
Posted on  21-12-2010 12:30:17 PM (GMT +00:00)
Published By  Travel Desk

Travel Desk

London Underground has been fined £7,000 and ordered to pay costs of £6,000 after pleading guilty to a health and safety offence following an Office of Rail Regulation prosecution.

The sentencing at City of London Magistrates’ Court on 17 December followed ...


 
Heathrow chaos continues 
Posted on  20-12-2010 12:51:03 PM (GMT +00:00)
Published By  Antonis Christodoulou

News Desk - Antonis Christodoulou

Update 12pm

Passengers who were scheduled to fly out during the weekend with Cyprus Airways and El Al have been removed from the Terminal 1 building by security.   Angry scenes inside the terminal building from passengers frustrated at the lack ...


  
The Snow Story - Mayor Johnson "We are doing our level best" 
Posted on  20-12-2010 10:11:49 AM (GMT +00:00)
Published By  News Desk

News Desk

Mayor of London Boris Johnson in his weekly column in the Daily Telegraph has launched an attack at the Met Office who predicted a "mild winter".  "So let me seize the brief gap in the aerial bombardment to ...

  
70 per cent of London Daily News readers "not satisfied" with response to snow by London councils 
Posted on  19-12-2010 12:14:13 PM (GMT +00:00)
Published By  News Desk

News Desk

In a poll of London Daily News readers 70.98 per cent were "not satisfied" with the way in which London councils have dealt with the snow in the capital.  With many Londoners unable to leave their homes many ...


  
City Hall and Whitehall fail again, to keep London moving, cold weather preparations "shambles" 
Posted on  19-12-2010 11:47:21 AM (GMT +00:00)
Published By  Editorial

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HEATHROW:
"Heathrow Airport will not be accepting arrivals on Sunday, and will only manage a handful of departures as our airfield team continues to deal with the impacts of yesterday's bad weather and prepares the airport ...


  
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