Dangerous dogs warnings in London’s schools

London authorities have announced a campaign to educate the capital’s schoolchildren about dangerous dogs, which are increasingly being used as weapons by gangs in the city. Dogs such as pitbull terriers are trained to attack in gang fights and many...

London’s unwanted household items to be re-sold

London mayor Boris Johnson has announced the creation of an £8 million network in the capital that will collect, refurbish and sell on unwanted household items such as furniture, books, carpets, cookers and fridges. The London Reuse Network will aim...

Met officers to be tracked

London’s Metropolitan police force is to go ahead with plans to track all its officers via the GPS signals in their radios, reports the London Evening Standard. The £2.2 million system, which will be able to plot an officer’s location...

London's Dial-a-Ride service inadequate

London’s Dial-a-Ride service for the elderly and disabled, run by Transport for London (TFL), has been blasted by the London Assembly as having significant problems, despite a series of recommendations made to TFL a year ago. The Assembly’s Transport Committee...

Prime Mayfair site sold for record price

A record price has been paid for one acre of London land, says the London Evening Standard. The Oxford Street Park House site owned by Land Securities was sold to Qatari real estate developer Barwa for £250 million. Park...

London Transport releases data for mobile phone apps

Transport for London has freed up all its data to encourage the development of mobile phone applications and web sites by technology companies that will help London’s commuters with their journeys. Developers can now freely access the information without permission...

New desalination plant for London

Thames Water has opened a £270 million desalination plant in east London to feed the already “water-stressed” capital in times of drought. When in use, the plant will extract up to 140 million litres of tidal river water every day...

Exhibition Road renewal

Work has begun on the renewal scheme for Exhibition Road in the heart of London’s main museum area. The road, which runs from Cromwell Road almost to the Albert Memorial in Hyde Park, is to get a make-over in time...