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London Eye
25May By Sumon AdminNo Comments
London

London Eye

Samiul Raijul: Visiting the tourist attractions in London is quite exciting and interesting as it comes with lots of fun and enjoyment. One such destination is the London Eye which is a large Ferris wheel by the south bank of the River Thames in Central London. This Ferris wheel, adorned with lights, takes about half an hour to complete a full circle, or one revolution. The diameter of the wheel is 394 feet. This is the third largest wheel in the world after the High Roller (America) and the Singapore Flyer (Singapore). The London Eye is also the largest wheel in Europe. Visitors get a half an hour ride with a view of the beautiful Thames and its surroundings from almost 400 feet above the river water level. My brother and I decided to go on the London Eye, and as we wanted to ride it in t...
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All Night Tube Service Gets Launch Date
23May By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, London

All Night Tube Service Gets Launch Date

    London's long-awaited all-night Tube service will launch on two underground lines on 19 August, the new mayor has announced. A 24-hour service had been due to start last year but no agreement was reached with the unions, which led to it being delayed. Transport for London (TfL) has now said all-night operations will begin at weekends on the Central and Victoria lines. The night service will be rolled out on the Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly lines later in the autumn, when the new Tube drivers have completed their training. Around 200 part-time drivers are taking part in a 14-week training programme to implement the new service. Earlier this year, unions agreed a pay deal, bringing to an end the strikes which had forced the programme to grind to a halt.
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Black cabs blame Uber for rise in attacks on London’s taxi drivers
21May By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, London

Black cabs blame Uber for rise in attacks on London’s taxi drivers

    The arrival of Uber has prompted London’s traditional black-cab drivers to take card payments and introduce CCTV cameras to discourage attacks. A surge has been recorded in violent crimes against London taxi drivers, prompting a fresh spat between Uber and black cabs over who is to blame. New figures from Scotland Yard reveal that violent offences against taxi drivers have risen by more than two-thirds, from 856 in 2014 to 1,403 last year. Black-cab drivers have blamed Uber for the increase, alleging that “poor English” and the inadequate street knowledge of drivers working for the taxi-hailing app company have generated so much frustration among passengers that it has led to violence. Uber has dismissed the criticism, explaining that many private-hire drivers had switche...
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David Cameron faces anger for failing to include Sovereignty Bill in Queen’s Speech
19May By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, London

David Cameron faces anger for failing to include Sovereignty Bill in Queen’s Speech

    David Cameron on Wednesday abandoned plans to make Parliament supreme over European courts as ministers admitted the proposals were “unworkable” with Britain in the EU. In a row that overshadowed the Queen’s Speech, the Prime Minister was accused by Iain Duncan Smith, a former Cabinet minister, of "jettisoning" domestic priorities because of his "helter skelter” attempt to win the upcoming EU referendum. Downing Street on Wednesday night insisted it will still come forward with a Sovereignty Bill if Britain votes to stay in the EU on June 23. However, Eurosceptics said the pledge was derisory and said that the only way Britain can ever ensure its sovereignty is by leaving the EU. The failure to include a Sovereignty Bill came in a Queen’s Speech that Mr Cameron used to rea...
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Queen’s Speech: Monarch Sets Out Key Policies
18May By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, London

Queen’s Speech: Monarch Sets Out Key Policies

    The Queen has set out the Government's agenda for the coming year amid accusations that David Cameron has watered down key measures. The measures in the Queen's Speech, delivered by the monarch in the House of Lords, is an attempt by the Prime Minister to advance a Government agenda and brush aside the toxic atmosphere over the EU. However, Mr Cameron has been accused of "tossing aside" reforms and "watering down" key elements of the Conservative's legislative programme in his "helter-skelter pursuit of the Referendum". Former Cabinet Minister Iain Duncan Smith claims the dilution of the speech has led to "increasing concern" among many Conservatives. The former Work and Pensions Secretary reserved most of his anger for the omission of the Sovereignty Bill, which was promi...
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Israel is now joining hands with the BNP-Jamaat’s conspiracy against Islam: As PM Sheikh Hasina’s Homecoming Day celebrating in London
18May By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, London

Israel is now joining hands with the BNP-Jamaat’s conspiracy against Islam: As PM Sheikh Hasina’s Homecoming Day celebrating in London

    Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has alleged that the BNP-Jamaat nexus has joined hands with Israel to oust her government, as they are working against the country and Islam. "The truth can never be suppressed...the BNP-Jamaat clique has joined hands with those who are frequently killing children and women in Palestine," she told a discussion at St James Court-Taj Hotel here on Tuesday. The UK chapter of Bangladesh Awami League arranged the discussion on the occasion of Homecoming Day of Sheikh Hasina. Urging people to keep watch on the conspirators, the Prime Minister said, "These plotters and killers are conspiring against the country and Islam...they don't want Bangladesh and they don't understand anything other than their personal interests." Sheikh Hasina, also the Awami ...
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1 London: the most wanted addresses of the capital’s super-rich
14May By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, London

1 London: the most wanted addresses of the capital’s super-rich

    The most wanted addresses of the capital's super-rich At 3am, One Hyde Park’s luxury apartments are wide awake. The revolving doors swish with bleary-eyed international traders returning home to do laps in the luxurious 22-metre basement pool before bed. High-rollers bundle in from an evening at one of Knightsbridge’s casinos, before sinking into plush seats at the downstairs cinema, while a concierge scuttles through the tunnel connecting the building with the five-star neighbouring Mandarin Oriental, fetching a burger for one of the apartments above. This is what it’s like to live at the top. But it’s not simply the 24-hour, no-expense-spared treatment at One Hyde Park for which the building’s residents are forking out upwards of £14,500 a week. Living at number ‘one’ ha...
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Sinkhole swallows car in London street
12May By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, London

Sinkhole swallows car in London street

    The Metropolitan Police were called to Woodland Terrace in Greenwich at around 3.23am on Thursday. Officers discovered a blue people carrier, which had been parked outside Benefice of Charlton St Thomas' Church, partially in the hole. A police spokesman said no one had been injured in the incident. He added: "Officers are on the scene and there is a cordon in place. The local authority has been called and there are other agencies on scene." A Royal Borough of Greenwich spokesman said the council was working with emergency services to secure the area. He added: "We are urgently investigating the matter and will update residents the moment we have more information." Cleo O'Kane, 25, who lives opposite where the sinkhole opened up, said police told her some residents might ha...
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Sadiq Khan’s manifesto: what the new London Mayor has promised for his city
7May By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, London

Sadiq Khan’s manifesto: what the new London Mayor has promised for his city

    Tackle the housing crisis Sadiq Khan’s key policy is an ambitious target to make 50 per cent of all new homes affordable. He says he will use land owned by the Mayor and Transport for London to increase the supply of housing and tie house building to new transport infrastructure projects, including proposals such as Docklands Light Railway extensions, the Bakerloo Line extension, and Crossrail 2. He will also support councils to enforce new rules to maximise the affordable housing in new developments, with greater transparency around viability assessments, and the option to set local affordable housing targets. Freeze transport fares Khan says he will freeze London transport fares for four years and introduce a one-hour bus ‘Hopper’ ticket, paid for by making TfL more effi...
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Even Jemima Khan criticises her brother Zac’s failed campaign for London Mayor
7May By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, London

Even Jemima Khan criticises her brother Zac’s failed campaign for London Mayor

    Zac Goldsmith's sister Jemima has criticised how his campaign for London mayor was run, while former Tory Cabinet minister Baroness Warsi called it an "appalling dog whistle campaign". Tactics used in the fight for the post were branded a mistake by a senior Tory, while others have questioned the impact on the party. Ms Goldsmith tweeted: Sad that Zac's campaign did not reflect who I know him to be an eco friendly, independent-minded politician with integrity. She also congratulated Sadiq Khan, who is set to become London's first Muslim mayor, calling him a "great example to young Muslims". Their brother Ben Goldsmith later took to Twitter to defend him, claiming: "Labour planned to paint Zac as a racist from the start. The questions asked of Sadiq were legitimate." Barone...
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