Chips are down for Haringey in fight against betting shop boom
Haringey Council has lost its County Court battle to stop betting chain Paddy Power from opening another store on Lordship Lane in Wood Green. The judge ruled that a licence […]
Daily Archives: February 11, 2015
Campaign calls for 24-hour opening of parks to improve cyclist safety
The Sunday Times has launched a Downing Street petition calling on The Royal Parks to keep its green spaces open at night, in the hope that it will provide cyclists […]
Tech gurus unveil UK’s first driverless car
Today, next to the O2 Arena in North Greenwich, Transport Systems Catapult unveiled the Lutz Pathfinder, its prototype autonomous car, which is about to go in to testing. Affectionately known […]
Last orders for East London gay pub?
The Joiners Arms, an East London gay pub closed late last year with the foreseeable aim of it being turned into a residential area. Not keen to see this happen, […]
Artist asks teenagers to kick Facebook for notebooks
Highbury artist, Hydar Dewachi is inviting teenagers to create their own “physical Facebook”, by filling old-fashioned journals with the things you might usually find on social media. Participants will be […]
Fifty Shades: Domestic Abuse OR Female Empowerment?
“This is so much worse than anybody could have told me” Sophia Alipour spoke to Natalie Collins, head of the ’50 Shades is Domestic Abuse’ campaign and champion of ending […]
Activists ‘mourn death of UK democracy’
This weekend Occupy Democracy will hold “a vigil for the death of UK democracy” at Parliament Square. Since forming in March 2014, the social movement group are holding monthly Occupations […]
Tomorrow’s Show on City Vibe
TOP STORIES The rise of inflation rate in the UK Rising crime rates in Hornsey and Haringey State school pupils gunning for top jobs in the City Too many betting […]
