Just say sorry, Peter – leave the lawyers uncontacted
Back in May, the charity Survival International released photos of an "uncontacted" Amazonian tribe waving up at a plane, which appeared in most papers. Then
two weeks ago, Peter Beaumont, foreign
Ken Livingstone piles in: "In a mere two months in office Boris Johnson has already suffered the second resignation from among his most senior officials - Deputy Mayor Ray Lewis following Deputy Chief of Staff James McGrath two weeks ago. In my entire
Politicians aren't very good at picking winners. Ken Livingstone and his gang of uninformed pedants at Transport for London decided on supposedly environmental grounds to favour petrol-electric hybrid technology and ended up with gargantuan Lexus limos
Ray Lewis, Boris Johnson's deputy, has resigned after fresh allegations that he misled the
LONDON London's Deputy Mayor Ray Lewis quit his post on Friday, blaming the pressure of media inquiries into allegations about his past.
“I have today submitted my resignation to the mayor who has with deep regret accepted it,” he said.
The resignation
Tories gained from Labour at east London's Barking and Dagenham Borough amid mixed fortunes in three London council by-elections.
Their candidate Terry Justice took a seat at Chadwell Heath - at one time a residents' association stronghold.
The
Mr Johnson and London's Transport Commissioner Peter Hendy were at the London Transport Museum on Friday to invite would-be designers to submit ideas, with the best entry winning a first prize of £25,000.
The red driver-and-conductor Routemasters
were
London mayor Boris Johnson launched a competition today to design a possible new "green" replacement for the "much missed" jump-on, jump-off double-decker Routemaster bus.
Mr Johnson and London's Transport Commissioner Peter Hendy were at the
Now he's got a bit more time to enjoy the capital, the former mayor reveals his favourite London
As public concern about the tragic increases in knife crime gathers pace it is important that we do not seek to tackle the growing incidence of teenage murders as somehow divorced from the incidence of violence generally within our communities.
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