Mayor Boris okays permanent Ghost-bike memorial

 Sunday 5th September a ghost-bike was fixed to a railing in Notting Hill Gate.
It’s there for many reasons, the main one being to mark the death of yet another London cyclist, Eilidh Jake Cairns.
Eilidh was killed by a tipper lorry near this spot. The lack of any witnesses meant the driver has not been prosecuted. 
The [...]

Sebastian Faulks on battling the new bus routes

When Boris Johnson was elected Mayor, he promised an end to Ken Livingstone’s high-handedness. From now on, said Mr Johnson, there would be consultation and he would listen to what people said. For this new democratic start, he took the chair of Transport for London himself.
It hasn’t happened. In April, some residents of the Ladbroke [...]