The most disgusting behaviour I’ve ever witnessed in public spaces was directed at Sadiq Khan by ‘anti-Ulez’ protesters, who of course received way more coverage, much of it friendly, than the scheme’s incredible success ever will.
Starmer plan to disadvantage GCSE revision for people born after April just dropped
Sudden memory of the Pye TV we had when I was young; the last TV we had with no remote.
The buttons were labelled BBC1, BBC2, IBA and 4; IBA being Independent Broadcasting Authority.
Until the early 90s, although everyone called it ITV, that term wasn't used on screen or (I think) in the TV Times.
This sounds very exciting.
James O’Brien
“Everything we do here is to provide access and to preserve,” said Angie Davis, who works at the State Historical Society. But those two values “often are at odds with each other, because the more access you have to a thing, the more at risk potentially a thing can be.”
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Emergency hospital admissions fell after introduction of London’s T-charge and Ulez, study suggests
They're just all held by ITV plc these days.
RIP David Hockney
On the channel itself, as those of my generation and older will well remember, the idents and continuity announcements etc were all for the regional franchise holder (so Thames and LWT for us in Buckinghamshire).
I believe the regional independent commercial TV franchises do actually still exist.
Ben Ansell
Imperial College scientists analysed health records before and after introduction of air pollution reduction zones
Low emission and clean air zones attract controversy whenever they are proposed, but there is growing evidence that they work in improving air quality. The Bradford zone was followed by a reduction of about 25% in GP visits for heart and breathing problems and survey data shows that the central London zone was followed by a reduction in the likelihood of a person taking sick leave.
Now analysis of health records has found emergency admissions to hospital reduced after the introduction of the T-charge and ultra-low emissions zone (Ulez) in central London. Continue reading...
