Up to 100,000 visitors to London in key viewing areas by the Thames were given packs featuring scratch ‘n’ sniff programmes and LED wristbands.
Up to 100,000 visitors to London in key viewing areas by the Thames were given packs featuring scratch ‘n’ sniff programmes and LED wristbands.
Tourists in London were treated to the world’s first “multi-sensory” fireworks display as people around the world welcomed in the New Year.
More than 250,000 people lined the Thames for the display, which saw peach snow, edible banana confetti and orange-scented bubbles descend on a section of the crowd.
Firework organisers said a team of 3,000 people worked on the firework display, which was triggered by GPS.
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Both meaningless and meaningful, the phrase ‘driverless trains’ is a recurring one in London politics. In this piece, we explore the reality behind the phrase and what it means in a London context.
On 1st June 2021, the Department for Transport and TfL agreed a further funding settlement, with conditions. This settlement was required due to the continuing financial pressures placed on TfL by the government’s requirement that they continue to deliver as full a service pattern as possible whilst also requesting that passengers not travel. As we have written about before, this is a particular issue for TfL as successive governments have required it to move to a position where it draws the overwhelming majority (upwards of 70%) of its funding from fares.