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World’s first shop selling real products for refugees opens in London
You can buy items from £3 that will directly help those in need (Picture: Choose Love) It might feel odd to go on a shopping spree and leave the store empty-handed – but in this case it’s for a very good reason. First launched in 2017, Choose Love is the world’s only store that sells …
Extinction Rebellion: High Court rules London protest ban unlawful
Image copyright Nathan Williams/ BBC News Extinction Rebellion has won a High Court challenge against the Metropolitan Police over a London-wide ban on protests. The police imposed a four-day ban last month, prohibiting two or more people from the group taking part in protests dubbed the ‘autumn uprising’. However, judges have ruled that the move …
Dorset art installation recreates Delhi and London smog
London, Beijing, São Paulo, Delhi and Norway are thousands of miles apart, but an art installation is allowing people to experience the air quality at each location in a series of special pods. Two Dorset arts organisations arranged for artist Michael Pinsky’s Pollution Pods to spend five days on Brownsea Island, off Poole. Each one …
London Ambulance CIO on driving technology change for blue light services
New Year’s Day 2017 was a low point for the London Ambulance Service. At 12.40am the computer aided dispatch system crashed at one of the busiest times of the year for the capital city. But low points often lead to an opportunity to embrace major change. Ross Fullerton joined the London Ambulance Service as CIO …
London live breaking news, traffic, weather and more on Tuesday, October 29
Good morning London! It’s another glorious autumnal day in the capital and we’re still basking in the glow of an extra hour of sleep at the weekend. And the great news is it (hopefully) shouldn’t rain and temperatures should remain in the double figures. Phew. If you missed any news from yesterday, here are the …
Polish Tech Day showcases the country’s best technology in London – The First News
This year, Polish Tech Day, the fifth, focused on changes in a bid to mark the 30th anniversary of the Polish political transformation and the 15th anniversary of joining the EU. Polish Tech Day Polish firms are well ahead of their Western European rivals in areas such as e-banking and start-up firms, according to participants …
World-famous black cabs go green with launch of fully electric vehicle
A fully electric version of London’s iconic black cab was launched Wednesday. The zero-emission vehicle, called the Dynamo Taxi, is based on the Nissan e-NV200 Evalia. It has a range of as much as 187 miles on a single charge, can carry a maximum of five passengers and is wheelchair accessible. London’s connection to fully …
2,000 would-be Greta Thunbergs: London summit unites world’s environment prodigies | World news
The world’s largest global forum for young leaders will open on Tuesday, as more than 2,000 young people from across the world converge on London. One Young World’s 10th annual summit will welcome young delegates from more than 190 countries as well as political and humanitarian leaders, including the former UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon, …
Tokyo, Beijing, Singapore are the world’s greenest commuter cities
Three of Asia’s biggest business hubs have emerged as the world’s most environmentally-friendly commuter cities. Tokyo, Beijing and Singapore topped the charts for green commuting in a new study by data insights company, Kantar. Those cities ranked especially highly due to commuters’ general tendency to use public transport or walk to work in the three …
Plant ‘takes’ world’s first selfie in London Zoo experiment
Image copyright xnor.ai/ZSL Image caption Pete could pave the way for the remote monitoring of rainforests A plant has taken the botanical world’s first selfie, according to the Zoological Society of London (ZSL). Trials involving a maidenhair fern called Pete saw it “take” photographs of itself every 20 seconds, using the waste energy it had …
