Network Rail chief admits ‘service has gone backwards’ after ‘painful experience’ being…

Network Rail chief admits ‘service has gone backwards’ after ‘painful experience’ being…

8 December 2023, 19:57 | Updated: 9 December 2023, 00:49 Passengers were stuck on the Elizabeth line for nearly five hours yesterday. Picture: Twitter/Linkedin/Alamy The head of Network Rail, who was among... Read more »
King to lead Remembrance Day service at Cenotaph hours after protests resulted in 126 arrests | UK News

King to lead Remembrance Day service at Cenotaph hours after protests resulted in 126 arrests | UK News

The King will lead a Remembrance Day service at the Cenotaph today, just hours after protests sparked hundreds of arrests in London. The Metropolitan Police has been under pressure to prevent disruption... Read more »
Foxtons buys rival lettings service for £10m…

Foxtons buys rival lettings service for £10m…

Foxtons has snapped up London lettings agency Ludlow Thompson for £10m. Ludlow Thompson, founded 30 years ago, has seven branches in London, generating over 70 per cent of its total revenue from Lettings. ... Read more »
East London NHS mental health service ‘way over’ capacity

East London NHS mental health service ‘way over’ capacity

North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT) says it is facing “sustained levels of demand” for its mental health services. As a result, the trust’s in-patient ward at Goodmayes Hospital and a... Read more »
Groundbreaking Hounslow alcohol and drug support service is transforming lives

Groundbreaking Hounslow alcohol and drug support service is transforming lives

More than 1,100 people in Hounslow who are affected by alcohol and drug misuse issues have taken steps to turn their lives around thanks to an innovative Council-backed support service. The Hounslow... Read more »
Questions for Network Rail as plans emerge for yet another inaccessible footbridge – Disability News Service

Questions for Network Rail as plans emerge for yet another inaccessible footbridge – Disability News Service

New information suggests Network Rail has under-stated its plans to build more inaccessible footbridges, after proposals emerged for a new stepped bridge in the heart of west London. Network Rail claimed in... Read more »
The planned Thameslink service changes and closures

The planned Thameslink service changes and closures

This week engineering works taking place at Herne Hill will affect travel between East Croydon and London, with some late night and early morning services being affected. On the weekend (September 16... Read more »
Gold Service Scholarship: Dame Kelly Holmes, Marcus Wareing and Andrew Wong to launch coveted competition

Gold Service Scholarship: Dame Kelly Holmes, Marcus Wareing and Andrew Wong to launch coveted competition

The launch saw the speakers discussing, in the organisers words, “what it takes to succeed in hospitality, high performance mindsets, and the role of service in a restaurant experience.” The competition is... Read more »
Thelma Bates: enlightened oncologist who pioneered the UK’s first hospital based palliative care service

Thelma Bates: enlightened oncologist who pioneered the UK’s first hospital based palliative care service

Penny Warren Salisbury, UK warrenpenny788{at}gmail.com The small palliative care team that oncologist Thelma Bates set up in 1977 in St Thomas’ Hospital, London, was the first of its kind in the UK.... Read more »
Agency builds HMO for Guaranteed Rent service…

Agency builds HMO for Guaranteed Rent service…

Elliot Leigh – an agency that is the largest guaranteed rent provider in London and Essex – has completed phase one of a new 22 self-contained unit HMO in Harrow, North London.... Read more »