Don't touch that dial: what's wrong with London Live
Welcome to London Live. Like the England team – it’s not doing very well at the moment. Launched in March as part of what the government hopes will be a chain of local TV stations, it was seen as the most lucrative television franchise since Channel 5 arrived in 1997. What went wrong?
Only four regular commuters using Emirates Air Line cable car, TfL admits
Just four regular commuters are now using the Emirates Air Line cable car between Greenwich Peninsula and the Royal Docks, down from 16 last autumn, new figures released to The Scoop reveal.
Conflict over new Dalston flats goes beyond the usual gentrification angst
The fight over The Teardrop flat complex in Dalston is a minor battle in a war about what Zone 2 of London will look like in 10-20 years from now.
Snipe Highlights
Some popular articles from past years
- The five spookiest abandoned London hospitals
- The five best places in London to have an epiphany
- Nice map of London's fruit trees shows you where to pick free food
- The best church names in London, and where they come from
- Margaret Thatcher statue rejected by public
- Peter Bayley has worked for 50 years as a cinema projectionist in East Finchley
- Number of people using Thames cable car plunges
- Random Interview: Eileen Conn, co-ordinator of Peckham Vision
- An interview with Desiree Akhavan
- London has chosen its mayor, but why can’t it choose its own media?
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