Google are forever ready to celebrate any great occasion and today they are celebrating St Andrew’s Day with a special Scottish themed logo. This should bring them a few more fans north of the boarder. It would appear to be a very smart business tactic to celebrate with people who are already celebrating. What is [...]
Snow is covering large areas of Britain. Affected areas are the east coast of Scotland from Fife down to Edinburgh, North East England around Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Derbyshire’s Peak District, Parts of Gloucestershire, the Thames Valley, South Essex, parts of London and parts of Kent and East Sussex. The forecast is for more snow showers and some [...]
The tube strike unabated with Transport for London forecasting that normal services will not be resumed until Tuesday morning 30th November. They are making every effort to run as many trains as can safely be run, however they warn that some lines have a very limited service. We thank those transport workers who were responsible [...]
All of England’s top three batsmen made good centuries in the Brisbane Test Match which finished in a draw. Strauss made 110 out, Cook made 235 not out and Trott made 135 not out for a total of 517 for one wicket. In reply Australia made 107 for one. This must have been a belter [...]
The tube strike is well and truly on. The cold weather is adding to the misery of those trying to make their way in to work. This is the situation on the trains as at 06.32 hrs this morning, Monday 29th November. BAKERLOO LINE: Suspended between Queens Park and Harrow & Wealdstone due to strike action. [...]
The tube strike is about to start – officially it will be at 18.29hrs this evening, Sunday 28th November 2010. It will continue for 24 hours until 18.30hrs on Monday evening 29th November. So what is the best way to get to work on Monday? Well, there will be 100 extra busses running through the [...]
The tube strike by London Underground workers will start at 18.29 hrs today, Sunday 28th November and continue until at least 18.30 hrs on Monday 29th November causing a loss to the country of some £5o million. Announcements about train and station disruptions will be made on this website throughout the 24 hour period of [...]
England showed that they are made of strong stuff on the fourth day of the Brisbane test match today. Captain Andrew Strauss put on an opening stand of 188 runs for the first wicket with Alastair Cook. Strauss was eventually out for a well made 100 but Cook is still there with 128 to his [...]
Geoff Martin, spokesman for the Rail, Maritime and Transport Union confirmed this morning that the tube strike planned to start at 6.30 on Sunday evening and disrupt services all day on Monday 29th November will definitely go ahead. His exact words were: “The action is on.” So 2.3 million Londoners who use the London Underground [...]
The first test match at the Gabba ground in Brisbane is still in the balance at the end of an interrupted second day. Australia are in a slightly stronger position as Hussey, who hasn’t made a run for Australia within living memory, suddenly appeared to think to himself, “ah, the Poms are here; time to [...]
