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Criminal Damage to Our Local Trees
Stephan Shulte writes: Yes I said “Criminal” in that if we could catch the culprits who have been vandalising our local trees we could & should try to make a case for prosecution. I have been asked to make you … Continue reading
Make Kings Cross the heart of zero carbon!
Britain commits to zero carbon! Writing from Kings Cross, Central London, where we have campaigned for over 30 years against car pollution both in terms of air pollution and noise pollution, it is a tremendous national policy change for the … Continue reading
The Wait continues for Changes to the Kings Cross Gyratory
TFL says it needs more time and more consultations on Kings Cross. It is not an unknown. In fact, most people in London will recognize Kings Cross as a manic place for traffic, pedestrians and cyclists. We at Kings Cross … Continue reading
Posted in Bad Gyrations KX Campaign, Gyratory consultation 2016, Kings Cross Station Refurbishment, New
Tagged Acton Street, Caldeonian Street, cycling in London, Gyratory, gyratory system, King's Cross Road, Kings Cross, Pedestrian crossings, Pentonville Road, Peton Rise, Rodney Street, Sadiq Khan, Swinton Street, TfL, traffic calming, Traffic Flow, Traffic lights, Transport for London, Urban centre
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Time for… Brand New Community Cafe / Centre opened on Pentonville Road
On your search for an Indie Cafe that truly supports the local community and can serve as a local hub for events of all sorts at Kings Cross, you may mostly not be lucky. Kings Cross has increasingly become … Continue reading
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London Wildlife Trust heroes at work again
Thursday and the volunteers from London Wildlife Trust at Camley Street Natural Park were hard at work again. They were looking after the rich mix of naturally set and cultivated plants on the towpath and the path above between Maiden … Continue reading
Posted in Community groups, Green spaces, New, Noticeboard, Wildlife and Nature
Tagged Camley Street, ecology, wildlife
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Stop making our Postal Rail a tourist attraction and get back to it carrying mail!
The Royal Mail infrastructure of tunnels that connect East London Whitechapel with the Ventral London Mount Pleasant Postal Sorting Office and the West London Paddington Station and which was closed in 2003 will scandalously reopen in September 2017 as a … Continue reading
Posted in Bad Gyrations KX Campaign, New, Noise, railwayslands, Transport
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Hillview Festival
Hillview Love my Neighbour Festival Saturday 5th August 2017 2pm to 10pm Live Music Orquestra Estelar Ash Walker Bitter & Twisted The Harmonic Cats Nick & Jon from Midhope Gwang Djembe Drummers Dance Escuela de Baile – flamenco Ankhile Putt … Continue reading
Kings Cross remains a Race Track against promises to change it!
We are not willing to continue to take the pollution by cars that are forced through our streets, nor do we wish to accept their noise nor the dangers posed by continuously speeding vehicles.
Good that I have an email from Sadiq Khan, where his assistant promised to look into the traffic at King’s Cross, before he got elected on 11/3/16:
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Posted in Bad Gyrations KX Campaign, Gyratory consultation 2016, New, Transport, Travel
Tagged Acton Street, Caledonian Road, consultations, Gyratory, King's Cross Road, Kings Cross, rat runs, Sadiq Khan, short cuts, speeding, Speeding in London, Swinton Street, traffic accidents, traffic calming
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