Jim Waterson
Editor and Journaslit at London Centric
Journalist. Editor of @London_centric, a modern news outlet for London. WhatsApp me: +447760993558, https://t.co/SbRXlWSfIC - Rarely check X, try Bluesky
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2 days ago |
londoncentric.media | Jim Waterson
We’ve been busy at London Centric working on some chunky investigations that are coming up over the next few weeks. While we keep our lawyers busy, we’ve got a few stories for you today, including the curious story about a man who set up a beloved indie cinema in east London that was once named the best in the country — but now wants to knock it down, taking on outraged locals. Scroll to the end for the row over the Genesis cinema, or first read a selection of other bits from across the capital.
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6 days ago |
londoncentric.media | Jim Waterson
It’s a situation so brazen that it seemed implausible when London Centric was first told about it. Could millions of Londoners really be told by their phones that they are connected to modern 5G mobile data networks when they are unknowingly stuck running their work and social lives over 4G? Could that little icon in the top corner of your phone screen really be deceiving you? When London Centric previously reported on terrible phone data connections in the capital we received a huge response.
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1 week ago |
londoncentric.media | Jim Waterson |Rachel Rees
Possession of small amounts of natural cannabis for personal use should be decriminalised, according to a massive review of drugs policy in London endorsed by Sadiq Khan, which has concluded the existing policy is racist and is used by the Metropolitan police as a justification to stop and search young black men. The mayor said the findings of the London Drugs Commission are “compelling” but he has no power to change drugs law in the capital.
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1 week ago |
open.substack.com | Jim Waterson
Possession of small amounts of natural cannabis for personal use should be decriminalised, according to a massive review of drugs policy in London endorsed by Sadiq Khan, which has concluded the existing policy is racist and is used by the Metropolitan police as a justification to stop and search young black men. The mayor said the findings of the London Drugs Commission are “compelling” but he has no power to change drugs law in the capital.
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2 weeks ago |
londoncentric.media | Jim Waterson
London Centric has covered The Battle for Brockwell Park in depth because it speaks to a series of wider debates over what the capital is and who its public spaces should serve.
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Bookswap libraries are returning to the London Underground after six weeks of negotiations between Sadiq Khan, TfL and the London Fire Brigade and following the purchase of fire safe cabinets.... but only at above ground stations for now (so not the inner London tube stations).
News: Transport for London bans non-folding e-bikes from next week. Unions were unhappy following fires. TfL says the issue is mainly dodgy conversion kits rather than purpose-built e-bikes but hard to tell difference. Folding e-bikes allowed ("The Brompton exemption").
Tfw you’re listening to your terrible non-league football team’s commentary and @JamesCleverly pops up. https://t.co/eyXj5CzTFi