Borough Market, London’s world-renowned historic food market, is remaining open for business – selling essential supplies of fresh produce and store cupboard ingredients for those working and living in the local community. It has now completely closed all restaurants and its hot food provision area, The Borough Market Kitchen, to focus purely on produce provision. The Green Market
Social distancing has been identified as a crucial method in order to help slow the spread and rate of infection during the current coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak. As the UK continues to wind down, with schools, transport and more businesses scheduled to close and work from
SocialBox.Biz, a London-based community interest technology venture is hosting a “laptops for the homeless and refugee initiative” aimed at hitting a 1000th laptop handover milestone this spring, this week celebrated the news that London Borough of Camden is to come on board to support the initiative.
The summer of 2019 has provided a welcome boost to butterfly population levels, according to the latest results from the annual UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme (UKBMS) led by Butterfly Conservation, the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH), British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) and Joint
The East End Community Foundation (EECF) has launched an emergency appeal for funds to help local, vulnerable communities in London’s East End through the coronavirus pandemic. The Foundation covers Hackney and the City of London where there have been 29 confirmed cases of COVID-19, Tower
London Councils has welcomed the government announcement that Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates will be increased to 30% of local market rents as part of its response to the coronavirus pandemic. A London Councils spokesperson said: “The government has made the right call. Raising Local
A new initiative which aims to be the world’s largest collaborative resource for survivors of sexual assault has been announced as the winner of Tech to Connect – a prize funded by Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and run by Nesta Challenges.
National Express is advising passengers to check online before they travel as it introduces an extensive reduction to its timetable with effect from 00:01 Tuesday 24 March 2020. The coach operator will be temporarily running limited services across its scheduled national network in response to
Gett UK, the Black Taxi app, is connecting NHS staff with Black Cab drivers happy to offer NHS workers in London rides for just £10. The offer is available to the great number of NHS staffers working round the clock to treat as many people
Staff at Dr Beckmann are working around the clock to meet the nation’s growing demand for anti-bacterial household products, as more and more Brits stay at home. The coronavirus pandemic has seen the UK quickly shift into self-isolation mode, with keeping homes clean high on