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Crossrail
and London
Underground
lauded at the NCE
International Tunnelling
Awards
by Fergus Coltsmann
Transport for London (TfL)
experienced great success at
the 2015 New Civil Engineer
(NCE) International Tunnelling and
Underground Space Awards, held at
Grosvenor House Hotel on the 3rd of
December.
Crossrail won the Judge’s Supreme
Award, on which Crossrail Programme
Director Simon Wright commented:
“This award is fantastic recognition for
everyone who works on Crossrail. Over
the last three years, our highly skilled
team have worked tirelessly to build
these major tunnels under one of the
world’s busiest cities.”
London Underground took home
the Global Tunnelling Project of the
Year (under $500 million) Award for the
Bond Street station upgrade, which will
see capacity increase by 30%.
Nick Brown, Managing Director,
London Underground, said: “Over 200
engineers and staff have been working
on site at Bond Street 24-hours-a-day,
for two years. This complex station
upgrade, beneath an extraordinarily
small footprint on Oxford Street, has
been largely constructed out-of-sight,
all while keeping this essential station
open to the public. When the station
King’s snap up
Balls
By Fergus Coltsmann
King’s College London have appointed
Ed Balls, the former Labour Shadow
Chancellor, as a Visiting Professor to
the Policy Institute for this academic
year. Balls will assist in the teaching of
the Institute of Contemporary British
History’s ‘The Treasury and Economic
History since 1945’ postgraduate module
in partnership with HM Treasury.
Upon his appointment in late
October, he commented: “I am
impressed by the drive and vision that
the leadership team at King's have
for the Policy Institute. It is filling an
important gap and I am honoured to
play my part in helping them succeed.”
Dr Jon Davis, Director of
Partnerships and The Strand Group
at the Policy Institute at King's, and
lead academic on ‘The Treasury and
upgrade is complete it will dramatically
increase transport capacity in the heart
of London’s busiest shopping district and
I thank our customers for their patience
while this work continues.”
Both TfL and Crossrail were
successful in multiple other categories
too. London Underground picked up
the Tunnel Operator of the Year award,
and the Rehabilitation Project of the
Year award for the Bond Street to Baker
Street Tunnel Relining Project. Crossrail
picked up the awards for Product/
Equipment Innovation and Technical
Innovation, and was named the Rising
Star of the Year.
Economic History since 1945’ module
added: “Ed Balls is a globally renowned
figure, central for the past quarter of a
century to economic governance in the
UK and beyond. We are delighted that
he has agreed to join us and help build
our burgeoning teaching of government
history”.
Balls was one of the most high
profile politicians to lose their seat in
May’s General Election. The move
into education is seen by some as
confirmation that he will not be rejoining
politics anytime soon.
Ed Balls is also infamous for tweeting
his own name, leading to internet
phenomenon ‘Ed Balls Day’, where
netizens tweet his name.
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Government
plans to charge
non-Eu patients
for NHS primary care
The government are planning to
extend NHS charges for non-EU
patients to some GP services,
including x-rays, prescriptions and blood
tests.
Earlier in the year, the government
indicated that it intended to charge
visitors, ex-residents and migrants for
A&E and ambulance care, but this has
now been extended to some GP services
too.
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt
has said that the added charges would
save taxpayers £500 million a year, and
ensure that such patients made a fair
contribution.
But the plans have come under fire
from doctors' leaders and unions, who
warn that the government’s proposals
could create unintended drawbacks for
the NHS and patients.
Dr Mark Porter, Chair of the British
Medical Association Council, said:
“Not only will this arrangement cause
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confusion amongst patients, it will also
require GPs and hospital doctors to
regulate these charges, which could end
up costing more to run than it collects in
revenue.
"Most importantly, there is a real
risk that some migrants and short term
visitors who desperately need care could
be discouraged from approaching the
NHS if they cannot pay the charges.
“We cannot have a situation where
any patient with a serious health need is
deterred from seeing a doctor, especially
if their condition raises a potential public
health risk.”
The Department of Health have said
the most vulnerable groups, including
refugees and asylum seekers, would
continue to be exempt from charges.
A consultation was launched on 7
December and is expected to run until
March 2016.
but highlights that nothing else is. I’m
writing this late into the evening on
press-night, and (one of Sir George
Martin’s music producers) Editor Kate’s
in tears harmonising with Tim-the-
Inks, and even Edgy Emma’s joining in
on Nowhere Man and Girl, the album’s
pivotal tracks drawing in the various pop,
rock, and psychedelic themes, a prelude
for their greatest track of all In My Life.
The most famous over the years has
become Norwegian Wood and while Ravi
Shankar didn’t actually play the sitar, he
did teach George Harrison. It was the
first time the sitar featured prominently
on a western hit and marks the moment
when the biggest act in the history of
pop shifted up a gear and became the
most important experimental band in the
history of rock.
Operation
Bumblebee
to combat seasonal
burglary spike
By Fergus Coltsmann
The Metropolitan police
have launched operation
Bumblebee, running all
of this quarter, to combat
burglary. Despite overall
burglary rates in London
being the lowest in four
decades, historically burglary
rates increase by 25% during
the autumn and winter
months. The Met correlate
the spike to the increased
time homes spend in darkness, and to
the increased reward associated with
Christmas gifts.
The Met is calling on Londoners to
take simple steps which deter burglars.
Their advice includes not leaving keys
within sight of letter boxes, as they can
London Football
Traffic Watch
December 12
Fulham v Brentford, 15:00-16:45
December 15
Fulham v Ipswich, 19:45-21:30
December 19
Chelsea v Sunderland,
15:00-16:45
December 26
Chelsea v Watford, 15:00-16:45
December 29
Fulham v Rotherham, 19:45-21:30
January 2
Fulham v Sheff Wed, 15:00-16:45
January 13
Chelsea v West Brom, 19:45-21:30
January 16
Chelsea v Everton, 15:00-16:45
January 23
Fulham v Hull, 15:00-16:45
January 24
Arsenal v Chelsea, 16:00-17:45
Games may go to extra time and
take longer than 90 minutes.
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