City Matters Edition 014 Christmas 2016

Page 2 | Christmas 2016
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On this week
down the years
25 December 1952:
Listeners from Britain
and the Commonwealth
hear The Queen’s first
Christmas broadcast
since her accession to the
throne.
20 December 1979:
More than five million
council house tenants in
Britain are to be given
the right to buy their
home.
21 December 1988: A
Pan Am jumbo jet with
258 passengers on board
crashes on to the town of
Lockerbie in Scotland.
debut Christmas
broadcast: The Queen
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New technology
at new year bash
NEW year’s eve revellers will be able to soak
up the atmosphere of London’s epic fireworks
display from the comfort of their own home in
even greater detail thanks to the BBC.
Broadcasters will, for the first time ever, be
giving viewers around the world a 360-degree,
online panoramic view of the spectacular
annual show.
All 110,000 tickets for the event have sold out
but millions are expected to tune in to watch
the display live on TV or via the web.
BBC chief technology and product officer,
Matthew Postgate, said: “This year we’ve been
bringing audiences new innovations for the
Olympics and Euro 2016.
“We’re thrilled to end the year with a special
360-degree experience of London’s spectacular
fireworks online – as well as full coverage on
BBC One.
“So from Belfast to Birmingham, from
Swansea to Stirling – viewers can experience
the magic of London’s fireworks closer than
ever before.”
£72m police package
CITY of London Police will pocket a share
of £72million over the next four years after
funds were earmarked to help prevent crime
across the Capital.
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said that
“maintaining recent levels of investment
despite significant pressures on the policing
budget” were at the forefront of his thinking
when he pledged the latest round of finance.
“Keeping Londoners safe is my first priority,
and providing boroughs with the funds they
need to tackle and prevent crime is a vital part
of this,” said Mr Khan.
The Mayor explained that the new
investment will help to deliver local services,
such as support for victims of domestic and
sexual violence, knife crime prevention,
and rehabilitation of offenders within the
community in all 32 London boroughs. The
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new tranche of the London Crime Prevention
Fund (LCPF) will be awarded according to
the greatest need across the boroughs, with a
new emphasis on ensuring every resident has
the access to the services they need to help
support them and keep them safe.
Targeting
“A more joined up approach, and targeting
money where it is most needed, will help us to
support those parts of the Capital which are
struggling and provide much needed services
to all Londoners, including programmes to
tackle serious youth violence and provide
support to those who have suffered domestic
abuse,” said Mr Khan.
“These are critical issues and I will do
everything in my power to confront them.”
A portion of the funds will be redirected into
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a joint pot to support services commissioned
across multiple boroughs.
Local authorities will be core partners in the
development of the new funding pot, which
will account for 30% of the LCPF budget from
2018/19 onwards.
The deputy mayor for policing and crime,
Sophie Linden, said that the approach
strikes a balance between maintaining
crucial local programmes while supporting
collaborative work between different areas
and organisations.
She added: “Some of the most serious and
complex challenges we face in policing our
Capital cannot be solved by one borough alone.
“By working this way, we can deliver
innovative services to Londoners in every
corner of the Capital and really make a
difference to crime levels in our city.”
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Glowing praise for Finlay’s creation
A LUMINOUS piece of artwork by Ian
Hamilton Finlay has been installed at St Paul’s
for the Advent and Christmastide.
L’étoile dans son étable de lumière – The star
in its stable of light – is on display opposite
the crib at the west end of the cathedral until
2 February.
The work and the words, in neon (right), were
original composed by the Scottish poet and
artist to mark Christmas 1976.
It was originally conceived as a Christmas
card but turned into an art object, the words
becoming physical, composed as if in the artist’s
own hand. Finlay developed a variety of creative
forms to celebrate the sustaining power of
words in this way. The text plays with images
which have become associated with
The Nativity: the stable, the humble
place where animals were kept, in
which the Holy Family found shelter
and Jesus was born; and the star,
which guided the magi, or wise men,
to the manger in which the infant
Jesus was placed.
“These traditional elements of
the Nativity are reworked, through
clever arrangement, to summon
a new image, the meaning of which is both
new finances: Sadiq Khan has
pledged £72m in funding
Paying penalty
for selling illegal
TV top boxes
A MAN from SE14 has
been fined for selling
illegal TV set top boxes
online.
Jhon Rosero, 40,
was ordered to pay
£516 at City of
London Magistrates’
Court following an
investigation by City
Police’s intellectual
property crime unit.
Rosero pleaded guilty
under the Serious
Crime Act 2007; namely
encouraging or assisting
in the commission of
an offence contrary to
Section 11 of the Fraud
Act 2006, dishonestly
obtaining services from
Sky without its authority.
Undermines
This followed his
earlier arrest on 23
February of this year.
Detective Sergeant
Gary Brown of the force’s
intellectual property
crime unit, said:
“Intellectual property
crime undermines the
creative industries that
millions depend on for
jobs.
“The internet,
including auction sites,
are monitored for users
selling illegal products
and content, and
we will investigate
cases of this kind to
ensure law abiding
customers don’t foot the
bill of others.”
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festive and elusive, and evokes the arrival of
a new light in the world,” said a St Paul’s
spokesman. It was turned on last
week and is sponsored by the
Victoria Miro Gallery.
Chancellor of the cathedral,
Canon Mark Oakley, said: “Like the
star’s bright light that shone over
the Bethlehem stable, so we look up
from the crib in the cathedral to see
this message of hope.
“It is good to have a work by Ian
Hamilton Finlay in St Paul’s for this
short but important period of time.”
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