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London News Network London News Network (or LNN) was a television news and facilities organisation in London. It was created in 1992 as a joint operation between London's two ITV contractors, Carlton Television and London Weekend Television, with each company holding a 50% stake.
London North London North was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was first created for the 1926 provincial election when the London riding was divided in two sections, and then eliminated prior to the 1934 provincial election when the city was re-configured as a single seat.
London North Centre London North Centre (formerly known as London—Adelaide) is a federal electoral district in the province of Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997. It is also a provincial electoral district that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1951.
London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Act 2006 The London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Act 2006 is a piece of UK legislation introduced following the decision of the International Olympic Committee to stage the 2012 Olympic Games in London. It is intended to facilitate the organisation of the Games, and to aid the UK in compliance with its responsibilities and obligations.
London Olympics There have been two London Olympics (London hosting the Olympic Games), in 1908 and 1948, with a third scheduled for 2012. The planned 2012 Olympics will make London the first city to have hosted the Games of three Olympiads.
London Opera Centre The London Opera Centre, a school for the training of opera singers and other opera professionals, existed in England between 1963 and 1977. It was located in the former Troxy Cinema on Commercial Road in London's East End Borough of Stepney (now Tower-Hamlets).
London Oratory School The London Oratory School is a Roman Catholic voluntary aided comprehensive secondary school in London educating boys in the age range of 7-16 and boys and girls in the sixth form. There are 1338 pupils including 354 in the sixth form.
London Oratory School Schola The London Oratory School Schola was established in 1996 as a means of providing Catholic boys from the age of seven with a rigorous choral education within the maintained system, something hitherto only available in the independent system. The school's close association with the London Oratory places it in a strong, if not unique, position to provide this form of specialist education and to contribute to the development of traditional liturgical music.
London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG) is the organisation that will oversee the planning and development of the 2012 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games. After the successful London 2012 Olympic bid, LOCOG was formed to continue the work started by the bidding team.
London Outer Orbital Path The London Outer Orbital Path — more usually the "London LOOP" — is a 240 km (150 mile) signed walk along public footpaths, and through parks, woods and fields around the edge of Outer London, described as "the M25 for walkers".
London Overground London Overground Transport for London - Introducing 'London Overground' is the name of the network of rail services in London, England, to be part of the London Rail division of Transport for London (TfL) from 11 November 2007, and of the franchise to operate services on the network. It will initially consist of routes operated by Silverlink Metro, and the East London Line (to be renamed East London Railway) upon completion of its phase one extension in 2010.
London postal district The London postal districts are divisions of the London post town in England and are primarily used for the direction of mail. They predate the introduction of postcodes throughout the United Kingdom in the 1960s and have been adapted over time.
London Pavilion The London Pavilion is a building located on the corner of Shaftesbury Avenue and Coventry Street in the northeast of Piccadilly Circus in London. It is currently a shopping arcade, and part of the Trocadero Centre.
London Plan The London Plan is a planning document written by the Mayor of London in the United Kingdom and published by the Greater London Authority. The plan was first published in final form on 10 February 2004 and has since been amended.
London Plan (newspapers) The London plan is a system of newspaper distribution in which paper carriers buy newspapers in bulk from the publisher and sell the papers to the reading public. The plan was imported from London to the United States by Benjamin Day in the nineteenth century.
London Posse London Posse were one of the earliest groups to emerge from the British hip hop scene, initially being formed by Sipho the Human Beatbox who asked friends Rodney P, Bionic and DJ Biznezz to join him for a tour of the US supporting Mick Jones' (formerly of The Clash) new group, Big Audio Dynamite. When they first formed, they didn't even have a name, but whilst playing in New York City, they were constantly referred to as "the London Posse" because of their hometown, and the name stuck.
London Post Office Railway The Post Office Railway, also known as Mail Rail, was a narrow gauge driverless private underground railway in London built by the Post Office to move mail between sorting offices. Inspired by the Chicago Tunnel Company, it was in operation from 1927 until 2003.
London Post Office Railway 1980 Stock The London Post Office Railway 1980 Stock was built by Hunslet in Leeds between 1980 and 1982. The units were originally ordered from Greenbat, but this company went into administration after building just three sets.
London Prize Ring rules The London Prize Ring rules was a list of 29 rules drafted by Britain's Jack Broughton in 1743, governing the conduct of prizefighting/boxing for over 100 years. The rules were expanded in detail in 1838 and 1853.
London revolution London Revolution (or just "Revolution") is an Open and Mixed ultimate team based in Regent's Park, London. It was formed in October 2006 mostly from ex-players of Under Cover Lovers, the University College London team.
London Racers London Racers are a British ice hockey club based in London, England that are former members of the Elite Ice Hockey League. The club were formed in 2003, but claimed to be a successor of the Harringay Racers club established in the 1936.
London Records London Records is a record label headquartered in the United Kingdom, originally marketing records in the United States, Canada and Latin America from 1947 through the 1980s. London arose from the split in ownership between the British branch of Decca Records and that same company's USA branch; the "London" label released British Decca records in the USA, since it could not use the "Decca" name there.
London Regiment The London Regiment is a Territorial Army regiment in the British Army. It was first formed in 1908 in order to regiment the various territorial battalions in the newly formed County of London, each battalion having a distinctive uniform.
London Regional Transport Act 1984 The London Regional Transport Act 1984 was an Act of the United Kingdom Parliament which created the statutory corporation named London Regional Transport. Later legislation has modified the effects of this Act.
London Research Institute The Cancer Research UK London Research Institute (LRI) is a biological research facility whose aim is to conduct research into the basic biology of cancer. The LRI houses 46 research groups based at two locations: Lincoln's Inn Fields (LIF) laboratories in central London, and Clare Hall (CH) laboratories on London's outskirts at South Mimms, Hertfordshire.
London Residuary Body The London Residuary Body was a body set up in 1985 to dispose of the assets of the Greater London Council after the council's abolition in 1986. Similar residuary bodies were set up for the metropolitan counties.
London Ringways The London Ringways were a series of four ring roads planned in the 1960s to circle London at various distances from the city centre. They were part of a comprehensive scheme developed by the Greater London Council to alleviate traffic congestion on the city's road system by providing high speed motorway-standard roads within the capital linking a series of radial roads taking traffic into and out of the city.
London Road (Sheffield) London Road is a shopping street in Sheffield, England. It leads south from the city centre near Moorfoot, parallel to Bramall Lane, through Sharrow, Highfield, Lowfield and Heeley, before becoming Chesterfield Road in Meersbrook next to the The Crown Inn.
London Road Campus London Road Campus (or the 'City Campus') of the University of Reading is the original campus of that university. It is located on the London Road, immediately to the south of the centre of the town of Reading in the English county of Berkshire.
London Road Fire Station (Manchester) London Road Fire Station is a former fire station, in Manchester, England. Designed and built by Woodhouse, Willoughby & Langham from 1904-1906, for the first half of the 20th Century it was the home of the Manchester Fire Brigade.
London Road, Southwark London Road is a road in Southwark, London SE1, which connects St George's Circus (north-west) and the Elephant and Castle roundabout (south-east). To the east is the campus of London South Bank University including the Technopark building and the London Road building, in a triangle formed by London Road, Borough Road and Newington Causeway.
London sewerage system The London sewerage system is part of the water infrastructure serving London. The modern roots of the system were first developed during the late 19th century, but as London has grown the system has been expanded and needs further investment.
London symphonies The London symphonies, sometimes called the Salomon symphonies after the man who brought Haydn to London, were composed by Joseph Haydn between 1791 and 1795. They consist of twelve symphonies numbered 93 to 104.
London Saxophonic London Saxophonic is a saxophone (with piano, bass guitar, and percussion) ensemble begun by Gareth Brady, Will Gregory and Simon Haram, while they were studying at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. They made their debut in 1997 on Atlantic Records with Sax Pax for a Sax, a collaboration with Moondog, who composed all of the works on the album.
London Senior Cup The London Senior Cup is the County Senior Cup of the London FA. The London Senior Cup was first won by Upton Park in 1882, and has subsequently been won by many famous names, including Arsenal, Chelsea and Wimbledon.
London SE11 SE11 is the postcode for Kennington Most of the postcode area is in the London Borough of Lambeth, but a small area northeast of Brook Drive and the former Lambeth Hospital site lies in the London Borough of Southwark.
London SE12 SE12 is the postcode for Lee and Grove Park its post town is London. Most of the area is within the London Borough of Lewisham but approximately a fifth of SE12 in the north east of the area falls within the London Borough of Greenwich.
London SE16 SE16 is the postcode for Rotherhithe and eastern/southern Bermondsey in the London Borough of Southwark. A very small portion of the district (part of the Silwood Triangle) lies in the London Borough of Lewisham.
London School Board The School Board for London (often abbreviated to the SBL and known colloquially as the London School Board) was an institution of local government and the first directly elected body covering the whole of London.
London School of Contemporary Dance The London Contemporary Dance School is the foremost school in the United Kingdom for the teaching of contemporary dance. Based at The Place near Euston, London, the school was founded by Robin Howard in the 1966 in order to train new dancers for his company, the London Contemporary Dance Theatre.
London School of Economics The London School of Economics and Political Science, often referred to as the London School of Economics or simply the LSE, is a specialist university, located on Houghton Street in Central London, off the Aldwych and next to the Royal Courts of Justice. Its matriculants are welcomed to "the greatest institution in the world dedicated to the social sciences.
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM or the "London School") is a leading postgraduate institution in Europe for public health and tropical medicine, and is associated with the World Health Organization (WHO). The London School is an internationally recognized centre of excellence in public health, international health and tropical medicine with a remarkable depth and breadth of expertise.
London School of University Studies London School of University Studies is a South African university that was established in 1993, with over 1700 students since inception. London School is an independent educational institution providing tuition for Degrees awarded by the University of London.
London Socialist Alliance The London Socialist Alliance (LSA) was an alliance of far-left socialist groups and individuals in London. It stood candidates in the for the Greater London Assembly Election in 2000, but supported Ken Livingstone in the mayoral elections held at the same time.
London South Bank University London South Bank University is a central London university with around 20,000 students and 1,700 staff in the London Borough of Southwark. The Chancellor is the newscaster Sir Trevor McDonald and the Vice-Chancellor is the historian Professor Deian Hopkin.
London Steverson London Eugene Livingston Steverson (born March 13 1947) was one of the first two African Americans to graduate from the United States Coast Guard Academy in 1968. Later, as chief of the newly formed Minority Recruiting Section of the United States Coast Guard (USCG), he was charged with desegregating the Coast Guard Academy by recruiting minority candidates.
London Straits Convention In the London Straits Convention concluded on 13 July 1841 between the Great Powers of Europe at the time - Russia, the United Kingdom, France, Austria and Prussia - the 'ancient rule' of the Ottoman Empire was re-established by closing the Turkish straits of Bosporus and the Dardanelles (which linked the Black Sea to the Mediterranean) from all warships whatsoever (barring those of the Sultan's allies during wartime). It thus benefited British naval power at the expense of Russia because the latter lacked access to the Mediterranean.
London Street Management Street Management is an arm of Transport for London (TfL), which is responsible for managing the main through routes in London, a total network of 580 km of roads. These routes are also known as Red Routes or the Transport for London Road Network (TLRN), as they can be identified by their unique (within the United Kingdom) red road markings and signage.
London SW1 London SW1 is the London postal district covering the area of central London on the north bank of the River Thames, roughly between Hungerford Bridge and Chelsea Bridge. It contains Pimlico and Belgravia, plus parts of Westminster and Brompton.
London SW5 SW5 is the postcode primarily for Earls Court but also for a small portion of South Kensington, both in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It's a small area between Earl's Court Road and Warwick Road, stretching about half a mile from South to North.
London SW9 SW9 is the postcode for Stockwell in the London Borough of Lambeth. As well as Stockwell SW9 covers much of Brixton including the town centre, the underground station and most of the shops - the line between SW9 and SW2 running approximately along Coldharbour Lane.
London Symphony Chorus The London Symphony Chorus (abbreviated to LSC) is one of the major concert choirs of the United Kingdom. The Chorus was formed in 1966 to complement the work of the London Symphony Orchestra, and consists of over 200 amateur singers from all walks of life and is self-managed by a council of nine elected representatives.
London to Ashford to Dover Line The London-Ashford-Dover Line is one of two long-distance routes serving the coast of Kent, England; the other being the Chatham Main Line, which runs along the north Kent coast to Ramsgate and Dover via (Canterbury East).
London to Aylesbury Line The London to Aylesbury Line is the main railway line between London Marylebone and Aylesbury. It shares track with the London Underground Metropolitan Line from Harrow to Amersham, and serves 3 further stops before terminating at Aylesbury.
London to Brighton events The route along the A23 (and, often, nearby minor roads) from London to Brighton in south-east England is popular for races, tours, charity rides and rallies. The route was originally popularized by the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run begun in 1930 for cars built before 1904.
London to Portsmouth canal London to Portsmouth canal was a proposal for construction of a secure inland canal route from the capital London to the headquarters of the Royal Navy at Portsmouth. It would have allowed craft to move between the two without having to venture into the English Channel and possibly encounter enemy ships.
London tunnel run Tunnel Running refers to the act of driving through a road tunnel such to amplify the sound of the car's engine using the tunnel's accoustic properties. One of the most notable groups of car enthusiasts involved in this are known simply as the London Tunnel Runners.
London Tecumsehs The historic London Tecumsehs were a men's baseball team in London, Ontario, Canada, that were first formed in 1868 — a merger of the Forest City Base Ball Club and the London Base Ball Club — which, according to George Railton's 1856 London directory, consisted of officers J.K.
London Tigers The London Tigers were a professional 'AA' baseball team that played in the Eastern League from 1989 to 1993. They played at historic Labatt Memorial Park in London, Ontario, and were affiliated with the Detroit Tigers.
London Tornado of 2006 The London Tornado of 2006 was a significant UK tornado spawned from a squall line moving over the city on December 7, 2006 at approximately 11:00 am GMT. Its intensity is estimated to have been T4 on the TORRO scale, equating to F2 on the Fujita scale.
London Traffic Area The London Traffic Area was established by the London Traffic Act 1924 in order to regulate the increasing amount of motor traffic in the London area. The LTA was abolished in 1965 on the establishment of the Greater London Council.
London Transport London Transport was the trading name used by a succession of official bodies controlling and/or operating public transport in and around London, England from 1933 to 2000. The geographic scope of its operations diminished significantly from 1970.
London Underground (song) London Underground is a song by the comedy band Amateur Transplants, to the tune of "Going Underground" by The Jam - somewhat ironically, given Paul Weller's left-wing politics - criticising the London Underground strike that was on at the time. The song was released on the charity album Fitness to Practice.
London Underground 1949 Stock The 1949 Tube Stock was composed of ninety-one cars built by the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company in Smethwick, England. These cars were identical to the earlier 1938 stock with which they were used with.
London Underground 1956 Stock Before mass production of the 1959 tube stock, three 1956 Tube Stock units were built as prototypes by Birmingham RC&W, Gloucester RC&W and Metro-Cammell. These units were tested on the Piccadilly Line and remained in service after production trains were introduced.
London Underground 1959 Stock The 1959 Tube Stock was a type of London Underground tube train built by Metro-Cammell, operated at various times on the Northern Line, Bakerloo Line, Central Line and Piccadilly Line. The units had a long career, with some examples remaining in service until 2000, three years beyond their intended withdrawal date.
London Underground 1962 Stock The 1962 Tube Stock is a type of London Underground tube train, which was built by Birmingham RC&W for use on the Central Line. Each unit consisted of four vehicles; two outer driving motors (DM), an intermediate trailer (T), and an intermediate non-driving motor (M), formed DM + T + M + DM.
London Underground 1967 Stock Each train consists of two 4-car units coupled together; trains are equipped for Automatic Train Operation (ATO). The "train controller" starts the train by simultaneously pressing two buttons and controls the doors during station stops.
London Underground 1986 Stock The London Underground 1986 Tube Stock consisted of prototype electric multiple units that lead to the development of the 1992 Stock. Two prototypes were built by Metro-Cammell, and the third by BREL (subsequently ABB, Adtranz, now Bombardier Transportation).
London Underground 1992 Stock The 1992 Tube Stock was built by ABB (now Bombardier Transportation) for the Central Line as the result of the extensive testing of the three 1986 tube stock prototype trains. Even so, the introduction of this stock was far from trouble-free and there were many technical teething problems.
London Underground 1995 Stock The 1995 Stock used on London Underground's Northern Line is currently the newest fleet of trains on the network. There are 106 1995 Stock trains in operation, each of six cars; they entered service between 12 June 1998 and 10 April 2001.
London Underground 1996 Stock The fleet of 1996 Stock running on the London Underground's Jubilee Line is currently the second-most modern on the network (confusingly, the 1995 Stock on the Northern Line was delivered later than the 1996 Stock).
London Underground anagram map A parody map of the London Underground with the station and line names replaced with anagrams was circulated on the web in February 2006 and featured on thousands of blogs before a Transport for London lawyer requested that the map be removed. It inspired some people to create anagram versions of their hometown's metro system with similar legal repercussions.
London Underground A60 Stock The A60 Stock is a class of sub-surface train run on the London Underground, which was built in 1960 by Cravens of Sheffield for the extension of the electrification to Amersham. The A62 Stock is a batch of almost identical units, built in 1962 to replace elderly stock on the Uxbridge line.
London Underground coaching stock In recent years, London Underground has acquired numerous former British Rail coaching stock. These vehicles are used for special excursion trains on the Metropolitan Line, usually hauled by either steam locomotives, or the preserved electric locomotive No.
London Underground cooling In summer, temperatures on parts of the London Underground can become very uncomfortable due to its deep and poorly ventilated tube tunnels: temperatures as high as 47°C were reported in the 2006 European heat wave
London Underground C69 Stock C Stock is the name given to the trains currently running on London Underground's Circle and Hammersmith and City lines as well as on the District Line between Edgware Road and Wimbledon. They are maintained at Hammersmith Depot.
London Underground D Stock The D Stock was built by Metropolitan Amalgamated Railway Carriage & Wagon in Saltley, England for the Metropolitan District Railway in 1912. A total of thirty cars were built, twenty-two were driving motor cars and eight were trailers.
London Underground electric locomotives Electric traction was always the best option for the tube lines in London. Locomotives were used before the equipment was available for multiple unit control, then later locomotives were used to haul through trains from non-electrified lines.
London Underground engineering stock Over the years, London Underground has acquired various types of engineering stock to help with the construction of new lines and maintenance of existing lines. Some of these wagons were inherited from its predecessors, many were built new and some were acquired second-hand from British Rail.
London Underground F Stock The F Stock was built in 1920 and 1921 for the Metropolitan District Railway (later the London Underground District Line). 100 steel-bodied cars were built: 40 driving motors, 12 control trailers and 48 trailers.
London Underground M Stock London Underground M Stock is a clerestory-roofed rail stock built for the Hammersmith and City Line in 1935 and subsequently absorbed into the London Underground Q Stock, being redesignated Q35 Stock. The M Stock was based on the 1927 K stock.
London Underground N Stock London Underground N Stock was a type of clerestory-roofed stock built in 1935 and subsequently absorbed into the London Underground Q Stock, being redesignated Q35 Stock. The N Stock was based on the 1927 K Stock.
London Underground Q38 Stock The Q Stock consisted of various District Line trains built from 1923 (G Stock) until the mid 1930s, originally built with manually operated sliding doors. Following conversion to air operated doors, the trains became collectively known as Q Stock.
London Underground rolling stock The history of London Underground's rolling stock is as complex as the history of the network itself. A wide variety of types have been operated, from the early days of steam locomotives and carriages through to today's electric multiple units.
London Underground R Stock The R38, R47, R49, and R59 Stock cars were built for the District Line in 1938, 1949, 1952 and 1959. The R38 stock was rebuilt from war-damaged Q38 stock in 1950, whilst the R47, R49, and R59 Stocks were built new.
London Underground S Stock The S Stock is a class of sub-surface train currently under construction by Bombardier for the London Underground to replace ageing A60 and A62 Stock on the Metropolitan Line, C69 and C77 Stock on the Circle, Hammersmith & City and District Lines (Edgware Road-Wimbledon) and D78 Stock on the District Line.
London Underground Watford Joint Stock The Watford Joint Tube Stock was built for the service to Watford along both the Bakerloo line and the London North Western Railway, as a result the cars were owned by both the underground and the London North Western Railway. To be able to operate on both lines the cars floor was higher than other tube cars by 4 1/2 inches.
London United Tramways London United Tramways Company Limited was an operator of trams and trolleybuses in the western and southern suburbs of London from 1894 to 1933, when it passed to the London Passenger Transport Board. The company had been formed in 1894 to take over the assets of the West Metropolitan Tramways Company, which had gone into receivership, and who had operated a horse-drawn tram service from Shepherd's Bush to Acton and Chiswick, and from Hammersmith to the north side of Kew Bridge via Chiswick.
London Velopark The London Velopark will be constructed at Waltham Forest in East London in England. The funding for the Velopark was confirmed in February 2005 and the project was scheduled to go ahead whether or not London's bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics] was successful.
London W1 W1 is a London postal district located mostly in the City of Westminster with a small part in the London Borough of Camden. It comprises the much of the West End of London including Soho, Mayfair, and Marylebone.
London W8 London W8 is the london postal district situated inside the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in West London. It covers the districts of Holland Park and much of Kensington, including the extreme west of Kensington Gardens
London Wasps London Wasps is an English professional rugby union team. The mens first team, which forms London Wasps, was derived from Wasps Football Club who were formed in 1867 at the now defunct Eton and Middlesex Tavern in North London, at the turn of professionalism in 1999.
London WC1 London WC1 is the London postal district covering the area of central London roughly bounded by Gray's Inn Road to the east, High Holborn to the south, Tottenham Court Road to the west and Euston Road to the north. It falls predominently within the London Borough of Camden, although a small part is administered by the London Borough of Islington.
London West London West is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999. Its population in 2001 was 110,988.
London Wildlife Trust London Wildlife Trust is one of 47 UK Wildlife Trusts which form a nationwide network of local nature conservation charities. Together the trusts take action to protect the nation's flora and fauna in town and country.
London-Brabant Island The London-Brabant Island goes under a number of names such as London Island, London Platform, London-Brabant Massif, Wales-Brabant Massif or, in French texts, Anticlinal ardennais du Brabant, Terre de St-Georges et du Brabant or Bloc du Midland et du Brabant. It was an anticlinal ridge extending from the Rhineland to the sites of East Anglia and the middle Thames.
London-Edinburgh-London London-Edinburgh-London (LEL) is a randonnée bicycle event of approximately 1400km held in the UK on an out-and-back course between the capital cities of London (England) and Edinburgh (Scotland). It is believed to be the longest regularly scheduled grand randonnée to be sanctioned by the Randonneurs Mondiaux.
London-Sire Records London-Sire Records was an American-based record label owned by Warner Music Group, created in 2000 with the merging of Sire Records and London Records. The binding of the two companies, however, proved to be largely unsuccessful—leading to the partnership being dissolved April 2003.
London-Sydney Marathon The London-Sydney Marathon is a rally racing event from the United Kingdom to Australia. It was first run in 1968, a second event was organised in 1977 and a third in 1993 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the original.

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