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TfL confirm northern Line

Bank branch to reopen

THE Bank branch of the North-
ern Line is on schedule to reopen
on Monday 16 May, TfL has con-
firmed.
Northern Line services between
Kennington and Moorgate have
been suspended since January 15
so that upgrades to Bank station
can be completed.
The upgrades will see passen-
ger capacity at Bank station in-
creased by 40 per cent, with a
new entrance on Cannon Street,
TWPA held a seminar on dementia a new passenger concourse and a
new southbound platform.
THE Turkish Women’s Philan- We now have TWPA members and On Monday, TfL confirmed that
thropic Association (TWPA) held family members suffering from de- the new platform and concourse navigate”, but that the upgrades ing walkways to speed up inter-
a panel on dementia on Friday, mentia and we felt it was important at Bank would be open on May 16 will “totally transform customer change times and three new es-
May 6th. The seminar was given by for us to better understand this sit-
speakers Dr Akan Efe and Dr Me- uation. with Bank branch services on the journeys through the station”. calators linking the Northern and
kella Mehmet – Yeşil, who has been “A couple I know, the wife of the Northern Line resuming follow- While Bank will reopen on May Central lines.
practising medicine in England for woman was pretty forgetful. Some ing a five-month hiatus. 16, work will continue on the sta- The reopening of Northern
many years and are well known by days she doesn’t even remember TfL’s chief capital officer Stuart tion, which will include getting Line services on the Bank branch
our society. her own grandchildren and says she Harvey said that Bank station’s new escalators up and running comes just one week before the
The event was held at the TWPA wants to go home even though she’s “labyrinthian layout” can be “con- which will link the Northern opening of the Elizabeth Line in
building in north London where already at home. It’s really sad for fusing and time-consuming to Line to the DLR, two new mov- central London.
members attended along with the his family to see him like this and
guest Sibel Tatar, the wife of The
Turkish Republic of Northern Cy- not know how to handle the situ-
prus (TRNC) President Ersin Tatar ation. As a society, we’re not very ‘Record-breaking 25C temperatures’ next week
and the TRNC London Consul Buket good at talking about this kind of
Kop. Speaking to the London Gazete, thing or even where to go for help, so LONDONERS are set to enjoy on. “It won’t be surprising for the
TWPA Chair Semahat Mustafa eval- we’re grateful that Dr Mekella Meh- scorching weather this week as “We may seem quite a warm Good Friday threshold to be
uated the seminar they held before met-Yeşil and Dr Akan Efe could join temperatures rise to 23C.
the ‘Dementia Awareness Week’, us so we can demystify dementia or southern air being drawn up from reached next week – that’s what
which took place across the country dementia and help steer people on Forecasters have also predicted Europe to the south and we may we’re expecting.” He added.
on May 15 – 21, 2022. the right path.” Added that they are record-breaking temperatures of see mid-20s early next week.” “People should be sensible, us-
“The TWPA wanted to host an very happy for the courtesy visit Si- 25C from next Monday as warm Good Friday was the hottest day ing sunscreen, but the majority
event on dementia because we hear bel Tatar made to their association to winds from Spain and southern of the year so far – with highs of of people today are not going to
the term a lot these days, but most bring light to the conversation which France sweep across London and up to 23.4C recorded in London see blazing sunshine. More like
people don’t know much about it. affects the community. the south-east. – but Mr Miles said this record is sunny breaks than extended clear
Temperatures of around 19C are likely to be broken next week. skies.
expected between Tuesday and
Thursday but people will be look-
ing forward to a better weekend
ahead with higher temperatures
lingering later into the evening
allowing for more comfortable al
fresco plans.
Richard Miles, a forecaster at
the Met Office, said: “Monday is
the warmest it’s going to be for
the next five days. The maximum
temperature will be 23C. Tomor-
row will be dry and breezy – there
might be chance of a shower later

New east London flats to be demolished and rebuilt due to safety fears

A new development of 148 flats Taylor Wimpey said it would set to offer both flats and offices tified as part of a routine check been carefully and thoroughly
in east London will have to be have to start the construction across three buildings in Monier during the early stages of con- considered after close consulta-
knocked down and rebuilt after it from scratch and it was unclear Road but work stopped last year. struction at our development in tion with independent structural
was found they had not been built how long it would take. Taylor Wimpey, said the tower Monier Road, Hackney Wick, we engineers.
well enough. The company said health and blocks - going up to seven storeys have taken the decision to demol- "We are currently finalising a
The developer of The Factory at safety was its priority and the tall - were to hold 148 homes. ish the existing concrete struc- demolition strategy and timeline,
Hackney Wick said it had found "a decision had been "carefully and A Taylor Wimpey spokesperson tures and rebuild. and are in the process of commu-
potential structural issue" in the thoroughly considered". said: "Following the discovery of "Health and safety is our top nicating with local residents and
buildings. The East London buildings were a potential structural issue, iden- priority and this decision has businesses about our proposals."