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4 LondraGazete.com/English Londra Gazete, 04 August 2022

Full Night Tube service to resume LFB calls for a ban on

for first time in two years

said the return of the Night Tube disposable BBQs
“shows our city is bouncing back”
from the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Piccadilly Line is the last to THE sale of disposable barbe-
restore Night Tube services follow- cues should be banned in Britain,
ing the Central and Victoria lines London Fire Brigade’s (LFB) com-
in November 2021 and the Jubi- missioner has said.
lee and Northern lines in May and LFB took 8,302 calls and at-
June of this year. tended 3,231 incidents last week
With strike action on the Night as the service had its busiest day
A full service is to resume on the Tube now suspended, trains will since World War Two.
Night Tube this weekend for the run every 10 to 20 minutes be- The brigade has already warned
first time since before the start of tween 12.30am and 5am every people against using barbecues in
the pandemic, TfL has announced. weekend. open spaces, grassland or balco-
A through-the-night service on More than three million entries nies, particularly after the recent
heatwave.
the Piccadilly Line was restored and exits have been recorded on Andy Roe said: “We need urgent
from Friday 29 July, meaning all the Night Tube since services be- action now to see a national ban
five Night Tube Lines will be fully gan to return in November, while on the sale of disposable barbe-
operational for the first time since weekend ridership on the Tube is cues.”
March 2020. now consistently around 85 per More than 30 grass fires in Lon-
It follows the announcement cent of pre-pandemic levels. don required at least four fire en-
that the RMT union has suspend- TfL has said the Night Tube offers gines to attend last week.
The commissioner has already
ed strike action on the Night Tube a “safe, low crime environment”, written to local authorities asking
following an agreement with TfL with dedicated British Transport for a temporary ban on the use of
about driver rotas, putting an end Police officers patrolling trains and barbecues in all public parks and
to more than six months of disrup- stations through the night along open spaces.
tion. Mayor of London Sadiq Khan with 500 TfL enforcement officers. Mr Rowe added: “They can be
bought for as little as £5 and can
cause untold damage, especially
ing fairness and promoting diver-
His call comes just a few days af-
GIK-DER and Young Struggle when the grass is as dry as it has ter LFB was found by a watchdog sity.
been over the last few weeks.
“Last week is another example
The response to last week’s
showed their support for rail staff of how we are increasingly being to require improvement by every widespread fires was praised by
challenged by new extremes of measure it is assessed on. Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of
MORE than 40,000 workers becomes the head of the party weather as our climate changes The 11 areas highlighted in- Constabulary and Fire and Rescue
across Network Rail and train op- and thus becomes prime minis- and we’re developing long-term clude understanding and prevent- Services, which warned that “be-
erating companies went on strike ter. Truss announced that if he strategies to deal with more inci- ing fires and other risks, making neath the surface deeper-seated
in protest over pay and working takes office, he will increase the dents like this in the future.” best use of resources and ensur- problems remain”.
conditions on Wednesday (July strike vote participation thresh-
27). old from 40 per cent to 50 per
GIK-DER and Young Struggle cent and the notice period before
members stated that they will the strike from two weeks to four Khan facing legal fight over
continue to support the rightful weeks.
demands of train workers and Adding: “Contrary to Truss’ ru-
continue their efforts to increase mours, polls revealed that more police access to ULEZ cameras
solidarity. than 60 per cent of the British
In a joint statement, GIK-DER public supported the strike. So-
and Young Struggle said: “Foreign cial media users offer their sup- SADIQ Khan is facing a legal
Minister Truss Liz Truss, one of port to the striking workers under fight over plans to allow the Met
the Conservative Party leader- the hashtags #SupportTheStrike, Police access to traffic cameras
ship candidates, has committed #SupportRailWorkers.” monitoring the expanded Ultra
to making new regulations re- The unions announced that Low Emission Zone (ULEZ).
Campaigners on Wednesday
stricting the right to strike of the they decided to go on strike for accused the Mayor of creating “a
British working class in the first two more days on 30 July and 13 huge increase in surveillance of
30 days after taking office if she August. Londoners” that will "dispropor-
tionately effect ethnic minorities"
after he granted the force access
to data from the Automated Num-
ber-Plate Recognition (ANPR).
The system scans roads in for
vehicles entering and leaving the
ULEZ in inner London, an area
where 3.8 million people live.
It means Met officers will be be
able to bring up images showing
the colour and make of vehicles, legal challenge with digital rights in areas where there is already a
and potentially the faces of driv- organisation Open Rights Group. strong set of democratic struc-
ers and people walking past on Members of the Independent ture, such as councils, and CCTV.
the pavement from the cameras
that monitor the ULEZ, cam- Advisory Group on ANPR road The Met defended the need for
paigners said. cameras have described the May- the need for access to the data
Green Party London Assembly or’s plans as “a gargantuan in- saying it would help the force pro-
member Sian Berry is leading the crease of surveillance in London" tect the public.