Tube 'too hot for cattle'

According to today's Evening Standard, the London Underground is currently "too hot for cattle":



That's a shame, because cows love travelling on the Tube.

Incidentally, a couple of the broadsheets ran a similar story back in 2002. At least The Guardian took the unusual approach of putting commuters in a cattle truck.

I'd still rather see cows on the Tube, though.

Photo special: diabetes causes amputations

I took this photo on the tube recently. 'Diabetes causes... amputations' seems a bit strong. That's like saying 'cancer causes chemotherapy'.



Mind you, 'diabetes can lead to the need for amputation' isn't as catchy, and screws up the sentence structure.

www.diabetes.org.uk/SilentAssassin

Boris Johnson versus the travellers

So here in London we have a new mayor, the floppy-haired Conservative Boris Johnson (pictured below). I didn't vote for him. And yesterday's London Lite gave a good reason why I was right not to do so:

The Mayor has already announced plans to ban travellers from drinking alcohol on the Tube and to begin installing airport-style scanners in stations

I dunno, he's only been mayor two minutes and he's already picking on the Pavees...