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“A Not-So-Simple Story in Deapriffe”

Chapter One | CHAPTER TWO | Chapter Three

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Chapter Two: A Not-So-Typical Workday

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Clarke of Clarke’s Motors had visited Sandra Vaughan’s illustrious mansion often throughout his career. The vast, forested grounds were thick with flora taken from across the globe, with a diversity of colours that had only grown lusher after the night’s rain, all of which completely enclosed him. Every arching hall and corridor – with platinum marble, intricately-woven carpets, and blinding chandeliers – all seemed slightly too big, like he could run and keep running and never reach the other side. Century-old sculptures and paintings flanked him, followed by pair of Sharks flanking him.

In the absence of any spouse or children, few referred to Clarke as anything but his surname. He was a greying man with the portly physique and warm, suntanned face that would have seemed appropriate for someone’s retired father, yet the rich brown suit jacket he kept brushing down had come from Deapriffe’s most reputable tailor while his gold chain necklace and watch both gleamed as if bought the previous day. He owned one of the most successful businesses in the city. Clarke repeated that in his head as the Sharks either side of him led him through the mansion. He chose to focus on that, not that his hair refused to lie flat, or the fact he was missing an ear because of the very people he was meeting.

“We’re here,” one of the Sharks grunted, unnecessarily. Clarke could not have missed the door to Vaughan’s study. It stood taller and wider than every other door in the corridor, set into a marbled arch with an engraved a frenzy of sharks ready to break out of the wood.

The second Shark knocked and a gangling woman from inside promptly opened the doors. Her mottled eyes cut straight through Clarke before she then nodded for him to enter. Clarke looked to the Sharks either side of him and bid them each, “Thank you.” Putting on a smile desperate to be at ease, he followed the gangling woman inside.

The main study inside would have been as grand a sight as the rest of the mansion, as entrenched in the Sharks’ history as their oldest members. However, for Clarke, it became small and plain in comparison to the woman waiting at the central desk.

Sandra Vaughan cut a stark, monochromatic figure in front of the window. The depthless black in her suit and skirt consumed the light around her, leaving only its stark white panels, the greying hair stopped in a sharp line above her shoulders, and her lined, pale face. From her appearance alone, you could have assumed Vaughan was a businesswoman. However, the command with which she held herself left those assumptions quickly dismissed. Every move of her jewelled hand, every turn of her gaze seized the attention of those in her presence as if cocking her gun. Her guests froze and watched her with held breaths, all too aware she had the power to order their death loaded in her every muscle. The years where Vaughan had relied on her physical strength had passed yet behind her aged face was an ocean’s calm, showing a woman who had swallowed enemy after enemy to reach where she was and knew exactly how she would keep herself there. Vaughan wielded it with practiced ease. She welcomed Clarke with a relaxed welcome and wave to the cushioned chair opposite hers that distracted from none of it.

“Clarke. Good morning. I trust you had a no problems on your way here?”

Clarke hurried forwards to shake her hand – the gangling woman resumed her position waiting by the doors. “Yes! Yes, of course, Sandra. It was all perfectly fine!”

“Glad to hear it. Your cars have earnt a lot of praise. I expected the owner would appreciate the trip.” She gestured to the chair again and Clarke obeyed. “You won’t mind if my sons interrupt us at some point. I asked them to get us wine.”

“Of course not. In fact, I would love to see how the two of them are getting on. It’s a cliché, but time really does fly when you get to our age. I still remember how excited they were to be turning twelve.”

A proud smile glowed across Vaughan’s face. Her eyes drifted aside into her memories. “A part of me will always want to think of them as my little boys, but they’ve grown into fine men,” she said, returning to Clarke. “That is what I wished for us to discuss today.”

“Yes?” Clarke straightened. He folded his hands on the desk, then he replaced them by his side.

Vaughan rolled her eyes. Not unused to such nervousness around her, she merely leant back in her high-backed chair. “All of this,” – she planted an elbow on the armrest and gestured to the splendid room around them – “everything I’ve done since they were born, has been for when my sons take over the running of Deapriffe. They needed the experience of a street Shark to get an understanding of how their orders are carried out. Now, they start earning control.”

She watched Clarke’s stuck-on smile as she spoke, a smirk rising on her own lips.

“You’ve been an intelligent man, Clarke. A good customer. Seeing as how profitable our partnership has been over the decades, I thought it prudent to tell you about the change of management in your area. Keep your head down like usual and be free to offer guidance on the state of local businesses.”

“Of course…” Vaughan’s success spread onto Clarke’s face, a hundred plans lighting behind his eyes. “You know, Letizia Fulgoni has been seeing a considerable increase in profits this year since she opened that new location. Capitalising on that would be an excellent first move for any new managing Shark.”

“Perfect,” said Vaughan. She checked her fine leather watch then flicked a hand towards the far door. “We’ll save the details for when Finley and Thresher get here.”

“What a wonderful opportunity this is. After all the work he’s put in through the years and all the successful jobs he’s done, Finley is perfect for this promotion. It’s what he’s wanted ever since he could talk!”

Vaughan’s rings and bracelets clicked against the wood as she placed a hand on her desk. “You’re working for Thresher and Finley.”

Clarke’s heart thudded in his chest. He threw up his hands in a contrite defence. “Of course! Of course! No, I didn’t mean…” His gaze retreated into his head as he absorbed the reality of who Vaughan would have protecting his company. “I– I was merely saying Finley’s always been the more outwardly keen of the twins towards the Shark business–”

“Thresher and Finley have an advantage even I didn’t have: each other. They’re young, but they’ll balance each other and they’ll learn from each other. Thresher’s tactical. Finley’s ruthless. Combined, they’ll have the power to crush anyone in their way towards controlling Deapriffe.”

“I’m in no way doubting their competence, I assure you, Sandra. Even from my office, I’ve heard talk of their unrivalled physical prowess. If I didn’t know them in person, I would have assumed half the stories rumour!”

And he could have stopped there. He could have ended all talk on the matter and continued with the proposal as it was. However, Clarke’s mind, egged on his thumping heart, wheeled beyond his reason. It fed him more stories, more rumours about the famously irresolute Shark, full of passivity, compromises, and blind eyes. Seeking to level the desperation seeped into his face and words, Clarke straightened in his chair and placed a sympathetic hand on his heart.

“As a businessman – one who has substantial investment in this partnership, Sandra – you understand why I’d wish to talk about such talk.” He coughed. “Naturally, I would be remiss if I didn’t enquire about certain factors of the arrangement, such as Thresher’s renowned…habits. Everyone knows he let them go at the printing company. So– So, you understand my concern. I mean, has he ever even…?” He rolled his hand vaguely, letting his unsaid words fall into the silence.

Vaughan’s now-unmoving eyes refused all the perceived patience in the words. “Finish your question.”

Clarke shook his head frantically. “Oh, no, no, it wasn’t–”

“Finish your question, Clarke.”

The breath disappeared in his throat. Even as his chest swelled, his lungs seemed to call no air inside. He felt his asthma toeing the line with a vengeance.

“It’s only–” He swallowed and coughed, his light hand gestures puttering out. “Has Thresher– Thresher even ever managed to– to…to, you know, kill anyone?”

His wheezing did not improve as, rather than answering the completed question, Vaughan chose to recline and wait for the door behind him. Her expression gleamed with amusement at Clarke’s increased fidgeting. Just before the quiet had completely encompassed and crushed his chest, the study doors burst open. He startled in his chair.

Finley swaggered into the study with the Regent’s Wine bag swinging from his hand. “Hey, Mum! Got the wine!” He jabbed his thumb at Thresher following. “Thresher got you some lilies too to apologise for living, and for making us late.”

Thresher put her hands on her hips. “You’re so witty.”

Vaughan laughed. At their return, she swiftly swiped away Finley’s arrival text message on her phone then stood to greet her two children – Clarke remained frozen in his guest’s chair. Vaughan spread her arms. Finley and Thresher returned the hug.

“Hey, Mum,” Thresher said. She broke apart from the hug and handed over the lilies.

“They’re beautiful,” said Vaughan. “Octavia, put these in my bedroom.”

“Right.” The gangling woman who’d let Clarke in stepped out of her shadow and left with the bouquet. Clarke became exceedingly aware he was alone with no-one but the Vaughans.

Finley took out the satin-esque bottle and proceeded to the tall cabinet of wine glasses on the side. The study had an elegant square of sofas and a stone coffee table in the corner beside her bookshelves meant for Vaughan’s more casual meetings. “Morning, Clarke!” Finley grinned, taking the glasses out.

“Good to see you,” Clarke stammered back. Whenever he was in Finley’s presence, he struggled to think of much else other than how Finley’s thick arms had the power to snap any bone in his body. “I’ve heard the news about your promotions. Congratulations!”

Finley grinned a grin that succeeded in carrying zero implications of goodwill. He gestured forwards with the first wine glass. “You better watch out. We own you now. We’re gonna make sure our demands are being met.”

Swallowing, Clarke managed a nod. “Of course. I’m sure you have some big plans already.”

“Big plans,” Finley agreed.

Clarke, however, spared a glance at Thresher, who seemed content to let the meeting start without her. As tucked away as a woman of her size could be, she leant into the reflection on one of the wine glasses, legs crossed and fingers busy twirling the hair in front of her forehead. Clarke caught Vaughan’s eye and gestured between the twins with a silent, imploring, You see what I meant?

Vaughan’s expression flared. “Finley, don’t pour a glass for Clarke. He’s done here.”

“What!?” Clarke yelped.

Finley set down the fourth glass. His smile stretched past his canines. Vaughan’s voice and body became steel. “Clarke, bring six-thousand to Sheppard after work on Monday. To show your new employers some respect.”

Clarke shot out of his seat. “Six-thousand?!”

“Six-thousand. Your employees will pay it, if you want to prove you’re both worthful to us. You’re so concerned about our ruthlessness. Step out of line and Thresher and Finley will prove it to you themselves. You should’ve learnt your lesson the first time,” she said, indicating her ear.

“No! P-Please, Sandra, you know I didn’t–!”

“Shut up!” she groaned, rolling her eyes. “Thresher, take him outside. Finley and I will wait.”

The blood drained from Clarke’s face. He backed up against the desk, fighting for breath. Finley gave a bored sigh and leant back against the cabinets. Thresher, meanwhile, forced herself from the sofa. When she clamped her hand down on Clarke’s shoulder, he didn’t resist.

In her head, Thresher was gritting her teeth, or leaving with no intention of returning to the study – the study thick with ghosts of Shark attacks her mum had ordered there. Instead, she averted her eyes from Clarke and hauled him out past the doors. The door closed behind her and Clarke. Finley offered his mum her glass.

For Ahmed, the workday was going as it had hundreds of time before. All down the factory’s assembly line, navy-clad workers paired up and pushed the car shells to the next station of parts to fit. The whole process moved in tandem with each other, managed by the timers and buzzer attached to every station. So, Ahmed would always partner with whoever needed a break the most. While his partner made their way through their side of the car, he’d proceed with the rest. He installed the parts with swift, regular flourishes, capable of screwing them in straight from the power tool without misalignment or damage. He’d developed a near-ingrained sense for anything that needed correcting too so their car always moved onto the next station perfect.

Ahmed had been working at Clarke’s Motors his entire adult life. Then, before that, he’d learnt from the best: his dad. Hassan Al-Faisal’s sheer efficiency and knowledge of the factory’s workings remained legend in the assembly shop, even years after his death. Towards the end of his career, it had seemed there was no issue he hadn’t figured out how to face. With that and his famous habit for taking his free time out for anyone who needed advice, Ahmed considered it a point of pride that colleagues old enough to have known both joked he was a younger, East Asian Hassan.

Assembling the cars had become near-unconscious work for Ahmed so, despite the clamour, he enjoyed the snatches of conversation as he worked his way down the assembly line. Although, especially after he’d popped up, the morning’s Shark sighting continued as the main topic of conversation.

“If only I’d left just a bit later,” a conveyance team member moaned while Ahmed and his partner fitted the car shell’s trim and padding. “My bus route goes straight through Lord Way. I would’ve had an excuse to be late and miss this.”

Ahmed’s current partner – a large woman still recovering from a rugby injury – pursed her lips in fake concern. “Aw, if you’re missing the Sharks so much, you should go see Ari and Barry.” She waved her hand at the lorry entrance where Ari and Barry should have been watching the assembly shop. Ari was showing Barry a video on his phone. “I reckon the only thing separating them from Sharks is the clothes.”

“That and the guns.”

“Don’t give them any ideas!” Ahmed chuckled. He pushed down the back of the car’s trim. “They’re already plotting something against me for being late.”

The conveyance team member scoffed. “You’re lucky. You’ve got Clarke himself on your side. I doubt he’d pay for a plaster if I needed it.”

“He would, just if you had something a bit closer cost and necessity to a prothesis,” Ahmed added in a genial lilt.

His partner laughed. She stretched her wrists to prepare for the next round of screws and Ahmed joined her. He caught the look on the conveyance team member’s face. So, he moved their talk along.

“Either of you hear about the new Gunslinger thing coming out? The CG looks insane.”

After the lunch break, Ahmed swapped to a different partner and car and both were a significant change. His partner, Coleman, was one of the older workers on the line and he tended to be a man of few words. Still, Ahmed could always coax out a story or two about his daughters or, more recently, his grandchild. Then, the car they got a real treat. As they dragged the new car shell out onto the first station together, Ahmed couldn’t stop marvelling. Not only was the design itself his favourite model from the company but the paint job was a dazzling white, mixed with a fine shimmer that transformed the vehicle into something of halo light. The manifest sheet attached to the front of the car only continued to impress them.

“Woah! This one’s getting the full treatment.”

Coleman read it over his shoulder. His eyes widened at the list of required features. While it meant more work for the both of them, Ahmed ensured they kept on time. With each station, they brought the car closer to its full magnificence and Ahmed’s excitement to keep assembling it was fit to burst out of him.

One of the stations took him and Coleman took the car to the station near to the old back of the factory. Only Coleman could remember a time when it didn’t have scaffolding bolted to every part of the wall and ceiling. According to him, the offices behind it – once frequented by the company’s business partners – still had most of their original furniture. Although, as long as the brick around them stayed damp, mossy, and cracked, no-one dared unlock them. The scaffolding had done its job holding everything up over the years. Still, the scaffolding hadn’t been changed in some time either.

Ahmed and Coleman arrived at the station and a pair of distinct, turquoise headphones snagged Ahmed’s attention. He noticed Headphone Guy making his way up a nearby ladder to reach the workers on the top deck and the grin dropped off his face. The rungs around Headphone Guy rattled with every heave upwards, far more than usual. That ladder had already seen its last day.

Ahmed swore and darted out around the car.

“Ahmed!?” Coleman whipped around.

“BAD LADDER!” he shouted, racing towards Headphone Guy. Not that Headphone Guy could hear him.

Coleman pulled their station’s alarm. Their timer burnt red. They had a few minutes before the line stopped. The alarm, Ahmed’s shout, and his affected canter all drew eyes, which immediately widened.

“SIÂN! THE SPARE!” Ahmed called and a watching redhead scrambled for the emergency ladder kept nearby.

Ahmed grabbed the base of the ladder. He shook it to get Headphone Guy’s attention and Headphone Guy glanced down. His mouth dropped at the sight of the commotion below him. Siân rushed forwards with the emergency ladder with a cluster of volunteers following.

“Your ladder’s breaking!” Ahmed signed up at Headphone Guy. Headphone Guy’s face spoiled into the colour of sour milk. He threw his arms around the metal frame but the rust-bitten rung under his raised foot snapped. Headphone Guy shrieked, clinging to what of the ladder survived. He dangled a story above the ground. The ladder wanted to sway but Ahmed forced it steady.

“Hang on!” Siân and the others extended the emergency ladder. They hauled it up against the scaffolding. A few joined Ahmed to stabilise the original.

Headphone Guy’s chest heaved. Sweat rolled down his forehead. The emergency ladder landed to his side. After a few second’s pause, he pried his hand off the metal frame and reached for it. His hand wrapped around the first bar. He glanced down, the rung under his foot groaned. He swallowed. Then, he jumped and swung onto the emergency ladder. The crowd at the base fought to keep both in place. Once Headphone Guy had all his limbs accounted for, they all breathed once more.

Watching every part of the ladder around him, Headphone Guy eased his way back to the ground. His shoes hit floor and everyone swarmed him with their concern. Headphone Guy’s tight muscles pulled like steel rope. His eyes snapped to the floor.

“Guys, space!” Ahmed reminded them.

Siân backed up. She raised her hands in apology and the others followed. Headphone Guy ducked past over to Ahmed. He gripped onto the scaffolding bars, his legs shaking, and Ahmed guided him away from the crowd.

“How are you doing?” Ahmed asked.

Headphone Guy stopped against the scaffolding to catch his breath. He closed his eyes for a moment before his face contorted. “Clarke should’ve fixed that months ago!” he signed with fierce hands. He threw them up, averting his eyes from Ahmed’s for a second attempt at collecting himself. “Thank god you were…Thank…” He waved his hands around and groaned through his gritted teeth.

“Thank god you’re not hurt,” Ahmed completed. He flashed him an encouraging smile. “Come on. Let’s get you to the break room. Sitting down will do you some good.” He glanced back to the workers who were eyeing them with worry. “It’s all good, guys! He’s just shaken,” he called.

Yet his assurance didn’t ease the crowd’s expressions. To the contrary, alarm and rage rippled through them. Some clenched their fists and growled. A few slipped away back to the assembly line.

“OI!”

Ahmed whirled around and Ari and Barry were fast-approaching, their faces red and breathing laboured from the sprints across the factory. Even Ahmed couldn’t keep the irritation from flickering over his lips, accurately predicting they hadn’t arrived to help the situation. He stepped forwards to intercept their war path towards Headphone Guy.

“No need to worry, guys. We got it all sorted here. It was just an old ladder. No-one was hurt.”

“You trying to talk your away out of stopping the damn line?!” Barry shouted. He hurled his arm back at the assembly line where the timers above each station gleamed red. Machines had ground to a halt and the workers who hadn’t left their cars hovered. Tools slotted away, they craned their necks at the commotion.

“Then we’ll get back,” Ahmed said but Barry seized him by the shirt and hauled him aside. Ari marched past towards Headphone Guy.

“Thought you could mess with production just ‘cause Clarke’s not here?!” Ari snarled.

Headphone Guy glared at the floor.

“He doesn’t talk,” said Ahmed.

“The mute bastard can hear,” Ari growled. He slapped the headphones off Headphone Guy’s ears and they scattered around the stone, leaving angry red marks around Headphone Guy’s ears. Headphone Guy refused to react.

“It was an accident, Ari!” Siân roared, starting forwards.

Barry responded by drawing his baton.

“We’ve wasted enough time as it is. C’mon, let’s just get back to work,” Ahmed said, still in Barry’s grip. “I can fix the ladder on my break. It’s not that big a deal. We’re not going to hold up production for an hour because of it, right?”

Barry glared down at Ahmed. Still, he felt the seething eyes around him burning into his skin. His fist tightened around Ahmed’s shirt one final time. “You won’t be able to ‘charm’ your way out of this next time,” he hissed. He shoved Ahmed back and, thankfully, Siân caught him before he tripped onto his prosthetic foot.

Barry’s chest swelled. “GET BACK TO IT!”

After a moment’s pause – the collective weighing of consequences for what would happen next – the crowd trickled away towards their stations. One of the younger women attended to Headphone Guy and Ahmed watched as Barry and Ari turned their back on them to stalk away.

They didn’t make it far.

“There you two are!”

Barry and Ari leapt. Clarke marched across the factory floor. As he did, the workers around him froze and ducked their head. Clarke coughed into his fist, his attention jerking to every snatch of movement around him. Still, before his gaze could settle on the two security guards, it found the collection of employees still gathered at the base of the two ladders.

“Why has the assembly line stopped? What happened?” Clarke said.

Ari crossed his arms. “Some idiot broke a ladder and caused a scene about it.”

Clarke glanced up at the broken rungs. Even from a distance, Ahmed saw his disturbed breathing and fidgeting hands. Concern seeped deep inside him. Whatever Clarke had had on that morning had not gone well.

“We were just going to deal with him–”

Clarke stopped Ari. He lifted his downcast eyes at the crowd. After a moment caught inside his thoughts, he clapped his hands together. “Everyone, I have an announcement.”

The factory fell into a scarce quiet. Clarke revolved as he spoke, addressing each employee watching him.

“As you all know…I have done everything in my power to protect this company. To protect your jobs. To protect your lives. Deapriffe is dangerous, but I’ve worked my whole career to ensure each and every one of you would be able to continue living in safety. However, I am only one man.”

He brought his hand up to his missing ear, but the gesture of sympathy quickly turned into an uncontrolled tremor. Clarke instead spread his arms at the crowd. “This is why I implore everyone here to band together, just for the time being, and help the company against the Sharks who threaten it. To protect this company, I am asking for two-hundred from each of you, by the end of Monday in my office at the very latest.”

Clarke’s assuaging tone failed to prevent the explosion of voices his words set off. “WHAT?!”, “MONDAY?!”, and “TWO-HUNDRED?!” rang from every end of the assembly shop. Clarke had to shout be heard above it.

“THIS IS TO SAVE ALL OF YOUR JOBS. WE CANNOT AFFORD ANY MISSED PAYMENTS. THIS IS MANDATORY. THAT IS ALL!”

Ari and Barry flanked Clarke as he left for his office. Siân was one of the workers who started after him but Ari drew his own baton and dared them to continue. Even in their rooted shoes, however, the employees refused to quiet.

“Ahmed!” the young woman by Headphone Guy whispered.

Ahmed had struggled to move even his head. Everyone’s outrage blinded and seared him as if they’d started literal fires. Then, Clarke – Ari and Barry escorting him through the raucous factory – looked paler and more shaken than Ahmed had seen him his whole life. Ahmed stepped forwards. He didn’t have a plan, just the overwhelming feeling something was wrong puppeting his body.

“Clarke!”

Ari and Barry brandished their batons. With a look at Ahmed, Clarke’s weary face softened. He waved them off. “We can talk in my office,” he told Ahmed.

Ahmed hurried forwards to join him. “Thank you. Clarke, I don’t know what happened this morning but I’m sure there’s something else we can do about it.”

“In my office,” Clarke repeated. “Please?”

The walk across the assembly shop was a long one, all under the glares of the workers. The clanking machinery started up again and the timers above the assembly line’s stations flashed green yet nothing changed the stress lines remained deeply engraved into Clarke’s face. Not even when he attempted a smile for Ahmed.

“How were you and Kalyani this morning? The Shark sighting would have been near your road. I hope you didn’t run into any problems.”

Ahmed shook his head reassuringly. “You know Kalyani. She left long before the Sharks came. It held me up a bit but definitely not by much. It looks like it was just a shopping run for them.”

Clarke hummed. He held the wire gate out of the assembly shop open for Ahmed so they could continue to the office foyer.

Whenever Hassan had had to bring Ahmed to work with him as a child, Ahmed had always hoped he’d get to see Clarke’s main office and, more often than not, Clarke had let him. The oil paintings adorning the wall had enraptured Ahmed’s young imagination, displaying the factory and its cars throughout history with such detail he’d thought he could fall inside. Clarke and Hassan had both indulged his thousand questions about the different car models. The grapevines on the round carpet had been a challenge to walk along. Then, as Ahmed had got older, he’d begun to appreciate the elegant warmth of the office’s design too. The earthy browns, greens, and reds invoked the countryside while its size and the precision of each piece of furniture brought guests’ minds back to its main purpose.

Protocol asked Ari and Barry to stand either side of the entrance. Instead, they shut the double doors behind them and grabbed the plush armchairs in the corner. Clarke made his way over to his desk. Ahmed hovered.

“So, obviously, you know most of us won’t be able to get two-hundred by Monday,” Ahmed said. “Is there anything else we can do to resolve whatever happened this morning? Can you change the amount? Or extend the deadline at least? Surely even Sharks understand when something’s just unfeasible. I mean, two-hundred’s a lot for a whole factory of workers to have just lying around, with four days’ notice too!”

Clarke’s sigh came out like someone was wringing his throat. He shook his head. “I admire…your optimism, Ahmed. But no. Sharks don’t give leeway. If they make the demand easy then there’s no sense that they’ll ever follow up on their threat, and they know what lengths people are willing to go to to get them their money. You’d pay two-hundred for your life, wouldn’t you?” he said, imploringly.

Ahmed bit his lip. He edged closer to the chair opposite Clarke’s, thumbing the back. “I…I just don’t understand what changed,” he said as he finally took his seat. “You’ve never had problems with the Sharks before. That’s what you’re known for! I don’t get what could have happened in one morning to have that all thrown away.”

Clarke’s eyes fell aside. “Sharks get promoted and demoted. Those Sharks want to prove different things. The businesses in their areas have no say about it.”

“And you can’t tell me where you went this morning for my safety, like usual?” Ahmed guessed, his eyebrows furrowed.

“For your safety,” Clarke agreed with the usual pity in his twitchy expression. “Ahmed, you understand, this isn’t something we can fight. Most companies in Deapriffe deduct Shark payments from their employees’ wages. I’ve avoided putting you through that at all costs.”

“I know. I really do but–”

“You haven’t dealt with Sharks. I have. Trust me. There’s no– There’s never any fighting with them.” Even from his own mouth, every mention of them seemed to stab another needle into Clarke’s struggling lungs. “The Sharks told me to give them a certain amount of money by a certain date. The only way to appease them is to give them just that. We just have to buckle down, every one of us, and work together so we can get through it. Go through one tough month so everything can go back to normal.”

“I get what you’re saying about the demand, but there still might be another solution you haven’t considered. Please. It will literally be impossible for some people to get this money for you. It’s four days. We can do more shifts but we only have the two workdays before the weekend. You could pay for some people then they’ll get the money for you later. Elise Morton, for example,” – Ahmed fought to catch Clarke’s darkening eyes – “she’s struggling to pay her bills as it is after her husband went on bedrest; Lewis Whittaker’s already paying Shark protection money at his other job; Jan Szymański’s dealing with maintenance problems in his flat; Łukasz–”

“I don’t want to get shot!” Clarke yelled. He couldn’t keep himself upright any longer. He fell onto his elbows and grabbed fistfuls of hair. “I don’t want to come in in the morning and find my factory torched! I don’t want all my suppliers and customers to pull out because they can’t trust I can keep this business safe from Sharks and other competitors. I…”

He pressed a hand to his chest and had to pause for breath. Ahmed held back the names loading on his tongue, making himself wait for Clarke to collect himself.

“Ahmed–” Clarke exhaled. “Hassan…was a good man, and I care about you greatly, but right now I’m not speaking to you as your father’s friend. I’m speaking to you as your boss. I need two-hundred from you in my office by Monday evening, without exception. Kalyani and the rest of the employees too. Now, please, you can return to the assembly line.”

“Clarke–” The word was barely out of Ahmed’s mouth before the scrape of the armchairs behind stopped him. Ari and Barry had risen from their seats with eyes on Ahmed like a rabbit had hopped straight into their foxes’ den. Ahmed wasn’t sure if he could stand for them. Realisation coiled around his muscles, wrapping him to the chair’s wood. Clarke was including Kalyani in the payments. They would need a spare four-hundred for him.

Barry approached in his periphery. Ahmed swallowed. “Goodbye, he said, managing a smile at Clarke as he pulled himself out of his chair.

“Goodbye,” Clarke replied, unable to copy it.

Ahmed started back towards the doors. Barry grabbed his arm – far tighter than necessary – and dragged him the rest of the way. Ahmed relied on his good leg to avoid falling.

“Barry,” Clarke warned.

Barry stopped and put on a good face for the boss. He gestured cordially for Ahmed to leave through the double doors. Ari closed them after the three of them and they left into the lavish foyer outside.

For a second, Ahmed struggled to leave his thoughts. He had to push the anxiety off his face. However, before he could leave of his own accord, Barry hauled him to the assembly shop door.

“You’re not going to get off that easy for annoying the boss, Al-Faisal,” Barry hissed into his ear. “You’ve pissed us off enough today.”

Ahmed blanched. He raised his hand in peace. “Guys, you know Clarke doesn’t–”

“Shut up!” Barry shoved him through the door, into the thick noise of the factory. Before Ahmed could flee, Barry grabbed Ahmed by the collar. He slammed him against the wire fencing then punched him in the face.

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Aston Martin DB4 Series 2, 1961. At the Regent Street Motor Show, described as “heavy and driving like a barge” in case you were wondering

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Volvo Will Convert to Electric Vehicles Faster Than Its Rivals: Live Updates Here’s what you need to know: Hakan Samuelsson, the chief executive of Volvo Cars, at an auto show in 2018. He said on Tuesday that Volvo’s electric models would be sold exclusively online.Credit…Pierre Albouy/Reuters Volvo Cars said it would convert its entire lineup to battery power by 2030, phasing out internal combustion engine vehicles faster than other automakers like General Motors. Volvo, based in Sweden and owned by Geely Holding of China, has been ahead of larger rivals in converting to electric power. In 2019, all the models it sold were either hybrids or ran solely on batteries. By 2030, Volvo will “phase out any car in its global portfolio with an internal combustion engine, including hybrids,” the company said in a statement on Tuesday. Hybrids have better fuel economy than conventional vehicles, but they may not be much better for the climate or for urban air quality if drivers do not use the electric capabilities. G.M.’s promise to sell only emission-free vehicles, which it made in January, does not take effect until 2035. Volvo acknowledged that it was responding in part to pressure from governments, many of which have announced bans on internal combustion engines in coming years. The company said its decision was based “on the expectation that legislation as well as a rapid expansion of accessible high quality charging infrastructure will accelerate consumer acceptance of fully electric cars.” In another break from industry practice, Volvo’s electric models will be sold exclusively online, bypassing dealers. “Instead of investing in a shrinking business, we choose to invest in the future — electric and online,” Hakan Samuelsson, the chief executive of Volvo, said in a statement. University of Hawaii employees monitor a Board of Regents meeting via Zoom. The teleconference company’s revenue surged more than 300 percent in its fiscal year.Credit…Audrey Mcavoy/Associated Press U.S. markets Stocks were set to drop on Tuesday after benchmark indexes recorded their best day in months on Monday. Wall Street futures indicated the S&P 500 would open about 0.3 percent weaker. On Monday, it gained 2.4 percent, the most since June. The Nasdaq and Dow indexes rose the most since early November. Traders are recovering from a volatile few days when a sell-off in government bonds rattled the equity market. On Monday, the rout eased but now bond yields are pushing higher again. The yield on 10-year U.S. Treasury notes rose 3 basis points, or 0.03 percentage point, to 1.45 percent on Tuesday. Analysts at RBC Capital Markets said markets had been testing the central banks’ resolve to keep interest rates low globally and that policymakers would have to take action to drive this message home. “However, we remain convinced that the structural upward pressure on yields remains,” they wrote in a note. “The reopening of the economies coupled with sizable fiscal spending programs and supply constraints will make it difficult for bond markets” to gain. Bond prices rise when their yields decline. Shares in Zoom rose nearly 9 percent in premarket trading after the video conferencing company said its revenue surged 326 percent in its past fiscal year to $2.65 billion. Europe Stock indexes across Europe were mostly higher. The Stoxx 600 Europe gained 0.3 percent. The annual inflation rate for the eurozone was 0.9 percent in February, the same as the previous month and in line with economists’ expectations, data published Tuesday showed. “These numbers represent the calm before the storm,” Claus Vistesen, an economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics, wrote in a note. In a few months, he wrote, inflation will jump to reflect the change in energy prices over the past year. Shares in Taylor Wimpey, a British homebuilder, rose more than 2 percent. It reported a drop in revenue in line with expectations but expects to recover as Britain emerges from lockdown. It also set aside 125 million pounds ($174 million) to fix cladding and complete other fire-safety work on buildings it put up in the past two decades. Thousands of apartment blocks in Britain are clad in flammable material, which has made them dangerous and nearly impossible to sell or refinance. Asia Most stock indexes in Asia dropped after China’s top financial regulator said that the high leverage in the financial system needed to be reduced. Guo Shuqing said he was “very worried” about bubbles in China’s property sector and that bubbles in U.S. and European markets could burst. Amazon has posted signs in its fulfillment center in Bessemer, Ala., and held meetings with workers, urging them not to unionize.Credit…Wes Frazer for The New York Times A unionizing campaign that had deliberately stayed under the radar for months has in recent days blossomed into a star-studded showdown to influence the workers. On one side is the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union and its many pro-labor allies in the worlds of politics, sports and Hollywood. On the other is one of the world’s dominant companies, an e-commerce behemoth that has warded off previous unionizing efforts at its U.S. facilities over its more than 25-year history: Amazon. The attention is turning this union vote into a referendum not just on working conditions at Amazon’s warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., which employs 5,800, but on the plight of low-wage employees and workers of color in particular, Michael Corkery and Karen Weise report for The New York Times. Many of the employees in the Alabama warehouse are Black, a fact that the union organizers have highlighted in their campaign seeking to link the vote to the struggle for civil rights in the South. The warehouse workers began voting by mail on Feb. 8 and the ballots are due at the end of this month. A union can form if a majority of the votes cast favor such a move. Amazon’s countercampaign, both inside the warehouse and on a national stage, has zeroed in on pure economics: that its starting wage is $15 an hour, plus benefits. That is far more than its competitors in Alabama, where the minimum wage is $7.25 an hour. “It’s important that employees understand the facts of joining a union,” Heather Knox, an Amazon spokeswoman, said in a statement. The situation is getting testy, with union leaders accusing Amazon of a series of “union-busting” tactics. The company has posted signs across the warehouse, next to hand sanitizing stations and even in bathroom stalls. It sends regular texts and emails, pointing out the problems with unions. It posts photos of workers in Bessemer on the internal company app saying how much they love Amazon. Thermal scanners check every visitor to the Student Union Building at the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho. So far, only 10 people have been turned away and instructed to get a coronavirus test.Credit…Rajah Bose for The New York Times The University of Idaho is one of hundreds of colleges and universities that adopted fever scanners, symptom checkers, wearable heart-rate monitors and other new Covid-screening technologies this school year. Such tools often cost less than a more validated health intervention: frequent virus testing of all students. They also help colleges showcase their pandemic safety efforts. But so far the fever scanners, which look like airport metal detectors and detect skin temperature, have flagged fewer than 10 people out of the 9,000 students living on or near campus, Natasha Singer and Kellen Browning report for The New York Times. Even then, university administrators could not say whether the technology had been effective because they have not tracked those students to see if they went on to get tested for the virus. One problem is that temperature scanners and symptom-checking apps cannot catch the estimated 40 percent of people with the coronavirus who do not have symptoms but are still infectious. Temperature scanners can also be wildly inaccurate. Administrators at Idaho and other universities said their schools were using the new tech, along with policies like social distancing, as part of larger campus efforts to hinder the virus. Some said it was important for their schools to deploy the screening tools even if they were only moderately useful. At the very least, they said, using services like daily symptom-checking apps may reassure students and remind them to be vigilant about other measures, like mask wearing. Some public health experts said it was understandable that colleges had not methodically assessed the technology’s effectiveness against the coronavirus. After all, they said, schools are unaccustomed to frequently screening their entire campus populations for new infectious diseases. Even so, some experts said they were troubled that universities lacked important information that might help them make more evidence-based decisions on health screening. “It’s a massive data vacuum,” said Saskia Popescu, an infectious-disease epidemiologist who is an assistant professor at George Mason University. “The moral of the story is you can’t just invest in this tech without having a validation process behind it.” Source link Orbem News #Convert #Electric #Faster #Live #Rivals #Updates #Vehicles #Volvo

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Regent Street Motor Show, Nov 4th

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20191110_F0001: Fancy cars at the Regent Street Motor Show by wfxue https://flic.kr/p/2hHZFWC

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20191110_F0001: Fancy cars at the Regent Street Motor Show by Wei-Feng Xue Via Flickr: - Apart from the veteran cars, the Regent Street Motor Show also had some fancy cars. I'm no car expert but I can see this one attracting lots of attention. I do wish there were more modern electric cars in there though.

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Things To Do This Weekend In London: 7-8 September 2019

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Things To Do This Weekend In London: 7-8 September 2019

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The Classic Boat Festival moors up at St Katharine Docks

EXHIBITIONS ENDING: It’s your last chance to see several exhibitions around town:

SKULLPTURE: Artworks by sculpture students from the Slade School of Fine Art, inspired by the many weird and wonderful creatures in the museum’s collections. Grant Museum (UCL), free, just turn up, until 7 September

LEONARDO DA VINCI: A look at items belonging to the famous polymath, including notebooks containing his diagrams and thoughts, and his mirror handwriting. British Library, £7, book ahead, until 8 September

KALEIDOSCOPE: A free exhibition of photographs taken by first and second generation immigrants, celebrating diversity. Somerset House, free, just turn up, until 8 September

MODERN BRITISH PRINTMAKING: 120 prints by 10 artist from the Grosvenor School of Art, showcasing the spirit of the 1930s. Dulwich Picture Gallery, £16.50, book ahead, until 8 September

KISS MY GENDERS: The curation leaves something to be desired, but Kiss My Genders is still a forward-thinking look at at gender fluidity. Hayward Gallery, £15.50, book ahead, until 8 September

TOTALLY THAMES: Get stuck into celebrating London’s river with the first full weekend of Totally Thames events. Watch objects made from river clay being fired on the foreshore, enjoy an outdoor promenade show of spoken word performances, and see a new artwork created through typography. 1-30 September

DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL: The Open City Documentary Festival celebrates the art of making non-fiction films, through a series of screenings, exhibitions, talks and masterclass. Our picks this weekend include rhino documentary The Last Male On Earth, and Breathless Animals, about growing up in Maoist China. Various locations and prices, book ahead, 4-10 September

Car fan? Concours of Elegance is bound to get your motor running.

ART BOOK FAIR: Art books and magazines from around the world are for sale at the London Art Book Fair. Small and large scale publishers are represented, with work by artists, curators and poets available. Whitechapel Gallery, free entry, just turn up, 5-8 September

CLASSIC BOATS: Engage your sea legs and step on board classic boats — including Dunkirk Little Ships — at the Classic Boat Festival. More of a land lubber? Stick to the docks for live music, street food and a programme of watery talks. St Katharine Docks, free, just turn up, 6-8 September

RARE CARS: Petrol heads, head to Hampton Court to gawp at rare (and yes, expensive) cars at Concours of Elegance. More than 60 unusual cars park up in the Fountain Garden, many of which haven’t been seen before in the UK. Hampton Court Palace, from £40, book ahead, 6-8 September

Who knows what you’ll find at Peckham Salvage Yard.

PODCAST FESTIVAL: Earbuds at the ready for the London Podcast Festival. See famous and little-known podcasts recorded in front of a live audience, and attend events aimed at budding and experienced podcast producers. Highlights this weekend include LGBTQ+ show A Gay And A NonGay, and Nobody Panic, about the trials and tribulations of being an adult. Kings Place (King’s Cross), various prices, book ahead, 6-15 September

CRAFTY FOX: Go on a spree or simply browse at Crafty Fox Market’s latest outing. The curated range of stallholders include painters, jewellery makers, ceramicists, printmakers and textile artists, and it’s a chance to buy gifts and homewares directly from the local artists who made them. Mercato Metropolitano (Elephant & Castle), free entry, just turn up, 7-8 September

SALVAGE YARD: Rummage out a bargain or two at Peckham Salvage Yard, home to 50 different traders. Items up for grabs include vintage clothes, homewares, furniture and other oddities — but before you buy that retro armchair, think about how you’re going to get it on the bus. Bussey Building (Peckham), free entry, just turn up, 7-8 September

Saturday 7 September

Natural History Museum opens early for children on the autism spectrum.

DAWNOSAURS: The Natural History Museum opens its doors early, solely for children and the autism spectrum and their families. There’s a sensory room available for anyone in need of a bit of calm, a chance to touch some of the objects, and other activities led by autism-aware facilitators. Natural History Museum (South Kensington), free, book ahead, 8am-10am

OPEN ALLOTMENTS: Did you know that there are allotments in Regent’s Park? There’s a rare chance to visit them today. Have a go at apple pressing (and taste the results), purchase jams and other produce grown on site, and there’s a garden hunt for children too. Regent’s Park, free, just turn up, 10am-5pm

FINANCIAL TIMES FESTIVAL: The Financial Times hosts historians, journalists, authors, chefs, activists, barristers and others for a day of thought-provoking talks and discussions on a range of topics, from capitalism to climate change to London’s housing crisis. The action takes place across nine different stages — pick one, or move between them. Kenwood House (Hampstead), £95, book ahead, 10am-8pm

The Financial Times Festival is at Kenwood House.

OPEN STUDIOS: Gasworks Studios opens its doors to the public for an autumn open studios event. Get to know the artists who work there, including sculptors and textile and collage artists. Stick around until 4pm to hear some of them talk about their work. Gasworks (Vauxhall), free, just turn up, 12pm-6pm

AUTHORS ON STAGE: National Theatre’s Authors on Stage series continues with a trio of events today. Documentary presenter Stacey Dooley chats to BBC3 Controller Fiona Campbell about Dooley’s investigative journalism career to date. (£15-£35, book ahead, 1pm), Candice Carty-Williams is interviewed about the success of her debut novel Queenie, (£15-£35, book ahead, 4pm) and Matt Haig tackles questions about how the world is messing with our minds (£15-£45, book ahead, 8pm).

DOCKLANDS REGENERATION: Join a Museum of London Docklands tour guide for a walk around the Docklands area, covering how derelict docks were transformed into a thriving business hub. The event also looks at Crossrail, and the continued effect the much-awaited railway is having on the Canary Wharf area. Museum of London Docklands, £12.50, book ahead, 2pm

Don’t miss Chihuly Nights at Kew Gardens.

FEMINIST RIPPER: There are many Jack the Ripper tours available, but this one tells the often-overlooked stories of his victims. Katie from Look Up London leads the walk around the streets of Whitechapel, focusing on the hardships that Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes and Mary Jane Kelly would have faced in the 19th century East End. Aldgate East station, £30.44, book ahead, 2pm

ANIME FILMS: A mini-festival of anime films takes over Picturehouse Central. New and classic anime films are covered, and all films are shown in Japanese with English subtitles. Picturehouse Central, various prices, book ahead, from 2.20pm

JENGA CHAMPIONSHIPS: Got Jenga skills? Show them off at this rooftop Jenga championship, the first of what is intended to be an annual event. 30 teams of two people compete in rounds including building the tallest tower, and erecting a structure while wearing ski gloves. Roof East (Stratford), £10, book ahead, 3pm-5.30pm

Thank You For Having Us tackles plastic pollution. © Sylvie Poupardin

CHIHULY NIGHTS: If you’re not yet been to Chihuly Nights, we thoroughly recommend you put that right. Taking place every Thursday-Saturday until October, it’s a chance to see Dale Chihuly’s colourful glass sculptures illuminated against the backdrop of Kew Gardens. Follow the trail outside and into magnificent conservatories, before stopping for a drink and a bite to eat. Kew Gardens, £18/£12, book ahead, 7.30pm-10.30pm

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US: Part of both Totally Thames and the Feats of Architecture event programmes, Thank You For Having Us is a free street performance by French street-theatre titans Générik Vapeur and flying trapeze experts Gorilla Circus. It’s raising awareness of the plastic problem, by transforming the City’s streets into the ‘eighth continent’ — a giant rubbish dump in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. City of London, free, just turn up, 8pm-9pm

Sunday 8 September

Make friends at the Mayhew Open Day

VINTAGE CAR SHOW: The Classic and Vintage Car Show at Capel Manor Gardens has vehicles dating as far back as the 1920s on display. We’re promised an RAF flypast, food stalls, miniature train rides and live music. Capel Manor (Enfield), £8, just turn up, 10am-5pm

DICKENSIAN LONDON: Join a guide from the Dickens Museum for a guided walk around the Borough area, a locale that would have been familiar to author Charles Dickens. Among the sites, see part of the surviving wall of the Marshalsea Prison where his father was incarcerated, and a graveyard which may have inspired a scene from A Christmas Carol. Borough station, £10, book ahead, 11am-12.30pm

DOG SHOW: Bow wow wow your way over to east London for the All Dogs Matter dog show. The canine care charity offers competitions in areas such as cutest pup, best rescue and golden oldies — take your pooch along to show off their mettle, or just go along and watch for your daily dose of cute. Victoria Park, £5 to enter your dog, just turn up, 11am-3pm

Stock up on plants at the Green Rooms Market

THE MAYHEW: Animal welfare charity The Mayhew hosts an open day, inviting the public in to find out what it does, and have some fun. Meet some of the cattery’s residents, browse stalls selling products for you and your pets, and get stuck into a veggie barbecue, live music and games. The Mayhew (Kensal Green), £3/£2, just turn up, 11am-4pm

VINTAGE FASHION: Refresh your wardrobe at The Vintage Collections, a vintage fashion fair with items dating back more than 100 years. More than 50 traders sell women’s, men’s and kids’ clothes, along with accessories and homewares — have a rummage through the racks and see what you come up with. Freemasons Hall (Covent Garden), £5/£2, just turn up, 11am-5pm

PLANT MARKET: Buy a lily for your living room or a cactus for your kitchen at the Green Rooms Market. In addition to offering greenery for sale, the plant-centric event has a range of green-fingered experts on hand to offer advice on buying and caring for your plant, as well as the tools and accessories you’ll need for it to thrive. Brixton Village Market, free entry, just turn up, 11am-5pm

Browse rails of vintage clothes

HACKNEY CARNIVAL: Line the streets of Hackney between Mare Street and Landsdowne Drive (route map here) to see the floats of Hackney Carnival go past. Reggae bands, gymnasts, marching bands and dancers are just some of the performers in the procession, while other performances and events take place in clusters around the area. Hackney, free, just turn up, 11am-7pm

FOLK FESTIVAL: Family-friendly entertainment takes place all day at Bermondsey Folk Festival, with performances by local musicians. Things really hot up from 6pm when east London folk band Stick in the Wheel headline the evening session. Street food and craft beer available all day. Biscuit Factory (Bermondsey), free entry, just turn up, from 11am

Enter your pooch into Victoria Park Dog Show

COMIC FAIR: Over 40 comic artists, writers and publishers are present at the Hackney Comic + Zine Fair. The one-cay celebration of the comic art medium covers a range of styles and genres, with a focus on self-published and small press works. Comic fanatics and complete newbies all welcome. London Fields Arches, free entry, just turn up, 12pm-6pm

PARK KLEZMER: Annual event Klezmer in the Park celebrates its 10th anniversary with a free afternoon of entertainment for guests of all ages. BBC Radio 3’s Max Reinhardt is the special presenter at the open-air event, organised by the Jewish Music Institute. There’s also a kids’ activity area to keep younger guests busy. Regent’s Park bandstand, free, just turn up, 12.30pm-6.30pm

Malorie Blackman introduces her new novel

MALORIE BLACKMAN: Author Malorie Blackman introduces her new novel Crossfire, a much-awaited sequel to Noughts and Crosses, set 34 years after the original. Blackman chats about writing the new book, and about the upcoming TV adaptation of Noughts and Crosses. Southbank Centre, £20, book ahead, 2pm

SARA PASCOE: Comedian Sara Pascoe chats about her new book, Sex, Power, Money, with podcaster Deborah Frances-White. The book takes a not-entirely-serious look at the things that matter most to humans. Southbank Centre, £15-£25, book ahead, 7.30pm

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London GP: Could it ever happen?

One of Formula 1's long-held dreams was being reimagined within days of Liberty Media's takeover of the sport last week - a London Grand Prix.

The new F1 owners' vision of "destination" races, featuring week-long events in major cities in the US and further afield, soon gave rise to the inevitable 'London question' in Chase Carey's first round of interviews as the sport's new chief executive.

"London is a great city, and there is no question [you think of it] when you think where are the cities you want to be in," Carey told PA. "We have Silverstone in the UK, but I recognise it is not in London."

The start of new eras is usually the time for big thinking and the notion of bringing a Formula 1 event to the UK's most populous city certainly falls into this category.

Fantasy or feasible?

"We've been talking about London for 10-20 years and I know that Chase and Liberty would like to go to all the big cities," remarked British Racing Drivers' Club president Derek Warwick to Sky Sports News HQ.

"But can you imagine holding a Grand Prix around Hyde Park? Never."

The prospect of London either joining, or replacing, Silverstone on an F1 schedule of the future remains a hard prospect to envisage, despite the obvious ambition and clout of the sport's new owners.

In 2012, Santander whetted the appetite for what could be achieved by commissioning architects Populous, the design firm behind Silverstone's Wing complex and Arsenal's Emirates Stadium, to come up with a CGI design and feasibility study for a London race.

The mock-up featured a track which passed landmarks including Buckingham Palace and Trafalgar Square and generated a lot of excitement at the time - so much so that some reports would have you believe that it represented a full-blown proposal for a race.

Silverstone has made no secret of its problems turning a profit on its F1 contract, but the BRDC is now confident Liberty's arrival will help correct that financial imbalance by relaxing the restrictions over certain areas of its deal.

Seventy miles south, and the stumbling blocks around any race on the streets of the UK's most populous city are myriad.

Questions around infrastructure, safety, transport disruption and, most pressingly of all, finance remain as unanswered as ever. Former F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone, who had long spoken about taking the sport to the capital, delivered a masterclass in understatement in May 2016 when ruminating about a London GP.

"There is a small technical issue - who is going to pay for it? But other than that, I can't see any dramas," he said.

However, one hurdle was eased in 2015 through the passing of the Deregulation Act, which includes a provision to make it easier for motorsport events to be held on public roads.

Then-Prime Minister David Cameron said: "We have a great tradition of motorsport in this country and today we are bringing British motor racing back to British roads, to benefit local communities. It means more races, more events, more money coming into our country and more success for this extraordinary industry."

Yet bringing the centre of London, a city of 8m people and with a yearly tourist footfall of over 30m, to a partial standstill for the three days of a Grand Prix race weekend - plus the long lead-up time to construct a street circuit - requires a large leap of imagination.

With ambitions of races in New York and Las Vegas, F1's new owners are certainly thinking big. But one day bringing F1 to London remains a tough circle to square.

Will F1 use London as a shop window?

But while a full-blown London Grand Prix may remain a romantic notion, what's more feasible in the short term are events in the capital to maximise the British GP at Silverstone.

"With Silverstone, we want to help them promote the race," Carey told the Mail on Sunday. "When there is an NFL game in London, the shops in Regent Street are full of it.

"We want to do that sort of thing with the British Grand Prix and also make the event broader, with the race at the centre of a full weekend show.'

A hugely-successful Regent Street demonstration of F1 cars in 2004, attended by more than 250,000 fans, certainly showcased what was possible and, as Carey points out, the NFL makes its presence felt when staging its International sequences of games each autumn.

'NFL on Regent Street' is now a yearly event, with one of London's most iconic stretches of road turned into a fan park to maximise promotion around the arrival of American Football in the UK.

In addition to the likelihood of Liberty loosening the ties around areas in which Silverstone can directly maximise its own profits, London could yet have a role to play in aiding the success of Britain's established GP venue.

#F1 #news

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Mercedes-Benz 280SE 3.5 Coupé, 1971. At the Regent Street Motor Show, a W111 series from the final year of that models 10-year production run

#Mercedes-Benz #Mercedes-Benz 280SE 3.5 Coupé #1971 #1970s #Mercedes-Benz W111 #1960s style #pillarless #RegentStreetMotorShow #Regent Street #London

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Still going strong

Snapped this routemaster bus in King William street today, still in regular service, mainly as a tourist attraction but still going strong nevertheless

Routemaster Manufacturer

Associated Equipment Company

Capacity

57/64/65/69/72 seated

Operator(s)

London Transport Northern General Transport Company British European Airways

Specifications

Length

27 ft 6 in (8.38 m) 30 ft 0 in (9.14 m)

Width

8 ft (2.44 m)

Height

14 ft 4 1⁄2 in (4.38 m)

Floor type

Step-entrance

Doors

1 door

Weight

7.35 long tons (7.47 t)

Chassis

Integral, with front and rear subframes

Engine(s)

AEC AV590 9.6 L or AEC AV690 11.3 L or Leyland O.600 9.8 L 6-cylinder diesel Retrofits: Cummins C-series/ISBe DAF Iveco Scania

Power output

115 hp (86 kW) (AEC AV590)

Transmission

AEC 4-speed automatic/semi-automatic

The AEC Routemaster is a model of double-decker bus that was built by Associated Equipment Company (AEC) in 1954 (in production from 1958) and produced until 1968.[1] Primarily front-engined, rear open-platform buses, a small number of variants were produced with doors and/or front entrances. Introduced by London Transport in 1956, the Routemaster saw continuous service in London until 2005, and currently remains on two heritage routes in central London.

The Routemaster was developed by AEC in partnership with London Transport, the customer for nearly all new Routemasters, although small numbers were also delivered to the airline British European Airways (BEA) and the Northern General Transport Company. In all, 2,876 Routemasters were built,[1] with approximately 1,000 still in existence.

A pioneering design, the Routemaster outlasted several of its replacement types in London, survived the privatisation of the former London Transport bus operators and was used by other operators around the UK. In modern UK public transport bus operation, the unique features of the standard Routemaster were both praised and criticised. The open platform, while exposed to the elements, allowed boarding and alighting away from stops; the presence of a conductor allowed minimal boarding time and optimal security, although the presence of conductors incurred greater labour costs.

The Routemaster became one of London’s most famous symbols, with much tourist paraphernalia continuing to bear Routemaster imagery, and with examples still in existence around the world. Despite its fame, the earlier London bus classes that the Routemaster replaced (the RT-type AEC Regent and Leyland Titan RTL and RTW counterparts) are often mistaken for Routemasters by the public and by the media.[2]

Despite the retirement of the original version, the Routemaster has retained iconic status, and in the late 2000s work began on an updated version, which is set to enter service in 2012.

The driver’s cab of an early Routemaster RM8. The Routemaster bus was developed during the years 1947–1956 by a team directed by A. A. M. Durrant and Colin Curtis, with vehicle styling by Douglas Scott. The design brief was to produce a vehicle that was lighter (hence more fuel efficient), easier to operate and that could be maintained by the existing maintenance practices at the recently opened Aldenham Works. The resulting vehicle could seat 64 passengers despite being three-quarters of a ton lighter than the preceding RT, which seated only 56. The first task on delivery to service was to replace London’s trolleybuses, which had themselves replaced trams, and to begin to replace the older types of diesel motor bus. The Routemaster was primarily intended for London use, being designed by London Transport and constructed at the AEC Works in Southall, Middlesex, with assembly at bodybuilder Park Royal Vehicles, a subsidiary company of AEC.

Rear platform of Routemaster RM 1776, with updated hand-rails for Heritage Route operation. It was an innovative design and used lightweight aluminium and techniques developed in aircraft production during World War II.[3] As well as a novel weight-saving integral design, the Routemaster also introduced (for the first time on a bus) independent front suspension, power steering, a fully automatic gearbox and power-hydraulic braking.[4] This surprised some early drivers who found the chassis unexpectedly light and nimble compared with older designs, especially as depicted on film on tests at the Chiswick Works "skid pan". Footage of Routemaster RM200 (VLT 200) undergoing the skid test at Chiswick was included in the 1971 film On the Buses.[5]

The Routemaster design was a departure from the traditional chassis/body construction method. With London Transport being the primary customer, the option to use different bodybuilders was unimportant. The design was one of the first "integral" buses,[4] with the bus being a combination of an "A" steel sub-frame (including engine, steering and front suspension) and a rear "B" steel sub-frame (carrying rear axle and suspension), connected by the aluminium body.[1] The gearbox was mounted on the underside of the body structure with shafts to the engine and back axle.

Prototypes

FRM1 at the LT Museum Depot London Transport received four prototype Routemasters, which were placed in service between 1956 and 1958. The first two were built at the London Transport works at Chiswick, the third at Addlestone by Weymann and the fourth, an experimental Green Line coach, at Eastern Coach Works at Lowestoft. The third and fourth had Leyland engines.[4] The Routemaster was first exhibited at the Earl’s Court Commercial Motor Show in 1954.[3]

In 1961, a small batch of 24 longer RMLs (30 ft compared with the standard 27 ft 6in) were built as a test, before eventually going into production from 1965.

In 1962, the front entrance RMF concept was tried, with a single bus RMF1254 based on the trial RMLs. This was exhibited and toured, leading to a small number of orders as the RMF and RMA class.

In 1964, just before mainstream production of the RML, the final front-engined Routemaster model, AEC started work on a front-entrance, rear-engined Routemaster, the FRM class.[6] Completed in 1966, it was not produced beyond an initial prototype, FRM1. This saw regular London service, then on tour operations, before being withdrawn in 1983. This vehicle acquired the nickname "Fruitmaster".

Production

Production of mechanical components was undertaken chiefly at AEC’s Southall site (though a significant number had Leyland engines) throughout the life of the Routemaster, with body construction and final assembly at Park Royal. AEC itself was taken over by Leyland Motors in 1962,[7] Routemaster production ceased in 1968.[7]

The majority of production examples were 27 feet 6 inches (8.4 metres) long to meet the then maximum length regulations. The regulations were later relaxed and 30 feet (9.1 metres) "long" types were produced, although these were delayed by union resistance to the extra work for conductors.[8]

The production classes were designated as follows: RM – standard bus (27.5 feet (8.4 m)) RML – (lengthened) bus (30 feet (9.1 m)) RMC – coach (27.5 feet (8.4 m)) RCL – (lengthened) coach (30 feet (9.1 m)) RMF – front entrance bus (essentially a demonstrator to encourage sales outside London) RMA – front entrance bus (designated by LT when purchased from British Airways)

RM and RML class RML class RML 2304 owned by Millwall Football Club, painted blue in the club’s colours. At 2,120 RMs and 524 RMLs, these make up the majority of Routemasters. The RML class was simply a standard RM with a distinctive and seemingly out of place half-window section added in the middle giving eight extra seats. This was not a dramatic change, as it took advantage of the modular design approach of the Routemaster that would be copied in the future by other manufacturers.[8] The RML was originally to be the "Routemaster Leyland" designation, with ER to signify "Extended Routemaster".[8] The RM and RML featured a cubby hole beneath the rear staircase where the conductor could stand while not collecting fares without obstructing boarding/alighting passengers.

RMC and RCL class Preserved RCL 2233 in London Transport Green Line livery. The RMC was a coach version, produced for the "Green Line" routes. RMCs had modified suspension and interiors to allow a longer range and more comfortable running, and were fitted with an electrically operated door instead of an open platform.[9] The RCL was a long version of the RMC with a larger engine and similar coach style features.[10]

[edit] RMF and RMA class

The RMF and RMA class were production versions of a front entrance model Routemaster, primarily for non-London use.[11] Like the coach class, they featured an electrically operated door, although the staircase was moved to the front of the bus along with the door. After being exhibited and demonstrated to other operators, the RMF attracted little interest, apart from an order from Northern General Transport Company as the RMF and, in a short version, from British European Airways (BEA) as the RMA class.

Northern General Preserved Northern General "RMF" Routemaster in two tone red and cream pre-NBC livery. The British Electric Traction subsidiary, the Northern General Transport Company, introduced the RMF class in 1964/1965, with an initial batch of 18, followed by another 32 and later joined by the prototype RMF1254.[11] This order created considerable interest and raised eyebrows within the bus industry, as Northern had been one of the biggest investors in the new rear-engined Leyland Atlanteans. However Northern shared many routes with their Tilling brothers United who operated the Bristol Lodekka and the Atlantean just didn’t match the performance and passenger satisfaction of United’s Bristols, so Northern brought in the front-entrance Routemaster as a better match for it. The fleet were fitted with Leyland engines and a higher-ratio rear axle for operation on longer trunk routes.[12] Other notable differences were a standard single panel front destination blind screen, sliding windows and a one-piece driver’s windscreen.

Northern General 2105 Preserved in livery as delivered new. They operated in various Northern red and cream liveries[13][14] before surviving into the National Bus Company era receiving the poppy red corporate livery and NBC Northern fleetnames. The RMF fleet wore long standing adverts, "Shop at Binns". Northern Routemasters where well liked by their crews, the high axle ratio meant a good turn of speed on some of the long distance routes such as the Newcastle-Darlington, and the advantage of power steering was well appreciated on the heavy urban services in Gateshead and Sunderland. Their service in the north also produced the odd sight of a Routemaster with a rollsign for service "X1 to Scandinavia", by virtue of the connection to the ferry line from North Shields to Scandinavia.[15] However throughout the 1970s it became increasingly uneconomic for conductor-operated buses on inter-urban services, and despite the driver and customer satisfaction for the Routemaster in the North East, the management had little option but to replace them. Ultimately Northern placed a large order for Bristol VRs featuring a combination of both ECW highbridge and Willowbrook bodywork in 1977 to replace them. The last Routemasters were used until 1980, when they were disposed of in a variety of ways,[11] some finding use in London, although none were deemed suitable for regular London service.

British European Airways

BEA introduced the RMA class buses built to the shorter length (with trailers) in various liveries in 1966/1967 for use on airport bus service between the West London Air Terminal (above the London Underground triangle between High Street Kensington, Gloucester Road and Earl’s Court stations) and Heathrow Airport.[16] These were all eventually sold to London Transport after being withdrawn in stages in the 1970s, finding various roles.[17]

Colourful Routemasters RM 6 in Golden Jubilee colours. With the Routemaster’s longevity, there have been Routemaster buses painted to celebrate both the Queen’s Silver and Golden Jubilee, in 1977 and 2002, i.e. 25 and 50 years on the throne respectively. 25 buses were painted Silver to celebrate the Silver Jubilee,[18] and out of 50 buses painted gold in London in 2002, 15 (12 RML, 3 RM) were Routemasters.[19]

During privatisation in London, from 1986, several private operators won contracts to operate London bus services, some of which including Routemaster operated routes. Before an 80% red rule for liveries was reintroduced in 1997 by LT, the contract tendering authority, some of these new entrants proceeded to run Routemasters in their own non-red liveries, most notably Kentish Bus on Route 19 and Borehamwood Travel Services (BTS) (now part of London United Busways) on Route 13.

The iconic nature of the Routemaster also appealed to the many new operators outside of London that appeared post-1986 in the UK following bus deregulation. Several operators took second hand Routemasters from London as a cheap way of expanding their fleets to stave off competition from new operators emerging after deregulation.[20] Likewise, start up operators also chose the Routemaster as a distinctive looking bus for their own start up operations. Subsequently, Routemasters were seen around the country painted in a variety of proprietary colours, and were used in regular service in Southampton, Blackpool, Glasgow, Perth, Dundee, Hull, Carlisle, Bedford, Corby, Manchester (Stagecoach), Southend and Burnley.[4] During this era, several Routemasters found their way through more than one company and were also often loaned between operators.

One of the earliest, if not the earliest, examples of deregulated use of Routemasters was early in the history of the Stagecoach Group. Now one of the largest post-deregulation operators in the UK, Stagecoach combined the vintage Routemaster with their new and striking corporate livery of all-over white with red, orange and blue stripes,[21] to start one of their first operations, Magic Bus, in Glasgow, Scotland, in the late 1980s. This contrasted with the traditional identities still in use at the time.

Two preserved Reading Mainline Routemasters. Towards the end of this period, in 1994 in Reading, new operator Reading Mainline built up a forty five strong Routemaster fleet to compete with the established operator Reading Buses, in the process becoming the largest operator of Routemasters outside London. They used conductors to compete on speed in the town centre and, in the outskirts, took advantage of the rear platform to operate hail and ride sections of route. After building up a network covering nearly the whole town, Reading Buses posted their first ever financial loss to purchase the company in 1998, with Reading Buses continuing Routemaster operation for another two years albeit reduced in number, until 2000.

With the costs involved in running elderly two-man buses and with a general reduction in the number of operators, buses and services in the years following in the deregulated industry as competitors merged or sold out, these examples of use outside London declined through the 1990s. Many of these buses found their way back to London to assist with the refurbishment program or as basic spares donors or to increase the fleet size generally.

The final withdrawal from mainstream London service saw another resurgence in the use of Routemasters outside of London[20] but, this time on a smaller scale than the post deregulation public transport fleets. Post 2000, usage was characterised by small novelty or seasonal routes.

Green livery Preserved RMC 1476 coach with rear folding doors, in the "NBC Green" livery of London Country Bus Services, lighter than London Transport "Country" green. The "green Routemasters" originally worked for LT’s "country division", which took coach type RMC and RCL buses, for Green Line services, and later standard bus RMLs. The RMC class were initially used on Green Line routes in outlying towns.[9] Similarly, the RCL entered service in areas where the RMC was not introduced.[10]

These vehicles passed to the nationalised National Bus Company’s subsidiary London Country Bus Services (known simply as London Country) in 1969, which took over outlying areas of LT bus operation resulting from the 1968 Transport Act. The transfer comprised 69 RMCs, 43 RCLs and 97 RMLs.[4]

By the latter half of the 1970s, most of these vehicles had been re-acquired by London Transport, as London Country modernised and standardised its fleet and as increased car usage and improved commuter railways reduced suburban bus demand. Most of the RMLs found use on red London bus routes,[4] and the RMC and RCL class were cascaded into the training fleet.[9] As the RCL class was relatively new (in Routemaster terms) and LT was suffering from lack of parts, between 1980 and 1984 several of the RCLs were converted to standard bus use.[22] RT 1702 and RT 227 buses, as distinguished from Routemasters The heyday of Routemaster operation was its first 25 years of operation, until September 1982,[23] when the type started to be withdrawn and transferred to training fleets, due to service reductions.

The RM class was placed in service from 1959 to replace trolleybuses, which finished in May 1962. Subsequent Routemasters, the last 500 of which were the RML types, began replacing the previous generation of buses, the RT-type AEC Regent and Leyland Titan RTL and RTW. RMLs also displaced RMs on central routes to cope with higher loadings.[8] The last Routemaster, RML 2760, entered service in March 1968.

The original London Transport concept included the routine overhaul and refurbishment of the Routemaster fleet at London Transport’s Aldenham Works, usually every five years. Here the buses were completely stripped down and rebuilt, and left the works almost as new. As the number of Routemasters in London declined, however, and newer bus designs not suited to this practice were introduced, the overhaul routine was abandoned and Aldenham Works closed in the mid-1980s.

Decline in London A Routemaster next to a DMS class one man operated bus. The Fleetline was slated to replace the Routemaster, but eventually was outlived by it. Many of London’s bus routes were converted to one-person operation (then known as one-man operation, or OMO) in the 1970s, out of a desire to reduce operating costs and address staff shortages. There was also, for a time, a parts shortage for Routemasters, aggravated by the closure of AEC.[24] With the introduction of single-deck Red Arrow services in London and successful conversion to modern rear-engined OMO buses around the country, LT was considering replacing Routemasters with modern buses. The operation of the Routemaster (very) gradually contracted to central areas only, with RMLs replacing RMs, where LT felt that the Routemaster still provided an efficient means of transporting large enough numbers of people to justifying the economics of two-man operation.[25] The rapid acceleration and rugged construction of the Routemasters also proved to be more suited to urban conditions than some more modern designs.[25]

The Routemaster fleet remained largely intact for around fifteen years after production ended in 1968, with withdrawals mainly due to fires. Following the defeat of the GLC in the House of Lords regarding their subsidised fare scheme, major service reductions followed in September 1982. Consequently, the first withdrawals commenced, with many of these early disposals being for scrap. The continued practice of route conversion to one person operation resulted in a steady trickle of withdrawals. This practice had largely halted by 1988, with comparatively few withdrawn up to 1992.

In the 1980s, several of the returned Routemasters purchased from Northern General, BEA and London Country, which had doors rather than an open platform, were put to use on London Transport’s revived sightseeing operation The Original London Sightseeing Tour, alongside the RCL class (some converted to open top buses),[22] the RMF class,[11] and the RMA class.[17]

Privatisation of London buses Routemasters RML 2724 and RML 2680 wearing First London and London General post-privatisation paint schemes, 2005. In 1984, the process of privatisation of London bus services began and the Routemasters were transferred from London Transport operation to several different arms-length business units based on different garages, leading to minor additions to the standard red livery. Nine of the twelve new operating units inherited Routemasters, Centrewest, Leaside, London Central, London General, London United, Metroline, London Northern, South London and East London.[26] During this time, following the failure and premature withdrawal of heralded replacement vehicle classes such as the DM/DMS class Daimler Fleetline, the Routemasters that had not yet been disposed of saw their lives extended for use until privatisation. Where new route tenders called for Routemaster operation, these were leased from London Buses.[26]

By 1994, all the operating units had been sold and this produced some colour livery variations and additions to some Routemasters from their previous all-over red liveries. In the new London route tendering process, all but one of the Routemaster operated routes were allowed to keep their now privately-owned Routemasters[4] for the five-year contract period and further refurbishments resulted.

Life extensions Routemaster RML 2619 in 2003. Since the ending of production at Southall and later closure of the Aldenham works, new options for extending the life of the Routemaster became necessary if they were to continue to run. This made sense as even by 1987, when some buses looked decidedly worn out, inspections by London Buses revealed the basic structure of the buses was still sound,[24] requiring only replacement of engines and interior/exterior renewal.

From 1992 to 1994, all but two of the RML type were refurbished for ten years further service. This work, which included updating the interior to modern tastes and substituting Iveco or Cummins engines, was carried out by Mainline, TB Precision, Nottingham truck & Bus and by one of the new London Buses business units, Leaside Buses. 100 RM class vehicles were also re-engined.[4] Post-privatisation, in 1996, the Routemasters on London Central’s RMs on route 36, Stagecoach London’s RMLs for routes 8 and 15, and Arriva’s RMs for route 159, all received new Scania engines.[4] Between 2001 and 2004, under new mayor Ken Livingstone and Transport for London, the replacement authority for London Buses, further refurbishment saw TfL buy back forty nine RMs from a variety of sources. Initially started by Marshall Bus, this was continued by Arriva London when Marshall ceased trading in 2002.

Withdrawal from London A Routemaster seen with its replacements, a modern double decker and a bendy bus. Final 159 journey, December 2005.

Routemaster on Route 12 towards Dulwich, South London, in 2000. During the new millennium, debates surrounded the issue of whether to replace or retain the Routemaster in London service. Supporters cited its continued mechanical fitness, speed of boarding and tourist potential, while opponents pointed to the economics of running increasingly elderly buses when newer, larger and more modern designs were now on the market following a resurgence in the bus manufacturing industry after recession in the 1990s. Opponents also pointed specifically to the lack of accessibility of the Routemaster in light of impending relevant legislation, which meant all new buses now entering service in London were of a low-floor design. The emergence of off-bus ticketing technology also reduced the argument for better dwell times, whereby the Oyster card and off-bus ticket machines would reduce the time it took to board the bus.

In 2004, following his second election campaign, Mayor of London Ken Livingstone announced the phasing out of the type in order to provide a bus service in the capital fully accessible to wheelchair users. Government legislation requires full accessibility by 2017 under the Disability Discrimination Act. As a consequence, the Routemaster was officially withdrawn from general service on 9 December 2005, although it remains in regular service on two "heritage" routes (see below).

Withdrawals began on the dates below as the routes’ five-year contracts expired. Route 15: 29 August 2003 Route 11: 31 October 2003 Route 23: 14 November 2003 Route 94: 23 January 2004 Route 6: 26 March 2004 Route 98: 26 March 2004 Route 8: 4 June 2004 Route 7: 2 July 2004 Route 137: 9 July 2004 Route 9: 3 September 2004 Route 390: 3 September 2004 Route 73: 3 September 2004; replaced by bendy buses Route 12: 5 November 2004; replaced by bendy buses Route 36: 28 January 2005 Route 19: 1 April 2005 Route 14: 22 July 2005 Route 22: 22 July 2005 Route 13: 21 October 2005 Route 38: 28 October 2005; replaced by bendy buses Route 159: 9 December 2005

The Routemaster was gradually phased out of service by the end of 2005. A television documentary shown that year revealed that Livingstone had commented in 2001 that "only some sort of ghastly dehumanised moron would want to get rid of Routemasters".[27] By December 2005, only one route was left, the 159 (Marble Arch — Streatham). Friday, 9 December 2005 would be the last official running day.[28] On Thursday 8th, 24 special buses, including preserved RMs and RMLs, plus a number of their predecessors from the "RT" bus family, made guest appearances on the 159 route.

RM2217 arrives for the last time, surrounded by crowds. December 9, 2005. On Friday, instead of doing a normal shift, with crews ending normally at around 11pm, on police advice,[29] the day was split into two duty shifts,[29] a Routemaster shift, and a VLA class shift (Volvo B7TL/Alexander ALX400), the replacement bus for route 159, with the Routemasters due to be replaced in the middle of the day.

Towards the last runs to the garage, crowds blocked the four-lane road,[28] bringing all traffic to a standstill. RM2217 was set to be the last official running bus, as per the timetable. Heavily delayed, RM2217 even took 10 minutes to turn the final corner into Brixton Garage.

The bus left the public highway at 14:07, accompanied by duplicates provided by preserved buses RM5 and RM6. Due to the delays, RM54 was actually the last in service, running into Streatham Station stand a few minutes later,[29] before running dead to Norwood Garage.

Later, RM5 and RM6, followed by RM2217 were moved to the old LCC Tramways depot at Brixton for press photographs in the quieter surroundings of the old tramways depot which, at the time, was complete with still visible tramlines. Heritage Routemaster running off service on Route 9. Two heritage routes were immediately introduced in London, recognising the nostalgia for the type among ordinary Londoners and their appeal to tourists. Although these buses are operated under contract to TfL and accept standard Travelcards, Oystercards or cash fares, they only operate for a limited time during the day duplicating short sections of two regular London bus routes. The Heritage routes operate around ten buses each,[30] with five each in reserve. Heritage route 9: Olympia-Warwick Gardens – High Street Kensington – Royal Albert Hall — Hyde Park Corner — Piccadilly Circus — Trafalgar Square. Heritage route 15: Trafalgar Square — Strand — Aldwych — Fleet Street — Cannon Street — Monument — Tower Hill.

The buses used were specially restored from remaining examples for this service and have clean environmental engines, modern electrics and sealed windows.

Other public transport uses

Most use of Routemasters in UK public transport service has now ceased.

Nottingham & District Omnibus Routemaster followed by a Nottingham City Transport bus. On 7 April 2008 Routemasters were also introduced on a regular bus route in Nottingham, England.[31] They were operated by Bellamy’s Coaches Ltd with red Routemasters branded as the Nottingham & District Omnibus,[32][33] on route 20 on a 20 minute frequency from 7am to 7pm, six days a week.[34] Bellamy’s positioned the conductor and open platform features of the Routemaster as being able to compete with the incumbent operator’s Nottingham City Transport (NCT) services, on increased speed of travel through the city centre bus stops, and through hail and ride operation in the suburbs. The Routemasters were withdrawn on 28 June 2008 with the company citing low passenger demand, although to satisfy bus service registration requirements, the service continued using single-decker buses into August.[35] The council, which has an 82% stake in NCT, was criticised for not doing enough to provide information about the service in public facilities, and for increasing the competition selectively on the Routemaster route.[34]

The London and South East of England operator Metrobus had retained a green-liveried Routemaster, RML 2317 (CUV 317C), obtained from sister company London General, which is sometimes used on regular routes as well as private and preservation appearances. This RML has however, now passed to Brighton and Hove Buses where is was painted into the livery of Thomas Tilling Ltd. Cavendish Motor Services operate RML 2324 in a light green and green livery, for special journeys as well as a relief bus for a number of their routes in the Eastbourne area.

Wilson’s Coaches of Greenock operate three Routemasters (one open-top) mainly on private hire workings, but also see service on the company’s routes from Greenock to Clydebank, Helensburgh and on Saturdays prior to Christmas on the company’s local Greenock service.

Non-public service use A Routemaster in use as a cafe in Brick Lane, London. Aside from the London heritage routes, the last major operator of Routemasters in service in the UK, is in Edinburgh, Scotland. Local operator Lothian Buses tour operation Mac Tours[36] uses a variety of closed and open top Routemasters on regular tour bus duties.[30] Another tour operation, York Pullman, currently use two Routemasters on a city tour of York.[37]

Several operators in the UK maintain Routemasters for private hire usage, with the majority held by the successors to the former London Bus units, Ensignbus, London Bus Company Ltd (formerly Blue Triangle) and Timebus Travel.[30]

Many cities around the world have a Routemaster or an older RT variant somewhere, often privately owned and used for many different purposes (from Preservation to Hot Dog stands, tour bus to shop). Routemasters can be found far from Britain in places such as Sri Lanka, Australia, New Zealand, China, Canada, Croatia, Southern California, Malaysia, Fairbanks, Alaska and Stanley in the Falkland Islands.

A number of Stagecoach-owned Routemasters have been exported to Montreal in Canada, where Stagecoach now provides a tourist service around the city. This is a unique case of London Routemasters being operated on a daily service in a foreign country by a former London Routemaster operator.

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Cattura la magia del Natale a Londra

Nel primo week end di novembre il cielo di Londra si incendierà di centinaia di fuochi artificiali nella celebrazione della Notte di Guy Fawke

A Londra è già Natale

Le strade, da Oxford Street a Regent Street e Covent Garden, cominciano a splendere con magnifiche illuminazioni natalizie, i grandi magazzini come Harrods e Selfridges allestiscono splendide vetrine in tema, il celebre negozio Fortnum & Mason su Piccadilly espone lussuose confezioni di ogni tipo di tè.

Aprono i vari mercatini di Natale. Anche l’iconico Hotel 11 Cadogan Gardens di cui vi abbiamo già parlato, nell’elegante quartiere di Chelsea, inizia i preparativi natalizi organizzando tradizionali, sontuosi tè pomeridiani.

A Londra tantissimi eventi

Il 2 novembre la centralissima Regent Street diventa pedonale per il famoso Motor Show, un’occasione per ammirare centinaia di auto classiche e futuristiche allineate lungo la strada dello shopping. Sempre Il 2 novembre aprirà alla Saatchi Gallery la mostra della più grande collezione dei tesori di Tutankhamon

Londra è la città multietnica europea per eccellenza. Per un’esperienza esotica si potrà partecipare a Diwali, il festival delle luci che animerà Trafalgar Square il 3 novembre, in coincidenza con la luna nuova, con cibo, musica e danze indiani. Diwali simboleggia gioia, amore, luce e conoscenza e rappresenta la vittoria del bene sul male e della luce sulle tenebre.

Dall’8 novembre al 5 gennaio le rive del Tamigi si animano per il Southbank Centre’s Winter Festival, che presenta tutto un programma di eventi festivi ed attività divertenti per la famiglia intorno ad un enorme albero di Natale.

Il mercatino natalizio più noto è quello di Leicester Square (aperto dall’8 novembre al 5 gennaio) dove si può curiosare tra le casette di legno traboccanti di regalini di artigianato, decorazioni natalizie e street food, ma si può passare un giorno intero al Winter Wonderland a Hyde Park (dal 21 novembre al 5 gennaio), che offre anche una moltitudine di giochi e attività divertenti, tra cui spettacoli circensi e di pattinaggio su ghiaccio, una ruota panoramica, un enorme mercatino, musica dal vivo e sculture di ghiaccio.

Dal 13 novembre al 5 gennaio alla SSE Arena, Wembley e THE O2 andrà in scena Disney on Ice, l’incredibile spettacolo allestito per celebrare i 100 anni della storia Disney

Gli amanti del jazz invece potranno ascoltare i migliori performers in grandi teatri e in intimi bar sparsi nella capitale britannica in occasione dell’EFG London Jazz Festival dal 15 al 24 novembre.

Il meglio della cucina contemporanea e della mixology saranno in scena all’Olympia dal 20 al 24 novembre per Eat & Drink Festival Christmas, un’occasione per fare delle esperienze eccezionali in tema di food.

Uscendo da Londra, si potrà vedere il magico mondo di Harry Potter in versione invernale al Warner Bros. Studio Tour London con Hogwarts in the Snow.

I Giardini Botanici di Kew saranno aperti eccezionalmente dopo il tramonto dal 20 novembre al 5 gennaio.

Si potrà passeggiare nell’atmosfera fatata dei giardini illuminati da un milione di luci tra spettacoli dal vivo, coinvolgenti installazioni e spettacolari esposizioni floreali.

Tra un’esperienza e l’altra vi potrete rilassare nella lussuosa atmosfera dell’Hotel 11 Cadogan Gardens

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L’accoglienza è formata in gran parte da staff italiano. La location è prestigiosa, nel cuore dell’elegante quartiere di Chelsea, a due passi da grandi musei come il V&A.

La facciata ha mantenuto la tradizionale architettura Vittoriana in mattoni rossi, ma la cifra stilistica degli interni di questo incantevole rifugio urbano gioca su particolari sontuosi ed accosta arditamente il classico al contemporaneo ottenendo un forte senso di individualità.

L’arredamento è completato da letti a baldacchino, caminetti, bagni in marmo ed accessori e servizi ricercati, come le lenzuola di finissimo cotone egiziano, i morbidi accappatoi, i set di cortesia firmati dal prestigioso brand Ormonde Jayne, le macchine Nespresso per il caffè in camera, l’acqua minerale a disposizione. WiFi gratuito.

Palestra con TV touch-screen personale. Servizio in camera 24 ore. Il Chelsea Bar è il luogo giusto per godersi un perfetto Negroni o un altro cocktail dal vasto menu, mentre Hans’ Restaurant & Grill offre un menu per tutte le ore del giorno creato dallo Chef Luke Phillips utilizzando i migliori prodotti inglesi.

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Bought as a carapace in 2013 and accomplished through a two-year accord of the bounded firms Reu Architects and Oetgen Design, this home is on the top attic of a gated circuitous of 23 townhouses and flats alleged Regents Park. It is in the centermost of the Buckhead district, about seven afar arctic of city Atlanta.

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Size: 4,400 aboveboard feet

Price per aboveboard foot: $682

Indoors: Both a accepted admission and a clandestine elevator advance to an egg-shaped antechamber with diamond-patterned marble floors and walls afraid with murals acclimatized from 18th-century etchings. At one end is a dining allowance with an open, beamed beam and assorted sets of French doors arch to a bean terrace. Beyond the dining allowance to the larboard is a active allowance with a gas broiler that has a atramentous marble surround. The fireplace’s herringbone arrangement echoes that of the pickled balk floors.

The dining allowance opens on the appropriate to a kitchen with atramentous marble countertops and able comestible appliances, including a Wolf range. The breadth has a breakfast allowance and a butler’s abdomen that leads to what the owners call as a chiffonier of curiosities: a allowance with floor-to-ceiling bottle affectation cases. Doors with English assumption accouterments accessible to a crumb allowance and a coatroom.

Nearby is a allowance that could be acclimated as a abstraction or bedchamber (it has a clandestine three-quarter bathroom). The adept and bedfellow bedrooms are in a accession at the adverse end of the foyer. The adept accommodation connects to a bath with a applicant battery and a abstracted tiled tub. The bedfellow accommodation has a bath with circuitous tile, a applicant battery and a barge bore on a pedestal. There is additionally a laundry room.

Outdoor space: In accession to the clandestine terrace, with angle of city Atlanta, association accept use of the building’s one-acre garden. The elevator descends to a private, gated three-car garage, abreast a ample windowless accumulator allowance that comes with the unit.

Taxes: $21,527, added a $5,204 annual homeowner’s fee

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Contact: Dawn Mullins or Butch Whitfield, Harry Norman Realtors, a Christie’s International Absolute Acreage Affiliate, 404-202-8652; christiesrealestate.com

This address is in the SoHo adjacency of Manhattan, a half-block arctic of Canal Street. The abject of the four-residence architecture has an apart endemic bartering amplitude that is currently vacant. This is a accommodation building, and the assemblage is on the added floor.

Size: 2,400 aboveboard feet

Price per aboveboard foot: $1,229

Indoors: The floor-through attic is about 25 anxiety advanced in the advanced but expands to 30 anxiety in the back, acceptance for an about 11-foot-wide bedfellow room. Nine double-hung windows acceleration to the 11.5-foot ceilings. The active and dining areas accept apparent brick walls and balk floors, and there is a axial amplitude declared as a media allowance with abundant amplitude for a basin table or a admirable piano.

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Outdoor space: There is no clandestine parking. The A, C, E, F, N, Q, R, W and 6 trains are all a few minutes’ airing away.

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Taxes: The account homeowner’s fee of $3,250 includes acreage taxes; 45 percent of it was tax-deductible in 2017.

Contact: Josh Doyle or Nick Gavin, Compass, 212-913-9062; compass.com

This abode is in Bunker Hill Village, one of a accumulation of flush residential communities in west Houston accepted as the Memorial Villages. It is about 15 account from the Galleria arcade centermost in acceptable traffic.

Size: 6,477 aboveboard feet

Price per aboveboard foot: $459

Indoors: The house, advised by Boxwood Interiors in Houston and complete by Northstone Builders, has a antechamber that leads to a affecting axial anteroom busy with Farrow & Ball wallpaper. The angled axial admission has a custom-designed adamant balustrade and a basement breadth tucked below it.

The antechamber is belted by a dining allowance on the larboard and a active allowance on the right; both apartment accept tall, angled windows and bank with bolection molding. (The active allowance additionally has congenital bookshelves with chip lighting.) Off the dining allowance is a butler’s abdomen with a gold tiled backsplash and a copper-hammered sink; it leads to wine room, argent closet and pantry, as able-bodied as to the white marble kitchen with custom cabinets and a breakfast bay.

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The kitchen is affiliated to an all-embracing ancestors allowance with a beamed ceiling, a broiler and a bank of windows overlooking the backyard and pond pool. On the added ancillary of the kitchen is a account breadth with a laundry room, a bisected bath and a mudroom that could be acclimated as an office. Admission to the three-car barn and motor cloister is here, as is a aback staircase.

Turning appropriate from the amount hall, accomplished the crumb allowance and covering closet, one finds a ample adept bedchamber with a beamed beam and Schumacher wallpaper, as able-bodied as a white-marble en accommodation bath with a bottle battery and assimilation tub, and two applicant closets.

Four added bedrooms with en accommodation bathrooms and applicant closets are on the added level. So is a 23-by-16-foot bold allowance with congenital speakers and bookshelves, and admission to a kitchenette and a computer nook.

Outdoor space: Outside the ancestors allowance is a patio with an alfresco kitchen; abutting to it is a pond basin and sun deck. The half-acre acreage additionally includes an AstroTurf comedy backyard and a bocce court.

Taxes: $52,223 (2017)

Contact: Ruthie Porterfield, Martha Turner Sotheby’s International Realty, 713-824-4441; sothebyshomes.com

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