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Stop Press: Slot machines to be limited

24 September 2004

High stake, high prize slot machines will be limited to the largest regional casinos when the gambling bill is introduced, culture secretary Tessa Jowell confirmed this week. She was responding to a joint committee report on the bill that recommended allowing some small casinos to have the 'category A' machines. Jowell said the machines will only be permitted in small casinos if studies show they are not increasing problem gambling. Government Response to the First Report of the Joint Committee on the Draft Gambling Bill is available at www.culture.gov.uk.

Stop Press: The GLA gives green light

24 September 2004

The Greater London Authority has given the green light to plans for London's main Olympic site. The site, near Stratford in east London, would include the main stadium, aquatics centre and athletes' village if the capital's bid to host the 2012 Games is successful. The application is now with the Government, which can call it in for determination by the deputy prime minister through a public inquiry.

Prescott is critical of social housing costs

24 September 2004

John Prescott has expressed frustration at the high cost of building social housing in England.

Quotes of the week

24 September 2004

"One of the things that I have always liked about London in particular is that it is not a highly designed city. There are different energies living cheek by jowl. There is an improvised feel to London, and flyposting fits in with that. Flyposting just makes an area more funky." - Award-winning author Diran Adebayo tells The Times why he welcomes flyposting.

Liverpool to restructure European grant aid

24 September 2004

Procedures for channelling European grant aid to Merseyside's most deprived areas are to be radically restructured in a last-minute bid to prevent Brussels clawing back millions of pounds.

Homes to provide way into work

24 September 2004

Low-cost home ownership (LCHO) schemes are to be used to encourage jobless people in deprived areas into the workforce, under plans unveiled by the Social Exclusion Unit (SEU) this week.

On the waterfront

24 September 2004

Planning consent for two office towers in Canary Wharf has been granted by Tower Hamlets Council's development committee.

Second chance for tram funding mooted

24 September 2004

Cities that recently had their hopes dashed of winning funding for rapid transit could convince ministers to back them in the future if they commit to motoring penalties, it was claimed this week.

Seized crime cash to fund anti-gun groups

24 September 2004

The second round of a programme that gives cash seized from criminals to projects tackling gun crime was launched this week.

News brief: VisitBritain appoints new chairman

24 September 2004

Government tourism adviser VisitBritain has appointed Lord Marshall of Knightsbridge as its new chairman. Lord Marshall, the former chief executive of British Airways, will take over from the current chair Sir Michael Lickiss next January. VisitBritain was created last year when the British Tourist Authority and the English Tourism Council merged.