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Coalition For Equal Marriage Film
A teaser video for viral advertisement to promote the Coalition for Equal Marriage and the cause of marriage equality in England and Wales has been released.
http://on.fb.me/k4ba00 to be part of the project.
We’re producing a commercial for the Coalition For Equal Marriage in the UK. Want to see what went on Behind The Scenes on the shoot? The film will be released later this month… stay tuned 
#Equalmarriage
Behind The Scenes Film by Leighton Cox: http://leightoncox.co.uk/
Music: Kopeika
Cast:
Soldier
Lew Smart
Boyfriend
James William Knight
Soldiers
TJ Resendes
Dom Buonaiuto
Richard Cousins
Extras
Jan Buonaiuto,
Olivia Buonaiuto
Rich Woods
Callum Beale
Pete Delos Trinos Newbold
Producer
Amber Phillips
Executive Producers
Conor Marron
James Lattimore
Stephen Pomeroy
Soundtrack
Craig Sutherland
Andy McDonald
Behind The Scenes
Leighton Cox
Photography
Ellie Rose Krnaston
Location
Valerie Mills
Brooklands Museum
Director
Mike Buonaiuto
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Ken Livingstone pledges rent controls
Vote for Ken Livingstone, rent controls should be enforced across the entire country!
Click on the image to view video on the BBC News site.
Ken Livingstone has pledged to help Londoners who rent homes in the private sector if he is elected as mayor next year.
The Labour candidate said no-one should pay more than a third of their wage on rent and introducing a so-called “London Living Rent” would be a fairer system.
The current Mayor Boris Johnson does not agree, believing the proposal would be “counter-productive”.
via BBC News
Olympic Touch route in Sevenoaks
A total of 8,000 torchbearers will take the torch on its 70-day journey which begins in Land’s End on 19 May.
London 2012 organisers have not yet released details of the final two days in which the torch visits Westminster before travelling from Hampton Court to the Olympic Park to light the cauldron at the opening ceremony on 27 July.
Only streets along which the torch will be carried by a person are listed in these documents. At other times the torch is said to be “in convoy”, meaning it is being transported in a vehicle, and these roads are not being made public by organisers.
I have drawn a map of the route through Sevenoaks before and after. Click here.
| 11:20 | CONVOY: Gravesend – Borough Green | ALT – Paralympic Bicycle on Brand’s Hatch Circuit |
| 12:04 | Borough Green | A227 Wrotham Rd from Wye Rd |
| Borough Green | A227 Wrotham Rd | |
| Borough Green | A227 Wrotham Rd -Veer Right | |
| Borough Green | Western Rd | |
| Borough Green | Western Rd – Right Turn | |
| Borough Green | A25 Borough Green Rd to NSL sign | |
| CONVOY: Borough Green – Seal | ||
| 12:19 | Seal | A25 Maidstone Rd from sign for Seal village and 30 speed sign |
| Seal | A25 Maidstone Rd | |
| 12:26 | Sevenoaks | A25 Seal Rd |
| Sevenoaks | A25 Seal Rd – Left Turn | |
| Sevenoaks | A225 St Johns Hill | |
| Sevenoaks | A225 Dartford Rd | |
| Sevenoaks | A225 Dartford Rd – Right Turn | |
| Sevenoaks | Pembroke Rd – Right Turn | |
| Sevenoaks | A224 London Rd | |
| Sevenoaks | A224 London Rd – Left Turn | |
| 13:16 | Riverhead | A25 Westerham Rd |
| Riverhead | A25 Westerham Rd to Bessels Way | |
| CONVOY: Riverhead – Godstone | ||
| 13:42 | Godstone | B2235 Godstone Hill from Fosterdown |
| Godstone | B2235 Godstone Hill | |
| Godstone | A25 High Street | |
| Godstone | A25 High Street – Right Turn | |
| Godstone | A25 Godstone Green Road – veer left | |
| Godstone | A25 Bletchingley Rd to Ivy Mill Lane | |
| CONVOY: Godstone – Bletchingley |
via BBC News
Superman in England
Superman in England, redundant!
Commuters forcing Southeastern train doors cause delays
Thousands of people faced major delays after a train broke down in Kent and passengers on a separate service forced the doors open because of the heat.
Southeastern said the first set of delays were caused when a train halted at Dartford on Monday afternoon.
While engineers were carrying out repairs passengers being held up in Bexleyheath, south-east London, forced carriage doors because of the heat.
Commuters told the BBC their journeys had been delayed by about two hours.
‘Very dangerous’
Southeastern said Network Rail had to turn the third rail off after passengers walked on the tracks.
A Southeastern spokesman said:
“We do realise it’s very frustrating to be delayed and we’re sorry that people have been – particularly on such a hot day. We do all we can to keep services moving.
“We urge customers not to walk alongside railway lines as this is very dangerous, it inevitably prolongs disruption and makes a difficult situation worse.
“We’d like to say sorry and thank those who were caught up in any delay for their patience this evening.”
People travelling between central London and Gillingham were warned to expect disruption to services.
via BBC News
Knole House's X-rayed artefacts, Sevenoaks
The conservation team at Knole Park in Sevenoaks has been examining the house collections with the help of an X-ray machine. This image shows the cleaned painting of a woman, highlighting the metal used in the frame.
View the image gallery here
London Tube strike dates announced by RMT union
Four Tube strike dates have been announced by the Rail Maritime and Transport union RMT in a continuing dispute over one of its activists.
Officials said the first strike would take place between 2101 BST on 19 June and 0300 BST on 20 June.
Further stoppages are planned for this month and in July, the RMT said.
London Underground said it was premature for the RMT to be taking action before the conclusion of dispute procedures.
The RMT said union activist Arwyn Thomas had been sacked on disciplinary charges following “unproven” allegations by strike-breakers.
via BBC News.
Sevenoaks funeral parlour blaze tackled by crews
Sevenoaks funeral parlour blaze tackled by crewsUp to 40 firefighters have been tackling a blaze at a funeral parlour in Sevenoaks.
Kent Fire and Rescue were called just before 0900 BST, to the building in London Road, Riverhead.
Kent Police were also called to the scene and closed London Road, between the Bullfinch pub and the junction with Bradbourne Vale Road.
There have been no reports of any injuries and the cause of the fire is not yet known.
via BBC News
“Thousands of London council homes left empty” – BBC
More than 6,000 council homes have been left unoccupied in London, figures from the 33 local authorities have shown.
Nearly a third were empty because they needed repairs and more than 2,300 have been without tenants for over a year.
Last year, there were more than 360,000 households on council waiting lists for new homes, or 11% of all households in London, the research found.
The details were obtained by BBC One’s The Politics Show London through Freedom of Information requests.
via BBC News
Sevenoaks and BBC SE TV digital switchover dates
The dates for the start of digital switchover in the BBC South East region have been announced, setting out the timetable for the switch-off of analogue TV channels.
The five analogue channels will be switched off in the region between 20 May and 27 June 2012.
Freeview signals will be boosted enabling thousands of homes to receive the digital service for the first time.
An advice line and website are available to help with the switchover.
Switch over dates
Analogue services are scheduled to be switched off in two stages at each transmitter group.
At stage one, analogue BBC Two will be switched off and the first group of Freeview digital channels will become available from relay transmitters for the first time.
At stage two the remaining analogue channels will be permanently switched off and replaced with additional digital TV, radio and text services.
| Area | Transmitter | Stage one | Stage two |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Sussex | Heathfield | 30 May 2012 | 13 June 2012 |
| Tunbridge Wells area | Tunbridge Wells | 30 May 2012 | 13 June 2012 |
| Hastings area | Hastings | 30 May 2012 | 13 June 2012 |
| South and east Kent | Dover | 13 June 2012 | 27 June 2012 |
| North and mid Kent | Bluebell Hill | 13 June 2012 | 27 June 2012 |
via BBC News
