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Being an apprentice for the GLA's Regeneration Team

29 April 2013

Eleanor B. is one of the ‘lucky sixteen’ apprentices working within the Greater London Authority and London Assembly. Eleanor tells us what it’s like to work as an apprentice for the GLA’s Regeneration team.

Three months ago I began working at the GLA as an apprentice in the Regeneration team, in this time I have learnt a great deal!

Duty Officer Update - 26 April 2013

26 April 2013

This week's Duty Officer Blog discusses our Gold Summit event for London's strategic responders, the latest measles situation, plus a resilience outlook of the week ahead

Duty Officer Update - 19 April 2013

19 April 2013

Our weekly advice on preparing for emergencies and the work of the London Resilience Team. This week - communicating with the public, the London Marathon, avian influenza and measles.

Milestone: 1000 tweets

19 April 2013

140 characters is far from enough to commemorate such an occasion, so this blog post takes a look back at the past 1000 tweets from @London_Prepared. What have we covered, what have you liked and what can you expect from the next thousand?

Going the whole hog for Feast of St George

19 April 2013

Olly Kohn tells us about bringing the Jolly Hog Roast to Saturday’s Feast of St George and running a family business

What inspired you to start the Jolly Hog Roast?

It all began when my wife bought me a sausage-making machine for my birthday. I play rugby for Harlequins and was out injured.  I spent a year in rehab and got a stall at our ground.  It all developed from there.

Gigs 2012 winners get their Big Busk on in Paris

19 April 2013

Simon D, bassist for 'Jamie Thorn & The Mystery Pacific', explains what it was like when Gigs: Big Busk took the band on a busking tour of Paris.

Playing in Paris was an enlightening experience for our band. We made memories, we acquired new fans, we graced new cultures with our music and to top it all off, we made a fair bit of money doing it too!

Going to France, and the process of busking itself, was truly an eye opener for us all. It showed that there is actually a musical audience outside the cultured borders of the London that we know and love.

Discover Cook's Corner at Feast of St George

18 April 2013

Rachel Davies talks about demonstrating her culinary skills at Saturday's Feast of St George.

How did you get started? I see you graduated in Theology so I’m guessing a cooking career wasn’t on the cards…

When I was at university I couldn’t cook at all. I used buy ready-made soups. After a few years working in the charity sector, I did VSO in Zambia. I ended up in a village with no supermarket and had no car.

I started cooking with whatever I could find.

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