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Nice room to let in Whitechapel

A single unfurnished room will be free in Whitechapel from mid August. Nice and diverse area, very central, a lot of small shops, a big Sainsbury's and Whitechapel Gallery are only down the road. Plenty of buses around the corner, tube stations are close as well, either Whitechapel or Aldgate East. The rent is roughly around £550 total, there are a kitchen, living room, 3 bedrooms, all spread over the two top levels of a Victorian terrace. It is available from the 18th of August. Oh and no couples and no pets – sorry.

You would be living with two people. We are Simone and Eva, in our late 30s and 20s respectively, and if I may say we are rather easy going and nice. We are a landscape architect and working in the photography industry. Interests include art, architecture, photography, music, sports as well as relaxing. We are looking for someone friendly and easy-going, who cares about the place and is generally happy to live with other people. The flat should not be an impersonal functional place but we are also busy with our own lives and it easily happens not to meet for a few days. So it is all about balance, which includes respecting the other’s privacy and noise levels but also having fun, if there is time for the odd drink or nice chats together.

Simone has lived in the flat for a few years now and Eva will be joining shortly, so it is two fairly new people moving in around the same time. The landlord does not live in the property.
If this sounds about right to you, please drop us an email with some information about who you are etc and we get back in touch after.

Best

Simone and Eva

NDR Online - Nachrichten - Hamburg- Ole von Beust vor dem Rueckzug ins Private

Schade eigentlich, einer der wenigen sympathischen CDU-Politiker.

NDR Online - Nachrichten - Hamburg- Ole von Beust vor dem Rückzug ins Private

Aggressive motorists

I sent this letter to Southwark News.

Have you realised how rude motorists have become? I had a chat with a bus driver on Tooley Street recently. “Car drivers are under a lot of stress and have become very aggressive”, he said.

That might explain the very unpleasant encounter I had on Wednesday. I stopped at a red light on the junction Borough High Street St and Thomas St. I was in the lane for the right turning traffic which is clearly marked as such. The motorist behind me, who apparently wanted to go straight on, honked and, as I ignored him, overtook me. There were only a couple of centimetres between his car and my jeans.

I then complained and waved my hands at him because I felt threatened by his manoeuvre. He immediately stopped his car in the middle of the road, jumped out of his car and ran towards me. I won't repeat the words he yelled at me, but they weren't nice. He came so close to my face that I had to move back in order not to hit it.


And if that was not bad enough the next car in the lane behind me started honking and complaining. And swearing. I pointed to the red light and tried to communicate that it was a right turn lane. But no one seemed to care.

I can understand when motorists are stressed because of heavy traffic. But it's neither mine nor other cyclists fault. The fact that we can get around the traffic more easily should not be punished by motorist by threatening and dangerous behaviour, but encourage them to cycle too.
The London Cycling Campaign has a commendable bike to work programme and also offers cycle training.

Florian Leppla (working in SE1)