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Council takes legal action to stop unofficial flags on columns

A county council has successfully taken legal action to prevent the informal attaching of flags to lampposts. Oxfordshire County Council gained a permanent injunction last...

Warning Burnham move on electricity bills could widen ‘EV charging gap’

New prime minister Andy Burnham’s move in July – on his first day in office, no less – to remove VAT from household electricity...

From the edition – ‘HISTORIC LEADERSHIP, DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AND PERSONAL FORTITUDE’

Past President, and the Institution’s first female President, Elizabeth Thomas was awarded with the Institution’s Centenary Medal at the Lighting Live gala dinner in...

From the edition – ‘A CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE ASSET OF OUR FUTURE CITIES’

A keynote speaker at the London and South East Region’s ‘Serendipity in Lighting’ event, Brian McGuigan outlined how column-based sensor technologies are transforming our...

Major cities heating up, and will need to rethink night-time spaces, as climate change accelerates

The world’s major cities now experience a quarter more very hot days per year on average than they did three decades ago, according to...

From the edition – ‘PORTRAYING QUALITY’

The layered, integrated and discreet new lighting scheme within Exeter College’s dining hall at Oxford University has ensured its magnificent portraits can be properly...

From the edition – ‘FROM THE FLAMES’

After years mouldering as a roofless, burnt-out shell following a devastating fire, Sheerness Dockyard Church in Kent has been restored into an award-winning business...

From the edition – ‘THERE IS CLEARLY A SIGNIFICANT RISK TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC’RISK PUBLIC’

The sudden spate of flags being hung from lampposts and in other public places during the summer prompted the ILP to issue a warning...

From the edition – ‘MEMORY BANKED’

The ILP is supporting the launch of a new group for retired or close-to-retirement members to ensure their vast knowledge, expertise and experience is...

‘Pride in Place’ programme set to regenerate 330 ‘overlooked’ communities

More than 330 of the country’s “most overlooked communities” are to be handed new powers – and cash – to revitalise their high streets...

Government vow to begin work on ‘new towns’ before next election

The government has confirmed it intends to start building what it is calling “a next generation” of new towns across England before the next...

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Council takes legal action to stop unofficial flags on columns

A county council has successfully taken legal action to...

Warning Burnham move on electricity bills could widen ‘EV charging gap’

New prime minister Andy Burnham’s move in July –...

From the edition – ‘HISTORIC LEADERSHIP, DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AND PERSONAL FORTITUDE’

Past President, and the Institution’s first female President, Elizabeth...

From the edition – ‘THE LIVE DATA WE’RE NOW COLLECTING IS UNBELIEVABLE’

Last month’s Lighting Live Annual Conference in Birmingham brought...
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