The London Buzz – 14th January 2025
Today’s London news round-up:
Local Freeview channel for London, which launched in 2014 will close on Sunday evening as uncertainty over the future of local TV channels on Freeview persists. RXTV
Only 5% of tenants living on the six ‘regeneration’ estates in Lambeth have been able to move into new homes built by the failed Homes for Lambeth. Brixton Buzz
More than a tenth of all homes for rent in Greater London fail to meet the national minimum Decent Homes Standard, and roughly half of those are in a state of disrepair that poses a serious risk to the health and safety of those living in them, OnLondon
A Russian financier has lost a tax dispute over his £5.75million London home after claiming the property was partly commercial – meaning he paid a vastly reduced level of stamp duty. Daily Mail
Behind the scenes: The Port of London Authority’s role in the Mayor of London’s New Year’s Eve Fireworks 2024 PLA Blog
Thousands of London’s poorest residents will have to pay council tax for the first time due to the extent of the cash crisis in the capital’s town halls. Standard
Residents were left “shocked” and “angry” after dumped e-bikes completely blocked a road by Waterloo Station last week. South London Press
A former Metropolitan Police doctor has pleaded not guilty to stalking Labour MP Dame Emily Thornberry over a period of almost two years. BBC News
The proposal for the major development in Earl’s Court has received more than 400 objections. Fulham SW6
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And from ianVisits:
Tickets Alert: Open days to visit Pope’s Grotto
Thomas the Tank Engine is coming to Train Sim World
Piccadilly line to remain suspended between Rayners Lane and Uxbridge until late-January
Taboo and the designers who shaped London’s fashion revolution
Larger trains on the Northern line? The 1860s railway that could have been
Some things to do in London tomorrow:
George Seferis: The Man, the Poet, the Diplomat – Free
George Seferis: The Man, the Poet, the DiplomatInside the Greek Ambassador’s official London residence is a room preserved for nearly 60 years in memory of the man who once worked there and is now open to the public.
Tracing the Bombsites of Bloomsbury, 1885-2005 – £5
In the spirit of ‘A history of the world in hundred objects’, this talk presents the history of Bloomsbury in a dozen or so ‘bombsites’: the points of detonation but also the memorials, memories, marked masonry, and modern architecture that …
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