The London Buzz – 16th January 2025
Today’s London news round-up:
Wandsworth council has approved plans for a new renal unit at St George’s Hospital to transform kidney care for patients across South West London and Surrey. South London Press
Continued delays to planned public access at Beddington Farmlands in south London has drawn criticism from local campaigners. Bird Guides
Masked drill rapper exposed as murderer who ‘boasts about schoolboy’s killing’ Metro
London mayor Sir Sadiq Khan accused the last Tory government of “taking a wrecking ball” to police funding as he explained why he was hiking his share of council tax to almost £500 a year. The Standard
An east London hospital has rolled out QR codes in its emergency department to ask patients to lobby their local MP for more funding. BBC News
Silvertown Tunnel bus routes will be free even if you don’t cross the Thames The Greenwich Wire
Members of a Croydon tennis club are facing an uncertain future after Croydon Council announced plans to sell the land where it has stood for over 100 years. Local London
A 14-year-old boy was stabbed more than 25 times on a London bus on the way home from school, a court has heard. BBC News
Actor Timothee Chalamet said he’s been fined £65 fine for not parking his Lime bike properly after riding it to his London film premiere. indy100
Study finds that private schools are driving a 47% increase in toxic air pollution and creating extensive bus delays Brixton Buzz
A jailed restaurant owner has been ordered to repay a £30,000 Covid Bounce Back Loan in full. Newham Recorder
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And from ianVisits:
Tickets Alert: Tours of London’s only absinthe distillery
Stratford station fatality prompts calls for warning systems to be fitted to trains
A new cycle lane is proposed for Bermondsey
London’s Pocket Parks: Trinity Gardens, E14
Some things to do in London tomorrow:
‘The Compleat Victory’: Saratoga and the American Revolution – Free
Explore the events of the Battle of Saratoga, a key turning point of the American War of Independence, with Professor Kevin Weddle of the US Army War College.
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