The London Buzz – 18th December 2024

Today’s London news round-up:

A former Wandsworth council tenant has been ordered to pay back more than £23,000 after subletting her social housing property without consent while she lived abroad. South London Press

Video captures moment a patient spits in the face of a paramedic London Ambulance Service

A pub in London has introduced a ‘ration card’ as fears grow around shortages of Guinness this Christmas. Joe

Camden Council is to invest millions into a “major retrofit” of 3,000 of its social homes in a bid to boost energy-efficiency and “save tenants money”. Fitzrovia News

This Christmas, Traveller Pride are raising money to continue supporting LGBT Travellers across the country through the festive season and on into next year, Huck

London will receive the bulk of almost £1billion of Government funding to tackle homelessness, Standard

Warner Bros Studio Tour – The Making of Harry Potter has received permission to build a new attraction. Watford Observer

A housing association has been accused of trying to fence off a canal basin from the public after a five-year-old girl fell in and drowned. Islington Gazette

An elderly mother pushed her dead daughter’s “heavily” decomposed body around a Waltham Forest market in a wheelchair after refusing to accept she had died, a report has revealed. Waltham Forest Echo

A pensioner died in a freak accident when a man plunged through a skylight and landed on him in the middle of a London café. Standard

A history of Stratford’s cinemas Diamond Geezer

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And from ianVisits:

Crystal Palace Subway wins heritage restoration award

Piccadilly line to remain suspended between Rayners Lane and Uxbridge until mid-January

King’s Gallery to show off the glamour of the Edwardian age

Euston Station’s uncertain future: Six HS2 platforms or more?

More details emerge in plans to add step-free access to Gunnersbury Station

Some things to do in London tomorrow:

Christmas special: Chemistry of a candle – £17.27

Join our Innovator in Residence, David Ricketts, as he delves into the fascinating chemistry of the humble candle.

Christmas Lates at Handel Hendrix House – £25.00

Both Handel and Hendrix’s homes will be opulently dressed for Christmas, with late night openings on some Thursdays.


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