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• Moorgate’s shabby lawn to be revamped with bust of the poet John Keats

  14-05-2024 18:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The rather neglected lawn next to Moorgate tube station is to get a makeover, to be replaced with a number of raised planted beds, and a bust of John Keats to commemorate the poet’s birthplace and work.
  Moorgate and London Wall junction
  The lawn was laid out as part of the neighbouring Moor House office development when it was completed in 2004, and was always intended to be a temporary greenspace until long-term plans were made. The current lawn has lasted rather longer than expected.
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• Plans shown off for 1,500 homes above ASDA’s Park Royal superstore

  14-05-2024 17:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A large ASDA superstore in west London could be redeveloped into a new housing site with around 1,500 homes close to the future Old Oak Common station.
  Early concept for the new development (c) ASDA
  Assuming planning permission is granted, the Park Royal Superstore site will have a replacement superstore built on the existing car park, with up to 1,500 new homes built on a podium above the store. Around a third of the new homes would be classed as “affordable”, although at this early
  
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• Barnes railway bridge to close for a week of repairs

  14-05-2024 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A key rail link across the Thames in west London will be closed for a week in late July due to bridge repairs.
  Barnes rail bridge (c) ianVisits
  The rail bridge crosses the Thames at Barnes,, and Network Rail says that it needs to replace all 48 solid wooden “wheel timbers” supporting the track across the Grade II-listed structure. Wheel timbers differ from traditional railway sleepers in that they provide extra strength and length in areas such as river bridges and are generally wide
  
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• Tickets Alert: Dry dock tours of the Golden Hinde

  14-05-2024 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A few Sundays this summer will offer an opportunity to go down into the dry dock around the Golden Hinde replica ship and get up close to the restoration work being carried out at the moment.
  (c) The Golden Hinde
  The ship is a full-size replica of Francis Drake’s original and was launched 50 years ago, in 1973, on a global tour.
  Since 1996, she has been berthed in a dry dock next to Southwark Cathedral as a tourist attraction. At the moment, a restoration project is underway, and tours wil
  
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• A day trip to Stansted Mountfitchet – Castle, Churches, Toys and a Windmill

  14-05-2024 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Not far from London is a small village old enough to appear in the Doomsday book that’s now far better known for the airport that stole its name. This is Stansted Mountfitchet, and for such a small village, it has a heck of a lot to see on a day trip.
  The town boasts an ancient church, a gothic church, an old windmill, one of Europe’s largest toy museums, a dinosaur park, and a large replica castle.
  Mountfitchet Castle and Norman Village
  Right in the centre of the village is a full-s
  
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• Expanded mobile phone coverage goes live on Elizabeth line and Underground

  14-05-2024 07:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Mobile phone coverage on the London Underground and the Elizabeth line has expanded again, with more sections going live in recent weeks.On the Elizabeth line, 4G phone coverage is now live in Paddington, Whitechapel, Canary Wharf, and Woolwich stations, completing the rollout to all the new Elizbaeth line stations. Work to deliver coverage within the tunnelled sections of the Elizabeth line continues, with the first sections between Bond Street and Liverpool Street expected to get coverage with
  
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• Investors place record £300mn bet against BT

  14-05-2024 06:00
  New chief executive Allison Kirkby is battling to reverse adeclining share price
  
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