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Deep hole on Fleet Street marks milestone for London’s new legal hub

26-06-2024 19:03 via ianvisits.co.uk

A large hole has appeared in the City of London, as a vast basement is dug on Fleet Street for a new building.
(c) City of London
The Salisbury Square Development on Fleet Street is a new legal complex with 18 courtrooms. It will combine all the Square Mile’s existing courts—except for the Old Bailey—into one building and become the new headquarters for the City of London Police.
In addition to the legal functions, the development will feature grade-A office accommodation, a re

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Refurbished Class 458 trains enter service on SWR network

26-06-2024 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

South Western Railway (SWR) has introduced the first of its refurbished Class 458 trains for use on its outer suburban services from London Waterloo.
Class 458 train at Waterloo (c) SWR
The trains have had what can politely be called a complicated history since they were introduced in 1998-2002, but the most recent development was to refurbish the fleet of 25-year-old trains to boost capacity on the Portsmouth Direct line, but that was cancelled earlier this year.
The refurbished trains will now

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Tickets Alert: Tours of a derelict waterworks building in Clerkenwell

26-06-2024 14:15 via ianvisits.co.uk

A 300-year-old derelict waterworks building in Clerkenwell that will soon be a museum is holding tours of the site ahead of refurbishment works starting.
New RIver Head buildings (c) ianVisits
The site – New River Head – has a fascinating history as the hub of one of London’s first major pieces of urban infrastructure, but its 18th and 19th-century buildings have been locked up for 70 years. Soon, they will be converted into the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration and opened

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TfL prepares for Pride: Staff to lead the parade and showcase Pride-wrapped trains

26-06-2024 12:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

This Saturday, staff from Transport for London will lead the annual Pride march through central London.
Mildmay Hospital’s CEO, Geoff Coleman – healthcare worker, Memory Richards – Chair of OUTbound, Claire Alleguen – TfL Commissioner, Andy Lord and Bakerloo line manager and Vice-Chair of OUTbound, Alex Garnett-Scherer
Although TfL staff have participated in the Pride march as a group for many years, they will lead the parade this year. Appropriately, walking also h

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Explore Rye House: One of England’s oldest brick buildings and site of a foiled regicide

26-06-2024 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

Just outside the edges of north London is one of the oldest post-Roman brick buildings in England, and also the location of a notorious plot to kill a King.Rye House sits on what was once an island surrounded by marshes. The land was acquired by a Danish solider, later known as Sir Andrew Ogard, who imported Flemish brickmakers to build his new house, which ended up as a fortified estate, with a seemingly overlarge gatehouse to permit entry to the walled estate and manor house behind.
It passed

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