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The London Buzz – 4th July 2024

04-07-2024 18:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

Today’s round-up of what’s happening in London:
Council slammed over plans to create HMO in public cemetery Inside Croydon
Concerns have been raised that not enough has been done to address safety issues in the 15 years since a fire killed six people in a blaze at a south-east London block of flats. BBC News
Sadiq Khan’s Superloop ‘puts more Londoners on buses but they keep getting stuck in traffic’ Standard
‘I just feel free, free like a bird’: Meet th

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TfL introducing mobile payments for cycle hire bikes

04-07-2024 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

TfL’s cycle hire bikes will be a bit easier to hire later this year, as they will introduce mobile payments for the service.At the moment, people can pay via the terminal next to the bikes or, if they have a subscription, via the mobile app or a keyfob. This autumn, TfL plans to add mobile payments via the smartphone app to the service, which will make things easier for most people who currently have to use the terminal screen next to the bikes.
The move is part of a range of things being

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Step inside a Barbie world at the Design Museum’s new Barbie exhibition

04-07-2024 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

After last year’s Barbenheimer juggernaut, the Design Museum was faced with a choice for its next exhibition — dolls or bombs? They went with dolls, lots and lots of dolls.
All different and yet all the same.
In the toy world, a brand that lasts half a decade is considered a success, so what to make of Barbie — a doll that’s been around for 13 half-decades and is still going strong?Barbie was born 65 years ago into a world where children’s dolls were expected to be

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Vodafone needs a stronger signal on UK telecom failings

04-07-2024 11:41

The CMA’s chief concern will be the merged company’s impact on consumer tariffs and on its wholesale customers

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London’s Pocket Parks: West Ham Park, E7

04-07-2024 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

This month marks the 150th anniversary of one of East London’s largest free parks, at West Ham. Not just free to visit, but also free in that it doesn’t cost the local council anything to look after it either, as it forms an outpost of the City of London, and it’s the City that pays for it.
You won’t be surprised to see that it’s a bit more impressive than the average municipal park.The park originates from a manor house in the southeastern corner of the park today

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