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• The London Buzz – 11th July 2024

  11-07-2024 18:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Today’s round-up of what’s happening in London:
  Camden Council is poised to increase fixed penalty notice (FPN) charges for fly-tipping, littering and graffiti in an attempt to deter offenders and clean up the borough’s filthy streets. Fitzrovia News
  A prolific thief who targeted pub-goers and commuters has been banned from the City of London. Enfield Independent
  London City Airport has been granted a High Court injunction against environmental protest groups such as Just Stop
  
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• Tickets Alert: See inside the derelict St Lawrence Church Brentford

  11-07-2024 16:30 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  As part of Brentford Festival of Archaeology Day, there will be a rare chance to step inside a church that’s been closed for the past 25 years.
  St Lawrence Church Brentford
  St Lawrence Church was built in the 15th century, although heavily altered in the 18th century. It was closed to services in the 1950s. It was used for a while for secular purposes, but it has been largely locked and empty for the past 25 years.
  Very few people have seen inside it this century.
  Due to its decaying condi
  
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• Heathrow Express is offering £10 tickets in August

  11-07-2024 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  On the off-chance you’ve ever fancied trying out a trip on the Heathrow Express, but been put off by the cost, they’re offering a big discount on ticket prices for travel in August.
  Heathrow Express train
  Through August, it will be possible to buy one-way tickets for £10, compared to the usual £25 fare for a one-way ticket.
  The £10 Early Bird tickets are available for travel between 1st August and 31st August when purchased online or through their mobile app. The ti
  
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• Germany orders ban on Chinese companies from its 5G network

  11-07-2024 15:35
  German telecoms groups to remove Huawei and ZTE components by 2029
  
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• City of London donates demolished stone doorframe to Dorset stone park

  11-07-2024 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Part of a demolished Fleet Street office is getting an unusual second life as the entrance gateway to a stone sculpture park in Dorset.
  81 Fleet Street (c) Google Streetview
  To make way for the Salisbury Square Development, the offices at 81 Fleet Street had to be demolished, but important parts, including the Portland Stone entrance door frame, were salvaged during the demolition.
  Looking for a use for the doorframe, the City of London decided to donate it to a Dorset-based stone sculpture park
  
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• Tickets Alert: Behind the scenes tours of the Barbican theatre

  11-07-2024 11:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  If you’ve ever fancied wandering around the Barbican’s back corridors and up to the high fly tower, then you’ll be pleased to hear they’ve resumed the backstage tours of their main theatre.
  Barbican theatre (c) Barbican
  The tour groups are small, of necessity, as some of the spaces are a bit cramped. They start with an introduction to the Barbican art centre itself and how the ravages of WWII created the space for an entire housing development and art centre to be built.
  
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• Stratford station’s new western entrance has opened

  11-07-2024 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Commuters using the Jubilee line platforms at Stratford station may have noticed that a new entrance opened yesterday.
  The new entrance from the outside (c) ianVisits
  It’ll be a surprise to many people, though, as the site has been covered up in hoardings for a long time, and there weren’t any signs advertising the fact that a new station entrance was being built here. So a lot of people getting off the Jubilee line yesterday evening would have likely been surprised by the apparently
  
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