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• The London Buzz – 20th August 2024

  20-08-2024 18:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Today’s round-up of what’s happening in London:
  The new Labour government has approved controversial plans to expand London City Airport – but kept restrictions on weekend flights in place. The Greenwich Wire
  Sadiq Khan fears a second term in the White House for Donald Trump could lead to a rise in abuse towards him and his family. Standard
  Gail’s and the new London class war: The war over the coffee chain in Walthamstow represents a battleground in the new London econom
  
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• Baffling builders hordings art in Piccadilly Circus

  20-08-2024 17:03 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Piccadilly Circus has gained a short-lived billboard artwork which partially obscures the central statue of Eros*.
  (c) Art of London
  Created by British-Nigerian artist, Yinka Ilori MBE, it’s called “Good Things Come to Those Who Wait”, and we’re told that the addition of two winged sculptures of Pegasus, whose Greek name means ‘spring’ – pays homage to the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain’s history as a former free water source until 1939 for members
  
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• BT suffers blow as Sky opts for CityFibre’s network in broadband deal

  20-08-2024 15:04 via ft.com
  FTSE 100 group’s existing agreement with media company will remain but choice of rival ‘altnet’ puts it under pressure
  
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• Tate Britain unveils 400 years of women’s art: A story of struggle and resilience

  20-08-2024 15:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  An art exhibition is usually about the art on display, but Tate Britain’s look at 100 women artists over 400 years is much more than that. It’s the story told about the artists that really matters here.This is a tale of how women had to fight and fight hard to be recognized in a male-dominated art world that didn’t approve of women as painters. The display is packed full of anecdotes and letters from women bemoaning how they are treated.
  It’s also an exhibition of loss, a
  
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• A glowing steam train will return to the Epping Ongar Railway

  20-08-2024 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A steam train covered in lights will return to the Epping Ongar railway this winter, creating a magical ride through the countryside.
  This is Lights Express – a chance to ride behind a steam train that is not just decorated inside and out for the festive season but lights up the countryside as it passes through the woods and fields.
  A trip inside a steam train is always a delight, but there’s something magical about to arrive as the crowd waits at Ongar station. A toot in the distanc
  
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• London’s Pocket Parks: Thessaly Road Oasis, SW8

  20-08-2024 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  This is a former bomb site near Nine Elms that was opened as a public park, then closed, and will soon be redeveloped back into a public park again.This whole area was once rows of Victorian terraced housing, but WWII did extensive damage to it, and it was redeveloped with post-war blocks of flats. At the same time, several roads were realigned, including Thessaly Road, one that this pocket park now sits next to. The park appears to have been opened soon after the rebuilding of the area was comp
  
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• From deers to donkeys – the animal culprits delaying your train journeys

  20-08-2024 07:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  New figures from Network Rail have revealed the worst culprits for trespassing on the railways, after humans that is.
  The information released by Network Rail reveals that animals trespassed 1,432 times in the 12 months to April 2024, ranging from deer at one end of the scale to bees, a donkey, mice, hedgehogs and even a now well-known tortoise.
  (c) Network Rail
  But by far, the worst offender was the upright walking mammal known as homo erectus, with over 19,300 incidents – one every half-
  
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