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• The London Buzz – 3rd September 2024

  03-09-2024 18:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Today’s London news round-up:
  Hospital workers at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Foundation Trust are striking for two days to demand fair pay, arguing they are underpaid for the clinical tasks they perform. Morning Star
  A coffee business which gives ex-offenders a chance at work has been forced to find a new home after bosses revoked its contract at a prison near Watford. Watford Observer
  Transport for London (TfL) has been granted a possession order for land in Park Lane that for at least t
  
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• Five shortlisted for major redevelopment of British Museum’s galleries

  03-09-2024 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Five groups have been shortlisted for a major upgrade of the British Museum that will see more than a third of the museum’s gallery space redeveloped.
  British Museum during previous refurbishment works – August 2020
  Over 60 groups applied to lead the architectural project, which has been narrowed to a shortlist of five groups. Their designs will go on public display in the Museum’s Round Reading Room in December, and the winning design will be announced early next year.
  The wes
  
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• HQS Wellington renamed back to His Majesty’s Ship

  03-09-2024 15:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  HQS Wellington, the large white ship moored on the Thames in central London, is 90 years old this year, and the King has given permission to rename it back to its original name – HMS Wellington.HMS Wellington, moored at Temple Stairs, Victoria Embankment, has been a part of London’s river scene since she was towed there in December 1948 after her career as a Royal Navy warship during World War II
  For most of her time in London, the ship has been the floating Livery Hall for the Honou
  
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• The Lord Mayor of London’s Mansion House has a “smelly room”

  03-09-2024 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The City of London’s ornate and impressive Mansion House, home to the Lord Mayor of London also has a “smelly” store room. It is not for the storage of smells, but it is a nickname given to parts of the undercroft where staff work and need damp prevention to stop Mansion House from decaying further.Unsurprisingly, for such an old and well-used building, it’s showing its age. The City of London recently commissioned Matthew Lloyd Architects to investigate Mansion House&rsq
  
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• Brent sets Halloween deadline for Lime to fix dumped bikes problem

  03-09-2024 12:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Brent Council has warned Lime Bikes that its dockless e-bikes will be barred from the borough at the end of October unless the company addresses safety concerns and makes improvements to the service.Brent has partnered with Lime since 2019 and currently hosts 750 e-bikes in the borough, but concerns about how the bikes are inconsiderately parked are rising, and the council says that its concerned about how long it takes the hire firm to resolve them.
  The business model used by all the dockless h
  
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• Cockfosters tube station housing plans gets final approval to go ahead

  03-09-2024 11:10 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The stalled plans to build some 350 new homes next to Cockfosters tube station on the Piccadilly line are to go ahead after the government reversed a block on the development passed by the previous government.
  Proposed development (c) Development application
  The development will see 351 flats built on the car park next to the station, reducing its capacity from 336 spaces to 47, with increased cycling and pedestrian provision around the station.
  Although the council approved the plans in Februar
  
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• Why contactless payments can’t be expanded to Tilbury Riverside station

  03-09-2024 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  When contactless payments for travel across the southeast of England are expanded later this month, they can’t be extended to include Tilbury Riverside station, because it closed over 30 years ago.
  It may sound odd to point that out, because of course they won’t work at a long since closed station, but there’s a very good reason for making the point. Although the station closed over 30 years ago, there’s still a “parliamentary” service calling at the station.
  
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• UK government taps telecoms industry over boosting broadband in blocks of flats

  03-09-2024 06:00
  
  Department for Science, Innovation and Technology wants to know where barriers ‘can be mitigated or removed’
  
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• Government taps telecoms industry over boosting broadband in blocks of flats

  03-09-2024 06:00
  
  Department for Science, Innovation and Technology wants to know where barriers ‘can be mitigated or removed’
  
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