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The London Buzz – 18th September 2024

18-09-2024 18:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

Today’s London news round-up:
London’s first LGBTQ+ cinema is set to open in a Bermondsey picture house that has been empty for over a year and a half. South London Press
Lambeth Council faces over half a million pound budget overrun on Brixton Road property refurbishment Brixton Buzz
City AM has struck a deal to take up the vacant spots in the Evening Standard’s distribution network across London when the latter paper launches its new weekly edition. Press Gazette
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V&A unlocks a hidden corridor for a display of Japanese craft

18-09-2024 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

A pair of doors in the V&A Museum that are usually locked will be open for the next few weeks, giving visitors a chance to see the rarely used corridor behind.The doors lead to the Prince Consort Gallery on the second floor of the museum. It’s basically an unused corridor between more interesting places, but the museum very occasionally uses it as an exhibition space and opens the doors.
So, for the next few weeks, it contains a display by Craft x Tech, an initiative to bridge the gap

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Two years of rail strikes are over as ASLEF members accept pay rise

18-09-2024 14:30 via ianvisits.co.uk

The worst of the national rail strikes are over as ASLEF members have voted to end their two-year pay dispute that has seen strikes affecting many of Englands train companies.The union predominantly represents the train drivers, and strikes by ASLEF members have been ongoing for over two years. These have disrupted train companies across England and affected cross-border services into Wales and Scotland.
The cause of the dispute has been contentious. The previous government said it was for the t

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London Underground station staff ballotted for strike action

18-09-2024 12:30 via ianvisits.co.uk

London Underground staff who are members of the TSSA union are to be balloted for possible strike action in a pay and conditions dispute.The union says Transport for London’s (TfL) latest pay offer for London Underground staff is 3.8% plus £300 for all grades, which is below the rate of inflation for February, which was 4.5%.
Infaltion has since fallen to 2.2%, but that doesn’t cancel out previous higher inflation rates.
In addition to the pay offer, the union notes that the on

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London’s first King Charles III bollards have appeared near Regent’s Park

18-09-2024 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

In certain areas of London, the streets are lined with grander than usual bollards with royal markings, and now the first to carry the royal cipher for King Charles III has been installed.The new King Charles III bollards are on a side street next to The Regent’s Park and are the first bearing the new King’s cipher to have been installed by the 200-year-old Crown Estate Paving Commission (CEPC).
The CEPC can be roughly thought of as a sort of local authority, but one that looks after

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