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• The London Buzz – 20th September 2024

  20-09-2024 18:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Today’s London news round-up:
  Queues of up to 10 miles are stretching across the M25, with drivers queuing for several hours after a huge lorry fire that resulted in two lanes closing between junctions five and six. Auto Express
  Islington councillors have blasted policies that they claim led to low turnout at the general election in July – with one directly accusing the previous Conservative government of “voter suppression”. Islington Citizen
  An unprecedented alliance o
  
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• See seven abridged Christmas pantos in one evening at Wilton’s Music Hall

  20-09-2024 14:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  For the time pressed amongst us, it will be possible to see abridged versions of all the top pantomimes in just one evening — at the atmospheric Wilton’s Music Hall.Expect a combination of all your favourite pantomimes and a host of eclectic characters to create a manic but magical show.
  This all-in-one pantomime combines seven of the top pantomimes, bringing together the biggest and silliest stories for 80 minutes of hilarious laughter. Their dastardly double act rushes from rubbing
  
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• Hundreds of steam trains to sound their whistles on New Years Day to kick off 200th anniversary celebrations

  20-09-2024 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Next year marks the 200th anniversary of the first passenger railway*, and on New Year’s Day, heritage railways across the country will all sound their whistles in a grand “Whistle-Off”.
  Railway 200 bunting in foreground with steam locomotive behind (c) Network Rail
  The Whistle-Off will take place at noon on New Year’s Day and will trigger a year of celebrations that will culminate with the anniversary on 27th September, when in 1825, the Stockton and Darlington Railway (
  
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• Tickets Alert: Visit Charles Dickens home on Christmas Eve

  20-09-2024 12:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  After he wrote A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens was often credited with inventing the modern Christmas as we know it, so visiting his home is a very Christmasy thing to do.If you’ve never been before, his home in Bloomsbury is now a museum to the writer, his family and his writings, and over Christmas it’s decorated as it would have been when Charles et al lived there.
  A museum so heavily associated with Christmas is rather busier at that time of year, so tickets to visit on Christ
  
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• Elon Musk’s Starlink faces legal jeopardy in Brazil after X ban

  20-09-2024 12:00
  Billionaire’s satellite service is considered vital in remote areas but is coming under new scrutiny in Latin American country
  
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