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• London Assembly pushes for TfL to gain control of mainline rail services around London

  24-10-2024 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  There are growing calls for some Transport for London (TfL) to be given more control over mainline railway services that feed commuters into London.
  London Overground train at London Bridge on Easter Sunday (c) ianVisits
  The London Assembly has called for the forthcoming changes to national rail franchises to be amended to allow the Mayor of London to also take over franchises when they come up for renewal.
  Currently, the proposed legislation would require future franchise contracts to be awarde
  
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• Step inside Tim Burton’s world at the Design Museum this autumn

  24-10-2024 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  If you want to step inside the world of Tim Burton’s imagination at the Design Museum’s new exhibition, then you better hurry, as tickets are selling fast. In fact, this exhibition, which nearly didn’t come to London at all, has been the fastest-selling in the museum’s 35-year history.
  It’s also an exhibition that will delight Tim Burton fans, with over 600 objects on display ranging from some of his earliest sketches to his latest TV shows and movies.However, it&rs
  
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• Historic 150-year-old drinking fountain restored near Great Ormond Street Hospital

  24-10-2024 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A drinking fountain installed near Great Ormond Street Hospital over 150 years ago has been restored back to working order.The Guilford Place fountain was erected in 1870 in memory ofFrancis Whiting, who lived in nearby Mecklenburgh Square. Originally, the drinking fountain stood in the middle of the empty road, but a block of underground toilets was added in the 1920s or 30s, retaining the drinking fountain in its original location.
  You can see a photo of it here on a very cold day before the u
  
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