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The London Buzz – 25th October 2024

25-10-2024 18:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

Today’s London news round-up:
Greenwich Council is sitting on a £55 million pile of cash from developers – the fourth highest total in London. The Greenwich Wire
An unpaved street in Beckenham that turns into a quagmire of mud, potholes and puddles when it rains have pleaded for something to be done ‘before a toddler drowns’ in the deep pond-like menaces. South London Press
Jamie Oliver is to launch a new flagship Cookery School and Café next spring within J

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TfL grapples with Cyber Attack: Concession card renewals delayed until IT systems repaired

25-10-2024 14:30 via ianvisits.co.uk

Transport for London (TfL) says it is making progress in recovering from a cyber attack that has damaged some of its IT systems, but it is still unable to renew expiring concession cards.Rebuilding the IT infrastructure is taking a long time, as TfL’s staff are checking the code in many of the services line by line to ensure that nothing was inserted by the hacker or could leave a route open again later. That painstaking task means that TfL can’t process new photocard applications, w

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Shattering Myths: Exhibition reveals the complex and varied Lives of Medieval women

25-10-2024 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

Even today, the role of women in medieval Europe is seen as little more than being maidens or nuns, but an exhibition shatters that Hollywood image and shows how active and varied their lives really were.What’s been brought together is an extensive collection of medieval books and manuscripts, and while most of them are unintelligible to most of us today, the books are almost mere background to the fascinating stories told about them.
Each item has a story about the women who wrote or owne

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LEGO video project on Battersea Power Station

25-10-2024 11:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

On Saturday evening, a large LEGO-themed video projection will be shown on Battersea Power Station’s walls and chimneys.
It’s a promotion, obviously, for LEGO Minifigures, but it may be fun to watch, depending on how good the video wall projection is. If it’s a proper 3D video projection, then it could be amazing.
Not much else is known, but the video wall will be projected onto Battersea Power Station on Saturday 26th October from 6pm to 11pm.
(c) Battersea Power Station
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Tim Dunn’s podcast takes a look at the London Overground’s Weaver line

25-10-2024 10:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

TfL’s Mind the Gap podcast, hosted by railway presenter Tim Dunn has reached the end of the line, with a final episode about the London Overground’s Weaver line.
(c) TfL
The final episode looks at the history behind the textile industry and weaving in east London and the moquette seating designs, which are created through weaving, and used across London’s transport network.
The first part of the episode sees the presenter, historian Tim Dunn, travel on what will become the Lond

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