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• The London Buzz – 30th October 2024

  30-10-2024 18:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Today’s London news round-up:
  Sadiq Khan has refused to bow to pressure from within his own party to “pause” the roll-out of ‘floating bus stops’, amid concerns over the safety of older and disabled Londoners. Neighbournet
  A single case of mpox – formerly known as monkeypox – linked to the recent outbreak in parts of Africa, has been detected in the UK. BBC News
  Police are searching for someone they would like to speak to after it is alleged that a man
  
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• Sutton’s St Nicholas Shopping Centre set for demolition as part of town centre regeneration

  30-10-2024 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  When it opened in 1992, Sutton’s new £100 million St Nicholas Centre was expected to be one of the South East’s “premiere shopping centres”, but now it’s about to be demolished.
  As part of a wider regeneration of Sutton town centre, the council has selected a development partner to rebuild the shopping centre and provide a new Civic Hub to replace its existing council buildings, as well as a new retail centre to replace the old one.
  (c) Sutton Council
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• Government confirms HS2 tunnels will reach Euston station

  30-10-2024 15:30 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The government has confirmed that it will dig the HS2 tunnels from Old Oak Common to Euston station, although it hasn’t proposed any new plans to build Euston station itself.
  HS2 tunnel entrance next to the M25 motorway (c) ianVisits
  The two tunnel boring machines that will dig the tunnels from Old Oak Common to Euston are already in the UK and are being assembled at Old Oak Common. The current plan was to seal them into a box next to the station, ready to be used if and when they are need
  
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• GWR releases Intercity 125 Christmas tree ornament

  30-10-2024 15:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  If you’re a railway fan, would you like an Intercity 125 train hanging from your Christmas tree this year?
  (c) GWR
  If yes, then you’ll want to know that GWR has teamed up with The London Christmas Company to produce a Christmas tree train crafted from pure brass and finished in 24-carat gold.
  Admittedly, it’s not the cheapest tree ornament, but it’ll last a lifetime, so the cost per year is rather less daunting.
  The tree ornament is £59 and available here – wh
  
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• From paralysis to playfulness: Jason Wilsher-Mills’ whimsical art transforms adversity into joy

  30-10-2024 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A charmingly whimsical exhibition filled with colour and joy that’s also the result of a serious illness and disability.Artist Jason Wilsher-Mills was admitted to hospital in August 1980 with an illness that later transpired to be an autoimmune condition that left him paralysed from the neck down from the age of 11 to 16.
  During his enforced immobility, his world was one of TV shows and comics, and the 1980 Olympics. While most of us would see this as an adversity to overcome, he sees it a
  
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• Jubilee line’s alleged 1970s Lewisham safeguarding debunked

  30-10-2024 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Many years ago, I read somewhere that when the Jubilee line was planned in the 1970s, they made space for its tunnels to pass through Lewisham town centre.To explain, when the Jubilee line (at the time the Fleet line) was being planned, it would have run from Stanmore to Baker Street over the existing railway, and then through new tunnels to Charing Cross. From there it was expected to eventually pass through the City of London and Wapping then head, via various possible routes, down to Lewisham
  
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• London’s tube and rail stations to get public toilets, with first seven stations announced

  30-10-2024 07:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  More London railway stations are to get public toilets, as Transport for London (TfL) announces the first seven stations to get them as part of a larger rollout of toilets on the tube.The Mayor of London announced a review into toilets on the TfL estate last year. It was due to be published last August, but following delays, it was promised to be released by the end of this summer. Now, TfL has announced the first six stations to get toilets and some stations already have toilets that will get u
  
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