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The London Buzz – 15th November 2024

15-11-2024 18:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

Today’s London news round-up:
Rainham Marshes will lose its shop, cafe and education programme as part of wider RSPB cuts – but its visitor centre will remain open for now. Romford Recorder
Greenwich councillors have backed new plans to revive crumbling university buildings in Woolwich – but took a gamble by rejecting a £4 million offer to build more new homes for social rent. The Greenwich Wire
Westminster City Council is planning almost £20mn in “savings&rd

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London’s outdoor ice skating rinks for winter 2024-2025

15-11-2024 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

Winter is coming, and so are the pop-up ice rinks that populate the city each winter, offering people opportunities to repeatedly fall over and go home with sore bums and dented pride.By date they close:
Battersea
Open until 5th January 2025
Three interlinked ice rinks in front of the Battersea power station and the river.
Prices vary from £18 to £25.
Details hereShepherds Bush (Westfield)
Open from 15th November 2024 until 5th January 2025
Based in the Westfield shopping centre.
Pri

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Foreign embassy congestion charge debt to TfL now exceeds £150 million

15-11-2024 12:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

The latest list of outstanding congestion charge payments owed by overseas embassies based in London has reached £152 million as of September 2024, up from £143 million a year ago.
Congestion charge sign at Fairchild Place, Shoreditch
Although the congestion charge is applied to road vehicles entering the congestion zone, many embassies argue that it’s not a charge but a tax, and embassies are exempt from paying domestic taxes under the terms of the 1961 Vienna Convention on Di

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TfL to open consultation on Pedicab regulations early next year

15-11-2024 10:10 via ianvisits.co.uk

Regulations to control the use of Pedicabs in London will go out to public consultation early next year, following law changes that allow Transport for London (TfL) to regulate their use.
(c) Westminster Council
The Pedicabs (London) Bill gives TfL powers to crack down on rogue pedicab drivers by regulating fares and improving safety standards – bringing the industry into line with other forms of transport in the capital.
It was passed in April, and TfL has been working since then on draft

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