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The London Buzz – 20th December 2024

20-12-2024 18:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

Today’s London news round-up:
There are now more 24-hour gyms than 24-hour clubs in London BBC News
Labour’s Jahdia Spencer won the West Thamesmead by-election – but little more than one in eight voters cast their ballots on the last Thursday before Christmas. Greenwich Wire
Councillors on Camden’s Culture and Environment Scrutiny Committee have given their full and unanimous support to the campaign to save the Central YMCA Club from closure. Fitzrovia News
Labour member

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GWR trains will be diverted to Euston station over Christmas

20-12-2024 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

Because of engineering works closing Paddington station over Christmas, there will be a chance to see some GWR trains on diversion to Euston station.
GWR trains on the first diversion to Euston 17th Nov 2024 (c) ianvisits
Most GWR services from the west of England will terminate at Reading, and there will be an Elizabeth line shuttle service between Reading and Ealing Broadway. At Ealing Broadway, passengers will continue journeys on the Central line.
However, some intercity GWR services from So

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Shakespeare-themed artworks appear in Shoreditch

20-12-2024 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

A set of Shakespeare-themed artworks have appeared in Shoreditch, at the site of the forthcoming Shakespeare Museum.The museum’s doorway is backlit by stained-glass displays based on scenes from The Winter’s Tale, while a large wall opposite has been decorated with more Shakespeare themes.
The backlit windows are quite modest in scale, filling the future museum doorway, but at night, they glow agreeably, and the plaza where the museum sits has also been designed to look nice at night

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HS2 completes first of two 5-mile tunnels under West London

20-12-2024 12:40 via ianvisits.co.uk

HS2 has completed digging the first of two five-mile tunnels under west London, with the Tunnel Boring Machine completing its dig by arriving inside a giant foam-filled can. The Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM), Sushila, set off from West Ruislip in October 2022 and arrived at a deep shaft dug near Greenford station yesterday (19th Dec 2024).
The rear of the TBM (c) HS2
Normally, when a TBM arrives at its destination, it breaks through the wall in a dramatic manner, but at Greenford, it broke through

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