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• The London Buzz – 17th January 2025

  17-01-2025 18:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Today’s London news round-up:
  A bar inside the Houses of Parliament which found itself at the centre of drink spiking allegations last week has announced it’s set to close its doors from Monday. LBC
  An amateur baker from north west London says the sudden online popularity of his cakes has prompted celebrities to start requesting their own faces in sponge and icing. BBC News
  A “significant number” of Camden’s private landlords who need to license their rental proper
  
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• A massive 178-tonne transformer rolls through South London on Sunday

  17-01-2025 16:24 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Look out for a huge 178-tonne electricity transformer on a special lorry being driven through south London on Sunday.
  Previous Bridgwater SGT delivery (c) National Grid
  The transformer, the first of two that are needed, is being delivered to a substation near Brixton as part of the National Grid’s £1 billion London Power Tunnels 2 project to reinforce the capital’s electricity network. The transformers will be delivered to the Port of Tilbury and then driven by haulage experts
  
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• A woven tube roundel to celebrate the new Weaver Overground line

  17-01-2025 15:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A patchwork woven “tube roundel” has appeared at a London Overground station to mark the renaming of that part of the Overground as the Weaver Line.
  Weaver line roundel (c) TfL
  Now in place above the stairs at Hackney Downs station, the woven roundel was created by local weavers. Each produced a small patch of fabric, which was then stitched together to form the patchwork roundel.
  Close up of the Weaver line roundel (c) TfL
  The woven roundel celebrates the historical significance of
  
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• Closures warning on the London Overground’s Mildmay line

  17-01-2025 14:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Passengers on the London Overground Mildmay line, which runs between Stratford and Richmond/Clapham Junction, are being asked to check for closures on part of the route over upcoming weekends.
  London Overgroud trainbow at Stratford station (c) ianVisits
  The closures on the Mildmay line to complete these engineering works will be as follows:
  January 2025Sun 19th Jan: No service between Gospel Oak and Stratford. Also no service between Willesden Junction and Clapham Junction
  Sat 25th and Sun 26th
  
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• Curtain rises on NEON – Battersea’s new immersive experience centre

  17-01-2025 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A new exhibition and events building next to Battersea Power Station will open in a few months time, offering a large open box for “immersive experiences”.
  NEON – source: planning documents
  The new venue, NEON, is one of two temporary buildings being constructed next to the power station on land that will eventually be redeveloped as housing. Until then, the power station company secured approval for two large buildings to be erected for five years.
  One building will be occupie
  
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• How London’s excavated soil helped create a thriving wildlife haven in Essex

  17-01-2025 12:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A large nature reserve created using soil dug up from the Elizabeth line tunnels under London has proven so successful that it is to be substantially enlarged.
  Wallasea Island at high tide (c) RSPB
  The 740-hectare nature reserve in Essex, Wallasea Island, was started in 2006 with a small project to convert farmland into mudflats and salt marsh.
  In 2012, when the Crossrail project was looking for somewhere to put all the soil it was about to dig up from under London, the Wallasea Island project w
  
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• Large donation towards a new QEII garden in Regents Park

  17-01-2025 11:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A new garden being created in Regent’s Park to commemorate Queen Elizabeth II’s life and legacy has received a £450,000 grant from the Garfield Weston Foundation.
  The Royal Parks charity, which manages London’s eight Royal parks, is currently working on transforming a disused plant nursery into a biodiverse and climate-resilient garden that everyone can enjoy for years to come.
  The funds from the Foundation will support the construction of the new free-to-visit garden.
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