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• The London Buzz – 20th January 2025

  20-01-2025 18:22 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Today’s London news round-up:
  Thousands of London homeowners will face their council tax bills doubling from April under new rules. Standard
  They’re bright yellow, small, electric and look like a chunky golf cart and there are 10 of them now in Fulham. BBC News
  An advert promoting the controversial Scientology religion at a London Tube station has caused shock and disbelief among commuters. Metro
  A man has been arrested on possession of points and blades after he was seen dropping a
  
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• London-style contactless train ticketing expanding to 47 more stations next month

  20-01-2025 18:07 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The delayed expansion of London-style contactless payments across more stations outside London will come into effect next month.From 2nd February, 47 more stations across south-east England will start accepting tap-in and tap-out ticketing, and 49 more stations are due to join the scheme later this year.
  The £20 million rollout, called Project Oval, is being funded by the Department for Transport (DfT) and carried out by TfL with the provision of in-station validation equipment carried out
  
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• First repainted class 357 train returns to c2c line as fleet overhaul begins

  20-01-2025 17:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The Essex commuter train operator, c2c is currently undertaking a project to repaint its entire Class 357 train fleet, with the first units now returned back to service.
  The first repainted train (c) c2c
  The 357 fleet was introduced into service on the c2c line between 1998 and 2002 and comprise a total of 74 units. The units are on lease until 2029 and run across the c2c route alongside the 720 fleet, which came into service in 2023.
  Each 357 unit will receive a complete external re-paint to pr
  
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• Visit the factory where Remembrance Poppies are made

  20-01-2025 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  For over a century, a south London factory has employed former military personnel to make Remembrance Poppies, and you can tour the factory.The factory is based in Richmond upon Thames and now has 22 production workers and two special wreath makers, currently making in excess of 124,000 wreaths, 450,000 crosses and symbols and 250 royal and special wreaths.
  They’ve run tours for some years, but there’s now a visitor centre that showcases the Poppy Factory’s history and how it w
  
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• Free entry to Leighton House once a month

  20-01-2025 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Once a month, Kensington’s recently refurbished Leighton House offers a pay what you want offer that can mean you pay nothing at all to visit.Adult entry normally costs £14, but on the first Monday of each month, they offer a pay what you want offer. That means you can pay above the standard ticket price, pay less, or indeed, pay nothing at all.
  The pay what you want offer is for mornings only – between 10am and 1pm, and you pay (or not) on entry to the building. You can’
  
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• London’s Alleys: Old Seacoal Lane, EC4

  20-01-2025 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Once the site of a notorious prison, this little alley just to the north of Ludgate Hill in the City of London has an interesting way of advertising its cycle parking hub.The Fleet Prison was built in 1197, sitting alongside the River Fleet, now long buried underneath Farringdon Street. Notorious for imprisoning debtors and for its poor conditions, it was destroyed during the Peasants’ Revolt in 1381 but quickly rebuilt. It was destroyed again during the Great Fire of London and rebuilt by
  
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