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• The London Buzz – 29th January 2025

  29-01-2025 18:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Today’s London news round-up:
  Scenes for an ITV crime thriller series about are being filmed this week on the Lancaster Estate in Southwark. SE1
  Thousands of London motorists are being given the chance to drive through the Silvertown and Blackwall tunnels for as little as 75p per trip. Standard
  Plans to merge two schools in Globe Town due to falling numbers to be considered by Council The Slice
  The history behind Heathrow’s third runway debate – and who’s against it Inde
  
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• Surbiton railway station to get refurbished waiting rooms

  29-01-2025 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Network Rail and South West Railways are planning to revamp the indoor waiting rooms at Surbiton station, improving the seating areas and providing automatic opening doors.
  Surbiton station (c) ianVisits
  A planning application submitted to Kingston Council shows that the changes will provide further seating for the public and a standing workstation with charging points.
  As the station is a Grade II listed building, Network Rail has a limit on what changes it can make, and It confirms that its ch
  
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• Newham to clamp down on dumped dockless bikes

  29-01-2025 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  There will be fewer dockless bikes blocking pavements in Newham if plans by the borough are approved next week.The council intends to require dockless bike operators to introduce formal parking bays and goe-fencing to prevent bikes from being parked outside the official parking bays.
  If approved by next week’s council meeting, the scheme will apply to the areas where dockless cycle services currently operate, including Stratford Olympic Park, Stratford, Maryland, West Ham, Canning Town Nor
  
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• Thunderbirds Are Go: South London homeowner wants an underground helicopter lair

  29-01-2025 09:56 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A manor house near Bromley in southeast London could get a bit of the Thunderbirds effect, as the owner wants to build an underground helicopter lair with its own lift.
  Cookham Dene manor house – source Planning documents / Cleague Architects
  Cookham Dene manor house in Chislehurst was built in 1882 and is surrounded by a large manoral-sized estate and woodlands. The owner now wants to build two underground facilities.
  One is fairly conventional, for the sort of thing being discussed &mdas
  
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• London Underground restores Piccadilly line services to Uxbridge

  29-01-2025 08:34 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Services on the Piccadilly line between Rayners Lane and Uxbridge have been restored after they were suspended last year due to a shortage of trains following damage to their wheels.
  Uxbridge station (c) ianVisits
  Autumn leaf fall can usually damage wheels that slip on the leaves and need regrinding, but as leaf fall is spread out over several weeks, it’s usually manageable. Last year was unusual, with leaves staying on trees for longer than usual and then falling rapidly during the two st
  
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• A modest man, a florid memorial: Marylebone’s tribute to William Pitt Byrne

  29-01-2025 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A baroque drinking fountain with an equally florid inscription can be found in Marylebone as a tribute to a conservative newspaper proprietor.The drinking fountain was installed in 1862 by the writer Julia Clara Busk in memory of her husband, William Pitt Byrne, who had inherited ownership of The Morning Post newspaper from his father, and ran it as a fairly conservative leaning publication.
  After his death, the paper went through several owners, quite a few scandals, although it was also the fi
  
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