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• The London Buzz – 31st January 2025

  31-01-2025 18:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Today’s London news round-up:
  Prince Charles Cinema: Has London’s “meanest landlord” met his match? London Centric
  Asylum seekers who have been staying in a hostel that was once a courthouse – some for almost three years – have spoken out about the “vile” conditions they are subjected to, Islington Tribune
  A man has been charged after heroin worth more than £7 million was seized in west London. National Crime Agency
  More signs warning driver
  
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• Black cab drivers could help improve AI computers

  31-01-2025 17:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The way that Black Cab drivers plot routes across London could lead to innovations in AI computing, according to a study by York University.Unlike a satnav, which calculates every possible route until it gets to the destination, academics at the University of York, in collaboration with University College London and the Champalimaud Foundation, found that London taxi drivers rationally plan each route by prioritising the most challenging areas first and filling in the rest of the route around th
  
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• New 53-storey tower to replace 1970s office block near Liverpool Street station

  31-01-2025 16:13 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A 1970s Seifert-designed office block near Liverpool Street station is to be replaced with a new tower double the height of the one its replacing, now that the City of London has granted planning permission.
  Visualisation of the new tower – amended from original source RSHP / Planning application
  The replacement building at 99 Bishopsgate will be split into two, with the main 53-storey office block sitting next to a smaller, separate “cultural building” that will include a gall
  
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• Postal Museum planning £1 million upgrade to improve accessibility

  31-01-2025 14:27 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The Postal Museum has outlined plans to create a virtual Mail Rail ride to open the tunnel experience to people who can’t ride their small trains through the narrow tunnels.
  Concept design of the museum’s planned immersive projection space (c) Hayley Sharpe
  The Mail Rail tunnels were constructed a century ago as small freight trains for parcels and letters, and baring the occasional adventure weren’t designed for humans. When the Postal Museum opened the tunnels for tours, a se
  
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• A giant Sun lands in Greenwich: Luke Jerram’s ‘Helios’ fills the Painted Hall

  31-01-2025 13:15 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A vast scale model of The Sun has arrived in Greenwich, as Luke Jerram’s latest model of the solar system fills the Painted Hall.The artwork measures seven metres in diameter and features 72dpi detailed imagery of the Sun’s surface. At an approximate scale of 1:200 million, each centimetre of the internally lit spherical sculpture represents 200km of the Sun’s surface.
  Unlike his previous static models of the solar system, this one is alive with the sun’s movement. If you
  
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• Consultation opens on Bakerloo line replacement bus service — the Bakerloop

  31-01-2025 11:27 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Because it will be years before the Bakerloo line extension opens, if at all, a long-term rail replacement bus service to run along the route is being proposed.
  Proposed BL1 route (c) TfL
  The proposed bus route BL1 — already nicknamed the Bakerloop — would provide an express link between Waterloo, Elephant & Castle and Lewisham town centre.
  In line with what is proposed for a future Bakerloo line extension, the BL1 Bakerloop would start and stop at Waterloo, via the following key
  
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• Single sign-on Wi-Fi launched in central London

  31-01-2025 11:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A trial of a unified WiFi service has started in central London, with the aim of eventually offering a single sign-in for the majority of WiFi hotspots across the city.Many businesses, public spaces and cultural attractions already offer free WiFi access, each requiring people to sign up and log in every time they connect.
  Connected London WiFi is a new service that is looking to create a seamless roaming experience across the many disparate WiFi networks in London. It’s based on research
  
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