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• The London Buzz – 18th February 2025

  18-02-2025 18:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Today’s London news round-up:
  A declining birth rate in London is responsible for a continued drop in demand for school places in the capital, according to a new report, external. BBC News
  Three people were rescued from the Thames by firefighters after being trapped by the rising tide this afternoon. Southwark News
  Brixton residents are in for yet another week of disruption, with the Super Grid Transformer remaining stuck in position on Coldharbour Lane until at least Sunday, 23rd Februar
  
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• Fare dodgers ordered to repay over £12,000 as Chiltern Railways cracks down on evasion

  18-02-2025 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Three Chiltern Railways passengers had to pay over £12,000 after they were caught persistently avoiding paying their fares last year.In total, Chiltern Railways says that it recovered just over £1 million from fare evaders in 2024, more than double the amount detected and recovered in 2023. In total, during 2024, there were 8,064 cases reported for investigation on the Chiltern network. Some cases involved customers not paying for their full journey, adults buying child tickets and r
  
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• Unmasking Henry VII: Westminster Abbey investigates its lifelike effigy head to reveal its secrets

  18-02-2025 15:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A remarkably lifelike effigy head of King Henry VII is currently being scanned by Westminster Abbey to try and work out how it was made and why it’s so lifelike.
  The funeral effigy head of Henry VII on display in the Abbey Galleries (c) Westminster Abbey
  The funeral effigy head of Henry VII is thought to be the work of an Italian Renaissance sculptor, Pietro Torrigiano. He came to England after leaving Florence around 1509-10 and may have used a death mask taken directly from the dead mona
  
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• See an Aston Martin Formula 1 racing car at North Greenwich tube station

  18-02-2025 13:30 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  If you head to North Greenwich tube station today, you can see a very smart-looking rail replacement bus service—in the shape of an Aston Martin racing car.It’s there as part of a promotional effort for the F1 75 Live at The O2 today, and in addition to the F1 racing car, Aston Martin has taken over all the advertising spots inside the tube station.
  The F1 racing car is on the ground floor, just outside the station concourse. If you come up the escalators, turn right and head through
  
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• Dorney Court manor house’s open days confirmed for 2025

  18-02-2025 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A Tudor manor house built around a hall from the Doomsday Book that is occasionally open to the public has confirmed its 2025 opening dates.This is Dorney Court which has been in the same family for just over 400 years. The current generation took on custodianship in the 1970s, at which point the house was in a very poor state, and they are the generation who went commercial, opening the house for filming, weddings, and occasionally, to the public.
  If it looks familiar, it’s Francis Urquha
  
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• Second consultation opens into plans for 300 new homes next to High Barnet tube station

  18-02-2025 12:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Plans to build up to 300 homes around High Barnet tube station have entered their second consultation ahead of a planning application being filed this summer.
  Initial concept image (c) Barratt London
  Last year, Barratt London and TfL’s propery subsidiary, Places for London unveiled proposals for approximately 300 to be built on the car park and on the light industrial land to the south of the station. New ground-floor commercial units, which could include shops or a café, will also
  
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• The story behind Clapham Junction’s disused platform 8

  18-02-2025 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Right in the middle of the station, Clapham Junction has a disused platform, and thousands of people stand opposite it every year without realising its significance.
  Platform 8 (c) ianVisits
  This is Platform 8 at Clapham Junction, and although trains pass through here regularly as non-stopping services, except in rare circumstances, trains are not supposed to call here.
  The reason is that the gap between the platform and the train is too large for it to be used in general passenger service.
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