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• The London Buzz – 27th March 2025

  27-03-2025 18:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Today’s London news round-up:
  An accountant who says she was promised “the ultimate in luxury” when she bought a £1.5m Versace-designed London flat is suing to get her money back – after discovering her bathroom had no bath. Independent
  After more than 120 years, family-owned and run Daniel of Ealing is calling time on the borough and has commenced its closing down sale. Ealing News
  A London council has been told they must stop ‘nuisance buskers’ in Lei
  
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• Booking dates announced for London Open House Festival 2025

  27-03-2025 17:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The annual chance to peer inside other people’s buildings has confirmed when bookings will open for the general public.This autumn, Open House Festival 2025 (nee London Open House Weekend) will run for just over a week, from Saturday 13th to Sunday 21st September and will feature hundreds of free open days and tours across the whole of Greater London.
  The vast majority of buildings will be open to just wander in on the day, but the very best selection from the buffet always requires bookin
  
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• Heathrow Express makes its £10 advance fares permanent

  27-03-2025 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A trip from Paddington to Heathrow normally costs £25 if paid on the day, but Heathrow Express is now making its £10 advance fares a permanent offer.
  Heathrow Express train at Heathrow
  They tried it last August, and now the offer will be available for anyone booking tickets at least 45 days in advance.
  Tickets are available exclusively on their website or via their smartphone app. With no set travel time, you can hop on any train on your booked day.
  As it happens, children aged 15 ye
  
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• TfL cycle hire price hike: Daily cost rises, but ride time doubles

  27-03-2025 14:07 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The daily cost of renting a TfL cycle hire bike is rising next month, although at the same time they’re also doubling the duration of each ride that can be taken.The standard day pass, which offers unlimited 30-minute rides for the day, will rise from £3 to £3.50, but at the same time, the duration of the ride will double to an hour, so you can cycle further without paying any extra top-up fees.
  However, the gap you have to leave between rides, from when you drop off a bike and
  
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• From Baywatch to Bond: The Design Museum dives into swimwear fashion

  27-03-2025 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  If you want to see Tom Daley’s Speedos and Pamela Anderson’s red Baywatch bathing suit, head to the Design Museum for their new exhibition on the fashion of swimming and diving.Most swimming-themed exhibitions in recent years have focused on the architecture of swimming pools, so this is the first to look at what people wore in modernist swimming pools and on beaches.
  The exhibition tells the story of how bathing fashions have changed from the early days of the Victorian era, coverin
  
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• Discovering the White’s Ground skatepark

  27-03-2025 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  For nearly twenty years, there’s been a small, interesting skatepark underneath the railway arches in Bermondsey, which is a less visible alternative to the Southbank skatepark.I stumbled upon it while wandering around the streets, waiting for a nearby museum to open. On my visit, it was totally deserted, although I gather that was an unusual day.
  On my visit, it was a deserted space, and with all the graffiti decoration of its absent users, it had a somewhat post-dystopian feel.Unlike the
  
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