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• The London Buzz – 28th March 2025

  28-03-2025 18:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Today’s London news round-up:
  A major emergency response was underway in central London this morning after a man was spotted on the roof of the New Zealand embassy. Metro
  Stars share sadness as iconic TV studio is torn down to make way for new development ITV News
  A woman in Croydon sustained a serious back injury using an NHS bed turning aid after the local authority cut funding for her night-time care. LocalGov
  A man has died after falling from the 755ft Heron Tower near Liverpool Stree
  
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• Tickets Alert: Free evening at St Paul’s Cathedral

  28-03-2025 15:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  For one evening later this Spring, you can visit St Paul’s Cathedral in the evening and also for free.
  As part of the Cathedrals at Night series of events, St Paul’s will be open in the evening, offering guided tours and trails and handling sessions with its craftspeople.
  St Pauls Cathedral from the Triforium (c) ianVisits
  The evening opening takes place on Saturday 10th May 2025 between 6:30pm and 9pm.
  The main floor and the crypt will be open for the free event, although the upper
  
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• LNER tests running trains into St Pancras for when King’s Cross station is closed

  28-03-2025 13:03 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  If you had been near the Thameslink railway very early this morning, you’d have seen the odd sight of an LNER Azuma train on the railway – testing out a new route.
  While most of the country slept, the LNER Azuma train conducted a test run between Leeds and London St Pancras to see if it’s viable to use St Pancras station when parts of the East Coast Main Line (ECML) are closed for Network Rail engineering works.
  Using a 9-car bi-mode LNER Azuma train, the unit (no. 800108) star
  
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• West London homes could be heated by sewage

  28-03-2025 12:01 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Heat from sewage being processed at the Mogden Sewage Works in Isleworth could heat local buildings, as the local council has applied for funding to build a heat network for the area.
  Mogden Sewage Works (c) Goolge satellite view
  Once treated, water from the sewage plant is pumped into the rivers, but it is warm enough to be useful if the heat could be transferred from the wastewater to something useful.
  To tap into this wasted heat source, Hounslow council has requested up to £11m of fund
  
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• From stages to souvenirs: Fan Museum exhibition looks at ladies theatrical fans

  28-03-2025 11:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  If you like period dramas, with ladies hiding themselves teasingly behind handheld fans, then you’ll love a small museum in Greenwich filled with them.And at the moment, they have an exhibition of decorated fans dedicated to the performing arts. From ornate feathered fans to tiny “dating” fans designed to be reused when the dates don’t pan out, this is a display that’s as interesting to read about as it is to look at.
  The fans on display were either made as promotio
  
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• Consultation starts on the next Superloop bus expansion in east London

  28-03-2025 10:33 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Transport for London (TfL) has started the consultation on its plans to create the Superloop 12 bus route between Gants Hill and Ferry Lane in Rainham, via Romford.
  The fast bus service would use double-decker buses and link Gants Hill (Central line), Romford town centre, Elm Park (District line), and Rainham (c2c services). As a service, it should help improve north-south links in an area dominated by east-west links.The bus will also include a loop down to the Ferry Lane industrial estate, whe
  
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