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• The London Buzz – 3rd April 2025

  03-04-2025 18:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Today’s London news round-up:
  An east London bureaucrat has been fired for misconduct after allegedly allocating themselves a council house — skipping a local waiting time of 26 years. London Spy
  A landmark office building next to the Chiswick Flyover is set to be converted into 178 flats. However, around 84 per cent of the homes will be studios. Chiswick W4
  London’s councils want a “radical” change that could curtail the mayor’s power — by following th
  
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• Wimbledon’s Henman Hill set for makeover ahead of the championship’s 150th anniversary

  03-04-2025 16:08 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Wimbledon’s famous Henman Hill / Murray Mount could get larger and easier to sit on for its many fans, as the All England Lawn Tennis Club has announced plans to improve the hill.
  Proposed hill layout (c) AELTC
  The hill, officially called Aorangi Terrace, even if no one really uses that name, was created in 1997 from the soil dug out to create the basement space for the slightly sunken Number 1 Court that sits next to the hill. Since then, with large screens mounted on the outside of the s
  
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• New skyscraper may open up a hidden section of London’s Roman Wall

  03-04-2025 15:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  A section of London’s Roman Wall hidden under a 1980s office block could be opened up to the public if plans for to redevelop the site are approved.
  The two buildings to be demolished next to the “can of ham” building (c) ianVisits
  The proposed building – source: planning documents / Fletcher Priest Architects
  The site is made up of two buildings on Camomile Street, a few minutes walk from Liverpool Street station, and the developer wants to replace them with a single 46
  
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• From Roman relics to horned helmets: Mudlarking treasures unveiled

  03-04-2025 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Twice a day, the depths of the River Thames are pulled back by the power of the moon, opening up its foreshore to the mudlarkers, those hardy folk who scrabble amongst the shingle for hidden treasures. Now, some of those treasures have been displayed at the London Museum Docklands.
  Mudlarking has been going on pretty much since humans started dropping things into the river, and what was once scavenging by the poor is today a regulated practice with strict rules about what can and cannot be done
  
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