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• The London Buzz – 9th April 2025

  09-04-2025 18:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Today’s London news round-up:
  Transition to electric vehicles is racing ahead, yet vital infrastructure for them in the capital is patchy OnLondon
  A government bill is seeking to regulate yeshivas, sparking outcry in London’s ultra-Orthodox Jewish community. But not everyone wants to keep parliament out. The Londoner
  Cyclists are divided over a new Silvertown tunnel shuttle bus with some branding it “rubbish”. The Tottenham Independent
  Sir Sadiq Khan has announced a &pou
  
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• Hackney Museum to close later this year for £2.2 million revamp

  09-04-2025 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Hackney’s local museum is to get a £2.2 million redevelopment after it secured a grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund.The new permanent exhibition at the museum, replacing the current display, which was created in 2002, will highlight how 300,000 years of migration and settlement have shaped the local area. Alongside the redesign and redisplay of the permanent exhibition, other significant changes will include a new visitor reception, two temporary exhibition areas, a redeve
  
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• Tickets Alert: Visit the Reigate Caves

  09-04-2025 15:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Underneath Reigate town centre is a series of large caves* that are usually open to the public for a few days during the summer.The West Tunnel caves were used to mine high-grade sand and, apart from a gun range, are still empty, while the East Tunnels were used for storage in the 19th-century but taken over as a WW2 control centre and much of the site is given over to that heritage. The Barons’ Cave is underneath the ruins of Reigate Castle and is a large set of tunnels of rather mysterio
  
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• The Duke of Wellington’s private art collection goes on display in Apsley House

  09-04-2025 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  An often overlooked aspect of the first Duke of Wellington’s private life is getting a new look at his London home — and it’s something not many people know much about.
  His art collection.
  It may seem odd to suggest that a man who lived in a grand house packed with some of the best art available to galleries at the time could have his interest in art overlooked, but it’s down to how the art was acquired.Most of what people see in Apsley House is from the Spanish Gift &mda
  
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• Universal theme park for Bedford would include two railway stations

  09-04-2025 09:32 via ianvisits.co.uk
  A huge theme park could be built at Bedford, north of London and would include two railway stations to make it easier for people to visit the theme park.After several years of local consultation, Universal, the government, and the local council agreed on a multi-billion-pound investment in the new Universal theme park and resort in Bedford. It is all subject to formal planning approval, but the noises are favourable, with strong local support. If approved, they expect construction to start next
  
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• From penny-licks to Greensleeves: The history of ice cream van jingles

  09-04-2025 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  It’s summer (allegedly), and all around the country, small vans are driving around residential estates playing music out loud — and people are smiling when they hear it.It’s the familiar jingle of the ice cream van, and hearing it the other day made me wonder — why are they allowed to play music in the first place. It’s such an odd thing when you think about it, as no one else would be allowed to do that.
  Is there an ice-cream van exemption from noise pollution? Aft
  
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