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• The London Buzz – 24th April 2025

  24-04-2025 18:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Today’s London news round-up:
  Shakespeare, social housing, and influencers: What does a prize draw for a Georgian town house near Borough Market say about the state of the capital’s property market? London Centric (£)
  Greenwich’s poorest residents will need to have less than £2,000 in savings if they want help paying their council tax bills, according to a policy outlined this week. Greenwich Wire
  A family has been awarded a pay out of more than £9,000 after
  
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• Berrylands station wood platform repairs to close the station for several months

  24-04-2025 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Berrylands station in southwest London will have to close for several months next year to repair its wooden platforms.Berrylands, one stop from Surbiton, opened in 1933 and is one of the few stations in London that still has wooden platforms. You might not notice the wooden flooring when looking at it casually, but the platform is a bit wonky in places, and if you look over the edge of the embankment it’s built on, the wooden supports become very obvious.Due to the condition of the platfor
  
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• Newly found letter suggests William Shakespeare lived in London with his wife

  24-04-2025 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  The common image of William Shakespeare moving to London and leaving his wife behind in Stratford-upon-Avon might need to be revised following the discovery of a letter in a cathedral archive.
  William Shakespeare by John Taylor
  A fragment of letter, preserved by accident in the binding of a book at Hereford Cathedral has recently been discovered, addressed to “good Mrs Shakespeare” and appears to show both of the Shakespeares living together in central London at some point in the dec
  
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• Proposal to ban loud music on public transport

  24-04-2025 11:11 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Playing music out loud on buses and trains could be banned under a proposed LibDem rule, even though it is already banned, just rarely enforced.The LibDems plan to submit an amendment to the Bus Services bill which is currently going through Parliament and aims to devolve management of bus services to local authorities. The amendment being proposed would only cover England and could allow authorities to impose fines of up to £1,000 on people who play music out loud on public transport, at
  
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• Nokia chief considers expanding US manufacturing to mitigate tariffs

  24-04-2025 10:05
  New CEO Justin Hotard was speaking as Finnish company announced sharp fall in first-quarter profits
  
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