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• The London Buzz – 28th April 2025

  28-04-2025 18:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Today’s London news round-up:
  London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan has given his backing to the city bidding for the 2040 Olympic Games. LBC
  A mobile phone thief was caught with nine phones in one morning, including one device belonging to a blind woman News Shopper
  Large parts of Brockwell Park will be fenced off for more than six weeks this summer with Lambeth Council’s planning application to retain event infrastructure between commercial concerts and the Lambeth Country Show. Brixton Buz
  
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• New accessible toilet for White Hart Lane station as part of London-wide upgrade plan

  28-04-2025 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Transport for London (TfL) has unveiled a new accessible customer toilet at White Hart Lane station, following a £15 million funding agreement from the Mayor of London.
  Last year TfL committed to introducing toilets at selected stations, increasing the number of accessible toilets, enhancing existing facilities and improving the availability of toilets, to ensure that customers are always within 20 minutes of a toilet without having to change trains.
  The Mayor of London is providing £
  
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• Demolition of the shopping arcade blocking Peckham Rye station to start this summer

  28-04-2025 15:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Peckham town centre is to get a new public square as work to remove a dilapidated 1930s shopping arcade from the front of Peckham Rye station is about to get underway.
  Looking over the top of the soon to be demolished shopping arcade towards the station (c) ianVisits
  Planned for some years, the removal of the 1930s shopping centre was expected to start last year, but there were some delays, and now Southwark Council has awarded BAM Nuttal the contract to remove the shops. Once removed, the space
  
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• Tickets Alert: Lambeth Palace open days

  28-04-2025 14:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  This summer, it will be possible to go on a rare look around inside the Lambeth Palace, the official home of the Archbishop of Canterbury. The tours were expected to happen before the last Archbishop resigned, so no, they’re not because the Palace is empty at the moment.
  There will be three open days, and visitors will be able to visit the main State Rooms, the 14th-century historic Guard Room, the 17th-century Great Hall, and the Crypt Chapel.
  Great Hall (c) ianVisits
  The open days also m
  
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• Bow Street Police Museum changes its name to reflect wider stories of crime and justice

  28-04-2025 10:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  The Bow Street Police Museum, which only opened in 2021, has already changed its name.Although the famous Bow Street Runners operated from 1749-1839 as part of the local magistrate’s court, it was in 1881 that a rebuilt courthouse also added a professional police station. The police station closed in 1992, and in 2021, as part of a hotel conversion, it reopened as the Bow Street Police Museum.
  However, earlier this month, the museum previously known as Bow Street Police Museum changed its
  
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• London’s Alleys: Footpath to Kensington Court, W8

  28-04-2025 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  This side passage off busy Kensington High Street looks poshly unremarkable for the area, but played an important role in the development of electricty.Although the layout is a bit unclear, the first inklings of housing and streets in this part of Kensington appeared in the 1820s. However, whatever was built at the time was likely torn down fairly soon afterwards, and the current road layout was established by the 1890s.
  The area was initially occupied by two mansion houses, Colby House and Kens
  
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