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• London’s new Museum of Shakespeare delays its opening date to 2026

  14-11-2025 15:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  A new Shakespeare museum in East London that was due to open this year has been delayed and doesn’t have an opening date at the moment.
  The Museum of Shakespeare surface building (c) ianVisits
  When it opens, the Museum of Shakespeare will tell the story of Shakespeare’s Curtain Playhouse in Spitalfields. The Curtain Playhouse is first recorded as having opened its doors in 1577 and was a cultural and social centre for London during Shakespeare’s life.
  The theatre was the main v
  
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• Lambeth’s Covid Memorial Wall to be preserved as a monument to the pandemic

  14-11-2025 14:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  The Covid memorial wall along the riverside in Lambeth is to be preserved as a permanent memorial to those who died in the pandemic, the government has announced.Stretching 500 metres along the South Bank opposite the Houses of Parliament, the wall features nearly a quarter of a million hand-painted red hearts, each representing a person who died of Covid-19. Created by the bereaved for the bereaved, the memorial has become a place of reflection and remembrance for families and communities acros
  
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• Churchill Arms’ Christmas lights spark street-spilling crowds and a last-second bus dash

  14-11-2025 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  The most Christmasy pub in London switched on its Christmas lights last night, heralded by screams at a bus to move out of the way.The Churchill Arms in Kensington is famous for its massive foliage-covered exterior, and at Christmas, it’s covered in lights with a host of Christmas decorations added for extra measure.
  The lights switch-on is a bit of an event now, and crowds build up fairly early, spilling onto the pavement, and when that was full, spilling onto the pavement across the side
  
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• Westminster council issuing £100 fines for badly parked hire bikes and pedicabs

  14-11-2025 11:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Westminster Council has stepped up its campaign against badly parked dockless hire bikes – by issuing £100 penalty notices for each one it finds.Since introducing fines last week, the council says it has issued 150 Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) of £100 each directly to Lime and Forest for dumped bikes that pose safety hazards to pedestrians.
  At the current rate, the council estimates it could earn £ 1 million in fines within a year. The council says any surplus from enforc
  
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