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• Green light given to pedestrianise Oxford Street as traffic sees red

  26-02-2026 15:36 via ianvisits.co.uk
  The pedestrianisation of Oxford Street is set to go ahead, with Transport for London (TfL) now planning how it will remove road traffic from the busy shopping street. In 2025, the Mayor consulted on his proposal to designate a Mayoral Development Area and establish a Mayoral Development Corporation to drive the regeneration of Oxford Street
  Since then, there have been a couple of consultations on the Mayor’s plan to take control of the area from Westminster Council, and although pedestrian
  
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• The Royal Mews collection of horse-drawn carriages is reopening

  26-02-2026 15:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Tucked away behind Buckingham Palace are the Royal Mews, home to the King’s horses and historic carriages, and they’re reopening to the public next week after their winter closure.The Royal Mews at Buckingham Palace evolved from the King’s Mews, originally just to the north of Trafalgar Square and originally to house royal hawks.
  The name ‘mews’ derives from the word ‘mew’, meaning moulting, as the birds were confined there at moulting time. As a result,
  
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• Go-Ahead’s 1,000th electric bus boosts London’s zero-emission fleet

  26-02-2026 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Go-Ahead, which operates 170 bus routes across London, says that it has taken delivery of its 1,000th electric bus.
  (c) Go-Ahead
  Go-Ahead London is the largest bus operator in London, running over 2,500 buses across 170 routes, serving more than one million passengers daily. The delivery of the newest bus means that almost half of Go-Ahead London’s routes are now served purely on zero-emission buses.
  The zero-emission buses at Go-Ahead London will cut carbon emissions by around 60,000 tonn
  
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• British Museum announces Bayeux Tapestry ticket sales dates

  26-02-2026 12:34 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Tickets for what will be a genuine once-in-a-lifetime event will go on sale on Wednesday 1 July 2026, as the British Museum prepares to host the Bayeux Tapestry.The exhibition of the 70-metre-long masterpiece, telling the dramatic story of the Norman Conquest stitch by stitch, is expected to become one of the most sought-after exhibitions in the Museum’s history.
  Prices are still to be confirmed.
  Tickets for visits between September and December 2026 will go on sale on 1st July, with two f
  
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• Southwark’s “Owl and the Pussy-Cat” house could be restored and opened to the public

  26-02-2026 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Southwark’s 19th-century “owl and the pussy cat” house could be restored and opened as a cafe under plans to redevelop the modern building next to it.Sitting on Southwark Bridge Road, next to the railway line between Blackfriars and Elephant and Castle, the two 19th-century townhouses are locally famous for the small statues of an owl and a cat in the upper-floor niches.
  It’s said the previous owner added them around the turn of the millennium.Why they are there is still
  
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• Charing Cross station to be hit by three-week summer closure warns Southeastern

  26-02-2026 07:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Both Charing Cross and Waterloo East stations will have to close for three weeks this summer as part of a major programme of engineering works on the busy stretch of railway leading into Charing Cross.
  Charing Cross station (c) ianVisits
  During the 22-day closure, Southeastern trains into central London will continue to run, but many trains will be diverted to alternative terminals. Most services that would normally use Charing Cross will instead run to London Victoria, London Cannon Street or L
  
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