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• The London Buzz – 11th June 2026

  11-06-2026 18:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Today’s London news round-up:
  Digging the Piccadilly line – old cigarette card
  Today’s London news round-up:
  Serious cycling accidents have jumped in Hackney and other London boroughs, a new analysis reveals. Standard
  Ealing Council has decided to pull the plug on its arms length housing venture after the scheme left it needing to make huge write-offs and delivered just 180 homes as opposed to thousands Neighbournet
  Enfield Council agrees out-of-court settlement with owner of T
  
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• Dress for 1066: The Bayeux Tapestry now has its own official Scottish tartan

  11-06-2026 17:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Any Scots planning a trip to London this summer to see the Bayeux Tapestry could choose to arrive suitably dressed — in an official Bayeux tartan. That’s because a tartan has been designed by Professor Michael Lewis, who just happens to also be the lead Curator of the British Museum’s Bayeux Tapestry Exhibition.Its colours are drawn directly from the famous embroidery, particularly a scene depicting the dying King Edward the Confessor apparently promising the English throne to
  
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• Limehouse station platforms to close in phases for upgrade works

  11-06-2026 15:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The national rail platforms at Limehouse station in East London will be partially closed until late this year for maintenance. They will also extend the London-bound platform.The first phase of works will run from Monday 22nd June to Monday 6th July, when the Essex-bound platform (Platform 2) will remain closed throughout.
  During this phase, customers using the Essex-bound Platform 2 at Limehouse Station are advised that there will be no station entrance or exit access for Essex-bound services,
  
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• London unveils a blue plaque for Sir Laurence Olivier

  11-06-2026 13:15 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Sir Laurence Olivier, widely regarded as one of the greatest actors of the 20th century, has been honoured with an English Heritage blue plaque at his childhood home in Pimlico.
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  Unveiled by Ian McKellen, the plaque at Olivier’s childhood home on Lupus Street marks the London address where Olivier first discovered a passion for acting and where the foundations of his stage and screen career were laid.
  Olivier lived in the house between the ages of six and 11 while his father s
  
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