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• The London Buzz – 8th July 2026

  08-07-2026 18:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Old London – Croydon, North End, decorated to mark the Jubilee of Croydon’s incorporation in 1933
  Today’s London news round-up:
  Tennis fans are being rushed from Wimbledon to a major London hospital, which is seeing a near record high number of A&E admissions as heatwaves hit the capital. Standard
  The teenage millionaire hacker from Tower Hamlets who took down TfL London Centric
  Just over a year and a half after the old Market House in Brixton was turned into a curious Iris
  
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• London’s oldest charter heads to British Museum for first-ever loan

  08-07-2026 15:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  When the Bayeux Tapestry goes on display at the British Museum later this year, it will be joined by London’s oldest document, the William Charter that recognised London’s importance to the all-conquering monarch.
  The William Charter – photo by ianVisits
  The charter, dating from 1067, is occasionally on display in the Guildhall gallery but has never previously been loaned to an exhibition before.
  The William Charter bears one of the earliest surviving seals from William the Con
  
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• Tickets Alert: Summer evening openings of Fulham Palace’s walled garden

  08-07-2026 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Fulham Palace, the former home of the Bishops of London, is opening its walled garden to the public in the evenings for the first time.
  The Tudor Gate (c) ianVisits
  The walled garden dates to the mid-18th century when Bishop Terrick redesigned much of Fulham Palace’s landscape. Reopened in 2012 after an extensive restoration, it includes a knot garden, vinery, kitchen garden, apple orchard, apple tree arch, beehives, grass lawns, and borders along the walls filled with flowers and fruit tr
  
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• The beauty of botany: RHS exhibition showcases plants as works of art

  08-07-2026 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  An exhibition of floral art is fusing science and art into a single collection for the annual RHS Botanical Art and Photography Show.It celebrates the ability of artists to record plants in a manner that is both scientifically rigorous but also aesthetically pleasing, and continues the long tradition of drawing plants for study. Filling three rooms, the exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery is a collection of detailed paintings, illustrations and photographs that celebrate the remarkable diversity o
  
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• Tickets go on sale for London’s newest museum – the Trent Park House of Secrets

  08-07-2026 11:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  London’s newest museum, the Trent Park House of Secrets, opens to the public in a couple of weeks time, and tickets have now gone on sale.
  Aerial View of Trent Park House as it once looked. Courtesy of Houghton Hall Archives
  In the 1920s and 1930s, Trent Park House was Sir Philip Sassoon’s glamorous country retreat, host to prime ministers, royalty and film stars. A decade later, it held a darker secret. Prisoners of war, including captured German generals and senior officers, were h
  
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• Virgin Media fined £28mn for preventing customers from cancelling contracts

  08-07-2026 09:08 via ft.com
  Ofcom uncovers delay tactics that meant millions of calls were likely to have been mishandled
  
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• South London station chosen to trial a new look for Britain’s railways

  08-07-2026 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A south London station has been chosen to trial a new “model stations” concept that aims to declutter the stations to make them easier to use.The station at Gipsy Hill has been visually refreshed, but the main difference is that, rather than just slapping some clean paint on to make it look cleaner, the train operator, GTR, is also looking at the entire layout of the station.
  There are limits as to what can be done, but their Model Stations concept aims to develop a series of core te
  
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• See the ‘Red King’ and 120 masterpieces inside Buckingham Palace this summer

  08-07-2026 01:01 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A study for the striking “red king” portrait of King Charles III is going on display at Buckingham Palace as part of the palace’s summer opening, along with the reopening of the refurbished Picture Gallery.
  (c) Royal Collection Enterprises Limited 2026 | Royal Collection Trust. Photograph: Ben Fitzpatrick
  The large oil painting by Jonathan Yeo for the Drapers’ Company’s official Coronation portrait was rather controversial when first unveiled, but looks much better
  
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