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• The London Buzz – 17th July 2026

  17-07-2026 18:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Old London – Broadhurst Gardens, Hampstead in 1923
  Today’s London news round-up:
  Government issues notice due to ‘serious concerns’ about how Hillingdon Council is run Harrow Online
  Brockwell Park cygnet deaths – local resident accuses Lambeth Council of mismanagement Brixton Buzz
  A Wandsworth tenant threatened with eviction last year, at the age of 82, has been told by the new council administration that no eviction process was ever formally opened. Putney News
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• Tickets Alert: Attend the City of London’s ancient Silent Ceremony

  17-07-2026 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Each year, the new Lord or Lady Mayor of London is sworn into office in a ceremony as rich in pomp as it is ancient in history, and in total silence. And a smallish number of the public are invited to attend.
  (c) City of London
  For over 800 years, on Michaelmas Day, the City of London’s liverymen elect a new Mayor for the year ahead, and a few weeks later, the Silent Ceremony takes place. It’s not absolutely silent, as, apart from the occasional muffled cough or ringing of a mobile p
  
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• London Overground’s Suffragette line to get four new railway bridges

  17-07-2026 15:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Several 130 year old railway bridges supporting the London Overground are to be replaced this summer, Network Rail has announced.
  The four bridges to be replaced (c) Network Rail
  All the bridges that need to be replaced can be found on the London Overground’s Suffragette line, between Leytonstone High Road and Woodgrange Park stations.Talbot Road – E7 0DX
  Strode Road – E7 0DU
  Stracey Road – E7 0HG
  Latimer Road – E7 0LHNetwork Rail says that work will begin at the Ta
  
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• The Crick Institute’s ancient DNA exhibition Does Not Appeal

  17-07-2026 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  I think I’ve just visited the first exhibition for the podcast generation, where the exhibits have to be listened to rather than looked at and read about.It’s the Francis Crick Institute’s look at ancient DNA and how it helps track human evolution, migration, culture and disease.
  Naturally, the big problem with DNA is that it’s not exactly something you can put on display for people to look at, but the science that investigates it is very big, visible, and quite fascinati
  
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