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• The London Buzz – 23rd July 2026

  23-07-2026 18:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Old London – Bramshot Avenues, Westcombe Park
  Today’s London news round-up:
  Blackheath Fireworks will return for 2026 – but free displays unlikely to come back Greenwich Wire
  Wandsworth pledges 24 extra police officers under new leader Putney News
  Met police ‘can’t afford the hay and vet bills for its horses’ New Journal
  A portrait of London Mayor Sadiq Khan, painted by an art student, has been unveiled at City Hall. BBC News
  Thames Clippers has introduced rea
  
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• TfL says Silvertown Tunnel has cut Blackwall congestion after first year

  23-07-2026 17:06 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Transport for London (TfL) says its first year of monitoring suggests the Silvertown Tunnel has reduced congestion around the Blackwall Tunnel, encouraged more people to travel by bus across the Thames and coincided with improved local air quality.
  But it has displaced some traffic to other river crossings that are still free to use, such as Rotherhithe and Woolwich.The findings are published in TfL’s first annual report on the road tunnel, which opened last April, and follow on from a pre
  
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• Tickets Alert: The Tank Museum comes to London (sort of)

  23-07-2026 15:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Dorset’s legendary Tank Museum is sending its staff to London for an evening later this year, for a talk about the history of what else, but tanks.Join the Tank Museum and special guests – including Al Murray and James Holland  – for an evening exploring the rise – and potential fall – of the tank as the dominant force on the battlefield.
  Plus, in this special fundraising event, they’ll share more about the impact they are having as a museum as they tell
  
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• Westminster Cathedral lights up with immersive summer projection show

  23-07-2026 13:30 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Westminster Cathedral – that’s the Catholic one – is currently being filled with a video light show several evenings a week throughout the summer months.Titled LUMINISCENCE, the production combines 360-degree video mapping with choral performances by the Lux Aeterna Choir, alongside a narrated script voiced by actor Hugh Bonneville. The production includes a newly commissioned script by writer Tim Whitnall, which traces the history of London from its early development through t
  
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• Dry weather to affect some late evening train services in east London

  23-07-2026 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  There’s going to be some late evening cuts to mainline train services through east London next month, because the ground is too dry.
  Uneven track on the c2c route caused by dried-out soil (c) Network Rail
  Following England’s warmest spring on record and hot summer so far, the peat and clay that sits under long stretches of the railway has dried out and shrunk. This has caused the track to drop in places and become uneven.
  To fix the problem, Network Rail engineers use machines called
  
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• Ballot Alert: Tours of 10 Downing Street

  23-07-2026 10:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The annual ballot for a chance to follow Larry through the famous black doors of 10 Downing Street and take a look around the corridors of power is now open.
  10 Downing Street (c) Crown Copyright 2013, Photographer: Sergeant Tom Robinson RLC
  The tour is offered by Open House London, which opens up hundreds of buildings across London for free in September. However, while most are open to just walk in – with some requiring booking – the tours of 10 Downing Street are offered by a free
  
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• Experimental 1960s Fibreglass Sculpture Given New Lease of Life

  23-07-2026 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A sculpture that looks like it should be a 1960s bronze but is actually made from an experimental material – fibreglass – has recently been restored to its original appearance.It’s called Generations, representing two generations of a family, and is by one of Henry Moore’s assistants, the sculptor Geoffrey Harris. Sadly, Geoffrey Harris was not a commercially successful sculptor, but was a good lecturer at several London arts colleges. Much of his work was lost in a house
  
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