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• The London Buzz – 14th Oct 2026

  14-10-2026 18:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Olde London – The Kingsway subway
  Today’s London news round-up:
  Westminster Council proposes slashing council tax support by up to 30 per cent Fitzrovia News
  Gail’s Bakery, the absolute poster girl for rampant gentrification, will be inviting Brixtonites to nibble on their kimchi, cheddar and gochugaru chili croissants from this Friday Brixton Buzz
  Labour-run Ealing Council has rejected an opposition motion calling for plans for a 1,200-seat temporary Troubadour theatre in Walp
  
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• Lord’s ballot for tickets to watch international cricket now open

  14-10-2026 17:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  If you fancy watching some international cricket at Lord’s next year, then it’s time to enter their ballot for tickets.There’s no financial commitment at this stage, as the ballot simply enters you in for the opportunity to buy tickets if your name comes up. There’s no commitment either, so if you change your mind, then the tickets are released to other people.
  So if you’re maybe “cricket adjacent” and know someone who would love to attend a match, you c
  
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• National Theatre offering free 7-day trial of its at home streaming service

  14-10-2026 15:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The National Theatre is offering a free week of theatre at home, with a new seven-day trial giving eligible new subscribers unlimited access to its streaming catalogue.It’s the first time National Theatre at Home has offered a free trial, letting viewers watch productions filmed live on stage with an audience.
  You need a valid payment method to sign up, and the subscription starts automatically after the seven days – so put a note in your diary if you think you might want to cancel.
  
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• Rainham Hall exhibition reveals the making of Sense and Sensibility

  14-10-2026 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A little under 300 years ago, a decent-sized manor house was built east of London, and more recently, it became a film set for the latest movie adaptation of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility.And, showing the sort of financial prudence Elinor Dashwood might approve of, the National Trust has followed Rainham Hall’s spell as a film set with an exhibition revealing how it was done.
  An exhibition dotted around the house mixes costumes and props from the film, but what makes it more in
  
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• Tickets Alert: One week to Bayeux Tapestry Ticket Day

  14-10-2026 12:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  It’s the 960th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings, and a timely reminder that the next batch of Bayeux Tapestry tickets will go on sale soon. Quite why the tickets aren’t going on sale today — the actual anniversary — seems a curiously missed opportunity.But, just as the battle lasted nearly all day, modern ticket hunters might need to prepare for their own lengthy campaign. Although this one should involve fewer arrows and more cups of tea as you watch the website&rsq
  
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• Proposed West End pedestrianisation scheme delayed by a year at least

  14-10-2026 11:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Plans to pedestrianise the wide road between Piccadilly Circus and St James Park appear to have been delayed after an updated consultation pushed back the next stage of works.
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  The proposals include making Regent Street St James’s, Waterloo Place and the south side of Piccadilly Circus traffic-free, creating more than 35,000 square metres of new public space in the heart of the capital.
  The plans would also improve junctions, pavements and drainage across Regent Stree
  
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• London’s Pocket Parks: Rosemary Gardens, Islington, N1

  14-10-2026 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  This is a large, varied park next to the Regent’s Canal that owes its existence to a poisonous factory and the clearance of the houses that once sat next to it.
  This part of London was still fields until a couple of hundred years ago, but a local landmark at the park’s southeast corner, the Rosemary Branch, a large pub, gave the park its name. However, the name has nothing to do with the fragrant plant, but comes from the pub’s location at a branch of the Ros stream – hen
  
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• Fifty-five years after Betjeman saved Rules, London’s oldest restaurant is secured again

  14-10-2026 01:01 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Fifty-five years after John Betjeman helped save it from demolition, London’s oldest restaurant, Rules in Covent Garden, has had its future secured again after the building was donated to the National Trust.
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  The restaurant’s landlord has gifted the Maiden Lane building to the charity, protecting the home of an institution that has served diners since 1798. Over the centuries, Rules has built up the sort of list of illustrious customers that would put an edition of
  
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