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The London Buzz – 10th September 2025
Much-loved Osterley Bookshop saved from closure after public support
Waterloo and Vauxhall stations to close over Christmas for major railway upgrades
London’s Pearly Kings & Queens celebrate 150 years (give or take) with photo exhibition
Tickets Alert: Behind the scenes tours of Tower Bridge
London’s Pocket Parks: Union Square Gardens, N1
The London Buzz – 9th September 2025
Four-day London Overground closure for repairs at Willesden Junction
Historic Custom House to open its doors – and the riverfront – to Londoners
Brixton’s lost motorway: Exhibition reveals Lambeth’s 1960s housing plans
National Gallery to expand into a Brutalist block behind the Sainsbury Wing
Tickets Alert: Royal Ballet’s first costume sale in over 40 years
The mystery of the Strand clock and the Civil Service Supply Association
Pedicabs face MOTs, fare caps and £2,500 fines under new TfL rules
The London Buzz – 8th September 2025
West London housing development includes space for a new Overground railway station
Lisa Roet’s giant silver ape is hanging around Kensington
London’s Alleys: Cheyne Mews, SW3
The London Buzz – 5th September 2025
TfL denies it has plans to shut the Elizabeth line’s ticket offices
Three million tons of chalk give birth to rare grassland habitat on HS2’s Colne Valley slopes
Rusty Rides Again – Discounted tickets to see the Starlight Express revival
London’s weekly railway news
The London Buzz – 4th September 2025
The Wimbledon 2026 tennis tickets ballot has opened
All aboard for Athelstan: SWR names a train after England’s first King
Political support for international train services at Stratford International station
Victorian London comes alive with new soundscape at Sambourne House
TfL releases early cost estimates for Step-Free access at five tube stations
The London Buzz – 3rd September 2025
British Museum to ban queuing – emergency gin rations advised
Chelsea to host an arts festival and a history festival in September
Design Museum to overhaul its galleries ahead of its 40th anniversary
Banksy’s clock-hanging rat finds a home at the London Transport Museum
Funding collapse puts restoration of Grade II listed Ladywell Playtower in doubt
London’s Pocket Parks: Jubilee Gardens, EC2
The London Buzz – 2nd September 2025
Tower Bridge is offering 20% off mid-week ticket prices
Severe disruption to Buses, London Underground and DLR due to strike action
Southbank’s newly paved walkway to Waterloo nearly complete
Ridley Scott’s movie storyboards go on display at BFI Southbank
Unstaffed ticket barriers blamed as fare dodging doubles TfL’s target
Barnes railway bridge reopens after repairs that end 50-year weight restriction
The London Buzz – 1st September 2025
Win £5,000 of holidays in Landmark Trust’s heritage homes
Red Arrows flying over London next week
Step into history one last time: Bexley station’s underpass shuts for good on Saturday
Free exhibition of David Hockney’s latest works announced for Serpentine Gallery
London’s Alleys: St Ann’s Lane, SW1
The London Buzz – 29th August 2025
New DLR trains to start daytime test runs from next week
London Underground horror classic “Death Line” returns in restored 4K release
Tickets Alert: Crypt tours of St Mary’s church Wanstead
From Soane to Steel: How the Bank of England was built, rebuilt, and reinvented
Tickets Alert: Railway 200 tours of three London stations
Oxford Street to be partially pedestrianised for World Car Free day
London’s weekly railway news
The London Buzz – 28th August 2025
Watch a new bridge being carried along the river to Stratford