{"id":341666,"date":"2025-08-13T17:08:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T17:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/341666\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T17:08:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T17:08:13","slug":"the-london-buzz-13th-august-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/341666\/","title":{"rendered":"The London Buzz \u2013 13th August 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\"\"<\/a>Old London \u2013 Jack Straw\u2019s Castle, Hampstead
\nToday\u2019s London news round-up:<\/b><\/p>\n

A woman in her 20s has died after falling from height in Canary Wharf.\u00a0 Standard<\/a><\/p>\n

Brockwell Lido users accuse Fusion of running historic pool into the ground as calls grow for community takeover Brixton Buzz<\/a><\/p>\n

Soho could be a pedestrianised wonderland, but Nimbyism plus a council that has no incentive to generate revenue is punishing all Londoners, writes Joe Hill City AM<\/a><\/p>\n

The Court of Protection has refused to let a hospital trust in north-west London withdraw life support from a 60-year-old man described as being in a permanent vegetative state after his two partners spoke about his strong belief in the power of spiritual healing. A Lawyer Writes<\/a><\/p>\n

A British Airways stewardess has won a discrimination claim after she was sacked for being too anxious to fly. Standard<\/a><\/p>\n

20 of the most dog-friendly restaurants in London Squaremeal<\/a><\/p>\n

The De Luci Fish sculpture in Erith is set to be removed from its roundabout in September so it can be rebuilt and restored. News Shopper<\/a><\/p>\n

A Waltham Forest housing association has been downgraded by the Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) for multiple failings, such as not conducting asbestos surveys in its buildings. Waltham Forest Echo<\/a><\/p>\n

Mr Loophole accuses CyclingMikey of \u201cusing his bike as a weapon\u201d after safety campaigner\u2019s bike run over by motorist Road cc<\/a><\/p>\n

Recently released data from the Greater London Authority (GLA) has revealed that affordable housing starts have ground to a halt in Ealing borough with just 13 in 2023\/24. Chiswick W4<\/a><\/p>\n

And from ianVisits:<\/b><\/p>\n

London\u2019s Butchers Hall confirms dates for next Carvery Lunches<\/a><\/p>\n

TfL to improve Tube station safety with \u00a32m platform and canopy repairs<\/a><\/p>\n

Art, algorithms and awkward questions at Somerset House\u2019s Virtual Beauty show<\/a><\/p>\n

London Underground moquette covers for your smartphone<\/a><\/p>\n

Pay a visit to St Mary\u2019s church Rickmansworth<\/a><\/p>\n

Prison-themed escape rooms to open near former HMP Holloway<\/a><\/p>\n

Things to do in London tomorrow<\/b><\/p>\n

Talk and Tea: St John Ambulance and the Railway: Keeping care on track<\/a> \u2013 Free<\/p>\n

Explore St John Ambulance\u2019s connection to the railways in this free talk.<\/p>\n

Open evenings at the Charterhouse Gardens<\/a> \u2013 \u00a312<\/p>\n

The usually private gardens at The Charterhouse will be open for three evenings this summer.<\/p>\n

This free news roundup<\/b> is delivered at 5pm daily via Substack \u2013 sign up for free here<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Old London \u2013 Jack Straw\u2019s Castle, Hampstead Today\u2019s London news round-up: A woman in her 20s has died…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":341667,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,393,4884,257,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-341666","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-london","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115022561716561367","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=341666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/341667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}