{"id":413591,"date":"2025-09-10T16:42:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T16:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/413591\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T16:42:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T16:42:19","slug":"the-london-buzz-10th-september-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/413591\/","title":{"rendered":"The London Buzz \u2013 10th September 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/8400e186.delivery.rocketcdn.me\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/09-10.jpg\" class=\"lightbox\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-83922\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"\" width=\"605\" height=\"382\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/09-10-1024x647.jpg\"\/><\/a>Old London: Angel Bridge, Edmonton<br \/>\n<b>Today\u2019s London news round-up:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Transport for London bans flats protest rally outside High Barnet station \u2013 but across the road residents launch their \u201cNew Battle of Barnet\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnetsociety.org.uk\/transport-for-london-bans-flats-protest-rally-outside-high-barnet-station-but-across-the-road-residents-launch-their-new-battle-of-barnet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Barnet Society<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Residents of The Quarry in Erith have said their dream of a peaceful home has quickly turned into frustration and worry over ongoing maintenance and planning issues. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsshopper.co.uk\/news\/25445749.erith-quarry-residents-frustrated-maintenance-safety\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News Shopper<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Westminster City Council has agreed to give up control of Oxford Street to enable the Mayor of London to push forward with his plans to pedestrianise the street, because it believes it does not have a choice in the matter. <a href=\"https:\/\/fitzrovianews.com\/2025\/09\/10\/westminster-council-agrees-to-give-up-control-of-oxford-street\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fitzrovia news<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2018Strikelists\u2019 use \u2018cruel trick\u2019 to bagsy Lime Bikes in scramble to get to work <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/09\/10\/strikelists-use-cruel-trick-bagsy-lime-bikes-scramble-get-work-24119829\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Metro<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Take back London for pedestrians: How to tackle the capital\u2019s problem cyclists <a href=\"https:\/\/thecritic.co.uk\/take-back-london-for-pedestrians\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Critic<\/a> (oddly, the headline photo is not a cyclist)<\/p>\n<p>Chorleywood\u2019s oldest shop\u2019s new owners reveal big plans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.watfordobserver.co.uk\/news\/25454965.chorleywoods-oldest-shops-new-owners-reveal-big-plans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watford Observer<\/a><\/p>\n<p>E-bike usage has spiked in London as commuters sought alternative ways to get around the city while strikes shut down Tube services. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/business\/business-news\/lime-londoners-tube-london-city-of-london-corporation-b1247024.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Standard<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tube drivers\u2019 \u00a372,000 salary not enough to buy house in London, union boss says <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/tube-strikes-underground-rmt-worker-salaries-london-b2823878.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Independent<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hillingdon Council is the only London borough to have failed to publish its yearly accounts, despite promising to do so by the start of September. <a href=\"https:\/\/harrowonline.org\/2025\/09\/10\/council-remains-only-london-borough-to-fail-to-publish-financial-accounts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harrow Online<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A new Banksy artwork that sprung up at the Royal Courts of Justice in London is being scrubbed off. <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/new-banksy-artwork-being-removed-from-royal-courts-of-justice-wall-in-london-13428144\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sky News<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>And from ianVisits:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ianvisits.co.uk\/articles\/much-loved-osterley-bookshop-saved-from-closure-after-public-support-83917\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Much-loved Osterley Bookshop saved from closure after public support<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ianvisits.co.uk\/articles\/waterloo-and-vauxhall-stations-to-close-over-christmas-for-major-railway-upgrades-83749\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Waterloo and Vauxhall stations to close over Christmas for major railway upgrades<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ianvisits.co.uk\/articles\/londons-pearly-kings-queens-celebrate-150-years-give-or-take-with-photo-exhibition-83806\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">London\u2019s Pearly Kings &amp; Queens celebrate 150 years (give or take) with photo exhibition<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ianvisits.co.uk\/articles\/londons-pocket-parks-union-square-gardens-n1-83864\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">London\u2019s Pocket Parks: Union Square Gardens, N1<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Things to do in London tomorrow<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/bishopsgate-to-blackfriars-shakespeares-life-in-london-in-person-talk-tickets-1377850159919?aff=ianvisits&amp;utm_source=ianvisits\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bishopsgate to Blackfriars: Shakespeare\u2019s Life in London<\/a> \u2013 \u00a35<\/p>\n<p>An illustrated talk about the playwright William Shakespeare and his life in London.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/sex-the-18th-century-city-and-dr-johnson-tickets-1418840633529?aff=ianvisits&amp;utm_source=ianvisits\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sex &amp; the 18th-Century City (and Dr Johnson)\u2026<\/a> \u2013 \u00a333.50<\/p>\n<p>A lively and immersive introduction to the sex trade in Georgian London!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/is-a-river-alive-an-evening-with-robert-macfarlane-tickets-1270426352419?aff=ianvisits&amp;utm_source=ianvisits\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Is a River Alive? | An Evening with Robert Macfarlane<\/a> \u2013 \u00a38.43<\/p>\n<p>An evening with writer Robert Macfarlane who will be discussing his latest publication Is a River Alive? with Martha Kearney<\/p>\n<p>This <b>free news roundup<\/b> is delivered at 5pm daily via Substack \u2013 sign up for free<a href=\"https:\/\/ianvisits.substack.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <b>here<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Old London: Angel Bridge, Edmonton Today\u2019s London news round-up: Transport for London bans flats protest rally outside High&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":413592,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,393,4884,257,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-413591","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\/115181003907243951","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413591","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=413591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413591\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/413592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}