The London Buzz - 23rd June 2025
Today's London news round-up:
Today's London news round-up:
Councillors have weighed in on a residents’ fight with a housing association and a property management company accused of hoarding control and mismanaging an estate. Harrow Online
A Plumstead man claims vibrations from passing buses are causing damage to his home – and wants the council or TfL to investigate. News Shopper
Baroness Joan Bakewell’s kerb appeal for people in mobility scooters and wheelchairs Camden New Journal
An arsonist has been jailed for more than two years after residents were “fortunate to escape” a fire at a block of flats. Watford Observer
Police are searching for a man who stole a £150,000 violin from a member of the Philharmonia in a north London pub. ClassicFM
An MP has compared the graffiti on his London commute to like a scene from a Batman film. BBC News
Fleur Anderson has welcomed the announcement of a new government fund which could provide the financial backing needed to fully reopen Hammersmith Bridge. Putney SW15
Activists from Palestine Action have been arrested in clashes with police as the government looks to make it illegal to join the group. Metro
London has leaned into Jack the Ripper tourism. The locals don’t like it CNN Travel
Queen Mary University of London has struck a landmark deal with the government to develop a £750m biomedical campus in Whitechapel. Construction Enquirer
And from ianVisits:
New railway accident database sheds light on forgotten worker tragedies
Folded, printed, and powerful: Discover the subversive side of spineless books
More tickets being released for Railway 200’s Greatest Gathering
TfL starts the final consultation on a DLR extension to Thamesmead
London’s Alleys: Dingley Place, EC1