The London Buzz - 30th June 2025
Today's London news round-up:
Today's London news round-up:
Rough sleeping in London hits record high amid warnings of benefit cuts making things worse Big Issue
Enfield Council has been criticised and told to pay compensation to a homeless resident over its “misleading” communications. Enfield Dispatch
How strawberries and cream were a rare and exciting treat for Victorians – and then became a Wimbledon icon The Conversation
Fans camp out in Wimbledon ticket queue as SW19 tournament gets underway ITV News
Children and young people with a taste for adventure are invited to apply to be among Islington’s first Chief Discovery Officers this summer Islington Council
There has been dismay from parents of children attending a private nursery in West Ealing over news of its eviction. Ealing Today
Roads in central London have reopened following a car crash at Piccadilly Circus on Sunday morning. BBC News
Greenwich Council has collected £2.5 million from penalty notices issued in its low-traffic neighbourhood, councillors have been told. Greenwich Wire
A 21-year-old student from St Albans has won his first ever match at Wimbledon - but he will not be able to claim the prize money. ITV News
Two teenage drug dealers who brutally stabbed an unarmed man “in cold blood” as he sat behind the wheel of his car have been jailed. Standard
And from ianVisits:
A first look at where West Ham station’s new entrance will be built
Blackfriars Bridge’s northern undercroft could reopen as a new London skatepark
World of Wasps exhibition tries to soften the sting, but falls short on buzz
London’s Alleys: The Arcade, CR0
Things to do in London tomorrow
Clive Aslet – in conversation with John Goodall on King Charles III: 40 Years of Architecture - £18
King Charles III: 40 Years of Architecture is based on new research including many interviews with the architects, critics, advisors and academics who worked with the (then) Prince of Wales on his far-reaching endeavours.