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The London Buzz – 4th April 2025

04-04-2025 18:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

Today’s London news round-up:
A South London emergency nurse has been suspended after leaving his unit understaffed by finishing multiple shifts early. Local Guardian
Residents are opposing a proposal to grant a year-round alcohol and events licence, which they say could further damage a beloved park. South London Press
A group of London tenants who have been awarded a record £263,000 in rent repayments from their “rogue landlord” have raised fears they may never receive

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Half price offer on Thames Rib boat tours

04-04-2025 17:54 via ianvisits.co.uk

If you’ve ever fancied a ride on one of those high speed boats that zoom up and down the Thames, then the next few weeks is a good time to try one out.
(c) Thames Rib Experience
Candidly, as someone who used to live next to the river, having a speedboat zooming around outside blaring out the James Bond theme music was, well, not quite as much fun as it was for the people on the boat.
However, if you want to be on the boat — there’s a half-price offer on trips, reducing the pric

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Burnt Oak Brook flowing freely again after decades in a concrete channel

04-04-2025 15:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

A north London stream that has been constrained within a narrow concrete channel since the 1950s is flowing freely again as part of a rewilding project.
The brook still in its concrete channel to the north of the project
The restored brook layout
The Burnt Oak Brook, which runs through Watling Park, has seen a narrow channel removed and the brook’s wide, sloping meandering path, which it would once have known, restored. As part of the rewilding, the new channel will allow aquatic plants an

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Camden High Street’s pedestrianisation trial starts in May

04-04-2025 13:30 via ianvisits.co.uk

Camden council has confirmed that an 18-month trial to pedestrianise the exceptionally busy Camden High Street will start on Saturday 3rd May 2025.
The council announced that it would test a ban on road vehicles on Camden High Street earlier this year, but the date it would come into effect was not known at the time. Once it starts, pedestrianising the road should increase the amount of space for pedestrians by between a third and 50 percent.
An average weekend on Camden High Street
The trial, w

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Second HS2 tunnel reaches Greenford, completing Western Northolt tunnel

04-04-2025 12:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

A second 5-mile railway tunnel has been completed underneath west London after one of HS2’s tunnel boring machines arrived at a shaft at Greenford.
The 8.4 mile long dual Northolt Tunnel is being dug by four tunnel boring machines (TBMs). Two of the TBMs are heading from Ruislip and have dug five mile tunnels each, and the two TBMs heading from Old Oak Common are digging 3.4 mile tunnels. They all meet next to Greenford station in west London.
London tunnels (c) HS2
Due to high water press

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