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🌤️  Good morning London. Monday’s headlines: Thousands demand U-turn on park cafes' Christmas eviction notice, Rowans Tenpin Bowling ‘ain’t going anywhere’, self-driving taxi roll-out plan + cash for river Lea rewilding project

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December 22, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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Rare footage of St Paul’s Cathedral testing its giant flamethrower
December 21, 2025 at 8:37 AM
🌤️  Good morning London. Today’s headlines: Green light for 4,000 new homes in Earl’s Court, Elephant and Castle traders return, festive flu jab events + why 'shutting women out will never work'

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#london #earlscourt
December 19, 2025 at 7:29 AM
🌤️  Good morning London. Thursday’s headlines: Tower Hamlets Council fraud probe, Hampstead Heath ponds hearing, Chelsea ground move update, Newham school closing + meet Meatball: London's internet-viral fox

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#london
December 18, 2025 at 7:44 AM
🌤️  Good morning London. Wednesday’s headlines: Fog warning for flights, District Line attack, M&S gas panic, Hampstead Heath trans swimming debate goes to court + Attenborough's 'Wild London'

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#london
December 17, 2025 at 7:36 AM
🌤️  Good morning London. Tuesday’s headlines: Emergency meeting on car clubs after Zipcar collapse, cyclists fined for speeding, support for DLR extension plan, Ally Pally roof climbing + Vittles ‘99 best restaurants in London’

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December 16, 2025 at 7:45 AM
🌤️  Good morning London. Monday’s headlines: Police step-up synagogue patrols, 7,000 new homes at Royal Docks, fears for Finsbury Park bowling ally & pub, MOTH Club update + hundreds of dachshunds descend on Hyde Park

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#london
December 15, 2025 at 7:28 AM
🌤️  Good morning London. Today’s headlines: More bus strikes planned, survey on the future Brixton, surviving London's 'superflu' wave + the city's top-10 happiest places to live

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#london
December 12, 2025 at 7:28 AM
🌤️  Good morning London. Today’s headlines: Overground upgrade plans after £3bn deal, Brockwell Park facing 32 days of partial closure, new public square near St Paul’s Cathedral + Ray Winstone gets the Freedom of the City

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December 11, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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Major update to our map of Anglo-Saxon London... we've now added etymologies for each place name, so you can find out what your bit of London used to be called.... and why londonist.substack.com/p/mapping-an...
Mapping Anglo-Saxon London: A Big Update
A glimpse of London, 1,000 years past.
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December 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
🌤️  Good morning London. Wednesday’s headlines: 15-year-old boy murdered in Islington, Heath cafes decision delayed, flying taxi in Canary Wharf today + new ‘floating ecosystems’ added to Regent’s Canal

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#london
December 10, 2025 at 7:39 AM
☔️  Good morning London. Today’s headlines: 'Major crackdown’ on phone snatchers, last minute bid to save London College of Fashion building, celebs' carol concert in Marylebone + Ricky Gervais gifts £100k to local dog charity

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December 9, 2025 at 7:50 AM
🌤️  Good morning London. Monday’s headlines: Heathrow pepper spray attack, Lambeth Country Show axed (for now), Crown Jewels custard protest, inside the Barbican revamp + Spotify Wrapped but for TfL

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#london #barbican #heathrow
December 8, 2025 at 7:39 AM
🌤️  Good morning London. Friday’s headlines: Lewisham's New Cross estate facing demolition, Thames 'chemical spill', new Eurostar train to Germany, Trafalgar tree lights up + meet the high street heroes of Hayes

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December 5, 2025 at 8:17 AM
🌤️  Good morning London. Thursday’s headlines: Bin strikes called off, Newham chosen for Smithfield and Billingsgate markets, DLR trains still sidelined + Ritz lobby jobby protest

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December 4, 2025 at 7:44 AM
🌤️  Good morning London. Wednesday’s headlines: Bike firm bid’s for Zipcar’s parking spaces, Piccadilly Circus shop caught selling cannabis cookies, Kew tree axed by accident + Squeeze singer joins grassroots bid to save pub

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December 3, 2025 at 7:56 AM
🌤️  Good morning London. Today’s headlines: Tower Hamlets LTN court challenge, drink spiking map, Lewisham’s Model Market to return, Peckham ice rink with no ice + Carnaby Street makeover plan

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December 2, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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Lewisham’s Model Market will be reopening in the spring, five years after the street food area last traded, promising “a hub for independent kitchens, local makers and creative spaces”.
Lewisham's Model Market to return after five years away - The Greenwich Wire
Lewisham’s Model Market will be reopening in the spring, five years after the street food area last traded, promising “a hub for independent kitchens, local makers and creative spaces”.
greenwichwire.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 7:16 AM
☔️  Good morning London. Monday’s headlines: Residents told to be 'extra vigilant' after cyber attack, Tate staff strike, zoo boss quits amid workplace probe + pedestrianisation plan around British Museum

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#london
December 1, 2025 at 7:36 AM
🌤️  Good morning London. Today’s headlines: Oxford Street's new traffic plan, Finsbury Park festival tree fears, Brixton mural unveiled + Design Museum’s new Wes Anderson exhibition opens

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#london #brixton #tfl
November 21, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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Government to give go-ahead for Docklands Light Railway extension to Thamesmead: www.onlondon.co.uk/government-t... It had to happen. And it has. #london
Government to give go-ahead for DLR Thamesmead extension
The long-awaited green light has looked likely for several months and is expected to be included in the budget
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November 20, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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Plans for a bigger housing development behind the new Woolwich Waves leisure centre have been approved amid worries about the future of the Sikh temple behind the site.

The scheme includes the demolition of the old Bull pub, branded a "dump" by one councillor.
More homes behind Woolwich Waves leisure centre approved - The Greenwich Wire
Plans for a bigger housing development behind the new Woolwich Waves leisure centre have been approved by Greenwich councillors - amid worries about the future of the Sikh temple behind the site.
greenwichwire.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 7:15 AM
🌤️  Good morning London. Thursday’s headlines: Rough-sleepers get emergency cold weather shelter, DLR extension update, Kingston AI art facing axe + two Clapham tunnel revamps

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November 20, 2025 at 7:25 AM
🌤️  Good morning London. Wednesday’s headlines: Councils hand out cash, West Ham relegation could cost taxpayers £2.5m, York Way revamp + hedgehog superhighway for Highgate and Hampstead Heath habitats

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#london #westham
November 19, 2025 at 7:18 AM
A bizarre 10-metre mural in Kingston that *might* be AI art. One passerby, when asked for their opinion, responded: “fuck sake”. Another cracking @londoncentric.media read:
November 18, 2025 at 8:33 AM