The London Minute ⏰ Monday 1 July 2024
Highgate shooting, Lambeth residents 'silenced', Archway cat home anger, Tube rent map, Taylor Swift: Songbook Trail at the V&A + how to get Wimbledon tickets
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🔥 Five people were rushed to hospital after a fire on the tenth floor of a block of flats in Woolwich. - Jacob Phillips, The Standard.
🚨 Police are appealing for more information after a shooting was reported in Highgate. - Berk Uyal, Islington Gazette.
🎾 Fans camped overnight last night in the famous queue for today’s opening day of the Wimbledon tennis championships. - Robert Dex, The Standard.
⮑ 500 tickets for Centre Court, No.1 Court, and No.2 Court will be made available for sale each day the courts are in play (excluding last four days). - Find out more from the tournament organisers here.
🎪 Wimbledon isn’t the only big event south of the river this month. There’s a round-up of South London festivals here by Eliza Frost in Southwark News.
🚊 London Trams passengers, including those travelling to the Wimbledon tennis tournament, are facing disruption as some staff began a strike yesterday. - Liz Jackson, BBC News.
🐈⬛ A fifty-year-old cats’ home closed its doors for the final time yesterday. Volunteers at the North London Adoption Centre in Archway criticised the decision process, but owners from the Cats Protection charity said: “It’s much better to invest that money in a new site that’s actually a cattery rather than trying to revamp a four-bedroom townhouse which is just not fit for purpose.” - Charlotte Chambers, Islington Tribune.
🗳️ ‘There was widespread discontent towards the absence of Kier Starmer’ at Thursday’s Holborn and St Pancras constituency hustings, reports Natallia Mudkavi in The Fitzrovia News.
🚣 ‘High levels of E.coli’ have been found along a stretch of the River Thames that will be used for the Henley Royal Regatta this week, campaigners said. - ITV News.
🤐 Lambeth Council ‘forced 136 residents into silence’ as a condition of them receiving money owed to them for building work and services they had been overcharged for, reports Tarah Welsh for BBC News. “They said you have to sign it or we will retract our offer,” one resident claimed, with the council insisting: “Confidentiality is one of the cornerstone principles of mediation”.
🎤 Cowboy boots, dresses, music awards and storyboards belonging to Taylor Swift will go on display later this month at a new Victoria and Albert Museum exhibition called Taylor Swift: Songbook Trail. - Lucy Clarke-Billings, BBC News.
🪦 Brent Council plans to remove 349 graves in Willesden New Cemetery to create space for new burials. - Nathalie Raffray, Brent & Kilburn Times.
🥗 Islington vegan restaurant The Gate is closing after 12 years in business. - The owners share this post on Instagram.
🎬 Picturehouse announced it is closing a third London cinema in the space of a month, with the Stratford East branch the latest to shut its doors. - Robert Dex, Standard.
🔥 A fire outside a restaurant and nightclub under the Croydon flyover on Thursday night is under investigation, possibly as a case of arson. - Inside Croydon.
🎸 People in Greenwich are objecting to music being played at a street food market in Cutty Sark Gardens. One councillor says residents are resorting to sleeping pills because of noise from buskers. - Darryl Chamberlain, The Greenwich Wire.
💰 The London Spy has published its Tube map of London rents: “a comprehensive picture of how much it costs to rent near almost every station on the capital’s rail network in 2024.”
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📌 Writers from Brittany, Scotland and Berlin will discuss Multilingualism in Literature and Theatre on Tuesday at University of London’s School of Advanced Study. - More details here.
📌 “Get ready for a party on the beach with Amplified Choir’s Beach Bops summer show. Join us at St Paul’s Church, Covent Garden on Friday 19th July from 7.15 pm. Follow the link for tickets.” - Thanks to an event organiser for sharing this.
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