The London Minute ⏰ Tuesday 24 September 2024
Greenwich murder, flooding aftermath, Richmond and Bushy Park deer warning, new outdoor swimming guide + 500 free pizzas
🌥️ Good morning London.
The forecast is much drier today.
Here’s Tuesday’s London Minute.
☔️ People had to be rescued from their cars and homes during yesterday’s downpours, with firefighters responding to 350 calls to 999 for help across the capital by Monday afternoon. - The London Fire Brigade published this round-up.
⮑ Some parts of London faced 60mm of rain between midnight and 8am on Monday, leading to travel delays for commuters. - Owen Leonard, The Times.
⮑ One South Ruislip shop keeper described his street as looking ‘like the Lake District’. - Philip James Lynch, Local Democracy Reporter, MyLondon.
🚔 Police have launched a murder investigation after a 15-year-old boy was stabbed to death in Greenwich on Sunday night. - The Met Police published this statement.
⮑ A woman who tried to save his life said the victim’s final words were: ‘I’m 15, don’t let me die.’ - Jake Holden in MyLondon. (A crime round-up is here).
⮑ Police are also investigating a murder in Wood Green. - Haringey Community Press.
🚨 There are reports this morning of ‘shots fired’ on Yiewsley High Street (map location here) last night. Met Police officers are searching for a gunman, reports Chris Ballinger in MyLondon.
🚲 Phone snatchers in Southwark have less than a 0.3% chance of being caught by police, reports Herbie Russell in Southwark News. The paper also published a map and list of all the London borough phone theft data.
💺 A Freedom of Information request has revealed which London Underground lines are the dirtiest. - Holly Munks, Time Out.
🚊 South Western Railway is aiming to recruit more women train drivers in a bid to ‘close the gender gap in the rail industry’. - Bob Dale, BBC London.
🚎 Some residents of Walthamstow Village say they are ‘disgusted’ about new bus route changes. - Neve Dawson, MyLondon.
🚴♂️ Cycling campaigners have argued that banning Lime electric bikes is ‘not the answer’. - Joseph Reaidi, Brent & Kilburn Times.
🏨 Plans have been submitted by CoDE to open a 570-pod hostel in Walworth. - Herbie Russell, Southwark News.
🦔 Kingston Council has become the first council in the country to install official hedgehog crossing road signs. - Ian Visits.
🦌 Visitors to Richmond Park and Bushy Park have been warned to stay away from rutting deer trying to attract a mate. - Tony Grew, BBC London News.
🏊♀️ A new London Outdoor Swimming guide has been designed to show people both where it is already safe to swim outdoors in the capital, as well as where it could be possible in the future. - Adam Toms, MyLondon.
🍕 There are 500 free pizzas at Yard Sale in Hackney Road this lunchtime.
🍂 A photo of an ivy-covered house in Hampstead is the top post on the London Reddit so far this week.
💍 The owner of a Parsons Green jewellery warehouse has found fame on TikTok for showing viewers around ‘the UK’s largest vintage jewellery store’. - Anna Moloney, City A.M.
🖼️ ‘London Design Festival 2024: The emerging interiors trends to know’ - Adele Cardani, The Independent.
🎬 Wes Anderson’s movies will be explored in a newly-announced exhibition taking place at London’s Design Museum next year. - Gerald Lynch, Shortlist.
📆 The list of this week’s free London events in Cheapskate newsletter includes London Sculpture Week, a south bank weaving workshop, cinema, live music and more.
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