The London Buzz – 13th Oct 2026

Olde London – Victoria station around 1904
Today’s London news round-up:
Almost 5,000 evacuated in City of London gas leak BBC News
Wandsworth Council’s Cabinet last night approved a plan to nearly double council tax next April, at a testy meeting where the only voice raised against it had no vote. Putney News
Counterfeit goods seized from 15 second-hand phone shops in Edmonton Enfield Dispatch
Pedestrianised streets are teaching London a lesson in place-making The Spaces
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