The London Buzz - 22nd August 2025
Briefly

A disabled pensioner in Bexleyheath was left confined after the only lift at his retirement block broke down for nearly four weeks. A 10ft drone came close to crashing into a passenger jet shortly after departure from Heathrow, narrowly avoiding disaster. The Star of Greenwich pub is to be sold by the naval charity that owns it, leaving its future uncertain. Fire crews tackled a blaze at a suspected cannabis factory in Walthamstow. Local cultural and community developments include Notting Hill Carnival figures, a new Totteridge Scout group, housing plans at Bushey Hall, and transport and event listings.
A disabled pensioner in Bexleyheath has been left "a prisoner in his own four walls" after the only lift at his retirement block broke down for nearly four weeks. News Shopper Disaster was a few feet away when a 10ft drone came close to crashing into a passenger jet, which had just departed from London's Heathrow Airport. Metro The closed Star of Greenwich pub is set to be sold by the naval charity that owns it, leaving it facing an uncertain future. Greenwich Wire
Twelve fire engines and around 80 firefighters tackled a fire at a suspected cannabis factory at a house on Knebworth Avenue in Walthamstow this morning Waltham Forest Echo Meet Mikey Dread - the man making Notting Hill Carnival revellers move since 1983 Condé Nast Traveller A new Scout group is opening in Totteridge this autumn as hundreds of local children and young people seek to join. Barnet Post
Go-Ahead London has officially opened its new Operations Control Centre (OCC) with a ceremony attended by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan. Bus News There were dozens of no-fault evictions by county court bailiffs in Islington during the first 12 months of Labour in Government EC1 Echo And from ianVisits: Liverpool Street station hosts railway photography and history display Croydon's historic drinking fountain restored ahead of 130th anniversary London's weekly railway news Things to do in London tomorrow
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