The London Buzz – 30th June 2025

Today’s London news round-up:

Rough sleeping in London hits record high amid warnings of benefit cuts making things worse Big Issue

Enfield Council has been criticised and told to pay compensation to a homeless resident over its “misleading” communications. Enfield Dispatch

How strawberries and cream were a rare and exciting treat for Victorians – and then became a Wimbledon icon The Conversation

Fans camp out in Wimbledon ticket queue as SW19 tournament gets underway ITV News

Children and young people with a taste for adventure are invited to apply to be among Islington’s first Chief Discovery Officers this summer Islington Council

There has been dismay from parents of children attending a private nursery in West Ealing over news of its eviction. Ealing Today

Roads in central London have reopened following a car crash at Piccadilly Circus on Sunday morning. BBC News

Greenwich Council has collected £2.5 million from penalty notices issued in its low-traffic neighbourhood, councillors have been told. Greenwich Wire

A 21-year-old student from St Albans has won his first ever match at Wimbledon – but he will not be able to claim the prize money. ITV News

Two teenage drug dealers who brutally stabbed an unarmed man “in cold blood” as he sat behind the wheel of his car have been jailed. Standard

And from ianVisits:

A first look at where West Ham station’s new entrance will be built

Blackfriars Bridge’s northern undercroft could reopen as a new London skatepark

World of Wasps exhibition tries to soften the sting, but falls short on buzz

London’s Alleys: The Arcade, CR0

Things to do in London tomorrow

Clive Aslet – in conversation with John Goodall on King Charles III: 40 Years of Architecture – £18

King Charles III: 40 Years of Architecture is based on new research including many interviews with the architects, critics, advisors and academics who worked with the (then) Prince of Wales on his far-reaching endeavours.

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