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• Raphael glows in the National Gallery’s delayed blockbuster exhibition

  08-04-2022 19:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  More than his contemporaries, if you wanted a grand painting or church decorated in 16th-century Italy, there was only one person to call on, named after a saint, if without the saintly behaviour, it was Raphael.
  An artist so lauded in life, that when he died, it is alleged from an excess of sex, he was compared to Jesus, and not just because both of them died young and on Good Friday, although that probably helped.
  Charming, prolific, apt to meeting his deadlines, and possessed of self-assuranc
  
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• Tickets Alert: Historic tours of Waterloo Station

  08-04-2022 18:20 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Later this month, there will be tours of the historic sites in and around Waterloo Station, hosted by Network Rail.
  The tours will be run in the public access areas of Waterloo Station and the surrounding areas, taking in the hidden pieces of history, including the original Waterloo News cinema, the Battle of Waterloo Medallion, and the World War One and Two Memorial.Hosted by Network Rail, the tours are led by Blue Badge Tour guide, Rachel Kolsky, and will offer a chance to see how today’
  
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• Operators collaborate to keep Ukrainian refugees connected

  08-04-2022 17:04
  
  European and Ukrainian operators have signed a Joint Statement in collaboration with the EU to nail down continued measures to make sure people fleeing the war in Ukraine have mobile connectivity.
  The statement points out that operators started taking measures to ensure connectivity was maintained for refugees and those in Ukraine as the invasion began, such as distributing millions of SIM cards free of charge, offering free or heavily discounted international calls and test to Ukraine, setting
  
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• TfL warns of travel disruptions over the Easter weekend

  08-04-2022 17:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  TfL has confirmed which services will be affected by disruptions over the Easter weekend, with the bulk of the effects on the Northern, Piccadilly and Hammersmith & City lines.
  There will be no Hammersmith & City line running over the Easter weekend and there will be closures on the District line between Tower Hill and West Ham, as well as Earl’s Court to Kensington (Olympia). These are to facilitate the removal of the temporary ticket hall at Whitechapel, as part of the Elizabeth
  
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• Night Tube to be restored to the Jubilee line next month

  08-04-2022 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The Night Tube, which currently runs on the Central and Victoria lines will be joined by the Jubilee line from the evening of Saturday 21 May 2022.
  The Night Tube was suspended due to the pandemic and partially resumed on the Central and Victoria lines last November. Transport for London has now confirmed that the Jubilee line will resume services next month. The return of the Jubilee line Night Tube service also provides an important interchange with Night Overground, which operates between Hig
  
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• Three’s 5G handset usage quadrupled in 2021

  08-04-2022 13:53
  
  UK operator Three has put out a bunch of stats within its ‘Mobile Britain’ report – including that 5G usage on its network has increased by 385% since 2020, and handset numbers have quadrupled.
  The report was put together using mobile data from Three and a survey of 2,000 UK adults conducted by Opinium, and is designed to depict some snapshot of mobile usage albeit through the lens of Three’s customer base.
  The chief thing the report highlights is how much business it&rsq
  
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• Save on tickets to see Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella

  08-04-2022 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella is a stage musical based loosely on the classic story of the same name, but the gender relationships are recast, and a critical thematic element concerns beauty shaming.
  Welcome to Belleville! The most aggressively picturesque town in the history of the world is populated exclusively with gorgeous townsfolk.  The only person steadfastly refusing to live in the fairy tale is Cinderella, loud-mouthed and dripping with disdain. Her oldest and only fr
  
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• Softbank borrows JPY35 billion to fund ‘Society 5.0’ 5G build

  08-04-2022 12:32
  
  Japanese operator Softbank played up the societal benefits of 5G as it raised fresh funds for its network rollout.
  The company has taken out a so-called ‘social loan’ totalling JPY35 billion ($282 million) from a group of banks. Proceeds from social loans are used exclusively for projects that contribute to solving social issues, and so Softbank has gone to some lengths to highlight how its high-speed mobile network can be used for more than just ordering takeaways and video streamin
  
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• Lego and Epic want to make a metaverse for kids

  08-04-2022 12:11
  
  Toy brick firm Lego and games publisher Epic Games have announced that together they intend to build some sort of metaverse aimed at children.
  The two firms will have you know they’ve entered into a long-term partnership and intend to build ‘an immersive, creatively inspiring and engaging digital experience for kids of all ages to enjoy together’. They don’t appear to have anything to show off just yet mind, instead they seem to just be publicly laying down some ground ru
  
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• TalkTalk reviews options after Vodafone approach

  08-04-2022 11:56
  UK broadband group taken private 16 months ago is working with Lazard on future options
  
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• Iliad and WindTre inch towards rural 5G JV

  08-04-2022 11:36
  
  Italian operators Iliad and WindTre appear to have made progress in their plan to share the burden of rural 5G rollout.
  WindTre has secured the agreement of trade unions for the transfer of certain employees to a new joint venture company that it plans to set up with Iliad, Il Sole 24 Ore reported this week.
  The telecoms operators have not yet had the green light from the relevant authorities for their scheme, the Italian financial paper notes. But hammering out the details with the unions seems
  
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• Tata Digital finally launches its ‘super-app’

  08-04-2022 10:09
  
  Indian conglomerate Tata Group has launched a new app that aims to aggregate all its digital offerings in once place.
  It’s called Tata Neu and, according to the press release, it’s all about ‘combining the power of various consumer brands of the Tata Group to deliver a superior experience.’ Since Tata is one of the biggest companies in India, and has interests across the whole range of stuff that people might want to buy, it might just be one of the few companies in the w
  
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• UK's SMEs badly lacking in cyber protection, says BT

  08-04-2022 02:00
  The survey of 1,000 decision makers at UK businesses has found that many thousands of small firms may be at risk – despite having security measures in place – because they are relying on security products which are not designed for business use.With the majority of small firms moving online during the pandemic, opportunistic cyber criminals have also stepped up their efforts to target them. The Government’s recent Cyber Security Breaches survey found that almost half of all UK
  
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• TIM refuses to let KKR look at its books

  08-04-2022 02:00
  US private equity firm KKR first made a non-binding bid to take control of Italian operator TIM last year, offering €10.8 billion. At the time, TIM was in something of a vulnerable position, with then-CEO Luigi Gubitosi coming under fire from shareholders for failing to provide the financial uplift that had been promised. The bid from KKR hasted Gubitosi’s departure, with TIM Brasil’s CEO, Pietro Labriola, taking over as Group CEO at the start of 2022…read more on T
  
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• Sky and Vodafone among those interested in buying TalkTalk

  08-04-2022 02:00
  According to reports, Sky and Vodafone are among a number of suitors having approached UK broadband ISP TalkTalk regarding a potential acquisition. The reports note that TalkTalk have appointed investment bank Lazard to review their options…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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