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• Shirley Valentine play with Sheridan Smith extended to a 15 week run

  17-01-2023 18:06 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Willy Russell’s classic monologue Shirly Valentine opening next month has been extended to a 15-week run due to high interest, and the extra tickets are on sale from today.Shirley Valentine is the joyous, life-affirming story of the woman who got lost in marriage and motherhood, the woman who wound up talking to the kitchen wall whilst cooking her husband’s chips and egg. But Shirley still has a secret dream. And in her bag, an airline ticket. One day she may just leave a note, sayin
  
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• Proximus puts a bold face on a potentially bumpy year ahead

  17-01-2023 16:31
  Belgian incumbent Proximus has big dreams for 2025, but first it will have to navigate a difficult 2023.
  The operator this week shared its latest three-year plan, which it calls ‘bold2025’. What it would like everyone to focus on is its ambitious target to reach 100% 5G coverage and pass 50% of Belgian households with FTTH by 2025, increasing to 95% by 2032. It’s also wants to modernise its IT platforms, achieve a market-leading net promoter score, and, by 2040, reach net zero
  
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• Harrow school offering public tours in February

  17-01-2023 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Four times a year, there are tours of the famous posh private school in northwest London, and tickets for the next tours are on sale.The tours take in the historic rooms and buildings at Harrow School including the Fourth Form Room, Speech Room, Chapel and War Memorial Building, amongst others, accompanied by their guides. The tours are a mix of the history of Harrow school and how it was founded, the day-to-day life of a Harrow student today with the traditions and customs, but really, it&rsquo
  
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• South Kensington tube station development inquiry opens this week

  17-01-2023 14:45 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A public inquiry that will seek to overturn the refusal for an oversite development around South Kensington tube station opens this week.
  Image from previous plans – showing the relationship of the areas affected.
  The plans, designed by architects Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners for a partnership between Native Land and TfL called for a row of flats to be built on the empty south side of the station, a revamping of the existing buildings on the north side, and a rebuild of the bullnose at
  
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• Telefónica and Nokia launch 25G PON trial

  17-01-2023 14:05
  Spanish telco group Telefónica has half an eye on symmetric 20-Gbps broadband services.
  Its domestic operation on Tuesday announced it has successfully trialled 25G PON technology using equipment developed by Nokia. More specifically, the Finnish kit maker supplied fibre modems and its ISAM access nodes, which are powered by its Quillion chipset. The solution is able to deliver theoretical peak speeds of 25 Gbps on both the downlink and the uplink.
  It represents a significant improvement
  
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• Regulator gives nod to Vodafone Ghana sale

  17-01-2023 13:57
  Vodafone is finally selling out of Ghana, the country’s telecoms regulator having given the green light to a revised deal that will see Telecel Group pick up its majority stake in Vodafone Ghana.
  The deal has been some time coming, not that either party has shared a lot of information along the way.
  Ghana’s National Communications Authority (NCA) revealed this week that it has given its conditional approval to the transfer of Vodafone’s 70%  stake in Vodafone Ghana to Tele
  
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• Exhibition looks at the 670 year history of High Treason

  17-01-2023 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  An exhibition about the act of treason opens with a large vellum scroll that’s been partly unrolled. This is the document that in 1352 created the legal basis for treason, and over the centuries was to be used to put hundreds of people on trial, and at times, to death.The treason act sometimes seems like an ancient law from times when people plotted to overthrow Kings, but the last time it was used in a prosecution was as recent as last year.
  Treason is the topic of the current exhibition
  
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• Ukrainian telcos reportedly struggling to keep networks powered

  17-01-2023 12:28
  Rolling power cuts caused by Russian attacks on the Ukrainian grid are making it harder for operators in the region to keep networks online.
  Ongoing Russian strikes in the Ukrainian power grid mean an average of 25% of base stations are down at any given time, and during the worst of in November 59% of base stations weren’t functioning, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.
  Operators in the region are on the hunt for batteries which can hold more charge and therefore keep the n
  
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• UK Online Safety Bill divides political opinion once more

  17-01-2023 12:20
  The UK government has been forced to amend its ill-fated Online Safety Bill once more thanks to a rebellion from its own MPs.
  The BBC reports that ‘Tech bosses could face jail after Tory MPs revolt on bill’. The extensively tweaked bill is scheduled to be reintroduced to the House of Commons today. It seems 48 MPs on the government side of the House have threatened to vote against the passage of the bill unless it is further amended to include a two-year jail sentence for the manager
  
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• Another rail strike announced for February

  17-01-2023 11:47 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  There will be a national rail strike in the first week of February after the Aslef union says that it has rejected a proposal to settle the ongoing dispute.The latest strikes will take place on Wednesday 1st and Friday 3rd February, and will also likely see early morning disruption on both Thursday and Saturday as well.
  The companies affected include:Avanti West Coast
  Chiltern Railways
  CrossCountry
  East Midlands Railway
  Gatwick Express
  Great Western Railway (GWR)
  Greater Anglia
  Great Northern
  Lo
  
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• De Puyfontaine resignation could bring Italy network plan closer

  17-01-2023 10:21
  Vivendi CEO Arnaud De Puyfontaine has tendered his resignation from TIM’s board of directors, a move that could help smooth the way for some sort of resolution in Italy’s ongoing high-speed network debacle.
  Not that there’s much to go on in TIM’s official announcement. The Italian incumbent makes it clear that De Puyfontaine’s departure is linked to the state network plan – or current lack thereof – but it’s not giving a lot away.
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