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• The Hunterian Museum is back and better than ever

  11-05-2023 19:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  After a long closure for rebuilding works, the Hunterian Museum of medical anatomy is reopening, and their redisplay is an eye-popping triumph.A cluster of rooms telling the story of medicine from its earliest days right up to modern times, based largely on the collection started by the 18th-century surgeon and anatomist John Hunter, and added to over the centuries.
  The museum redesign has cost £4.6 million and was part of a larger redevelopment of the Royal College of Surgeons of England&
  
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• Telefónica talks up debt management following mixed Q1

  11-05-2023 16:17
  Spanish telco group Telefónica has confirmed its 2023 guidance after reporting solid first quarter revenue growth.
  For the full year, the company expects low single digit growth in both revenue and operating income before depreciation and amortisation (OIBDA). It expects to achieve a capex to sales ratio of 14%. Telefónica also confirmed its 2023 dividend.
  “We have made a strong start to the year despite ongoing challenges,” said Telefónica CEO José Mar&ia
  
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• Reduced access to Holloway Road tube station for a year while lifts are replaced

  11-05-2023 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Holloway Road tube station on the Piccadilly line will have just one lift in use between the street and trains until June 2024 due to maintenance work that will see both of the 1980s era lifts being replaced, one at a time.Due to the maintenance work, there will only be one lift in use at any time, and although the rest of the station will operate as normal, TfL is warning that customers may need to queue for the lifts during weekday morning peak hours.
  Esther Sharples, TfL’s Director of A
  
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• Airtel Africa: weak oil creates cheap telecoms play on Nigeria

  11-05-2023 16:00 via ft.com
  Stock price fall belies a brightening outlook
  
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• Deutsche Telekom lowers debt and raises guidance in strong Q1

  11-05-2023 14:23
  DT has inched up its earnings guidance for the full year on the back of a strong performance in the US, while closer to home its recent towers sale sliced billions of euros from its debt pile.
  All in all, the German incumbent posted a solid set of financial results for the first quarter of this year, including including customer growth, backed by an increased topline and earnings, in its home market.
  At group level revenue was virtually flat at €27.8 billion in the three months to the end o
  
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• e& chief gets a seat on Vodafone’s board

  11-05-2023 14:07
  Vodafone has formally acknowledged the significance of new major shareholder e&.
  The UAE-based operator’s CEO Hatem Dowidar has been given a seat on Vodafone’s board, and the two telcos have agreed a strategic partnership that establishes e& as a so-called ‘cornerstone investor’ in its UK counterpart. e& also has the option to nominate another, independent board candidate should its stake exceed 20%.
  The announcement was issued on Thursday, just weeks after e&
  
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• MTN confirms possible West African asset sale

  11-05-2023 13:58
  MTN Group is weighing up an offer from Axian Telecom for three of its operating units in West Africa, it confirmed on Thursday.
  The South Africa-based telco group said it is “evaluating an orderly exit” of its MTN-branded businesses in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea-Conakry and Liberia in the medium-term, which suggests it is not in a hurry to offload the units. However, a bid has come in and naturally it’s taking a look.
  It did not disclose the value of that bid, but given the size of
  
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• Google gets into the foldable phone game       

  11-05-2023 13:43
  As ever Google’s I/O event threw up hordes of announcements and updates related to the tech giant’s estate of interests – one of which was a flashy looking foldable phone called the Google Pixel Fold.
  Foldable phones have been around a while, though haven’t necessarily taken the world by storm yet. The idea is you can wander around with your mobile in your pocket and when you get to your train or wherever you like to sit, you can flip it open and enjoy a double screen to
  
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• Book tickets to see inside buildings for the London Festival of Architecture

  11-05-2023 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The London Festival of Architecture returns next month, and there are a number of interesting buildings that will be open for tours to see inside.
  The festival has been running for many years, and although this year it’s mainly talks and tours, there’s a lot of them to pick from. However, the chance to get inside some interesting buildings is always exciting, so a trawl of their 12 pages of listings has found the following:UK Supreme Court
  Thursday 1st June 11am to 12pm
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• Sir John Soane “Drawing Office” opening to the public for the first time ever

  11-05-2023 10:40 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  High up inside the Sir John Soane’s Museum is a room that has never been seen by the public, until now that is. The Drawing Office, where Soane’s draftsmen and apprentices worked is also the oldest surviving example of its kind and has been recently restored.
  Due to its small confines and previously fragile structure, the Drawing Office has never been open to the visitor route, but it will now be open twice a week to the public, for the first time in its 200-year history.
  The Drawing
  
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• Vodafone’s largest shareholder e& to take board seat as ties deepen

  11-05-2023 08:58 via ft.com
  UK telecoms operator plans to work with Abu Dhabi-listed group on procurement and services
  
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• London’s newest museum shows off a huge slice of Roman wall

  11-05-2023 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  London has gained a new museum that shows off a large, and until now, largely hidden section of Roman wall, and the history of the local area where it was found.The Roman wall was built around the ancient city to replace an earlier wooden wall, and was later often reinforced to increase its protective capabilities. Over the centuries, the wall sank from view as it was often used as the back wall for buildings, and slowly literally sank into the ground as London built upwards.
  This section of wal
  
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