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• National Cinema Day – Films from just £3 each

  25-08-2023 20:15 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  On Saturday 2nd September, hundreds of cinemas across the UK are coming together to celebrate National Cinema Day, offering cheap entry to see many of the films being screened at the moment.Participating cinemas are offering all tickets to most shows with a set charge of £3 — some screenings will charge a small premium for major films or have online booking fees. Many cinemas are showing a mix of recently-released films, as well as bringing back much-loved classics, many of which may
  
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• 50 floors up, London’s newest free viewing gallery has opened

  25-08-2023 16:30 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Totally free to visit, London has gained a new viewing gallery at the top of a skyscraper, right in the middle of the City of London.Officially known as The Lookout, it sits on the 50th floor of a newly completed building on Bishopsgate and gives really good views across most of the south and west of London – taking in everything from the Wembley Arch around to the Tower of London.
  The entrance isn’t hidden away either, but right on the main road, and once through the usual security
  
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• Evolving to the Next Generation of Network Automation

  25-08-2023 15:05
  The recent artificial intelligence boom is impacting the telecoms industry in a number of ways, among the most significant of which concerns network automation. To get further clarity on the matter we posed a few questions to Eyal Shaked, General Manager of Intelligent OSS at Amdocs.
  As the telecom industry evolves, what are some of the new challenges you see?
  We are witnessing a surge in cutting-edge technologies across the network. These transformative changes pose new challenges for operation
  
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• Specially decorated double-decker bus to take part in the Notting Hill Carnival

  25-08-2023 14:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A new electric double-decker bus will be one of the floats taking part in this weekend’s Notting Hill Carnival, with a special Windrush decoration by the artist Baraka Carberry. The bus will form part of the transport body’s parade at Notting Hill Carnival, themed to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the arrival of passengers on the SS Empire Windrush.
  (c) TfL
  In collaboration with Lagniappe Mas band and the Windrush Generation Legacy Association, TfL will take part in the carnival
  
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• Huawei agrees long-term patent deal with Ericsson despite western curbs

  25-08-2023 13:23
  Agreement gives Chinese group a boost after being subject to bans in Europe and the US
  
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• Orange Romania ditches greenbacks but still goes green

  25-08-2023 13:20
  The Romanian arm of operator group Orange announced the sale of its retail banking business and, soon after, the purchase of a bunch of renewable energy.
  The coincidence of the two moves owes more to correlation than causation but are perhaps symbolic of a broader strategic shift by Orange in general. Orange France announced it was selling its retail banking interests a few months ago, making it highly likely that other territories would follow suit. In Romania, that business is being acquired b
  
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• Ericsson and Huawei renew their patent sharing vows

  25-08-2023 13:05
  Kit vendors Ericsson and Huawei have renewed a cross-licensing agreement that covers 3G, 4G, and 5G tech, which Ericsson estimates will help it rake in SEK11 billion in licensing revenues this year.
  The short version is that this is a technology sharing agreement between the two networking kit manufacturers.
  The slightly longer version is that this is a multi-year global patent agreement that covers sales of network infrastructure and consumer devices, and grants the firms access to each others&
  
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• Half price tickets to the ABBA drag comedy, The Way Old Friends Do

  25-08-2023 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A new comedy written by and starring Ian Hallard, featuring the voices of Miriam Margolyes and the late Paul O’Grady, shimmers its way into the Criterion Theatre this summer.
  Running for the next couple of weeks, there’s a half-price offer on tickets, with seats from just £15.It is the late 80s in Birmingham, two school friends make a cautious but bold decision to come out. One comes out as gay, whilst the other more unexpectedly declares himself a fan of the Swedish super-grou
  
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• Unveiling the hidden chapter: Charles Dickens Museum marks 200 years since Dickens’s time as a child labourer

  25-08-2023 07:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  This autumn will mark 200 years since Charles Dickens, as a twelve year old boy was forced to leave school and do something that he never spoke of, although it laid the foundations for much of his writings as an adult.
  His impoverished family was desperate to avoid a debtor prison, so the young Charles Dickens was sent to work in a factory roughly underneath where Charing Cross station’s platforms 5 & 6 are today. From the autumn of 1823 to September 1824, for 10 hours a day six days a
  
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