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TfL orders 10 more Elizabeth line trains – saving Alstom’s Derby factory

14-06-2024 18:10 via ianvisits.co.uk

Transport for London (TfL) is getting ten more Elizabeth line trains, after a £370 million contract was signed that will also save Alstom’s Derby factory from closure.Alstom’s Derby factory, where the Elizabeth line trains were made (at the time Bombardier), has an order book gap, which means that without a modest order for some more trains soon, it might have had to close the factory entirely and shift future orders to overseas locations.
As it happened, TfL was also lobbying

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Stratford’s latest VR experience lets you explore the origins of life on Earth

14-06-2024 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

There’s an adventure in Stratford where you can time travel back 3.5 billion years to the beginning of life on Earth.
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Alas, not literally, but in virtual reality, on a journey that jumps right back to the start of life and then leaps forward several times to show how life on earth changed every billion years or so, from early single-cell lifeforms to, well, something to look forward to later.
As a VR experience, there’s a large headset to wear. Although at the sam

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A peek behind the seams: Vivienne Westwood’s fashion exhibited at Christie’s

14-06-2024 15:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

Christie’s, a posh auction house, is currently filled with expletives and high fashion as it showcases an exhibition of clothes designed by the late Vivienne Westwood.The exhibition is a public show of the clothes that will soon be sold to raise money for the many charities that she supported in life. It also allows people with eyes considerably larger than their wallets to see the clothes in person.
It’s very much a showroom of clothing with a mix of clothes on mannequins and others

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Hello Dolly tickets with Imelda Staunton currently available from just £20

14-06-2024 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

Multi-Olivier and BAFTA Award-winning Imelda Staunton is back where she belongs in Hello, Dolly! and this brand-new production is coming to The London Palladium for a limited summer season.
Tickets for July shows are also in a discount sale.Dolly Levi is a vibrant matchmaker living in 19th-century New York City. One day, Dolly is tasked with finding a suitable wife for the wealthy and grumpy half-a-millionaire Horace Vandergelder, but Dolly has an ulterior motive under her sleeve – she&rsq

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