Telecom news

The London Buzz – 1st April 2025

01-04-2025 18:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

Today’s London news round-up:
The cafe at Stepney City Farm has been closed since November but will reopen as Stepney’s with thanks to the founder of Roman Road’s Mae + Harvey. Roman Road
An appeal is being made for information about a man who is stealing Sunday newspapers delivered to a home in Chiswick. Chiswick W4
More than 20 police officers raided a meeting of the activist group Youth Demand at the Quaker Meeting House in Westminster, which has been condemned as an &lsquo

Read more
New entrance for Walthamstow Central station inches closer as construction plans updated

01-04-2025 14:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

Long delayed plans to add a second entrance to Walthamstow Central station appear to be waking up after the property developer responsible filed an update on the project.
Currently, the entrance to the railway station is on the south side of a large open space which leads into the town centre. Here is a large bus station, along with rail services for the Victoria line and London Overground, making it a major transport hub for the area.
New station entrance artist impression – from the plan

Read more
Free exhibition showcases 500 years of rare and beautiful maps

01-04-2025 12:55 via ianvisits.co.uk

If you like looking at old maps, then you’ll love a new exhibition that’s recently opened in the City of London, showing a range of maps dating from the 15th century onwards.Exhibits on display include a hand-coloured map of the world from 1548, one of Galileo’s star maps, wartime maps of Greece and Iraq, a military board game and a London map of 1855, which proved crucial in the fight against cholera.
Oh and lots of maps of the new world a large body of water called the Gulf o

Read more
London’s Cold War tunnels take important step towards opening to the public

01-04-2025 12:30 via ianvisits.co.uk

The plans to open up the large network of Cold War tunnels under Holborn have taken a technical but important step forward to being opened to the public.
One of the tunnels (c) DBOX for The London Tunnels
Built during WWII as shelters from bombs but never used by the public, the tunnels were converted into deep-level telecoms exchanges during the Cold War. When details about them emerged, they became rather legendary in the subterranean world.
In 2023, the fund manager Angus Murray bought the tu

Read more
Advertisement
Spain’s €20bn telecoms group MasOrange explores IPO

01-04-2025 12:00 via ft.com

Listing would provide momentum to Europe’s IPO market

Read more