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• Could Batman encourage more people to offer their seats on trains?

  21-11-2025 18:20 via ianvisits.co.uk
  If you spot Batman on the train, he might be heading to a party, or he might be a psychological decoy, silently nudging you to give up your seat to someone who needs it — because nothing says “do the right thing” like being judged by a man in a rubber suit.It turns out that commuters are far more likely to relinquish their seat when Batman is in the carriage with them, and that the caped crusader’s effect on people’s behaviour can be quite substantial.
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• Nokia’s third reinvention will be harder than its first two

  21-11-2025 18:00
  Move from hardware to software market puts company more open to competition
  
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• Trafalgar Square Christmas tree on its way to London after protestor delays felling in Norway

  21-11-2025 15:35 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Trafalgar Square’s Christmas tree is on its way to London after it was chopped down in a forest north of Oslo this afternoon, after a climate protestor delayed the event from this morning.
  Photo: Sturlason / Oslo municipality
  The Mayor of Oslo, Anne Lindboe, and Lord Mayor of Westminister, Paul Dimoldenberg, joined forces and made the first cut into the 20 metres tall Norwegian spruce “Ever Oslo”.
  The symbolic slice dealt with, professional tree surgeons did the rest. A replace
  
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• Pantos, musicals and plays go on sale as West End unveils early Black Friday deals

  21-11-2025 15:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  London’s theatreland has launched its Black Friday sale early this year, kicking off a full week before the American holiday and running through to early December.
  In truth, it’s less a Black Friday and more a Black Fortnight — but the discounts are real, with some West End tickets reduced by as much as 60%.
  Here are some of the standout offers:
  PantominesJack and the Beanstalk (Lyric Hammersmith)
  The Lyric Hammersmith Pantomime returns to bring gigantic laughs!
  From £13
  
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• You can see a working Quantum Computer in IBM’s London office

  21-11-2025 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  If you don’t mind peering through a sheet of glass, you can see a Quantum Computer at IBM’s office in Waterloo.Known as the IBM Quantum System One, it is the first circuit-based commercial quantum computer, launched by IBM in January 2019.
  Quantum computers are capable of using the weird world of quantum physics and simplistically, where a standard computer bit can be either a binary One or Zero, a quantum computer can be both at the same time. Thanks to that, it is widely believed t
  
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• Mayor shows plans to reroute buses and reclaim Oxford Street for pedestrians

  21-11-2025 12:15 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Plans have been shown off that could see Oxford Street pedestrianised from Ikea in the east to Selfridges in the west.
  Pedestrian areas overlay on OpenStreet Maps, with gaps for the north-south road traffic
  As part of the Mayor of London’s takeover of the area, a consultation has opened for the first phase of pedestrianising Oxford Street, revealing how road traffic will be diverted around the pedestrian zone.
  Under the proposals, buses that currently serve Oxford Street would be rerouted
  
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• Tickets Alert: UCL’s 200th anniversary light show in central London

  21-11-2025 11:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  To mark its bicentenary next year, University College London (UCL) is filling its large quadrangle with an outdoor Son et lumiére light display.
  UCL Illuminated (c) Double Take Productions
  UCL was founded on 11 February 1826, although it wasn’t allowed to call itself a university for another decade, which means it’s either England’s third oldest university, or its fifth oldest – depending on which date you count from. Assuming you count from the first, there will b
  
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• French telcos explore wider bid for billionaire Drahi’s assets

  21-11-2025 06:00
  Orange, Bouygues and Free consider new proposal for multiple Altice assets after €17bn bid for SFR was rejected
  
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