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• Photos from NASA’s manned space missions go on display in London

  06-02-2026 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  For just three days, visitors will be able to relive the thrilling dawn of the space age, stepping into the era when humanity first dared to leave Earth behind.
  Buzz Aldrin is seen clinging to the spacecraft during his spacewalk as he orbits Earth at over 17,000mph on Gemini 12 – 13th November 1966. Image Credit: NASA / ASU / Andy Saunders
  All because an exhibition of newly restored photographs from NASA’s Mercury and Gemini missions goes on display, revealing the moment when our blu
  
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• Japan’s KDDI finds up to $1.5bn in fictitious revenues

  06-02-2026 15:32
  Telecoms group postpones third-quarter results amid probe into ‘suspicions regarding inappropriate transactions’
  
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• Discount sale on tickets to see I’m Sorry, Prime Minister

  06-02-2026 15:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Fans of the 1980s political satire, Yes Minister, will probably know there’s a stage version at the moment – but not that there’s a sale on tickets.
  From Yes Minister co-writer Jonathan Lynn comes I’m Sorry, Prime Minister – the final act between Jim Hacker and Sir Humphrey.Jim Hacker (Griff Rhys Jones) is back — older, no wiser, and still gloriously out of his depth. Dreaming of a peaceful retirement at Hacker College, Oxford, Jim instead collides with a very
  
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• Arch over the trainshed: A different way to fund Liverpool Street station’s upgrade

  06-02-2026 14:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  A rival design to Network Rail’s plans to build offices above Liverpool Street station has been submitted to the City of London, days ahead of a meeting to decide if the Network Rail scheme will go ahead.
  Liverpool Street station during the Christmas 2025 closure (c) ianVisits
  The station does need a revamp, mainly to fix a number of problems that weren’t really thought about during the last rebuild 40 years ago – mostly to do with surging passenger traffic and accessibility.
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• Why the Mendini exhibition made me feel like I shouldn’t be there

  06-02-2026 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Sometimes you can walk into an exhibition and think, it’s all very good, but still walk out with a bit of an uncomfortable shrug about what you’ve seen.
  Possibly because a designer who was at the cutting edge of design when he was active has now been copied so often that the radical is now familiar. If you lived through those early years, the work is exciting. If not, it can feel a bit like walking into the shop that furnished my teenage bedroom – Habitat.That’s the chall
  
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• London Museum staff vote for strike action in pay dispute

  06-02-2026 10:45 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Staff at the London Museum could go on strike in a pay dispute, according to the Prospect Union.The union says a pay claim was submitted in March 2025, but an employer offer was not made until September 2025. This and two other subsequent offers were rejected by members, with the final offer, £420 consolidated +1%, then another £150 consolidated being imposed.
  The union said this led to the industrial action ballot.
  In the ballot, 88% of votes were in favour of taking strike action,
  
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• Euston station rail passengers facing delays on Avanti and LNR services today

  06-02-2026 08:36 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Rail passengers travelling in and out of Euston station face disruption today after a fault on the West Coast Main Line caused delays and cancellations between London Euston and Watford Junction.
  Euston station
  Network Rail has reported a failure of the overhead line equipment on the busy stretch of railway, meaning fewer trains than normal are able to run between the two stations.
  As a result, Network Rail expects to run a reduced service for the rest of the day.
  The disruption is affecting lon
  
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