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• BT’s turnaround is in the home stretch

  29-06-2026 20:21 via ft.com
  A streamlined domestic business and the end of a hefty investment programme mean it will soon start to generate cash
  
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• Comcast’s Hollywood break-up marks its GE moment

  29-06-2026 19:43 via ft.com
  Owning glamour businesses might be fun for the CEO and board but is not necessarily useful for shareholders
  
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• The London Buzz – 29th June 2026

  29-06-2026 18:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
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  Today’s London news round-up:
  A man arrested following a serious collision at Ealing Broadway on Saturday afternoon has been charged with the attempted murder of five people. Ealing Times
  Westminster Council has been accused of ‘thwarting fun in Soho’ after they failed to apply for funding to boost their nightlife. Metro
  Goldsmiths, University of London has appointed a new vice-chancellor as the institution grapples with mounting financial pressures and
  
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• Victorian Thames stones transformed into permanent benches outside St Paul’s

  29-06-2026 17:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A row of stone benches that appeared outside St Paul’s Cathedral a couple of years ago as a temporary idea has been refurbished into permanent benches.The ‘From the Thames to Eternity’ project repurposes 21 granite stones originally used in the construction of the Victorian river wall at Victoria Embankment.
  Installed in 1870 as part of Sir Joseph Bazalgette’s embankment works following the ‘Great Stink’ of 1858, they formed part of the infrastructure that tra
  
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• Folded paper sculptures mark the Royal Ballet School’s centenary

  29-06-2026 15:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  There’s a large paper art installation in Covent Garden at the moment, which, if you squint a bit, is supposed to be a celebration of 100 years of the Royal Ballet School.It’s a series of folded paper structures hanging from the ceiling, wafting gently in the wind.
  We’re told that it’s “designed to capture the fluidity, precision and grace of dancers in motion, the artwork, spanning 50 metres, will transform the space with a striking visual display that reveals new
  
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• HS2 contractor fined £400,000 after tipper truck plunges into excavation

  29-06-2026 11:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A contractor working on the HS2 railway has been fined £400,000 after a tipper truck driver was injured when his 20-tonne vehicle fell from the edge of an excavation ramp at a construction site in west London.
  HSE / SCS Ltd
  The incident happened on 27 July 2021 at the Copthall North HS2 site near Uxbridge, where a ‘cut and cover’ tunnel was being built by SCS Railways, a joint venture between Skanska Construction UK, Costain and Strabag.
  The truck slipped around two metres from
  
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• BT and Verizon to create new international business in $625mn deal

  29-06-2026 08:01 via ft.com
  New 50:50 venture will be milestone in UK group’s strategy of refocusing on its domestic operations
  
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• BT and Verizon to combine international operations in joint venture

  29-06-2026 08:01 via ft.com
  Verizon to pay $625mn to BT as part of deal that helps UK group refocus on its domestic operations
  
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• London’s Alleys: St James’s Cottages, Richmond, TW9

  29-06-2026 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  This row of Victorian cottages sits on the edge of Richmond town centre, with a mix of old on one side and modern on the other.The alley looks like a row of cottages that should be facing another row that has long succumbed to the bulldozer – but no, this has always been a one-sided passageway. It’s just that where modern buildings line one side used to be back walls of gardens for houses facing away from the alley.
  At the entrance to the alley, used to stand St Mary’s Parochia
  
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• Virgin Media O2 bonds slide as broadband rivals squeeze cash flow

  29-06-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Telecoms group’s bonds tumble as altnets take market share and investors fret over £2bn Netomnia deal
  
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• HS2 reset on track – but watchdog warns of risks ahead

  29-06-2026 01:05 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The government’s latest reset of the HS2 railway project is making progress but still risks repeating past mistakes unless ministers and HS2 fully stabilise the project before pressing ahead, according to a critical report from the National Audit Office (NAO).
  HS2 tunnel entrance next to the M25 motorway (c) ianVisits
  The watchdog says the Department for Transport (DfT) and HS2 are taking a “considered approach” to overhauling the troubled high-speed railway, but warns there is
  
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