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• Hither Green’s new footbridge opens for station’s step-free upgrade

  06-10-2026 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Last week, two shabby old footbridges at Hither Green railway station were replaced with one single very long spanning modern footbridge, as part of the station’s upgrade to make it step-free and build two new entrances.Although only the footbridge and a new ramp between platforms 4 and 5 have opened so far, the wider step-free scheme will also add four 16-person lifts. They are installed, but undergoing testing.
  The new footbridge is a substantial structure and is clearly much larger than
  
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• Kew Gardens to offer rare visits inside its emptied Palm House

  06-10-2026 14:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Next year there will be a rare opportunity to step into Kew Gardens’ famously large Palm House and see the entire structure for the first time in generations, totally empty of plants.
  Palm House (c) ianVisits
  The nearly 180-year-old tropical glasshouse is usually packed full of plants – and very humid – so the remarkable structure of the building is often hard to appreciate. As part of a once-in-a-generation restoration project, staff are currently moving all the plants from th
  
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• Frieze drops eleven sculptures into Regents Park

  06-10-2026 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Visitors to Regents Park may notice some very odd additions at the moment as the annual Frieze sculpture trail returns.Featuring work by 11 artists, the collection ranges from seemingly random assemblages of metalwork to a tree that’s easy to miss but worth seeking out to pointless slabs of stone in the ground.
  The black palm is worth seeking out because when you look closely, you’ll see that the leaves are all made from old car tyres.Elsewhere is a rather sci-fi looking structure, a
  
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• Your guide to London’s 2026 fireworks and bonfire displays

  06-10-2026 12:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  It’s that time of year again, with Christmas in the shops and fireworks in the parks – Fireworks Night is back for 2026, and in a few locations, the displays still include the traditional bonfire.Prices below are for adults – children and family rates are also available. You can probably see the top half of the display for free from outside most venues, but since many raise money for local charities, pay for tickets if you can.
  And, yes, there are a few displays in October.
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• Alice in Wonderland experience in London opens next month

  06-10-2026 11:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A new Alice in Wonderland experience opens next month at Dock X in Canada Water, promising to take visitors through ten rooms spanning 26,000 sq ft. The 120-minute production combines live actors, theatrical storytelling, projection mapping and sensory effects to tell Lewis Carroll’s story.
  Alice Immersive Wonderland (c) Cités Immersives
  The route includes a Rabbit Hole, the Caterpillar’s Den, a Cheshire Cat forest, a Mad Hatter tea party and the Queen’s Court. It ends w
  
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• DLR staff get their own Monopoly-style board game

  06-10-2026 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Lots of companies buy corporate-branded goodies to hand out to staff and other worthies, and oh, look, yet another branded water bottle and tote bag. But sometimes, it’s a DLR-themed clone of the Monopoly board game – KADOPOLY.It was commissioned by the Docklands Light Railway’s (DLR) operator, KeolisAmey, as gifts for staff, so you’re not going to see it in shops, but it’s still been done to a high standard, with a lot of DLR touches to the board game.
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• The creditor bloodbath in UK telecoms

  06-10-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  BT struck a deal to buy TalkTalk but the majority of the struggling broadband provider’s creditors are likely to be left with nothing
  
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• BT’s swoop on TalkTalk has regulators over a barrel

  06-10-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  UK watchdog typically takes a robust view of reduced competition in telecoms market but is taking a back seat this time
  
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