https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/en-ukCopyright (C) 2026 newslocker.comSun, 13 Sep 2026 21:51:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/dutch-start-up-completes-funding-round-for-encrypted-silicon-technology/Sun, 13 Sep 2026 21:51:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/dutch-start-up-completes-funding-round-for-encrypted-silicon-technology/ Mayor Sadiq Khan at the launch of the Hopper Fare in September 2026 (c) TfL
Launched on 12th September 2016, the fare lets passengers paying by Oyster or contactless make additional bus and tram journeys without paying again, provided they touch in within an hour of their first journey.
The original version permitted one free transfer. It was expande]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/a-decade-of-londons-bus-hopper-fare/Sat, 12 Sep 2026 09:45:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/a-decade-of-londons-bus-hopper-fare/ Japanese garden (c) Capel Manor
Dotted around the estate are 40 separate managed gardens, including historical walled gardens, a holly maze, a mini-zoo, a lakeside garden, trial gardens, and a cactus house.
The gardens are open year-round, but they charge an entrance fee to pay a visit. However, on Saturday 3rd October, the gardens will be open to the public,]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-free-open-day-to-capel-manor-gardens/Fri, 11 Sep 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-free-open-day-to-capel-manor-gardens/ Sheep were once a familiar sight on Hampstead Heath, but grazing ended during the 1950s. Their return forms part of an ongoing programme to revive traditional land-management techn]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/rare-breed-sheep-are-being-used-to-graze-hampstead-heath/Fri, 11 Sep 2026 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/rare-breed-sheep-are-being-used-to-graze-hampstead-heath/ On stage at the Shaftesbury (c) ianVisits Beetlejuice The Musical
It’s showtime! Beetlejuice The Musical has arrived in London
From £25 – SAVE UP TO 63% Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Pop the champagne and prepare for the spectacular, spectacular Moulin Rouge! The Musical
From £30 The Devil Wears Prada
Elton John’s new musical The Devil Wears Prada is now playing in the W]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/this-weeks-theatre-ticket-offers-from-london-theatre-direct/Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/this-weeks-theatre-ticket-offers-from-london-theatre-direct/ The artist, Tschabala]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/confident-everywoman-strides-onto-trafalgar-squares-fourth-plinth/Fri, 11 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/confident-everywoman-strides-onto-trafalgar-squares-fourth-plinth/ (c) Sotheby’s
The dress owes its fame to the evening of 29th June 1994, when Diana made a showstopping arrival at the Serpentine Gallery for a fundraising dinner hosted by Vanity Fair.
For the evening, she wore a figure-hugging black silk evening dress by Greek designer Christina Stambolian.
That same evening, Prince Charles, from whom]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/princess-dianas-revenge-dress-to-go-on-display-in-london/Fri, 11 Sep 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/princess-dianas-revenge-dress-to-go-on-display-in-london/ The ceiling design has changed from the early concepts to instead expose the wood structu]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/first-look-inside-surrey-quays-stations-new-step-free-entrance/Fri, 11 Sep 2026 10:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/first-look-inside-surrey-quays-stations-new-step-free-entrance/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/virgin-media-o2-owners-target-600mn-in-cost-cuts/Fri, 11 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/virgin-media-o2-owners-target-600mn-in-cost-cuts/ Old and New side by side
Although Greater Thameslink Railway (GTR) has been working on the plans for over a year and early concepts were tested by the public, the seats on display are still just a prototype, so more changes are to come.
However, the most important change is the seat padding.
The old seating used polyurethane]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/future-thameslink-train-seats-with-added-padding-shown-off/Thu, 10 Sep 2026 16:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/future-thameslink-train-seats-with-added-padding-shown-off/ It’s not a museum with lots of precious objects, but an experience.
While most venues let you]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-silent-night-returns-to-dennis-severs-house/Thu, 10 Sep 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-silent-night-returns-to-dennis-severs-house/ Today’s London news round-up:
Enfield dog owner told to pay nearly £2,000 after driving neighbours barking mad Enfield Dispatch
Same-sex siblings could be required to share a bedroom until the age of 20, while an additional council housing band could also be introduced under new proposals from Southwark Council. Southwark News
More than 40 of London’s famous parakeets have been killed in just one park over the past three weeks, a wildlife expe]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-9th-sept-2026/Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-9th-sept-2026/ Henry and Poe (c) Historic Royal Palaces
The visit starts with a 45-minute talk led by a Yeoman Warder member of the Ravenmaster’s team before you’re then taken into the ravens’ accommodation to meet the birds that are vital to the preservation of the Kingdom.
Legend states that King Charles II was the first to insist that the ravens]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tower-of-london-now-offering-tours-of-their-ravens-enclosure/Wed, 09 Sep 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tower-of-london-now-offering-tours-of-their-ravens-enclosure/ Long a series of half-joined bits, most of the pedway network has close]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/a-dazzling-corten-and-yellow-staircase-brightens-the-citys-revived-pedway/Wed, 09 Sep 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/a-dazzling-corten-and-yellow-staircase-brightens-the-citys-revived-pedway/ Although newer buses must meet tougher standards for heating, ventilation and air conditioning, many older vehi]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/london-bus-drivers-call-off-strikes-after-winning-air-conditioning-pledge/Wed, 09 Sep 2026 14:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/london-bus-drivers-call-off-strikes-after-winning-air-conditioning-pledge/ The closure will also affect the adjacent London Overground Lioness line.
Oxhey Grange footbridge (c) Network Rail
The Oxhey Grange footbridge crosses the railway line to the south of Bushey station and had already been earmarked for replacement because of its condition. However, Network Rail sa]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/west-coast-main-line-to-close-between-london-euston-and-watford-due-to-emergency-bridge-work/Wed, 09 Sep 2026 13:05:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/west-coast-main-line-to-close-between-london-euston-and-watford-due-to-emergency-bridge-work/ (c) National Trust – Megan Taylor
The Wimbledon home at 22 Parkside was designed in the late 1960s by Richard and Su Rogers for Richard’s parents, and became a testing ground for architectural ideas that Richard Rogers later developed on a much larger scale.
Built as two linked]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/richard-and-su-rogers-radical-wimbledon-house-given-to-the-national-trust/Wed, 09 Sep 2026 11:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/richard-and-su-rogers-radical-wimbledon-house-given-to-the-national-trust/ And yes, some curmudgeons have pointed out that you could have visited the tap]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/kings-battles-and-willies-inside-the-british-museums-bayeux-tapestry-exhibition/Wed, 09 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/kings-battles-and-willies-inside-the-british-museums-bayeux-tapestry-exhibition/ Today’s London news round-up:
Heathrow and Gatwick among airports hit by air traffic control problems BBC News
A Traveller community in North London is calling for something to be “done fast” to address their dangerously overcrowded site, where, on one pitch, up to 15 people are having to share a single bathroom. Harrow Online
City Hall has defended its “pragmatic” approach to building new developments on high-qualit]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-8th-sept-2026/Tue, 08 Sep 2026 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-8th-sept-2026/ The coveted lift pass (c) ianVisits
The BT Group sold the tower to MCR Hotels for £275 million in February 2024, and since then they’ve been working on their plans, which will include public access to the top floor of the tower, as well as a public outdoor swimming pool on the roof of one of the lower-level buildings.
Of]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bt-tower-conversion-to-include-access-to-35th-floor-outdoor-terrace/Tue, 08 Sep 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bt-tower-conversion-to-include-access-to-35th-floor-outdoor-terrace/