https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/en-ukCopyright (C) 2026 newslocker.comWed, 28 Oct 2026 15:15:00 +0100 The policy change means money raised locally can be spent locally.
Crucially, it allows regional mayors – such as the Mayor of London – to borrow against future tax revenues. Those powers already exist, but tend to be limited to smaller projects decided by local authorities, rather than regional mayors.
Bakerloo line extension]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bakerloo-line-extension-gets-budget-boost-from-local-tax-powers/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 15:15:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bakerloo-line-extension-gets-budget-boost-from-local-tax-powers/ Initial concept (c) Foster + Partners
JP Morgan bought the Riverside site on the edge of the Thames in 2008 for a new headquarters, but the banking crisis halted progress almost immediately. They later moved into Lehman Brothers’ former London head office instead, but are now planning to develop the site at last.
Although plans for the tower, to be designed by Foster + Partners a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/new-public-park-proposed-for-canary-wharf-development/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/new-public-park-proposed-for-canary-wharf-development/ Today, as rare survivors, they command rather higher prices, alas.
Described by the museum as the first displa]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/affordable-art-from-renaissance-italy-fills-a-free-british-museum-exhibition/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/affordable-art-from-renaissance-italy-fills-a-free-british-museum-exhibition/ Conservatory space (c) ianVisits
Ahead of the conservatory’s closure, Wayward Plants have been taking thousands of cuttings from a wide range of specimens and propagating them at their reuse centre into new plants to be adopted.
Wayward Plants will lead the adoption process, where you can learn about the different specimen types and how]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-the-barbicans-final-free-conservatory-plants-giveaway/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-the-barbicans-final-free-conservatory-plants-giveaway/ And free tickets to visit the museum on its opening day are now available.The former Museum of London closed in November 2022 and will reopen, later than originally planned, on 28th November 2026 at its new Smithfield site as the rebranded London Museum, with a controversial pigeon log]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/one-month-to-go-until-london-museum-opens-its-new-smithfield-home/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 11:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/one-month-to-go-until-london-museum-opens-its-new-smithfield-home/ Gulliver sculpture (c) ianVisits
Created by sculptor Trevor Tennant and installed in Limehouse’s Locksley Estate in August 1958, Gulliver was designed as the centrepiece of a large children’s sandpit. The artist intended for children to scramble, swing, slide and hide behind the giant figure.Embed from Getty Images
Howe]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/gulliver-to-be-freed-from-behind-fences-on-east-london-estate/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 11:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/gulliver-to-be-freed-from-behind-fences-on-east-london-estate/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/ianvisits-turns-twenty-two-decades-of-exploring-london/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/ianvisits-turns-twenty-two-decades-of-exploring-london/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/shares-of-ambanis-jio-rise-21-in-indias-biggest-ipo/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 05:42:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/shares-of-ambanis-jio-rise-21-in-indias-biggest-ipo/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/ambanis-130bn-jio-soars-in-indias-biggest-listing/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 05:42:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/ambanis-130bn-jio-soars-in-indias-biggest-listing/ Diamond Diadem, Buckingham Palace 2012 (c) ianVisits
The exhibition, at the King’s Gallery next to Buckingham Palace, will bring together more than 300 pieces of jewellery from the 16th century to the present day, around two-thirds on display for the first time.
Jewels ranging from as early as King Henry VIII through Charles II to Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth II will be shown]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/royal-blingfest-to-bring-500-years-of-jewellery-to-the-kings-gallery/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/royal-blingfest-to-bring-500-years-of-jewellery-to-the-kings-gallery/ Founded in 1912,]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/beyond-bayeux-guildhall-art-gallery-explores-the-art-of-modern-tapestry/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/beyond-bayeux-guildhall-art-gallery-explores-the-art-of-modern-tapestry/ TfL’s analysis shows that more people leave Angel Tube station]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/angel-tube-station-to-be-exit-only-at-weekends-from-early-2027/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:15:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/angel-tube-station-to-be-exit-only-at-weekends-from-early-2027/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/uk-needs-more-powers-to-intervene-when-telecoms-providers-fail-minister-says/Mon, 26 Oct 2026 23:19:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/uk-needs-more-powers-to-intervene-when-telecoms-providers-fail-minister-says/ OS map 1866
There is a mystery about the name, as most online sources say that the alley was originally called Paul’s Wal]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-alleys-powells-walk-chiswick-w4/Mon, 26 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-alleys-powells-walk-chiswick-w4/ All hints that something was about to happen.
Bus nerds could be seen in the front of the upper decks of the last buses to ply the street, getting]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/last-buses-run-down-oxford-street-as-pedestrianisation-kicks-in/Mon, 26 Oct 2026 01:01:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/last-buses-run-down-oxford-street-as-pedestrianisation-kicks-in/ Today’s London news round-up:
Around 211 households have been evacuated from two tower blocks in Canning Town due to serious structural issues. Newham Council
A cinema in Romford is getting a “major refurbishment” including a new “largest screen” for the venue with “world-leading” technology.  Romford Recorder
Who is London’s mystery Batman doing good deeds? BBC News
Ealing Council is offering local businesses grants]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-23rd-oct-2026/Fri, 23 Oct 2026 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-23rd-oct-2026/ Great Russell Street outside the museum (c) ianVisits
Camden Council is working on plans for full pedestrianisation, but as a short-term improvement, it is proposing several smaller changes to the area outside the museum.
The council will make several changes to traffic routes and improve some existing pedestrian crossings. It will]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/plans-to-widen-the-pavement-outside-the-british-museums-main-entrance/Fri, 23 Oct 2026 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/plans-to-widen-the-pavement-outside-the-british-museums-main-entrance/ The exhibition, W50 Live: Williams, 50 Years of F1 Racing, will be an immersive, actor-led journey through five decades of the racing team. During t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-williams-f1-50th-anniversary-exhibition/Fri, 23 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-williams-f1-50th-anniversary-exhibition/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/it-wasnt-all-about-tea-science-museum-examines-the-making-of-america/Fri, 23 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/it-wasnt-all-about-tea-science-museum-examines-the-making-of-america/ According to the TfL travel guide, the last bus to run fully along Oxford Street from Tottenham Court Road to Marble Arc]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/one-last-ride-catch-the-last-bus-to-run-fully-along-oxford-street/Fri, 23 Oct 2026 10:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/one-last-ride-catch-the-last-bus-to-run-fully-along-oxford-street/