https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/en-ukCopyright (C) 2026 newslocker.comThu, 22 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0200 Eastcote tube station
However, securing planning permission now can help speed up the process once funding is found and also helps secure it, as Transport for London (TfL) can carry out the works quickly.
Eastcote tube station was built between 1937 and 1939, is Grade II Listed. It is a particularly important example of a well preserved historic London Underg]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/eastcote-tube-station-gets-step-free-upgrade-planning-permission/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/eastcote-tube-station-gets-step-free-upgrade-planning-permission/ The print is from the series known as the Thirty-six Views of Mount F]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/a-rare-chance-to-see-hokusais-complete-mount-fuji-series-in-london/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/a-rare-chance-to-see-hokusais-complete-mount-fuji-series-in-london/ It’s now been confirmed that Transport for London (TfL) is earning £1.1 million from the campaign.
In exchange, the airline gets its banners on up to 60 roundels across t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfl-earns-11-million-from-turkish-airlines-elizabeth-line-advertising-deal/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfl-earns-11-million-from-turkish-airlines-elizabeth-line-advertising-deal/ With urban decline after WWII affec]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-pocket-parks-meanwhile-gardens-paddington-w10/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-pocket-parks-meanwhile-gardens-paddington-w10/ Today’s London news round-up:
Lambeth steps up night-time patrols to tackle illegal trading and ‘keep people safe’ Brixton Buzz
Trouble at mill: a falling window stopped the Wandle’s last working waterwheel Putney News
The “continued weakness” of London’s housing market is creating further financial problems for Enfield Council’s troubled district heating network, Enfield Dispatch
An anonymous leaflet campaign targeting a couple wh]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-21st-oct-2026/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-21st-oct-2026/ London Fire Brigade headquarters building
The Brigade built much of the site in the 1930s as its headquarters, but moved out in 2008, intending to redevelop the old building into flats. The Secretary of State blocked this in 2021, and since then the London Fire Brigade has been working on a new scheme to restore the building as its headquarters.
Lam]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/london-fire-brigade-museum-to-reopen-as-part-of-lfbs-new-headquarters/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/london-fire-brigade-museum-to-reopen-as-part-of-lfbs-new-headquarters/ Canaletto painting of the Lord Mayor’s Show 1746-48
For most of its more than 800-year existence, the Lord Mayor’s Show took place on the river because the roads weren’t good enough, but in 1856/7 it finally moved from the river to land, where it’s been ever since.
In recent years, a few boats have paraded up the Thames in a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-lord-mayors-show-returns-to-its-river-roots-with-thames-pageant/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 16:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-lord-mayors-show-returns-to-its-river-roots-with-thames-pageant/ All]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/angel-tube-station-could-become-exit-only-or-close-entirely-as-tfl-battles-failing-escalators/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/angel-tube-station-could-become-exit-only-or-close-entirely-as-tfl-battles-failing-escalators/ The museum’s new exhibition examines the era before John Snow identified the source of disease in London, when people feared the miasma seeping into every home.The exhibition illustrates the strength of Dickens’s feelings about water pollution and public health, in the years before the Great Stink of 1858, showing how the issue found it]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/new-dickens-exhibition-looks-at-the-smells-and-poverty-of-old-london/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/new-dickens-exhibition-looks-at-the-smells-and-poverty-of-old-london/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/musks-spacex-ambitions-may-be-dangerous-for-europe-warns-eu-lawmaker/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:45:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/musks-spacex-ambitions-may-be-dangerous-for-europe-warns-eu-lawmaker/ However, the gas lighting on the road has some significance in the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-last-street-in-east-london-still-lit-by-gas-lights-could-switch-to-electric-lights/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-last-street-in-east-london-still-lit-by-gas-lights-could-switch-to-electric-lights/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/to-replace-starlink-europe-will-have-to-reawaken-its-animal-spirits/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/to-replace-starlink-europe-will-have-to-reawaken-its-animal-spirits/ (c) TfL
The new poets chosen include:Grace Nichols
Langston Hughe
Valerie Bloom
Emily Brontë
Jaan Kaplinski
Bernard O’DonoghuePoems on the Underground will round out this year’s 40th anniversary celebrations with a poetry and music event on Saturday 24 October at the Purcell Room in the Southbank Centre. The lineup feature]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/new-poems-on-the-underground-for-autumn/Tue, 20 Oct 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/new-poems-on-the-underground-for-autumn/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-captains-brothel-a-victorian-hotel-with-its-own-railway-station/Tue, 20 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-captains-brothel-a-victorian-hotel-with-its-own-railway-station/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/virgin-media-o2-owners-push-cma-to-reconsider-2bn-broadband-deal/Tue, 20 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/virgin-media-o2-owners-push-cma-to-reconsider-2bn-broadband-deal/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/ambani-looks-to-pull-off-indias-biggest-ipo/Tue, 20 Oct 2026 02:33:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/ambani-looks-to-pull-off-indias-biggest-ipo/ Today’s London news round-up:
The homeless man living in front of a London mega-mansion DW
Stroudley Walk regeneration delivers 82 affordable homes East London Advertiser
Is an industrial revolution taking place in London? BBC News
Plans to build almost 1,300 homes on Crowlands Heath Golf Course have moved forward after being approved by councillors in Barking and Dagenham. Romford Recorder
Greens could fail to win any seats in London at nex]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-19th-oct-2026/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-19th-oct-2026/ Exchequer Court
Amazingly, it still won’t be the tallest tower in the City of London, as the One London skyscraper will be about 10 metres taller than this latest proposal.
Although the new tower would sta]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/new-skyscraper-for-the-city-nearly-as-tall-as-the-shard/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 17:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/new-skyscraper-for-the-city-nearly-as-tall-as-the-shard/ Monument Junction
Transport for London (TfL) is consulting on a redesign of the busy City of London junction, including an option to pedestrianise Fish Street Hill and make several crossings wider or more direct.
Some of the changes are subject to final approval by the Ci]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/wider-pavements-and-cycle-lanes-proposed-for-citys-monument-junction/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/wider-pavements-and-cycle-lanes-proposed-for-citys-monument-junction/ King’s College (c) ianVisits
King’s College broadcasts two carol services.
The famous one that goes out on BBC2 in the evening, Carols from King’s, is actually prerecorded a few weeks before the broadcast (sorry for the spoiler), and attendance is limited to college members.
However, there is a service on Christmas Eve afternoo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-christmas-eve-carols-at-kings-college-cambridge/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-christmas-eve-carols-at-kings-college-cambridge/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/kkr-accused-by-eu-of-misleading-regulators-over-22bn-telecoms-deal/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 13:32:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/kkr-accused-by-eu-of-misleading-regulators-over-22bn-telecoms-deal/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/european-telecoms-groups-join-forces-to-challenge-musks-starlink/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 13:22:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/european-telecoms-groups-join-forces-to-challenge-musks-starlink/ The 90s: Art and FashionThis exhibition about the 1990s seems curated by someone who either didn’t live through it or was so divorced from reality that they thought the fashion world was the real world.
It offers a very narrow view of the 1990s, filtered through the glossy magazines of the time, and focuses mainly on the fashion world, with a brief nod to the art world, which was busy putting Britain firmly]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/three-exhibitions-at-two-tate-galleries/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/three-exhibitions-at-two-tate-galleries/ The act incl]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/headphones-or-a-100-fine-councils-to-tackle-noisy-bus-passengers/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 09:45:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/headphones-or-a-100-fine-councils-to-tackle-noisy-bus-passengers/ OS map 1872
OS map 1966
The reason for the alley’s cre]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-alleys-cuthberts-alley-loughton-ig10/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-alleys-cuthberts-alley-loughton-ig10/ Today’s London news round-up:
A tribunal judge has ruled that management of a children’s hospital school unfairly sacked a senior teacher following a “retaliatory action” for “protected” union rep activities. Camden New Journal
A London couple have lost a four-year boundary battle over a 48cm “sliver” of land after trying to force their neighbours to demolish the kitchen wall of their £600,00]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-16th-oct-2026/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-16th-oct-2026/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-tours-of-ucls-maps-collection/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-tours-of-ucls-maps-collection/ Stanley Kubrick, self-portrait, circa 1949. Courtesy of Stanley Kubrick Film Archives
Featuring props, scripts, equipment, and personal possessions offered directly from the Stanley Kubrick Film Archives, the exhibition will be a preview of the sale but will also be freely open to the public.
Highlights on display incl]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/free-stanley-kubrick-exhibition-coming-to-london/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/free-stanley-kubrick-exhibition-coming-to-london/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/starlink-spectrum-deal-piles-elon-musks-plate-ever-higher/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 14:15:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/starlink-spectrum-deal-piles-elon-musks-plate-ever-higher/ Thomas Gainsborough’s Mr and Mrs Andrews shows the landlords lording it over their estate in Sudbury, Suffolk, where Gainsborough House is now a museum.
The painting is unusual for the time, as]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/gainsboroughs-landed-gentry-lose-their-heads-at-the-national-gallery/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/gainsboroughs-landed-gentry-lose-their-heads-at-the-national-gallery/ The first opportunity to secure a ticket to watch the fireworks in person is when tickets go on sale next Friday (23rd Oct) at midday. A second, smaller batch of tickets will go on sale later this year.
You must buy a ticket to watch the fireworks in person from the specia]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-for-londons-new-years-eve-fireworks-go-on-sale-next-friday/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-for-londons-new-years-eve-fireworks-go-on-sale-next-friday/ (c) ianVisits
The scheme will give some offending riders the opportunity to watch a short film about the consequences of their behaviour instead of receiving an immediate fixed penalty notice. However, City of London Police says officers will decide when to offer the option, and cyclists can still be fined.
The move follows a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/city-of-london-police-introduce-sin-bin-for-cyclists-who-jump-red-lights/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/city-of-london-police-introduce-sin-bin-for-cyclists-who-jump-red-lights/ (c) Alstom
The 15-year agreement covers the operator’s entire fleet of 133 five-car Class 720 Aventra trains, supplied by Alstom. The agreement will support around 100 Alstom jobs at Greater Anglia’s Seven Kings depot in east London.
For Greater Anglia, the agreement confirms long-term maintenance for a train fleet that forms a substantial]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/greater-anglia-signs-800m-deal-to-keep-commuter-trains-running-into-the-2040s/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:45:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/greater-anglia-signs-800m-deal-to-keep-commuter-trains-running-into-the-2040s/ However, these aren’t mandatory, though suggestions include appointing a dedicated mobile connectivity officer, ensuring property deve]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/city-hall-calls-on-councils-to-help-tackle-londons-patchy-mobile-coverage/Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/city-hall-calls-on-councils-to-help-tackle-londons-patchy-mobile-coverage/ James Swanton
This year, the exceptionally versatile James Swanton returns to the museum with his one-man version of the story, swiftly and deftly swapping between characters in the blink of an eye. From miserly mutterings to ghostly warnings, he has rather more spirits to keep track of than most people at Christmas.
With clever lighting and little else, the performance ta]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-a-christmas-carol-performed-at-the-charles-dickens-museum/Thu, 15 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-a-christmas-carol-performed-at-the-charles-dickens-museum/ Today’s London news round-up:
Westminster Council proposes slashing council tax support by up to 30 per cent Fitzrovia News
Gail’s Bakery, the absolute poster girl for rampant gentrification, will be inviting Brixtonites to nibble on their kimchi, cheddar and gochugaru chili croissants from this Friday Brixton Buzz
Labour-run Ealing Council has rejected an opposition motion calling for plans for a 1,200-seat temporary Troubadour theatre in Walp]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-14th-oct-2026/Wed, 14 Oct 2026 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-14th-oct-2026/ So if you’re maybe “cricket adjacent” and know someone who would love to attend a match, you c]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/lords-ballot-for-tickets-to-watch-international-cricket-now-open/Wed, 14 Oct 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/lords-ballot-for-tickets-to-watch-international-cricket-now-open/ You need a valid payment method to sign up, and the subscription starts automatically after the seven days – so put a note in your diary if you think you might want to cancel.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/national-theatre-offering-free-7-day-trial-of-its-at-home-streaming-service/Wed, 14 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/national-theatre-offering-free-7-day-trial-of-its-at-home-streaming-service/ An exhibition dotted around the house mixes costumes and props from the film, but what makes it more in]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/rainham-hall-exhibition-reveals-the-making-of-sense-and-sensibility/Wed, 14 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/rainham-hall-exhibition-reveals-the-making-of-sense-and-sensibility/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-one-week-to-bayeux-tapestry-ticket-day/Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-one-week-to-bayeux-tapestry-ticket-day/ Regent Street St James
The proposals include making Regent Street St James’s, Waterloo Place and the south side of Piccadilly Circus traffic-free, creating more than 35,000 square metres of new public space in the heart of the capital.
The plans would also improve junctions, pavements and drainage across Regent Stree]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/proposed-west-end-pedestrianisation-scheme-delayed-by-a-year-at-least/Wed, 14 Oct 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/proposed-west-end-pedestrianisation-scheme-delayed-by-a-year-at-least/ This part of London was still fields until a couple of hundred years ago, but a local landmark at the park’s southeast corner, the Rosemary Branch, a large pub, gave the park its name. However, the name has nothing to do with the fragrant plant, but comes from the pub’s location at a branch of the Ros stream – hen]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-pocket-parks-rosemary-gardens-islington-n1/Wed, 14 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-pocket-parks-rosemary-gardens-islington-n1/ Rules (c) ianVisits
The restaurant’s landlord has gifted the Maiden Lane building to the charity, protecting the home of an institution that has served diners since 1798. Over the centuries, Rules has built up the sort of list of illustrious customers that would put an edition of]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/fifty-five-years-after-betjeman-saved-rules-londons-oldest-restaurant-is-secured-again/Wed, 14 Oct 2026 01:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/fifty-five-years-after-betjeman-saved-rules-londons-oldest-restaurant-is-secured-again/ Today’s London news round-up:
Almost 5,000 evacuated in City of London gas leak BBC News
Wandsworth Council’s Cabinet last night approved a plan to nearly double council tax next April, at a testy meeting where the only voice raised against it had no vote. Putney News
Counterfeit goods seized from 15 second-hand phone shops in Edmonton Enfield Dispatch
Pedestrianised streets are teaching London a lesson in place-making The Spaces
Hackn]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-13th-oct-2026/Tue, 13 Oct 2026 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-13th-oct-2026/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/creditors-sue-patrick-drahis-altice-international-over-asset-shifts/Tue, 13 Oct 2026 17:27:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/creditors-sue-patrick-drahis-altice-international-over-asset-shifts/ RM Sotheby’s London to Brighton Veteran Car Run
The 1899 Mercedes-Benz combination delivery vehicle – an exceptionally rare example from the earliest days of commercial motoring – will be on display at the St James’s Motoring Spectacle on Pall Mall on Saturday 31 October, as part of a large di]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/a-127-year-old-delivery-van-returns-to-londons-streets/Tue, 13 Oct 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/a-127-year-old-delivery-van-returns-to-londons-streets/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/how-bts-talktalk-swoop-left-broadband-rivals-fuming/Tue, 13 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/how-bts-talktalk-swoop-left-broadband-rivals-fuming/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/inside-kkrs-22bn-bet-on-italys-telecoms-network/Sun, 11 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/inside-kkrs-22bn-bet-on-italys-telecoms-network/ The Londoners lamentation
Ordered by King Charles II, the ‘day of fasting and humiliation’ was observed to implore God for mercy and forgiveness for the nation’s sins. Because, of course, it was sin that caused the Great Fire, not a careless baker, which was quite a nice get out of jail card for the baker.
In addition, eve]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/across-london-a-day-of-humiliation-and-fasting/Sat, 10 Oct 2026 10:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/across-london-a-day-of-humiliation-and-fasting/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/us-telcos-shed-60bn-in-value-after-spacex-announces-spectrum-purchase/Fri, 09 Oct 2026 19:41:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/us-telcos-shed-60bn-in-value-after-spacex-announces-spectrum-purchase/ Artists are taking over the old Wandsworth library on Garratt Lane, nearly three years after the library moved to a new building yards away. Putney News
Window cleaners become trapped on 15th floor of London skyscraper Independent
An underground wartime shelter that could hold up to 800 people was found during works to revamp Lewisham town centre, The Greenwich Wire
Prime Min]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-9th-oct-2026/Fri, 09 Oct 2026 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-9th-oct-2026/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/us-telcos-shed-45bn-in-value-after-spacex-announces-spectrum-purchase/Fri, 09 Oct 2026 16:37:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/us-telcos-shed-45bn-in-value-after-spacex-announces-spectrum-purchase/ It’s not a museum with lots of precious objects but an experience. You are exhorted to step back]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-the-atmospheric-dennis-severs-house-christmas-experience/Fri, 09 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-the-atmospheric-dennis-severs-house-christmas-experience/ TfL’s annual staff art exhibition is usually held internally, but this year its property arm, Places for London, ha]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfl-staffs-art-exhibition-on-public-display-in-canary-wharf-tube-station/Fri, 09 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfl-staffs-art-exhibition-on-public-display-in-canary-wharf-tube-station/ (c) Virgin Trains Europe
The company proposes to run 20 daily return services linking London with Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam, adding almost 7.5 million seats a year to the cross-Channel market. It says the venture could create up to 1,000 jobs.
In August 2025, Virgin Trains Eu]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/virgin-targets-2030-launch-for-cross-channel-trains-from-london/Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:15:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/virgin-targets-2030-launch-for-cross-channel-trains-from-london/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/us-telcos-stocks-tumble-after-spacex-announces-spectrum-acquisition/Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:50:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/us-telcos-stocks-tumble-after-spacex-announces-spectrum-acquisition/ A collection of Admiral Lord Nelson’s letters, ranging from accounts of naval battles to intimate correspondence with Emma Hamilton, will go on display at Sotheby’s this month, offering a rare chance to see the documents before they are sold at auction.
The exhibition at Sotheby’s runs from 21st to 28th October, opening on Trafalgar Day, the anniversary of the battle in which Nelson was killed in 1805.
Assembled over 40 years by the collector and philanthrop]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/rare-chance-to-see-nelsons-letters-before-6-million-auction/Thu, 08 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/rare-chance-to-see-nelsons-letters-before-6-million-auction/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/chelseas-garrison-chapel-hosts-a-celebration-of-traditional-craft/Thu, 08 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/chelseas-garrison-chapel-hosts-a-celebration-of-traditional-craft/ (c) TfL
Although the general plans were already known, the latest consultation focused on the finer details, such as the design of the two new DLR stations and the construction impacts in the local communities.
TfL says t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfl-confirms-it-will-apply-for-dlr-extension-to-thamesmead-in-early-2027/Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:35:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfl-confirms-it-will-apply-for-dlr-extension-to-thamesmead-in-early-2027/ Stern Pissarro Gallery
The portrait is by Toronto doctor artist Dr Suan-Seh Foo and was commissioned by the Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia for their official portrait.
It will be permanently displayed at Government House in Halifax, but for a short while, it will be on display in London.
The oil-on-can]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/king-charles-iiis-formal-state-portrait-to-go-on-display-in-london/Thu, 08 Oct 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/king-charles-iiis-formal-state-portrait-to-go-on-display-in-london/ The two way road has bee]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-pocket-parks-st-johns-street-clerkenwell-ec1/Thu, 08 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-pocket-parks-st-johns-street-clerkenwell-ec1/ Today’s London news round-up:
O2 has struck a record deal thought to be in the region of £200m to retain the naming rights to the London venue the O2 in the largest renewal of its kind in UK history. The Guardian
In photos: Kennington Skatepark (the Kenny) becomes a homeless camp Brixton Buzz
The candidates hoping to be London’s second Tory mayor BBC News
A new study published today explains, for the first time in detail, how the s]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-7th-oct-2026/Wed, 07 Oct 2026 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-7th-oct-2026/ No more ramps with GBR trains?
The Transport Secretary has confirmed that unassisted access between platform and train will be a baseline expectation for new GBR trains.
The commitment forms part of the government’s rolling stock and infrastructure strategy, announced last month, which will bring decisions about trains, track, dep]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/future-gbr-trains-expected-to-offer-step-free-access-by-default/Wed, 07 Oct 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/future-gbr-trains-expected-to-offer-step-free-access-by-default/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/sleepy-european-telcos-turn-to-data-centre-craze/Wed, 07 Oct 2026 16:28:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/sleepy-european-telcos-turn-to-data-centre-craze/ The flower show runs from 18th-22nd May 2027, but the first two days are for RHS members only, so the public have three days – Thursday 20th to Saturday 22nd May — to attend.
It’s not a cheap show to visit – and prices are still to be announced, but for 2026, they started at £107 per person.
Tickets will go on sale on Wednesday 21st October from here.
A tip]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-chelsea-flower-show-tickets-going-on-sale-shortly/Wed, 07 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-chelsea-flower-show-tickets-going-on-sale-shortly/ Away from London&rsqu]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/exhibition-explores-how-london-turned-fire-and-coffee-into-an-insurance-industry/Wed, 07 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/exhibition-explores-how-london-turned-fire-and-coffee-into-an-insurance-industry/ The structure in June 2026 (c) ianVisits
When the HS2 railway was being planned, running it through the Chilterns next to an existing busy road seemed like the obvious choice, but local opposition has seen the railway covered in a concrete tunnel as it passes near the town of Wendover.
Unlike HS2’s deep-bored tunnels, the Wen]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/hs2s-wendover-tunnel-is-ready-to-start-disappearing-beneath-the-countryside/Wed, 07 Oct 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/hs2s-wendover-tunnel-is-ready-to-start-disappearing-beneath-the-countryside/ You what!?
Complaints that London’s sole international airport, at Croydon, was too far from central London and too inconvenient for busy people to schlep all the way down there for a flight spurred the idea of a more central airport.
In October 1926, it was reported that Lord Apsley MP prop]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-1920s-proposal-to-build-an-airport-in-hyde-park/Wed, 07 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-1920s-proposal-to-build-an-airport-in-hyde-park/ How did it end?
The tapestry is thought to be missing its final panel, either because it was lost or never completed, but modern artists have occasionally attempted to imagine what it might have looked like. And a millennium after the birth of William the Conqueror, Westminster Abbey will display such a possible panel. D]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bayeux-tapestrys-lost-ending-reimagined-for-westminster-abbey-exhibition/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 20:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bayeux-tapestrys-lost-ending-reimagined-for-westminster-abbey-exhibition/ Today’s London news round-up:
Lambeth Council has confirmed that it is due to review the possibility of introducing a four-day week trial. Local Gov
Works to remove flammable material from a large block of 100 flats in Barking town centre have been approved. Barking Star
Harrow council had already slapped poppies on lampposts. Diamond Geezer
Londoners could get a reward of £500 by reporting persistent Tube fare evaders]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-6th-oct-2026/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-6th-oct-2026/ The new footbridge is a substantial structure and is clearly much larger than]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/hither-greens-new-footbridge-opens-for-stations-step-free-upgrade/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/hither-greens-new-footbridge-opens-for-stations-step-free-upgrade/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/kew-gardens-to-offer-rare-visits-inside-its-emptied-palm-house/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 14:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/kew-gardens-to-offer-rare-visits-inside-its-emptied-palm-house/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/frieze-drops-eleven-sculptures-into-regents-park/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/frieze-drops-eleven-sculptures-into-regents-park/ And, yes, there are a few displays in October.
Fri]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/your-guide-to-londons-2026-fireworks-and-bonfire-displays/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/your-guide-to-londons-2026-fireworks-and-bonfire-displays/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/alice-in-wonderland-experience-in-london-opens-next-month/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/alice-in-wonderland-experience-in-london-opens-next-month/ Community Ch]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/dlr-staff-get-their-own-monopoly-style-board-game/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/dlr-staff-get-their-own-monopoly-style-board-game/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-creditor-bloodbath-in-uk-telecoms/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-creditor-bloodbath-in-uk-telecoms/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bts-swoop-on-talktalk-has-regulators-over-a-barrel/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bts-swoop-on-talktalk-has-regulators-over-a-barrel/ Today’s London news round-up:
At noon today, Mon 5th October, tenants, local residents, and community leaders will stage a rally outside City Hall to urge Mayor Sadiq Khan to block a controversial redevelopment in Brixton. Brixton Buzz
Meet the 14-year-old uncovering London’s lost history Positive News
Dagenham homeowner ordered to pay over £30k after subdividing property without permission Barking Star
Central London]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-5th-oct-2026/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-5th-oct-2026/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/one-rule-to-ride-them-all-mayor-plans-london-wide-dockless-bike-regime/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/one-rule-to-ride-them-all-mayor-plans-london-wide-dockless-bike-regime/ CGI of the Vaults (c) Secchi Smith London Museum
The museum will open in November with a permanent collection on display, but in Spring 2027 will open its first temporary exhibition, exploring Roman London’s first 50 years.
At the heart of the new exhibition will be the Bloomberg Co]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/london-museums-first-exhibition-goes-back-to-the-citys-roman-beginnings/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/london-museums-first-exhibition-goes-back-to-the-citys-roman-beginnings/ The station today (c) ianVisits
Pontoon Dock opened in 2005, when the surrounding Royal Docks were far less populated. Its platforms sit high above street level, leaving passengers to climb stairs or choose betwe]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/pontoon-dock-dlr-station-upgrade-gets-underway/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/pontoon-dock-dlr-station-upgrade-gets-underway/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bt-buys-struggling-rival-talktalk-out-of-administration/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 08:36:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bt-buys-struggling-rival-talktalk-out-of-administration/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bt-closes-in-on-deal-for-embattled-talktalk/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 07:11:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bt-closes-in-on-deal-for-embattled-talktalk/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bt-weighs-improved-talktalk-offer-after-initial-approach-rejected/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 13:03:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bt-weighs-improved-talktalk-offer-after-initial-approach-rejected/ First, it needs to raise £75,000.
The AOP say]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/photographers-launch-appeal-for-east-london-community-hub/Fri, 02 Oct 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/photographers-launch-appeal-for-east-london-community-hub/ Richmond draw off 2025 (c) ianVisits
Ordinarily, the low tide would look just like you’re seeing, but that would be a big nuisance for boats, so the Port of London Authority (PLA) uses the Richmond and Teddington locks to manage the river height and maintain a minimum level at low tide so the river can remain navigable.
But turn the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/richmonds-draw-off-dates-confirmed-for-2026/Fri, 02 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/richmonds-draw-off-dates-confirmed-for-2026/ Brixton tube station
The fault, a points failure at the junction outside Brixton station, was detected a week ago and has meant trains crossing the junction had to slow down more than usual. The speed restriction means they can run only 24 trains per hour, instead of the usual 36 during rush hour. This has caused delays on the line because they can&rs]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/urgent-closure-of-the-victoria-line-confirmed-for-saturday-evening/Fri, 02 Oct 2026 13:45:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/urgent-closure-of-the-victoria-line-confirmed-for-saturday-evening/ Lauded in the USA – he even painted New York’s mayor Zohran Mamdani (before he was a politician) – an]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/salman-toor-brings-love-loneliness-and-green-paint-to-the-courtauld/Fri, 02 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/salman-toor-brings-love-loneliness-and-green-paint-to-the-courtauld/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/uk-watchdog-signals-it-may-block-major-broadband-deal/Fri, 02 Oct 2026 09:16:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/uk-watchdog-signals-it-may-block-major-broadband-deal/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bt-seeks-government-nod-for-potential-talktalk-takeover/Thu, 01 Oct 2026 17:02:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bt-seeks-government-nod-for-potential-talktalk-takeover/ Shakespeare’s Globe / James Newton
The Globe describes the collection as the closest surviving resemblance to Shakespeare’s bookshelf.
The new Research & Collections Centre includes the Audre D. Carlin Reading Room, whose books cover Shakespeare, early modern literature and culture, and the history o]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/new-shakespeare-library-and-research-centre-opens-at-the-globe-theatre/Thu, 01 Oct 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/new-shakespeare-library-and-research-centre-opens-at-the-globe-theatre/ The tour offers insight into lifeboat operations, the RNLI’s history and mission, and the station’s role today as the busies]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-tours-of-the-rnli-base-at-waterloo-bridge/Thu, 01 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-tours-of-the-rnli-base-at-waterloo-bridge/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/romance-beneath-the-brollies-renoirs-paris-comes-to-the-national-gallery/Thu, 01 Oct 2026 14:15:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/romance-beneath-the-brollies-renoirs-paris-comes-to-the-national-gallery/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/australias-banks-show-how-to-prepare-for-cable-blackouts/Thu, 01 Oct 2026 14:03:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/australias-banks-show-how-to-prepare-for-cable-blackouts/ Bakerloo line entrance at Paddington station (c) ianVisits
And while such people will never deign to check the facts first, there are policies governing what goes up and down, and how it does so. If only they read them.
And Transport for London (TfL) has refreshed its own guideli]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfl-updates-the-small-print-behind-londons-big-transport-hubs/Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfl-updates-the-small-print-behind-londons-big-transport-hubs/ Schematic of old and new site and Crossrail 2 – Source: British Library planning application
The ceremony – which incorporated a series of Shinto rituals to prepare the site for construction work and to ask the ‘kami’ or guardian spirits of the land for good luc]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/shinto-ceremony-marks-start-of-british-library-extension-and-crossrail-2-station/Thu, 01 Oct 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/shinto-ceremony-marks-start-of-british-library-extension-and-crossrail-2-station/ That was also the year the RHS Chelsea introduced a rule that all gardens in the show must have a reuse plan, which is why it was designed to be picked up and relocated]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-pocket-parks-stratford-insect-garden-e20/Thu, 01 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-pocket-parks-stratford-insect-garden-e20/ (c) ianVisits
The station opened just over a century ago and was designed with a ticket hall on a bridge over the railway, with stairs down to the platforms.
As part of the step-free works, a new walkway and footbridge will be built from the ticket hall, with a new lift providing access to the platform. Because of the station’s design, they can&r]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/burnt-oak-tube-station-closing-for-two-weeks-for-step-free-construction-work/Wed, 30 Sep 2026 16:15:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/burnt-oak-tube-station-closing-for-two-weeks-for-step-free-construction-work/ Today’s London news round-up:
Wandsworth Council took four months to visit a tenant after she complained about a lack of heating in her temporary accommodation, a watchdog has found. Putney SW15
Lord Sadiq Khan’s move to bring some London buses back into public ownership for the first time in 30 years has triggered a heated political row. Standard
A Metropolitan Police officer has become the first person to be charged as a resul]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-29th-sept-2026/Tue, 29 Sep 2026 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-29th-sept-2026/ (c) Barbican arts centre
Expanding on their existing architecture tours, the Barbican Ghost Tours will take visitors on a journey through nearly two thousand years of history, exploring legends of Roman ruins, plague pits and staff ghost stories.
The 75-minute tour journeys through the highwalks and subterranean corridors of the Barbican, taking in the empty Libra]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-barbican-ghost-tours-of-their-empty-library-and-the-pit/Tue, 29 Sep 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-barbican-ghost-tours-of-their-empty-library-and-the-pit/ The tours will use lighting, sound, projections and guides in character to lead visitors through the shelter. The route includes]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-halloween-themed-tours-of-claphams-wwii-tunnels/Tue, 29 Sep 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-halloween-themed-tours-of-claphams-wwii-tunnels/ Old Oak Common surface platforms concept image (c) HS2
Conventionally, national rail platforms are set to a standard height above the rails of 915mm, to allow for a wide range of trains to be able to use them – from passenger to freight to engineering.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/hs2-solves-the-elizabeth-lines-step-free-problem-at-old-oak-common-station/Tue, 29 Sep 2026 14:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/hs2-solves-the-elizabeth-lines-step-free-problem-at-old-oak-common-station/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/apollo-and-oaktree-sue-patrick-drahi-over-us-telco-restructuring/Tue, 29 Sep 2026 13:42:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/apollo-and-oaktree-sue-patrick-drahi-over-us-telco-restructuring/ Kneebone’s sculptures use a material often associated with smooth, perfect objects, but their forms are crowded and restless.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/white-porcelain-sculptures-invade-the-wallace-collection/Tue, 29 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/white-porcelain-sculptures-invade-the-wallace-collection/ The gateline had four barriers, but during busy times the station often ended up with queues on both sides. This has now been widened to six gates. It’s not the huge upgrade that was planned, but as a retailer might say – every little helps.
July 2026 (c) ianVisits
September 2026 (c) ianVisits
In addition, new passenger]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/improved-ticket-gate-access-complete-for-peckham-rye-station/Tue, 29 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/improved-ticket-gate-access-complete-for-peckham-rye-station/ Pedestrian areas overlay on OpenStreet Maps, with gaps for the north-south]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/oxford-street-pedestrianisation-to-start-from-late-october/Mon, 28 Sep 2026 20:50:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/oxford-street-pedestrianisation-to-start-from-late-october/ Today’s London news round-up:
Banana trees that were adopted ten years ago by a day centre for people living with advanced dementia have produced fruit for the first time this summer. Tower Hamlets Council
The Prince of Wales pub in Putney has been named the borough’s best business in bloom at the Wandsworth in Bloom awards last week. Putney News
Major disruption to last all day at London Victoria after fire near tracks Metro
Inside Met Po]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-28th-sept-2026/Mon, 28 Sep 2026 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-28th-sept-2026/ Livery Halls are usually only open to members or hired out for events, but Butchers, Founders and Watermen offer semi-regular public lunches in their halls.
Note: They generally have a smart dress code.
Ironmongers’ Hall (c) ianVisits
Butchers’ Hall
A carvery lunch with three courses. Guests are welcomed with a drink reception from 12:15pm on the Ground Floor, before ascending to the Great Hall]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/fresh-dates-announced-for-lunches-in-the-citys-grand-livery-halls/Mon, 28 Sep 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/fresh-dates-announced-for-lunches-in-the-citys-grand-livery-halls/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/great-british-railways-to-rethink-how-new-trains-are-paid-for/Mon, 28 Sep 2026 16:40:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/great-british-railways-to-rethink-how-new-trains-are-paid-for/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/apax-nears-deal-to-buy-warburg-pincus-out-of-65bn-telecoms-group-odido/Sat, 26 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/apax-nears-deal-to-buy-warburg-pincus-out-of-65bn-telecoms-group-odido/ Today’s London news round-up:
A theatre-goer fell victim to a “sophisticated phishing attack” after booking a “luxury” London apartment, only to discover the address was a Wetherspoon pub. BBC News
‘Unless the Greens get a grip, government will step in’: Lib Dem warning as Lambeth faces £10m overspend Brixton Buzz
E-bike vandalism at Shire golf course leads to closure of entry points to]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-25th-sept-2026/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-25th-sept-2026/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfl-to-run-london-bus-routes-again-for-first-time-since-2009/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfl-to-run-london-bus-routes-again-for-first-time-since-2009/ As a collection, it’s both arty but also educational, as you get to learn about how early lifeboat buildings were designed with ecclesiastical des]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/free-exhibition-inside-the-rnlis-thames-lifeboat-station/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/free-exhibition-inside-the-rnlis-thames-lifeboat-station/ Glenn Brown’s work is very marmite and of a certain taste, but collecting a range of other artists and putting them on display around his work gives the visitor a chance to see usually private work]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/old-masters-meet-surrealists-in-a-free-marylebone-exhibition/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/old-masters-meet-surrealists-in-a-free-marylebone-exhibition/ Anna Lim, Botanical Horticulturist with Agave montana – Photo Sebastian Kettley (c) RBG Kew
The A. montana, which is native to the mountainous habitats of northeastern Mexico and sits in Kew’s Rock Garden next to Davies Alpine House, has produced an asparagus-like stalk (called a peduncle) growing at a rate of 10cm a day and is now measuring more than 2 m]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/a-once-in-a-lifetime-bloom-is-coming-to-kew-gardens/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 10:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/a-once-in-a-lifetime-bloom-is-coming-to-kew-gardens/ (c) Sacred Heart High School
The grant will allow Hammersmith-based Sacred Heart High School to press ahead with restoring the only known pipe organ in the UK built by the 19th-century Belgian organ maker Hippolyte Loret.
The school has raised £327,815 towards the project, which will also support edu]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/restoration-secured-for-london-pipe-organ-smuggled-out-of-france-in-1904/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/restoration-secured-for-london-pipe-organ-smuggled-out-of-france-in-1904/ Instead of searching through individual magazine PDFs, you can also search the entire collection by keyword, name]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/rmt-union-opens-its-magazine-archive-to-everyone/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/rmt-union-opens-its-magazine-archive-to-everyone/ Oxhey Grange footbridge removal (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 says routine inspections revealed it had deteriorated faster than expected and required urgent intervention. Engineers eventually decided it had to be removed as s]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/pictures-released-of-the-railway-bridge-removal-near-watford/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/pictures-released-of-the-railway-bridge-removal-near-watford/ Paul Hamlyn Hall (c) ianVisits
Artists from The Royal Opera, the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, The Royal Ballet, and a range of guest artists perform at the Royal Opera House roughly twice a month on Friday lunchtimes – and tickets cost just £5 per person.
They used to be free, but you had to risk a long queue and not getting in. Now they charge a fiver]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/friday-lunchtime-performances-at-the-royal-opera-house/Wed, 23 Sep 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/friday-lunchtime-performances-at-the-royal-opera-house/ (c) Wild
The event, WILD: The Drone Light Show, will mark London’s first feature-length drone light show and the first event of its kind to be staged at the Home of Cricket. Launched in 2015, WILD follows a series of successful touring drone shows from Yuup and Celestial, including A Christmas Carol and Evolution. Since launching the UK’s first ticketed touring drone l]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-nightime-drone-show-coming-to-lords-cricket-ground/Wed, 23 Sep 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-nightime-drone-show-coming-to-lords-cricket-ground/ (c) TfL
Transport for London (TfL) is running an eight-week consultation inviting feedback for the first time on proposals to create an 18.5km passenger route on rail lines currently used for rail freight across west and northwest London.
If built, the West London Orbital (WLO) could run up to six trains an hour and provide ten new interchanges with rail and Underground]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/plans-move-forward-for-new-london-overground-route-across-west-london/Wed, 23 Sep 2026 13:34:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/plans-move-forward-for-new-london-overground-route-across-west-london/ The Tree of Amalion, 1928 (c) Tolkien Trust, 1978
The new memorial has been inspired by Tolkien’s Tree of Tales, which he called the Tree of Amalion. Featuring the imagery of a tree in a forest as its central theme, it will be a significant new artwork for the Abbey, inlaid vertically within a stone pil]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/westminster-abbey-to-display-a-memorial-to-jrr-tolkien/Wed, 23 Sep 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/westminster-abbey-to-display-a-memorial-to-jrr-tolkien/ The old entrance in March 20]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/new-step-free-tube-entrance-opens-at-kings-cross-st-pancras-station/Wed, 23 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/new-step-free-tube-entrance-opens-at-kings-cross-st-pancras-station/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/airtel-money-poised-to-launch-one-of-londons-biggest-ipos-in-recent-years/Tue, 22 Sep 2026 19:24:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/airtel-money-poised-to-launch-one-of-londons-biggest-ipos-in-recent-years/ The Monthly Pass includes unlimited 60-minute rides using the cycle hire bikes – so is a lot cheaper than the dockless hire bikes. And they don’t clog up the pavements.
Additional charges apply for rides lasting longer than 60 minutes. E-bike hires c]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfls-cycle-hire-scheme-offering-half-price-monthly-subscriptions/Tue, 22 Sep 2026 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfls-cycle-hire-scheme-offering-half-price-monthly-subscriptions/ (c) Southwark Cathedral
Southwark Cathedral says that it will dedicate its café exhibition programme in 2027 to the work of artists with a connection to the Diocese of Southwark – which is a much larger area than you might expect.
The Diocese of Southwark covers South London and East Surrey, including communities across Southwark, L]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/southwark-cathedral-offers-local-artists-free-exhibition-space/Tue, 22 Sep 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/southwark-cathedral-offers-local-artists-free-exhibition-space/ Tuesday 6th October – 1pm to 2pm
Boris Anrep’s extraordinary mosaics for the Bank of England are a vibrant and deeply symbolic work of art and craftsmanship across the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-talk-and-tour-of-the-bank-of-england-building/Tue, 22 Sep 2026 14:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-talk-and-tour-of-the-bank-of-england-building/ Sculpture Court (c) Barbican Arts Centre
Located above the Concert Hall and framed by the curve of Frobisher Crescent, the semicircular Sculpture Court was originally conceived as a space where people could experience art and architecture as part of their daily lives.
However, limited accessibility, poor seating, and deteri]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/barbican-gets-permission-to-restore-its-outdoor-sculpture-court/Tue, 22 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/barbican-gets-permission-to-restore-its-outdoor-sculpture-court/ (c) Apple
The new concert hall includes a 38ft-wide stage that can be configured for conventional or in-the-round performances, and a 48-speaker spatial audio system surrounding the audience.
The venue will also include two recording and mixing studios behind the stage. The ve]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/apple-opens-600-capacity-music-venue-at-battersea-power-station/Tue, 22 Sep 2026 11:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/apple-opens-600-capacity-music-venue-at-battersea-power-station/ Today’s London news round-up:
‘Cyclists don’t stop’: disabled residents frightened of floating bus stops as council urged to reject them  Hackney Citizen
She had no heating. It was December. The council took four months to visit Putney News
Warren Street Tube noise waking residents in the early hours  Fitzrovia News
Gallows Corner has fully reopened to traffic more than a year after the clos]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-21st-sept-2026/Mon, 21 Sep 2026 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-21st-sept-2026/ (c) Old Royal Naval College
One of the oldest surviving parts of the site, Admiral’s House, overlooking the Thames, was once the residence of the Governor of the Royal Hospital for Seamen.
Dressed for the holidays, all four rooms of this historic house will be adorned with decorations, allowing visitors to explore a bui]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-open-days-at-greenwichs-admirals-house/Mon, 21 Sep 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-open-days-at-greenwichs-admirals-house/ Greater Anglia train equipped with PANDAS-V on the London Overground (c) GBR Anglia
That’s because a Greater Anglia train fitted with the monitoring technology travelled over both routes on two Sundays in July and August, gathering information about the condition of their overhead elec]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/specialist-train-deployed-to-prevent-c2c-and-london-overground-delays/Mon, 21 Sep 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/specialist-train-deployed-to-prevent-c2c-and-london-overground-delays/ His importance is highlighted in a painting of the Roy]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/handel-treasures-go-on-display-for-london-museums-25th-anniversary/Mon, 21 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/handel-treasures-go-on-display-for-london-museums-25th-anniversary/ TfL says it will invest a further £6 million in driver welfare facilities during the current financial year. The programme wi]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfl-to-build-53-new-toilets-for-london-bus-drivers/Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfl-to-build-53-new-toilets-for-london-bus-drivers/ Terrett’s Place is developed by now, but was always what it is today – a tiny little corner passage behind the back of a couple of shops. If it was ever expected to get larger with future housing develop]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-alleys-terretts-place-islington-n1/Mon, 21 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-alleys-terretts-place-islington-n1/ Lurpak 125 Good Food Vault
It’s a publicity event by Lurpak, but free food is free food —  so over two hours, you’ll be able to taste meals from the past 125 years of dining in the UK.
The tasting menu travels through select defining eras of British cooking, covering the 1900s, the flavour rebellion of the 1960s, the good-food indulgence of the 1980s, and vir]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/free-immersive-dining-experience-coming-to-shoreditch/Fri, 18 Sep 2026 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/free-immersive-dining-experience-coming-to-shoreditch/ The Saint-Lazare Railway Station, 1877
Staged 100 years after the artist’s death and featuring more than 60 paintings, Tate Modern says that its show will be the UK’s largest presentation of Monet’s work in nearly a decade.
And a decade ago, the National Gallery took a lot of brickbats for its £2]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tate-modern-to-stage-large-monet-exhibition-in-2027/Fri, 18 Sep 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tate-modern-to-stage-large-monet-exhibition-in-2027/ (c) Postal Museum
The 1.2km walk takes guests deep underground, over tracks, into tunnels, and onto platforms usually off-limits to the museum’s visitors.
Tunnel walkers will explore the abandoned Mail Rail platforms, left as they wer]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-walk-through-the-postal-museum-railway-tunnels/Fri, 18 Sep 2026 14:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-walk-through-the-postal-museum-railway-tunnels/ The Moomins (c) Moomin Characters
The exhibition will be held at the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration, and they say it will be the first UK exhibition dedicated to Jansson’s work as an illustrator and the first major display of her original artwork in Britain for almost a decade.
The last was at the Dulwich Picture Gallery in 2017.
This new exhibition will bring]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tove-janssons-moomins-lovers-and-island-life-explored-in-new-exhibition/Fri, 18 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tove-janssons-moomins-lovers-and-island-life-explored-in-new-exhibition/ Today’s London news round-up:
Putney Pusher suspect, 44, ‘found dead at home’ nine years after woman shoved under bus Mirror
Council tax in Wandsworth will double this April unless central government reverses its funding cuts, the council’s finance chief told councillors last night. Putney News
Heathrow’s third runway cannot be approved without changes to current climate policies, the government’s advisers have said. BBC News
May]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-16th-sept-2026/Wed, 16 Sep 2026 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-16th-sept-2026/ Ho]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/how-a-leicester-square-dinner-could-get-you-bayeux-tapestry-tickets/Wed, 16 Sep 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/how-a-leicester-square-dinner-could-get-you-bayeux-tapestry-tickets/ Many other stations that add a lift from the ticket office to the platform have managed to find enough space at the end of the platform nex]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/step-free-access-comes-to-northolt-tube-station-in-west-london/Wed, 16 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/step-free-access-comes-to-northolt-tube-station-in-west-london/ Barber eventually joined the household o]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/francis-barber-britains-first-known-black-schoolteacher-honoured-with-london-plaque/Wed, 16 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/francis-barber-britains-first-known-black-schoolteacher-honoured-with-london-plaque/ Historically, it served as both an osteology (skeleton) gallery and a mammals gallery. After the Museum’s original herbarium was damaged during the Second World War,]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/inside-the-natural-history-museums-room-sealed-off-since-wwii/Wed, 16 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/inside-the-natural-history-museums-room-sealed-off-since-wwii/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/vodafone-takes-up-to-11bn-hit-from-drahis-german-broadband-deal/Wed, 16 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/vodafone-takes-up-to-11bn-hit-from-drahis-german-broadband-deal/ Today’s London news round-up:
A pro-Palestine activist who spray-painted slogans on to a statue of Sir Winston Churchill has been found not guilty of criminal damage. Standard
Miniature model maker Dean Sarsfield writes about his hobby, which recently had him downsize a much-loved Holborn pub — and now has him nominated for a prestigious art prize. Londonist
Sadiq Khan has said he will continue “banging the drum for London]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-15th-sept-2026/Tue, 15 Sep 2026 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-15th-sept-2026/ Pumpkin-Scarecrow (c) Ollie Dixon
From Friday 16th October, there will be a 1.5 km trail through Kew Gardens, including Dracula’s Lair, a haunted Cursed Tomb, a dark Medieval Dungeon, and a mysterious Forest Ritual tucked away among the trees.
Elsewhere, an imposing executioner stands guard in the Medieval Dungeon, Dracula hides in the shadows of his lair, and a horned ritualist conducts a spooky woodland cer]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/night-time-halloween-trail-coming-to-kew-gardens/Tue, 15 Sep 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/night-time-halloween-trail-coming-to-kew-gardens/ The Beer TapestryOpposite the British Museum is, or more correctly was, the Museum Tavern pub, but for a few weeks it’s The Beer Tapestry pub, having been renamed after a tapestry that’s hanging inside the pub.
The pub, run by Greene King Brewery, commissioned the artwork to tell the history of beer brewing in England over the centuries. To mark the o]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/london-goes-bayeux-barmy-with-beers-teas-and-two-more-tapestries/Tue, 15 Sep 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/london-goes-bayeux-barmy-with-beers-teas-and-two-more-tapestries/ The exhibition opens with a painting of the room that gave the operating theatre its name – as originally they were theatres with seating around the sides, for medical students, but also often the curious public.
And as you will]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/exhibition-shows-off-when-hospital-surgery-really-was-a-theatre/Tue, 15 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/exhibition-shows-off-when-hospital-surgery-really-was-a-theatre/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/telenor-charged-with-aiding-crimes-against-humanity-in-myanmar/Tue, 15 Sep 2026 11:57:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/telenor-charged-with-aiding-crimes-against-humanity-in-myanmar/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/norways-telecoms-firm-charged-with-aiding-crimes-against-humanity-in-myanmar/Tue, 15 Sep 2026 11:57:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/norways-telecoms-firm-charged-with-aiding-crimes-against-humanity-in-myanmar/ GWR train at Euston (test train on 4th Sept 2026)
It’s all because repairs to the interestingly named Dolphin Junction will cut rail traffic just outside Slough. The junction allows fast and slow trains to cross be]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/gwrs-unusual-route-to-keep-trains-running-during-paddington-closure-this-christmas/Tue, 15 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/gwrs-unusual-route-to-keep-trains-running-during-paddington-closure-this-christmas/https://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/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/liberty-global-seals-669mn-towers-sale-ahead-of-ziggo-spin-off/Tue, 08 Sep 2026 15:29:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/liberty-global-seals-669mn-towers-sale-ahead-of-ziggo-spin-off/ Greenwich Royal Observatory (c) ianVisits
Perched at the top of Greenwich Hill, the Observatory is a complex of historic buildings that have grown organically over more than three centuries. While rich in history, the layout can make it challenging for visitors to explore, with narrow routes and steep gradients limiting access to parts of the site.
They’re]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/royal-observatory-greenwich-to-close-entire-site-from-this-november/Tue, 08 Sep 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/royal-observatory-greenwich-to-close-entire-site-from-this-november/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/liberty-global-agrees-670mn-towers-sale-ahead-of-ziggo-spinoff/Tue, 08 Sep 2026 11:55:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/liberty-global-agrees-670mn-towers-sale-ahead-of-ziggo-spinoff/ (c) TfL
The temporary space, located beyond the ticket barriers, was installed in partnership with NOOK and autism research charity Autistica and will remain at the station until Friday 2nd October 2026.
It is intended particularly for neurodivergent passengers and others who may need somewhere wit]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfl-trials-new-calm-space-at-ealing-broadway-station/Fri, 04 Sep 2026 17:28:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfl-trials-new-calm-space-at-ealing-broadway-station/ Their tearoom will also be open]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-nighttime-opening-of-severndroog-castle/Fri, 04 Sep 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-nighttime-opening-of-severndroog-castle/ Visualisations of ‘Soul’ and ‘Point of Unity’ by Mykola Kabluka. Visualisations by Expolight.
Kabluka is a lighting designer and contemporary artist, and the founder and creative director of Expolight, a Ukrainian lighting design and media art studio. Presented in the UK for the first time,]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/free-light-show-on-the-front-of-st-pauls-cathedral/Fri, 04 Sep 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/free-light-show-on-the-front-of-st-pauls-cathedral/ September’s open days will have a design theme, highlighti]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-open-weekend-at-the-lt-musuems-acton-depot/Fri, 04 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-open-weekend-at-the-lt-musuems-acton-depot/ Based on a comparison of the June and August 2026 coverage maps, the new sections where phones now work include:
Bakerloo lineEdgware Road to MaryleboneJubilee lineSwiss Cottage to St John’s WoodPiccadilly lineKnightsbridge to Hyde Park CornerNorthern lineEuston (Bank branch) to Camden Town
Oval to Stockwell
South Wimbledon to MordenSub-surface linesGreat]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/more-tube-tunnels-switch-on-mobile-coverage-in-recent-months/Thu, 03 Sep 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/more-tube-tunnels-switch-on-mobile-coverage-in-recent-months/ Musicland Studios’ Yamaha C3 Grand Piano Played by Freddie Mercury (c) Propstore
The collection also includes early working lyrics handwritten by Mercury for “My Love Is Dangerous” and “Let’s Turn It On,” both from his 1985 debut solo album, Mr. Bad Guy. Feat]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-free-exhibition-of-freddie-mercury-music-memorabilia/Thu, 03 Sep 2026 14:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-free-exhibition-of-freddie-mercury-music-memorabilia/ Hypothetical Elizabeth line map with Heathrow extensions
In its response to the Department for Transport’s (DfT) consultation on proposed amendments to the draft Heathrow Expansion National Policy Statement (HENPS), the London Assembly Transport Committee wrote a letter to the Rt Hon Heidi Alexander MP, Secretary of S]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/heathrow-expansion-could-revive-plans-for-elizabeth-line-extension-to-staines/Thu, 03 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/heathrow-expansion-could-revive-plans-for-elizabeth-line-extension-to-staines/ (c) Royal Mint
The coins are collectables, so not the sort you would see in the shop anytime soon, but all coins issued by the Royal Mint need a formal proclamation from the King to authorise them.
And a few months ago, King Charles III issued a proclamation announcing that it “appears to Us desirable to order that there should be made at Our Mint]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/royal-mint-releases-star-trek-branded-50-pence-coins/Thu, 03 Sep 2026 11:20:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/royal-mint-releases-star-trek-branded-50-pence-coins/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/vodafonethree-to-launch-debut-tv-service-in-challenge-to-uk-rivals/Thu, 03 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/vodafonethree-to-launch-debut-tv-service-in-challenge-to-uk-rivals/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/elliott-builds-stake-in-deutsche-telekom-and-opposes-t-mobile-us-merger/Thu, 03 Sep 2026 01:05:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/elliott-builds-stake-in-deutsche-telekom-and-opposes-t-mobile-us-merger/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/private-equity-firms-snap-up-more-london-listed-companies/Tue, 01 Sep 2026 11:25:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/private-equity-firms-snap-up-more-london-listed-companies/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-tube-finally-escapes-its-mobile-blackout/Tue, 01 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-tube-finally-escapes-its-mobile-blackout/ Earlier in August (c) ianVisits
Later in August (c) ianVisits
At the moment, Leyton station’s entrance is little more than a shed above the tracks, a type of tube station in need of refurbishment, but it is also overcrowded during the rush hours.  The upgrade involves building an entirely new ticket hall next]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/leyton-tube-stations-new-footbridge-installed-in-overnight-crane-operation/Mon, 31 Aug 2026 11:48:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/leyton-tube-stations-new-footbridge-installed-in-overnight-crane-operation/ Elizabeth line train 345071 (c) TfL
The ten additional trains were ordered in the dying days of the last government, partially to assist in keeping Alstom’s Derby factory functioning but also because Transport for London (TfL) was able to put forward a strong case that it needed them to deal with surging passenger numbers on the Elizabeth line.
The capacity is needed not just because the Elizabet]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/first-of-ten-new-elizabeth-line-trains-enters-passenger-service/Sat, 29 Aug 2026 11:37:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/first-of-ten-new-elizabeth-line-trains-enters-passenger-service/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-600th-anniversary-of-the-harmondsworth-great-barn/Fri, 28 Aug 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-600th-anniversary-of-the-harmondsworth-great-barn/ V&A East Museum (c) ianVisits
PCS members at the Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum are taking coordinated strike action with Prospect over pay, conditions, and dignity at work.  This follows a vote in which 95.39% of PCS members voted for strike action, with an 87.04% turnout.
PCS General Secretary Fran Heathcote explained today that V&A members “have now been left with no c]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/vampa-museums-to-close-for-a-couple-of-days-due-to-strike-action/Fri, 28 Aug 2026 15:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/vampa-museums-to-close-for-a-couple-of-days-due-to-strike-action/ 10th to 13th September
The gothic house in south-west London is filled with floral displays dotted around the building. They promise over 30 floral designers will be displaying during the exhibition.
Prices are £30 per adult.
Tickets and details here.
St Mary le Strand
22nd to 24th Septemer
A three-day display, but also with an opti]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/three-floral-displays-coming-to-london/Fri, 28 Aug 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/three-floral-displays-coming-to-london/ Wristwatches are by their very nature quite small objects, and with just seven on display, this is naturally a small exhibition. But the seven watches are quite fascinating as objects]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/seikos-designers-let-their-imaginations-loose-for-a-tiny-watch-exhibition/Fri, 28 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/seikos-designers-let-their-imaginations-loose-for-a-tiny-watch-exhibition/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/aberdeen-takes-200mn-hit-on-failure-of-uk-broadband-provider/Fri, 28 Aug 2026 12:28:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/aberdeen-takes-200mn-hit-on-failure-of-uk-broadband-provider/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/aberdeen-fund-takes-200mn-hit-on-failure-of-uk-broadband-provider/Fri, 28 Aug 2026 12:28:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/aberdeen-fund-takes-200mn-hit-on-failure-of-uk-broadband-provider/ Thameslink ironing boards
Over the next two years, Greater Thameslink Railway (GTR) will be upgrading the standard-class seats across all 115 of its Thameslink trains, replacing more than 60,000 seat-base cushions and improving the backrests.
First class seats will keep their existing backrest design but are also planned to benefit from improved seat base cushions. Seat back ta]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/thameslink-to-replace-its-notorious-ironing-board-train-seats/Fri, 28 Aug 2026 10:33:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/thameslink-to-replace-its-notorious-ironing-board-train-seats/ Southeastern’s Network SouthEast at the Greatest Gathering (c) ianVisits
Beginning and ending at London Victoria, this one-off journey will travel across both Metro and Mainline routes to Ramsgate and Dover, passing some of the oldest stations on the Southeastern Railway network.
As with last year’s sold-out tour and jus]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-southeasterns-network-southeast-train-tour/Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:15:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-southeasterns-network-southeast-train-tour/ Today’s London news round-up:
The Children’s Black Book Fair UK (CBBF UK) has made history by becoming the largest event ever held in a Hackney library. The Voice
Mystery vandalism returns to Harrow as homes targeted with black and red paint Harrow Online
Three years after London’s Ulez expanded across the capital, businesses and residents on the border of the scheme have said strong feelings remain, although many have adapted. BBC]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-27th-august-2026/Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-27th-august-2026/ Simpsons Tavern (c) ianVisits
Simpsons Tavern has been open in its narrow alley location since 1757 and was famous for its unfussy food and its determined retention of 19th-century dining, with communal tables shared by diners.
However, a contentious dispute with the landlord led to Simpsons Tavern closing in N]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/cloth-cornhill-to-open-in-october-inside-the-former-simpsons-tavern/Thu, 27 Aug 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/cloth-cornhill-to-open-in-october-inside-the-former-simpsons-tavern/ Andrea Zampatti: The Laughing Dormouse
The Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards Immersive Experience opens at Frameless next to Marble Arch on 12th September, bringing together 91 award-winning photographs from the competition’s first ten years.
Rather than displaying the photographs conventionally, a 15-minute film will project them at large scale around the walls of the Blank Canvas Gallery, pl]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/photo-exhibition-of-animals-behaving-amusingly-opens-next-month/Thu, 27 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/photo-exhibition-of-animals-behaving-amusingly-opens-next-month/ LT Recruiter Charles Gomm interviewing an early Barbadian applicant 1956 (c) TfL
The commemorations will include a new plaque at Westbourne Park tube station honouring people who helped establish and develop the Carnival, a specially decorated London bus joining Sunday’s parade,]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfl-marks-70-years-of-caribbean-recruitment-and-60-years-of-notting-hill-carnival/Thu, 27 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfl-marks-70-years-of-caribbean-recruitment-and-60-years-of-notting-hill-carnival/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-pocket-parks-holmsdale-tunnel-open-space-waltham-cross-en8/Thu, 27 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-pocket-parks-holmsdale-tunnel-open-space-waltham-cross-en8/ Fata Automation monorail
The Elstree–St John’s Wood cable tunnel forms a key part of National Grid’s newly launched North West London Upgrade (NWLU), a programme to increase the amount of electricity that can be carried into London and provide connections for new developments.
As part of the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tube-sized-tunnel-under-london-gets-a-power-boost-with-help-from-its-own-monorail/Wed, 26 Aug 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tube-sized-tunnel-under-london-gets-a-power-boost-with-help-from-its-own-monorail/ Ham House
However, during November, weekday access to the house will be a little different, with general opening replaced by a series of conservation tours.
The quieter period gives staff and volunteers an opportunity to carry]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/ham-house-is-offering-conservation-tours-through-november/Wed, 26 Aug 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/ham-house-is-offering-conservation-tours-through-november/ Now, a small exhibition at the Jewish Museum London’s temporary home inside JW3 tells the story of the catering empire – although largely from the point of view of the Gluckstein and Salmon families who]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-tobacco-to-tea-shops-to-computers-exhibition-tells-the-story-of-j-lyons-amp-co/Wed, 26 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-tobacco-to-tea-shops-to-computers-exhibition-tells-the-story-of-j-lyons-amp-co/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/juggernaut-bts-decade-long-turnaround-hits-crunch-time/Sun, 23 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/juggernaut-bts-decade-long-turnaround-hits-crunch-time/  Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Pop the champagne and prepare for the spectacular spectacular Moulin Rouge! The Musical
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 Sinatra The Musical
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&nbs]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/save-on-theatre-tickets-from-london-theatre-direct/Fri, 21 Aug 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/save-on-theatre-tickets-from-london-theatre-direct/ It’s mainly a collection of old drawings, sketches and maps, and tells the story of how the newish University College London]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/visiting-ucls-delightfully-difficult-to-visit-architectural-exhibition/Fri, 21 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/visiting-ucls-delightfully-difficult-to-visit-architectural-exhibition/ Thames Barrier
A review of the Thames Estuary 2100 Plan has found that relative mean sea levels rose at an average rate of 4.10mm a year between 1993 and 2024 — up from the 3.65mm annual rate recorded between 1990 and 2018 in the previous monitoring review.
Although that may sound like a small change, over decades i]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/thames-sea-levels-are-rising-faster-as-flood-defence-pressures-grow/Thu, 20 Aug 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/thames-sea-levels-are-rising-faster-as-flood-defence-pressures-grow/ There’s also a timeline of changing appearances, from older photos of coup]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/wish-you-were-here-exhibition-looks-back-at-six-decades-of-british-seaside-holidays/Thu, 20 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/wish-you-were-here-exhibition-looks-back-at-six-decades-of-british-seaside-holidays/ Pedestrian areas overlay on OpenStreet Maps, with gaps for the north-s]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/oxford-street-pedestrianisation-works-to-start-next-month/Thu, 20 Aug 2026 12:12:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/oxford-street-pedestrianisation-works-to-start-next-month/ Instead, the main London celebration is moving across town to Old Billingsgate, next to the Tower of London, where HBO Max will host a one-day fan event ahead of the new Harry Potter television series arriving this Christmas.Back to Hogwarts at Old Billingsgate
The on]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-free-back-to-hogwarts-experience-next-to-the-tower-of-london/Thu, 20 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-free-back-to-hogwarts-experience-next-to-the-tower-of-london/ Although West Drayton developed as a small village, it wasn’t much mo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-pocket-parks-the-closes-west-drayton-ub7/Thu, 20 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-pocket-parks-the-closes-west-drayton-ub7/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/travel-esim-boom-threatens-mobile-industrys-roaming-cash-cow/Wed, 19 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/travel-esim-boom-threatens-mobile-industrys-roaming-cash-cow/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/travel-e-sim-boom-threatens-mobile-industrys-roaming-cash-cow/Wed, 19 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/travel-e-sim-boom-threatens-mobile-industrys-roaming-cash-cow/ Hurry, as the ballot closes at the end of Wednesday. Yikes!
Photo: Aaron Hargreaves, Foster + Partners
It’s not the roof of the power station, but the roof of the modern building next to it, which does have the advantage of offering better views of the power station next door. The gardens with 29,000 plants and 55 trees sit on the 16th floor]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-ballot-opens-for-free-visits-to-batterseas-sky-garden/Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-ballot-opens-for-free-visits-to-batterseas-sky-garden/ Passing the construction site on a train
When it opens, Old Oak Common will combine a new subterranean six-platform station for HS2 trains with an eight-platform surface station for GWR and Elizabeth line services.
With 14 plat]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/inside-old-oak-common-as-londons-new-14-platform-station-takes-shape/Tue, 18 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/inside-old-oak-common-as-londons-new-14-platform-station-takes-shape/ Today’s London news round-up:
Extension of ULEZ and switch to electric cars is cutting pollution from vehicle exhaust emissions in High Barnet town centre Barnet Society
A 50-year-old man has been charged with arson after several fires were reported in an east London park. BBC News
Excavations around Gallows Corner have started to be backfilled as Essex & Suffolk Water makes “good progress” with its works. R]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-17th-august-2026/Mon, 17 Aug 2026 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-17th-august-2026/ Source: planning documents
The Wandsworth Roundabout is a major traffic interchange in South West London, forming a critical node where several significant routes converge. Apart from the subways for pedestrians, it’s dominated by the huge metal “pretzel” that supports four large advertising screens.
Now they want to replace that with a new structure to support the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/plans-to-replace-the-wandsworth-roundabout-adverts-with-adverts/Mon, 17 Aug 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/plans-to-replace-the-wandsworth-roundabout-adverts-with-adverts/ Conservatory space (c) ianVisits
Note that the propagated cuttings vary in size depending on the host plant, and you will not be adopting a fully mature plant from the Conservatory. They will be given to you free of charge and in good health, so you can continue growing them at home.
The event takes place on]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/another-date-announced-for-the-barbican-conservatory-plant-cuttings-giveaway/Mon, 17 Aug 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/another-date-announced-for-the-barbican-conservatory-plant-cuttings-giveaway/ As it happens, the station was already recommending that northbound Northern line passengers]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/elephant-amp-castle-stationrsquos-northern-line-entrance-closed-until-late-september/Mon, 17 Aug 2026 14:36:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/elephant-amp-castle-stationrsquos-northern-line-entrance-closed-until-late-september/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/knit-wits-exhibition-when-sibling-made-knitwear-loud-strange-and-fun/Mon, 17 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/knit-wits-exhibition-when-sibling-made-knitwear-loud-strange-and-fun/ Concept image (c) Virgin Trains
The agreement between HS1 Limited and VTE OPCO will allow Virgin Trains to operate up to 20 new daily return services between London and Paris, Brussels or Amsterdam from 1st October 2030.
However, the regulator says several steps must be completed before the new services can run. Virgin]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/virgin-trains-gets-approval-to-launch-international-services-through-the-channel-tunnel/Mon, 17 Aug 2026 12:15:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/virgin-trains-gets-approval-to-launch-international-services-through-the-channel-tunnel/ Track replacement by Waterloo East (c) Network Rail
The closure, which began on 26 July, was centred on replacing ageing railway infrastructure on the approaches to Charing Cross. Engineers replaced almost two kilometres of 36-year-old track, along with the switches and crossings tha]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/charing-cross-station-reopened-this-morning-following-22-day-closure/Mon, 17 Aug 2026 11:38:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/charing-cross-station-reopened-this-morning-following-22-day-closure/ An important rule will also set minimum density expectations for new housin]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/government-plans-default-yes-for-new-homes-near-railway-stations/Mon, 17 Aug 2026 11:12:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/government-plans-default-yes-for-new-homes-near-railway-stations/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/blackberry-from-phone-dinosaur-to-tech-champion/Sun, 16 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/blackberry-from-phone-dinosaur-to-tech-champion/ Today’s London news round-up:
The BBC cameras have returned to a Bushey church to film scenes for EastEnders. Watford Observer
London as a Wheelchair User: Accessible Travel, West End Tips + a Wicked Review  Disability Horizons
Plans for a new self-storage warehouse in Hackney have been shot down by council planners who claimed it was a poor fit for the local area. Hackney Citizen
Barnet to get its first council-maintained Islami]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-13th-august-2026/Thu, 13 Aug 2026 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-13th-august-2026/ And fairly well-off.
The central London hotel One Aldwych has an exclusive hotel partnership with the British Museum, and if you book a night at the hotel, they’ll throw in two tickets to see the tapestry during your stay.
Well, “throw in” might be doi]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-expensive-way-to-guarantee-tickets-to-see-the-bayeux-tapestry/Thu, 13 Aug 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-expensive-way-to-guarantee-tickets-to-see-the-bayeux-tapestry/ It is accessible only by boat and is not normally open to the public – but next month, there will be one open day.
The tour begins on the quay on Church Street in Isleworth, from where you will travel]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-tours-of-isleworth-ait-an-island-in-the-thames/Thu, 13 Aug 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-tours-of-isleworth-ait-an-island-in-the-thames/ Th]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/exhibition-explores-how-cinema-shapes-our-image-of-cities/Thu, 13 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/exhibition-explores-how-cinema-shapes-our-image-of-cities/ From a previous trial at London Bridge mainline station (c) TfL
The Transport for London (TfL)-supported trial will see Live Facial Recognition cameras deployed at stations selected by British Transport Police (BTP) using intelligence and crime data.
The cameras will scan the faces of people passing throu]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/police-to-test-facial-recognition-cameras-on-the-london-underground/Thu, 13 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/police-to-test-facial-recognition-cameras-on-the-london-underground/ Today, the largest surviving building from that Tudor water supply system occasionally opens to the public.About a 20-minute walk from New Malden station, you might spot an open gate in a fence, helpfully labelled. Step through and, at first, there doesn’t seem t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/visiting-coombe-conduit-the-tunnel-that-kept-hampton-court-supplied-with-fresh-water/Thu, 13 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/visiting-coombe-conduit-the-tunnel-that-kept-hampton-court-supplied-with-fresh-water/ Connected London WiFi is a service that aims to create a seamless roaming experience across London’s many disparate WiFi networks. It’s based on research initiated by the Mayor of London in late 2]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/camden-considering-improvements-to-public-wi-fi-services/Wed, 12 Aug 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/camden-considering-improvements-to-public-wi-fi-services/ The coveted lift pass (c) ianVisits
Most are turn-up-and-walk-in, but some need to be booked in advance, and that opens at midday on Wednesday 19th August 2026. I’ve waded through the circa 700 venues to find the ones that need to be booked in advance – which was “fun”, as there isn’t a needs booking filter on the organiser’s websit]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-open-house-london-buildings-youll-need-to-book-in-advance/Wed, 12 Aug 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-open-house-london-buildings-youll-need-to-book-in-advance/ And it turns out that it was also usual for a protest march to be preceded by a bagpiper back then.The exhibition notes that the campaign group too]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/islington-exhibition-celebrates-50-years-of-cycling-campaigns/Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/islington-exhibition-celebrates-50-years-of-cycling-campaigns/ TNT Sports says that the display will feature the Premier League, Emirates FA Cup, Women’s FA Cup, UEFA]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/seven-major-football-trophies-go-on-display-in-shoreditch-this-week/Wed, 12 Aug 2026 12:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/seven-major-football-trophies-go-on-display-in-shoreditch-this-week/ (c) SWR
The drone, introduced by South Western Railway (SWR) and Network Rail Wessex, is the first in a planned network of automated aircraft that will monitor the railway, inspect infrastructure and provide live intelligence to control teams without the need to send staff on]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/waterloo-station-using-remote-control-drones-to-keep-trains-moving/Mon, 10 Aug 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/waterloo-station-using-remote-control-drones-to-keep-trains-moving/ Unsplash+ License
The first strike starts this Friday (14th August), with a series of walkouts then planned through August, September and October.  TfL is warning that if the strikes go ahead, little or no service is expected on the affected routes.
The dispute involves Unite members working for Arriva London No]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/weeks-of-london-bus-strikes-to-hit-more-than-40-routes-from-friday/Mon, 10 Aug 2026 13:45:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/weeks-of-london-bus-strikes-to-hit-more-than-40-routes-from-friday/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/london-exhibition-recreates-the-bohemian-cottage-where-lucian-freud-learned-to-paint/Mon, 10 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/london-exhibition-recreates-the-bohemian-cottage-where-lucian-freud-learned-to-paint/ HS2 CEO Mark Wild and Director of the Brunel Museum install a plaque in the Euston Tunnel (c) HS2
The plaque has been fixed to the wall of the Euston Tunnel just as it passes beneath Kensal Green Cemetery, where Sir Marc Isambard Brunel and his son, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, are buri]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/hs2-installs-a-plaque-40-metres-below-london-to-celebrate-the-brunels-engineering-legacy/Mon, 10 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/hs2-installs-a-plaque-40-metres-below-london-to-celebrate-the-brunels-engineering-legacy/ When the railway arrived in 1839, housing quickly followed, and the common l]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-alleys-haven-place-ealing-w5/Mon, 10 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-alleys-haven-place-ealing-w5/ Although his childhood home is a museum in Walthamstow, his adu]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/william-morris-society-starting-regular-tours-of-his-hammersmith-home/Fri, 07 Aug 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/william-morris-society-starting-regular-tours-of-his-hammersmith-home/ ‘The Arnolfini Portrait’, 1434 and ‘Margaret, the Artist’s Wife’, 1439
The exhibition, opening at the National Gallery on 21st November 2026, will bring all ten of the artist’s portraits and about half of the twenty or so surviving autograph pictures by]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/all-ten-surviving-van-eyck-portraits-to-reunite-in-london-for-first-time/Fri, 07 Aug 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/all-ten-surviving-van-eyck-portraits-to-reunite-in-london-for-first-time/ Fraggle Rock
Taking place on Tuesday 11th August at 6:15pm, Muppets and Fraggles: A Celebration will look back at the pioneering puppetry and storytelling that made Henson’s productions a defining part of many childhoods.
The 80-minute event will feature a screening of classic clips, followed by a liv]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-muppets-and-fraggles-ndash-a-big-screen-celebration-with-qampa/Fri, 07 Aug 2026 13:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-muppets-and-fraggles-ndash-a-big-screen-celebration-with-qampa/ Unsurprisingly, as many artists will be local, there’s a decent selection of London landscapes and buildings, as well as Gail Bro]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/sale-of-affordable-prints-and-watercolours-at-bankside-gallery/Fri, 07 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/sale-of-affordable-prints-and-watercolours-at-bankside-gallery/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/starlink-mobile-threat-has-been-exaggerated-says-t-mobile-ceo/Fri, 07 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/starlink-mobile-threat-has-been-exaggerated-says-t-mobile-ceo/ Conservatory space (c) ianVisits
Each event will also include an opportunity to explore the Conservatory, learn more about its plant collection, and hear about its future plans. The Barbican says additional free openings, tours and special events will]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/barbican-conservatory-offering-free-plant-cuttings-ahead-of-its-closure/Thu, 06 Aug 2026 18:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/barbican-conservatory-offering-free-plant-cuttings-ahead-of-its-closure/ Today’s London news round-up:
A west London council has called for a rethink from City Hall, after being told it could have to build thousands of new homes on greenfield sites. BBC News
Two weeks without electricity in 30-degree heat: a Loughborough Estate family speaks out Beixton Buzz
The London borough boundaries with fewest crossings Diamond Geezer
Westminster council has recommended not allowing “vertical drinking&rdqu]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-6th-august-2026/Thu, 06 Aug 2026 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-6th-august-2026/ This is the same gate that is locked at night in the Ceremony of the Keys — and where tourists will arrive later that]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tower-of-london-to-start-letting-people-attend-its-private-opening-ceremony/Thu, 06 Aug 2026 17:15:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tower-of-london-to-start-letting-people-attend-its-private-opening-ceremony/ Huguenot House and car park
The site is owned by Westminster Council, which has been working on redevelopment plans since 2017, with consultations in 2017 and 2021, and a contract finally awarded to Altius Real Estate in 2025.
Their plans, designed by Foster + Partners, will replace the entire block of 35 f]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/leicester-square-car-park-could-make-way-for-homes-hotel-and-rooftop-bar/Thu, 06 Aug 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/leicester-square-car-park-could-make-way-for-homes-hotel-and-rooftop-bar/ Horse Guards minus the horses but not the guard – Christmas Day 2008 (c) ianVisits
The 18th-century stables next to Horseguards Parade are getting a substantial deep clean and other infrastructure-related works, and that means the horses have to decamp to another temporary home and get a break from biting tourists.
In a statement,]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/horse-guards-mounted-guard-suspended-for-two-weeks-this-august/Thu, 06 Aug 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/horse-guards-mounted-guard-suspended-for-two-weeks-this-august/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/contemporary-artists-take-over-hogarths-historic-home/Thu, 06 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/contemporary-artists-take-over-hogarths-historic-home/ (c) Hammersmith & Fulham Council
The steel bridge, which carries the Circle and Hammersmith & City lines across Uxbridge Road, will be repainted in white, grey and teal after residents selected a design intended to complement the entrance gates to the historic Shepherd’s Bush Market.
Hence avoiding comparisons with East Pu]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/council-repaints-shepherds-bush-rail-bridge-and-urges-tfl-to-spruce-up-the-station-too/Tue, 04 Aug 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/council-repaints-shepherds-bush-rail-bridge-and-urges-tfl-to-spruce-up-the-station-too/ But now an exhibition asks what happens when you lower your perspective to a child’s height. Sometimes literally, as a new exhibition at the Imperial War Museum looks at how war affects children and childhood, including refugees, evacuations, play, and education.
And puts some of the labels at a child’s height.The exhibition relies heavily on reconstructed environments to draw visitors in. There’s a Second]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/how-do-children-experience-war-this-exhibition-has-the-answers/Tue, 04 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/how-do-children-experience-war-this-exhibition-has-the-answers/ The change means students who celebrate their 18th birthday during the academic year will no longer lose access to the 50% discount before their railcard has run its course. The government e]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/young-rail-passengers-to-keep-half-price-railcard-fares-for-longer/Tue, 04 Aug 2026 09:15:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/young-rail-passengers-to-keep-half-price-railcard-fares-for-longer/ The station half of the footbridge — looking towards the closed entrance
As part of a station upgrade to replace the subway that linked the platforms at East Croydon station, a large footbridge with lifts was constructed at the far end, replacing an old parcels footbridge connected to the neighbouring post office building.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/east-croydon-stations-closed-footbridge-finally-set-to-open-after-14-year-wait/Tue, 04 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/east-croydon-stations-closed-footbridge-finally-set-to-open-after-14-year-wait/ You can enter the comp]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/london-cable-car-marks-20-millionth-passenger-with-prize-draw/Mon, 03 Aug 2026 16:41:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/london-cable-car-marks-20-millionth-passenger-with-prize-draw/ SWR trains at Waterloo station (c) ianVisits
The scam involves passengers from further out of London catching a train without a ticket, then buying a cheap ticket only for the final section of their journey – such as Vauxhall to Waterloo –]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/railway-uncovers-widespread-short-faring-tickets-scam-at-waterloo-station/Mon, 03 Aug 2026 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/railway-uncovers-widespread-short-faring-tickets-scam-at-waterloo-station/ (c) Lambeth Archive
The archive moved into a new building on Brixton Hill in 2023, with a purpose-built strongroom in the basement.
Next month, as part of the Lambeth Heritage Festival, there will be some tours of the building, including the basement, where you can also meet the team, and explore a selection of treasures from the archive.
The strongroom is downstairs and]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-behind-the-scenes-tours-of-lambeth-archive/Mon, 03 Aug 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-behind-the-scenes-tours-of-lambeth-archive/ (c) c2c
So long as you buy at least a day in advance, then a flat-rate £15 return fare is available from most London stations served by c2c and also to several stations around Southend-on-Sea.
The offer is available from your preferred train ticket seller – and obviously from c2c’s website – and is valid throughout August 2026. Also, childre]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/flat-15-train-fares-for-return-day-trips-to-southend-on-sea/Mon, 03 Aug 2026 14:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/flat-15-train-fares-for-return-day-trips-to-southend-on-sea/ The traffic light artwork at Canary Wharf
Not the very first traffic lights, as the first was installed outside Parliament in December 1868, but it was more of a converted railway signal and was mainly to stop traffic for a pedestrian crossing.
It also only lasted barely a month before a gas leak exploded it. Which didn’t really make people keen to try again.
Although semapho]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/its-the-centenary-of-the-modern-three-colour-traffic-light/Mon, 03 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/its-the-centenary-of-the-modern-three-colour-traffic-light/ (c) Alstom
The design – applied to GWR’s Class 800 No. 800012 – pays tribute to the record-breaking festival held at Alstom’s Litchurch Lane Works last August, which saw some 40,000 people turn up to see the world’s largest-ever gathering of historic and modern rolling s]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/gwr-train-dedicated-to-railway200s-greatest-gathering/Fri, 31 Jul 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/gwr-train-dedicated-to-railway200s-greatest-gathering/ Part of the museum in 2010 (c) ianVisits
Led by one of the Chelsea Pensioner Museum Guides, the tour offers a perspective on centuries of military tradition, personal stories, and national heritage.
During your visit, you’ll encounter extraordinary objects and displays, including the Queen’s Parade Chair a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-tours-of-the-chelsea-pensioners-private-regimental-museum/Fri, 31 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-tours-of-the-chelsea-pensioners-private-regimental-museum/ For a while, as with many ex-cinemas, it was a bingo hall and is now owned by the Gracepoint church, and to their credit, they’re slowly restoring the interior to its original grandeur.
And occasionally, a loc]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-tours-inside-the-former-carlton-cinema-essex-road/Fri, 31 Jul 2026 14:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-tours-inside-the-former-carlton-cinema-essex-road/ Illustrative view of the West Moat from the causeway between Middle Tower and Byward Tower (c) Grant Associates/Luxigon
The defensive moat was constructed in the 1270s on the orders of King Edward I to replace what had been little more than a partial ditch. The moat remained a water-filled feature until the 1840s, by which time it was more of a sewer, and as it was still conne]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/how-a-victorian-tunnel-could-transform-the-tower-of-londons-famous-moat/Fri, 31 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/how-a-victorian-tunnel-could-transform-the-tower-of-londons-famous-moat/ HS2 tunnel entrance next to the M25 motorway (c) ianVisits
The company says that it has successfully renegotiated contracts with two of the civil engineering joint ventures responsible for more than 100km of the high-sp]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/hs2-renegotiates-major-construction-deals-to-rein-in-spiralling-costs/Fri, 31 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/hs2-renegotiates-major-construction-deals-to-rein-in-spiralling-costs/ March 2026
 
July 2026
Demolition began in March 2026 to clear the old arcade and replace it with an open plaza that will restore views of the station’s Victorian architecture, and has reached the point where visitors are starting to see what the future will look like.
What was a small dark courtyard in front of the station is still]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/peckham-rye-stations-arcade-demolition-down-to-ground-level/Thu, 30 Jul 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/peckham-rye-stations-arcade-demolition-down-to-ground-level/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/national-theatre-to-host-a-50th-anniversary-exhibition/Thu, 30 Jul 2026 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/national-theatre-to-host-a-50th-anniversary-exhibition/ (c) Harper Field Auctioneers & Valuers
Cleopatra’s Needle was presented to the Prince Regent in 1819 by the ruler of Egypt, Muhammad Ali, as a diplomatic gift to mark British victories over the French in Egypt.
Alt]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-original-model-for-cleopatras-needle-sphinxes-is-up-for-sale/Thu, 30 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-original-model-for-cleopatras-needle-sphinxes-is-up-for-sale/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/virgin-media-o2-owners-weigh-options-to-slash-22bn-debt-pile/Thu, 30 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/virgin-media-o2-owners-weigh-options-to-slash-22bn-debt-pile/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-uk-has-worse-mobile-coverage-than-romania-why/Thu, 30 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-uk-has-worse-mobile-coverage-than-romania-why/ Funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, with additional support from the Friends]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/lost-underground-water-network-beneath-royal-parks-to-be-mapped/Wed, 29 Jul 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/lost-underground-water-network-beneath-royal-parks-to-be-mapped/ Some are taking bookings now, but many won’t be for a week or two, so now is the time to plan your day trips to (mostly) outside]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/its-time-to-start-planning-your-heritage-open-day-trips/Wed, 29 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/its-time-to-start-planning-your-heritage-open-day-trips/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/gangsters-in-camera-exhibition-shines-a-light-into-londons-criminal-underworld/Wed, 29 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/gangsters-in-camera-exhibition-shines-a-light-into-londons-criminal-underworld/ (c) Andy Sturgeon Design
Although fully pedestrianised in 2004 when the new tube station entrance was created, some of the space is occupied by food stalls and with the tube station entrance next to the department store, it can be a bit of a muddle with crowds trying to get around each other.
Work on the improvements was due]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/crowded-harrods-plaza-to-be-reshaped-in-bid-to-improve-pedestrian-flow/Wed, 29 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/crowded-harrods-plaza-to-be-reshaped-in-bid-to-improve-pedestrian-flow/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfl-expands-routemaster-ding-ding-trial-after-promising-safety-results/Wed, 29 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfl-expands-routemaster-ding-ding-trial-after-promising-safety-results/ The new hotel and DLR station entrance – source: planning documents
The DLR station already has a lift and escalators at its main entrance, but in 2009, TfL added a second entrance at the rear. However, that entrance only has stairs, as adding a second lift wasn’t viable at the time.
That all changes now, wit]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tower-gateway-dlr-station-getting-a-new-entrance-and-lift-in-hotel-development/Wed, 29 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tower-gateway-dlr-station-getting-a-new-entrance-and-lift-in-hotel-development/ (c) PLA mariners guide
Such a document might include the Mariners’ Guide to Bridges on the tidal Thames, which is published by the Port of London Authority – and has just been updated. Published since 2012 and updated roughly every three years, it’s aimed at mariners, but contains exceptionally detailed information about the bridges over the Thames, along with so]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-wonderfully-nerdy-guide-to-londons-thames-bridges-has-been-updated/Tue, 28 Jul 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-wonderfully-nerdy-guide-to-londons-thames-bridges-has-been-updated/ Running alongside the props sale is Crafty Fox Market’s first-ever Samples & Seconds Sale at the National Theatre. Around 40 sele]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-national-theatre-to-host-a-sale-of-stage-props/Tue, 28 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-national-theatre-to-host-a-sale-of-stage-props/ A new photography exhibition looks at how Americans viewed themselves, but also, thanks to reproductions in magazines, how we often see Americans.Moving from the optimism of the early skyscraper age, through the trauma of the Great Depression, and into the uneasy prosperity of the post-war decades, the exhibition follows both the evolution of photography and the emergence of the United Stat]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-skyscrapers-to-struggle-exhibition-captures-the-two-faces-of-america/Tue, 28 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-skyscrapers-to-struggle-exhibition-captures-the-two-faces-of-america/ Belmont Station
Belmont station, which is near a major cancer care centre, is currently served by a half-hourly Southern Railway service, and there are plans to double services on the Sutton to Epsom Downs line, with the enhanced timetable expected to be introduced from December 2027.
Track layout over Google Map
This involves restorin]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/sutton-council-to-fill-funding-gap-for-belmont-railway-upgrade/Tue, 28 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/sutton-council-to-fill-funding-gap-for-belmont-railway-upgrade/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/to-create-wealth-europe-must-reap-the-dividends-of-radio-spectrum/Tue, 28 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/to-create-wealth-europe-must-reap-the-dividends-of-radio-spectrum/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/amazon-targets-musks-starlink-with-satellite-constellation-for-mobile-services/Mon, 27 Jul 2026 17:57:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/amazon-targets-musks-starlink-with-satellite-constellation-for-mobile-services/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/vodafone-raises-profit-guidance-as-billionaire-xavier-niel-takes-stake/Mon, 27 Jul 2026 10:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/vodafone-raises-profit-guidance-as-billionaire-xavier-niel-takes-stake/ The London Museum (c) Secchi Smith
What we call the restaurants and cafes, they call “major hospitality concepts” with four “distinct food and drink destinations” that will come with a “food curator”. All of which is hopefully not a preview of the language to be used on the labels when the museum proper o]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/when-it-opens-the-london-museum-will-come-with-four-cafes-and-restaurants/Fri, 24 Jul 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/when-it-opens-the-london-museum-will-come-with-four-cafes-and-restaurants/ On stage at the Shaftesbury (c) ianVisitsSinatra The Musical
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 My Neighbour Totoro
Enter a world of magic and wonder with My Neighbour Totoro – a perfect enchanted adventure]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/this-weeks-discounted-theatre-tickets-from-london-theatre-direct/Fri, 24 Jul 2026 13:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/this-weeks-discounted-theatre-tickets-from-london-theatre-direct/ The overnight tram test – enhanced photo from TfL video
The unusual sight was part of a planned test ahead of a partial closure of the London Trams network for engineering works next month. The engineering works will close the entire central section of the tram network, but to maintain reliable service, the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/london-tram-driven-the-wrong-way-through-croydon-town-centre/Fri, 24 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/london-tram-driven-the-wrong-way-through-croydon-town-centre/ Today’s London news round-up:
Blackheath Fireworks will return for 2026 – but free displays unlikely to come back Greenwich Wire
Wandsworth pledges 24 extra police officers under new leader Putney News
Met police ‘can’t afford the hay and vet bills for its horses’ New Journal
A portrait of London Mayor Sadiq Khan, painted by an art student, has been unveiled at City Hall. BBC News
Thames Clippers has introduced rea]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-23rd-july-2026/Thu, 23 Jul 2026 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-23rd-july-2026/ But it has displaced some traffic to other river crossings that are still free to use, such as Rotherhithe and Woolwich.The findings are published in TfL’s first annual report on the road tunnel, which opened last April, and follow on from a pre]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfl-says-silvertown-tunnel-has-cut-blackwall-congestion-after-first-year/Thu, 23 Jul 2026 17:06:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfl-says-silvertown-tunnel-has-cut-blackwall-congestion-after-first-year/ Plus, in this special fundraising event, they’ll share more about the impact they are having as a museum as they tell]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-the-tank-museum-comes-to-london-sort-of/Thu, 23 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-the-tank-museum-comes-to-london-sort-of/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/westminster-cathedral-lights-up-with-immersive-summer-projection-show/Thu, 23 Jul 2026 13:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/westminster-cathedral-lights-up-with-immersive-summer-projection-show/ Uneven track on the c2c route caused by dried-out soil (c) Network Rail
Following England’s warmest spring on record and hot summer so far, the peat and clay that sits under long stretches of the railway has dried out and shrunk. This has caused the track to drop in places and become uneven.
To fix the problem, Network Rail engineers use machines called]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/dry-weather-to-affect-some-late-evening-train-services-in-east-london/Thu, 23 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/dry-weather-to-affect-some-late-evening-train-services-in-east-london/ 10 Downing Street (c) Crown Copyright 2013, Photographer: Sergeant Tom Robinson RLC
The tour is offered by Open House London, which opens up hundreds of buildings across London for free in September. However, while most are open to just walk in – with some requiring booking – the tours of 10 Downing Street are offered by a free]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/ballot-alert-tours-of-10-downing-street/Thu, 23 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/ballot-alert-tours-of-10-downing-street/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/experimental-1960s-fibreglass-sculpture-given-new-lease-of-life/Thu, 23 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/experimental-1960s-fibreglass-sculpture-given-new-lease-of-life/ Today’s London news round-up:
Protesters demand return of ‘precious’ London Fields paddling pool  Hackney Citzen
Wandsworth’s planning committee has approved what residents believe is the first Laser Quest ever built directly beneath residential flats, overruling the local MP and two ward councillors. Putney News
A humanitarian worker is being ‘monitored and assessed’ by specialists in a London hospital after]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-22nd-july-2026/Wed, 22 Jul 2026 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-22nd-july-2026/ (c) London Strategic Heat Main – Cory
The proposed London Strategic Heat Main would transport otherwise wasted heat from industrial sources to district heating networks, which would then distribute it to homes, offices and other buildings.
If approved, the scheme would create what is effectively a “motorway]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/plans-unveiled-for-25-metre-wide-tunnels-to-carry-waste-heat-beneath-south-london/Wed, 22 Jul 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/plans-unveiled-for-25-metre-wide-tunnels-to-carry-waste-heat-beneath-south-london/ St Paul’s Cathedral from the Triforium (c) ianVisits
In addition to being able to enter the Cathedral as the sun sets, there will be a range of events throughout the evening, from heritage skills demonstrations to talks and self-guided tours. The crypt cafe will also be open in the evening.
Admission to the cathedral, including the crypt is free – with donations appreciated.
Th]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-free-entry-to-st-pauls-cathedral-for-its-late-evening-opening/Wed, 22 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-free-entry-to-st-pauls-cathedral-for-its-late-evening-opening/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/trent-park-house-of-secrets-londons-wwii-spy-museum-has-opened/Tue, 21 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/trent-park-house-of-secrets-londons-wwii-spy-museum-has-opened/ Today’s London news round-up:
A mum-of-two says she feels “victimised” after claiming her housing association told her children’s toys must be removed from a communal garden following a request to install a trampoline. News Shopper
Lea Bridge Road shisha bar forced to turn music down Waltham Forest Echo
Plans have been revealed for a major development that could bring hundreds of new homes, co-living apartments, shops and pu]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-20th-july-2026/Mon, 20 Jul 2026 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-20th-july-2026/ From a previous visit (c) ianVisits
The remains were discovered in the 1900s during the construction of a Post Office building on the site of a former monastery near St Paul’s Cathedral. At the time, archaeological remains did not enjoy the level of legal protection they do today, and the monument came close to being demolished before being saved.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/london-is-getting-a-new-museum-showing-off-roman-and-medieval-fortifications/Mon, 20 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/london-is-getting-a-new-museum-showing-off-roman-and-medieval-fortifications/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/a-colourful-exhibition-of-afghanistans-disappearing-textile-traditions/Mon, 20 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/a-colourful-exhibition-of-afghanistans-disappearing-textile-traditions/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-alleys-victoria-passage-st-johns-wood-nw8/Mon, 20 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-alleys-victoria-passage-st-johns-wood-nw8/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/telecom-italia-backs-poste-italiane-takeover-bid/Sat, 18 Jul 2026 16:48:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/telecom-italia-backs-poste-italiane-takeover-bid/ Today’s London news round-up:
Government issues notice due to ‘serious concerns’ about how Hillingdon Council is run Harrow Online
Brockwell Park cygnet deaths – local resident accuses Lambeth Council of mismanagement Brixton Buzz
A Wandsworth tenant threatened with eviction last year, at the age of 82, has been told by the new council administration that no eviction process was ever formally opened. Putney News
Pla]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-17th-july-2026/Fri, 17 Jul 2026 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-17th-july-2026/ (c) City of London
For over 800 years, on Michaelmas Day, the City of London’s liverymen elect a new Mayor for the year ahead, and a few weeks later, the Silent Ceremony takes place. It’s not absolutely silent, as, apart from the occasional muffled cough or ringing of a mobile p]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-attend-the-city-of-londons-ancient-silent-ceremony/Fri, 17 Jul 2026 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-attend-the-city-of-londons-ancient-silent-ceremony/ The four bridges to be replaced (c) Network Rail
All the bridges that need to be replaced can be found on the London Overground’s Suffragette line, between Leytonstone High Road and Woodgrange Park stations.Talbot Road – E7 0DX
Strode Road – E7 0DU
Stracey Road – E7 0HG
Latimer Road – E7 0LHNetwork Rail says that work will begin at the Ta]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/london-overgrounds-suffragette-line-to-get-four-new-railway-bridges/Fri, 17 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/london-overgrounds-suffragette-line-to-get-four-new-railway-bridges/ Naturally, the big problem with DNA is that it’s not exactly something you can put on display for people to look at, but the science that investigates it is very big, visible, and quite fascinati]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-crick-institutes-ancient-dna-exhibition-does-not-appeal/Fri, 17 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-crick-institutes-ancient-dna-exhibition-does-not-appeal/ Merging the passenger and infrastructure functions to form regional operations has already been implemented in the Southeastern and SWR regions, and the aim is to reduce the bureaucratic and contractual red]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/first-gbr-anglia-trains-unveiled-as-greater-anglia-and-c2c-merge-their-fleets/Thu, 16 Jul 2026 16:06:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/first-gbr-anglia-trains-unveiled-as-greater-anglia-and-c2c-merge-their-fleets/ Apart from the cost to TfL, the cyberattack caused considerable disruption for staff and passengers, as TfL took large swathes of its systems offline while each was inspect]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/hackers-who-crippled-tfl-systems-sentenced-to-more-than-five-years-in-prison/Thu, 16 Jul 2026 14:40:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/hackers-who-crippled-tfl-systems-sentenced-to-more-than-five-years-in-prison/ There’s the disabled street musician, a lot of ladi]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/free-exhibition-brings-centuries-of-londons-working-people-to-the-streets/Thu, 16 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/free-exhibition-brings-centuries-of-londons-working-people-to-the-streets/ Iguanodon (c) Andy Bate
The multi-million-pound project, jointly delivered by Bromley Council and the Crystal Palace Park Trust, is the largest programme of improvements to the park since the Crystal Palace itself was destroyed by fire in 1936.
At the heart of the scheme was the restoration of the Grade I listed dinosaur sculptures and the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/crystal-palaces-famous-dinosaurs-restored-to-their-victorian-glory/Thu, 16 Jul 2026 09:11:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/crystal-palaces-famous-dinosaurs-restored-to-their-victorian-glory/ Faden’s 1819 revision of R Horwood map
It would probably look the same today, but for WWII]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-pocket-parks-moorgate-corner-ec2/Thu, 16 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-pocket-parks-moorgate-corner-ec2/ Today’s London news round-up:
Former Hackney councillor ‘debanked’ by HSBC after Ukraine trip  Hackney Citizen
Gatwick Airport chaos as flights declare emergency and diverted after sudden runway closure Standard
Rainham Launders Lane fire: Pictures show charred earth Romford Recorder
A leading Newham councillor has dodged questions over whether her pledges to roll out free parking in the borough will lead]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-15th-july-2026/Wed, 15 Jul 2026 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-15th-july-2026/ The decision to open the archives is part of a wider revamp of Historic Royal Palaces (HRP)’s educa]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tower-of-london-to-open-historic-architectural-archive-to-the-public-for-the-first-time/Wed, 15 Jul 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tower-of-london-to-open-historic-architectural-archive-to-the-public-for-the-first-time/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/austrian-master-returns-to-britain-after-170-years-in-free-national-gallery-exhibition/Wed, 15 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/austrian-master-returns-to-britain-after-170-years-in-free-national-gallery-exhibition/ However, the Ealing spur branch will be reduced to six trains per hour on weekdays — from an]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/london-undergrounds-central-line-is-getting-more-trains-at-weekends/Wed, 15 Jul 2026 12:02:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/london-undergrounds-central-line-is-getting-more-trains-at-weekends/ Euston Tower – from the top of the BT Tower
The annual event sees hundreds of buildings open to the public for free, allowing visitors to wander in and take a look around. The vast majority are free to wander in and have a look around, but some are reserved for prebooked tours, and the very best will be in such high demand that they are allocated by ballot.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/london-open-house-2026-preview-goes-live/Wed, 15 Jul 2026 11:06:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/london-open-house-2026-preview-goes-live/ Back to East Grinstead, where there’s a large church,]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/visitng-st-swithuns-church-east-grinstead/Wed, 15 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/visitng-st-swithuns-church-east-grinstead/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/airtel-africa-taps-more-bankers-for-rare-london-ipo-of-mobile-money-business/Wed, 15 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/airtel-africa-taps-more-bankers-for-rare-london-ipo-of-mobile-money-business/ Barking Eurohub (c) Network Rail
The 40-acre site is being transformed into an international intermodal freight terminal capable of handling containers and liftable lorry trailers arriving from continental Europe by rail. Once completed, the hub will support freight services linking the UK with markets]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/work-begins-on-15m-barking-eurohub-to-revive-london-rail-freight/Tue, 14 Jul 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/work-begins-on-15m-barking-eurohub-to-revive-london-rail-freight/ Sadly, opening the new convenience was associated with a tragedy as the attendant who looked after the previous urinal, Denis Sheehan, was assaulted just a few weeks before the new convenience opened, and seem]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/clerkenwell-greens-subterranean-victorian-toilets-are-being-demolished/Tue, 14 Jul 2026 14:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/clerkenwell-greens-subterranean-victorian-toilets-are-being-demolished/ Among the highlights on display is Downy Feather Brooch by Janet Barber, recipient]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/award-winning-jewellery-exhibition-opens-at-the-goldsmiths-centre/Tue, 14 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/award-winning-jewellery-exhibition-opens-at-the-goldsmiths-centre/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-uks-telecoms-industry-is-now-a-billionaires-playground/Tue, 14 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-uks-telecoms-industry-is-now-a-billionaires-playground/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/how-the-uks-telecoms-industry-became-a-billionaires-playground/Tue, 14 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/how-the-uks-telecoms-industry-became-a-billionaires-playground/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/billionaire-xavier-niel-could-be-the-jolt-vodafone-needs/Fri, 10 Jul 2026 19:03:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/billionaire-xavier-niel-could-be-the-jolt-vodafone-needs/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-restored-banqueting-house-reopens-fully-next-month/Fri, 10 Jul 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-restored-banqueting-house-reopens-fully-next-month/ Royal Court Theatre (c) ianVisits
From £10The Enormous Crocodile – Lyric HammersmithOpens 29 July 2026For my lunch today I would like… a nice juicy little child!From £10 – SAVE UP TO 47%
 CinderellaOpens 14th November 2026When the shoe fits… a fairytale begins.From £13 – SAVE UP TO 41%
 August Wilson’s FencesOpens 6th October 2026A powerful Ameri]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/this-weeks-theatre-ticket-sale-offers-from-london-theatre-direct/Fri, 10 Jul 2026 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/this-weeks-theatre-ticket-sale-offers-from-london-theatre-direct/ But only for couples and friends. If you’re a single person, then catch a plane instead.
(c) ianVisits
The sale cuts the price of selected one-way Eurostar Plus and Eurostar Premier tickets to Paris, Lille, Brussels, Amsterdam and Rotterdam, but does not apply to Standard class tickets.
The offer is available for purchases before 11pm]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/flash-sale-on-eurostar-tickets-to-the-european-mainland/Fri, 10 Jul 2026 13:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/flash-sale-on-eurostar-tickets-to-the-european-mainland/ The twelve]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/giant-embroidery-exhibition-celebrates-400-years-of-londons-upholders/Fri, 10 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/giant-embroidery-exhibition-celebrates-400-years-of-londons-upholders/ It arrived in the UK yesterday, and, escorted by the Kent and Metropolitan police, it was taken from Folkestone to the British Museum in an overnight operation.
That journey marked the first time the tapestry had been in the UK since it was made, probably by Canterbury embroiderers, and it was soon afterwards sent to Bayeux Cathedral in France. It has remained in France ever since.The British Museum says that it spent the past year working with colleagu]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bayeux-tapestry-arrives-in-britain-under-overnight-police-escort/Fri, 10 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bayeux-tapestry-arrives-in-britain-under-overnight-police-escort/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/xavier-niel-becomes-largest-vodafone-shareholder/Fri, 10 Jul 2026 08:24:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/xavier-niel-becomes-largest-vodafone-shareholder/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/french-billionaire-xavier-niel-becomes-vodafones-top-shareholder/Fri, 10 Jul 2026 08:24:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/french-billionaire-xavier-niel-becomes-vodafones-top-shareholder/ (c) 3XN, Migration Museum and Dominus
The museum explores how the movement of people to and from Britain across the ages has made us who we are – as individuals and as a nation. It will include an educational outreach programme to engage with diverse communities across London and]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/developer-wants-to-cut-museum-space-in-favour-of-student-housing/Thu, 09 Jul 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/developer-wants-to-cut-museum-space-in-favour-of-student-housing/ Charing Cross station (c) ianVisits
From Sunday 26th July to Sunday 16th August 2026, both Charing Cross and Waterloo East stations will close to Southeastern services while a £20 million upgrade is carried out to the track, platforms, and structures in and around the stations.
Additional weekend closures will take place before and after the main]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/charing-cross-station-closing-for-three-weeks-later-this-month/Thu, 09 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/charing-cross-station-closing-for-three-weeks-later-this-month/ 60+ London Oyster photocard (c) TfL
The Oyster Photocard online service will be taken offline from 16th to 24th July to allow TFL to carry out maintenance and upgrade the back-office system that supports Oyster Photocards. The upgrade is intended to improve the reliability of the service, with TfL saying the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfl-to-shut-oyster-photocard-website-for-eight-days-for-system-upgrade/Thu, 09 Jul 2026 13:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfl-to-shut-oyster-photocard-website-for-eight-days-for-system-upgrade/ And at the moment, it’s open to visit because an audio artwork is taking place inside. The art is made up of people reading out extracts from letters that tell]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/a-victorian-archive-room-becomes-londons-most-atmospheric-exhibition/Thu, 09 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/a-victorian-archive-room-becomes-londons-most-atmospheric-exhibition/ Today’s London news round-up:
Tennis fans are being rushed from Wimbledon to a major London hospital, which is seeing a near record high number of A&E admissions as heatwaves hit the capital. Standard
The teenage millionaire hacker from Tower Hamlets who took down TfL London Centric
Just over a year and a half after the old Market House in Brixton was turned into a curious Iris]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-8th-july-2026/Wed, 08 Jul 2026 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-8th-july-2026/ The William Charter – photo by ianVisits
The charter, dating from 1067, is occasionally on display in the Guildhall gallery but has never previously been loaned to an exhibition before.
The William Charter bears one of the earliest surviving seals from William the Con]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-oldest-charter-heads-to-british-museum-for-first-ever-loan/Wed, 08 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-oldest-charter-heads-to-british-museum-for-first-ever-loan/ The Tudor Gate (c) ianVisits
The walled garden dates to the mid-18th century when Bishop Terrick redesigned much of Fulham Palace’s landscape. Reopened in 2012 after an extensive restoration, it includes a knot garden, vinery, kitchen garden, apple orchard, apple tree arch, beehives, grass lawns, and borders along the walls filled with flowers and fruit tr]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-summer-evening-openings-of-fulham-palaces-walled-garden/Wed, 08 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-summer-evening-openings-of-fulham-palaces-walled-garden/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-beauty-of-botany-rhs-exhibition-showcases-plants-as-works-of-art/Wed, 08 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-beauty-of-botany-rhs-exhibition-showcases-plants-as-works-of-art/ Aerial View of Trent Park House as it once looked. Courtesy of Houghton Hall Archives
In the 1920s and 1930s, Trent Park House was Sir Philip Sassoon’s glamorous country retreat, host to prime ministers, royalty and film stars. A decade later, it held a darker secret. Prisoners of war, including captured German generals and senior officers, were h]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-go-on-sale-for-londons-newest-museum-the-trent-park-house-of-secrets/Wed, 08 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-go-on-sale-for-londons-newest-museum-the-trent-park-house-of-secrets/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/virgin-media-fined-28mn-for-preventing-customers-from-cancelling-contracts/Wed, 08 Jul 2026 09:08:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/virgin-media-fined-28mn-for-preventing-customers-from-cancelling-contracts/ There are limits as to what can be done, but their Model Stations concept aims to develop a series of core te]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/south-london-station-chosen-to-trial-a-new-look-for-britains-railways/Wed, 08 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/south-london-station-chosen-to-trial-a-new-look-for-britains-railways/ (c) Royal Collection Enterprises Limited 2026 | Royal Collection Trust. Photograph: Ben Fitzpatrick
The large oil painting by Jonathan Yeo for the Drapers’ Company’s official Coronation portrait was rather controversial when first unveiled, but looks much better]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/see-the-red-king-and-120-masterpieces-inside-buckingham-palace-this-summer/Wed, 08 Jul 2026 01:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/see-the-red-king-and-120-masterpieces-inside-buckingham-palace-this-summer/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/aberdeen-backed-internet-provider-seeks-buyer-after-steep-losses/Tue, 07 Jul 2026 20:25:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/aberdeen-backed-internet-provider-seeks-buyer-after-steep-losses/ Inside Copthall tunnel August 2025 (c) HS2
The Copthall tunnel near West Ruislip in west London was going to be an open-air]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/hs2s-only-single-bore-tunnel-completed-in-west-london-as-it-prepares-to-vanish-from-sight/Tue, 07 Jul 2026 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/hs2s-only-single-bore-tunnel-completed-in-west-london-as-it-prepares-to-vanish-from-sight/ A Stansted Express train at Stansted Airport railway station. (c) Greater Anglia
The new services, running every Friday night into Saturday morning until 25th September, are aimed at travellers heading for early morning departures as well as those arriving on late-night flights.
During the trial, t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/stansted-express-trials-running-overnight-trains-on-friday-nights/Tue, 07 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/stansted-express-trials-running-overnight-trains-on-friday-nights/ Probably the most recognisable, especially if you visited the Tate Brit]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-sketchbook-to-print-british-museum-celebrates-250-years-of-john-constable/Tue, 07 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-sketchbook-to-print-british-museum-celebrates-250-years-of-john-constable/ The Day Pass &]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfl-offering-free-cycle-hire-on-sundays-in-july/Fri, 03 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfl-offering-free-cycle-hire-on-sundays-in-july/ Commissioned by the American revolutionaries in 1777 as a diplomatic gift to the Wabanaki Confederacy, the medal later pass]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/british-museum-displays-peace-medal-that-britain-captured-during-the-american-revolution/Fri, 03 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/british-museum-displays-peace-medal-that-britain-captured-during-the-american-revolution/ Euston station site Oct 2021 (c) ianVisits
Lendlease and The Crown Estate have completed their previously announced agreement to create the Impact Partnership Joint Venture, which will oversee the redevelopment of several major urban regeneration sites across the UK. As previously announced, The Crown Estate a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/planning-application-for-euston-stations-redevelopment-expected-in-spring-2027/Fri, 03 Jul 2026 10:04:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/planning-application-for-euston-stations-redevelopment-expected-in-spring-2027/ Today’s London news round-up:
A developer building homes for Enfield Council at Meridian Water has had a multibillion-pound lawsuit filed against it. Enfield Dispatch
The future funding of Clapham Common Clapham Society
Deputy prime minister David Lammy has come out against plans for a 24-hour adult gaming centre on Blackstock Road, in the latest twist in a fight that has united residents on the Hackney–Haringey border. Hackney Citizen
Rotherham-based]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-2nd-july-2026/Thu, 02 Jul 2026 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-2nd-july-2026/ And the “plonker” in the rounder comes from Only Fools and Horses, which, while set in Peckham, used the nearby Harlech Tower for the opening credits and]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/only-fools-and-horses-tribute-in-new-south-acton-station-roundel/Thu, 02 Jul 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/only-fools-and-horses-tribute-in-new-south-acton-station-roundel/ And rather than simply moving the engine onc]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/railway-workers-pull-a-25-tonne-steam-train-by-hand-for-charity/Thu, 02 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/railway-workers-pull-a-25-tonne-steam-train-by-hand-for-charity/ The Barking workhouse was one of the largest in Essex, and probably the grandest with its Neo-Palladian fro]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/barking-workhouses-pediment-plaque-restored-and-goes-on-display/Thu, 02 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/barking-workhouses-pediment-plaque-restored-and-goes-on-display/ Potential site (c) City of London
Albert Island has been selected as the preferred location for the new co-located wholesale markets, but the land is owned by the Greater London Authority (GLA), so they are leading the initial development work.
Planning permission already exist]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/smithfield-and-billingsgate-relocation-plans-move-ahead-with-albert-island-consultation/Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/smithfield-and-billingsgate-relocation-plans-move-ahead-with-albert-island-consultation/ Probably born in Great Packington, Warwickshire, around 1528, Jasper Fisher first appears in the records in 1549, when he seems to]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/fishers-folly-the-tudor-manor-wall-that-survives-in-a-tesco-backyard/Thu, 02 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/fishers-folly-the-tudor-manor-wall-that-survives-in-a-tesco-backyard/ (c) ZSL
The mosaic designed by British artist Linder has been unveiled as part of the Zoological Society of London’s 200th anniversary celebrations. The artwork, titled Sirona, pays tribute to pioneering zoologist Joan Beauchamp Procter, whose groundbreaking work transformed reptile care and public understanding of reptiles during the early 20th century.
Constructed from around o]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/a-53-foot-long-snake-has-arrived-at-london-zoo/Thu, 02 Jul 2026 01:05:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/a-53-foot-long-snake-has-arrived-at-london-zoo/ At one point, almost in an echo of The Queue to see the late Queen, the museum had to pause people joining the queue to see the tapestry, maybe wondering if they could]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bayeux-tapestry-ticket-frenzy-sparks-nine-hour-online-queue/Wed, 01 Jul 2026 17:45:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bayeux-tapestry-ticket-frenzy-sparks-nine-hour-online-queue/ The future Tom Stoppard Theatre (c) ATG Entertainment
The announcement comes less than a year after Stoppard’s death in November 2025 and coincides with the opening night of a new production of Arcadia, one of his best-known plays, which is currently running at the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/duke-of-yorks-theatre-to-be-renamed-after-sir-tom-stoppard/Wed, 01 Jul 2026 17:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/duke-of-yorks-theatre-to-be-renamed-after-sir-tom-stoppard/ (c) Stratford Junction
After permission for the MSG Sphere was refused in 2023, the empty plot next to Stratford station was put up for sale and bought by the privately owned Hallmark Property Group last year for a reputed £30-£40 million.
They are now applying for temporary meanwhile permission to use the site]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/stratfords-abandoned-sphere-site-could-become-giant-bus-themed-food-market/Wed, 01 Jul 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/stratfords-abandoned-sphere-site-could-become-giant-bus-themed-food-market/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/uk-watchdog-launches-probe-into-hotly-anticipated-broadband-deal/Wed, 01 Jul 2026 10:04:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/uk-watchdog-launches-probe-into-hotly-anticipated-broadband-deal/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/uk-watchdog-launches-in-depth-probe-into-virgin-media-o2-owners-2bn-deal/Wed, 01 Jul 2026 10:04:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/uk-watchdog-launches-in-depth-probe-into-virgin-media-o2-owners-2bn-deal/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/ai-jitters-give-indian-ipos-a-moment-to-shine/Wed, 01 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/ai-jitters-give-indian-ipos-a-moment-to-shine/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/satellite-tv-group-dish-files-for-bankruptcy-to-cut-9bn-debt-load/Tue, 30 Jun 2026 23:46:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/satellite-tv-group-dish-files-for-bankruptcy-to-cut-9bn-debt-load/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bts-turnaround-is-in-the-home-stretch/Mon, 29 Jun 2026 20:21:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bts-turnaround-is-in-the-home-stretch/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/comcasts-hollywood-break-up-marks-its-ge-moment/Mon, 29 Jun 2026 19:43:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/comcasts-hollywood-break-up-marks-its-ge-moment/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-29th-june-2026/Mon, 29 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-29th-june-2026/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/victorian-thames-stones-transformed-into-permanent-benches-outside-st-pauls/Mon, 29 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/victorian-thames-stones-transformed-into-permanent-benches-outside-st-pauls/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/folded-paper-sculptures-mark-the-royal-ballet-schools-centenary/Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/folded-paper-sculptures-mark-the-royal-ballet-schools-centenary/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/hs2-contractor-fined-400000-after-tipper-truck-plunges-into-excavation/Mon, 29 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/hs2-contractor-fined-400000-after-tipper-truck-plunges-into-excavation/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bt-and-verizon-to-create-new-international-business-in-625mn-deal/Mon, 29 Jun 2026 08:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bt-and-verizon-to-create-new-international-business-in-625mn-deal/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bt-and-verizon-to-combine-international-operations-in-joint-venture/Mon, 29 Jun 2026 08:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bt-and-verizon-to-combine-international-operations-in-joint-venture/ At the entrance to the alley, used to stand St Mary’s Parochia]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-alleys-st-jamess-cottages-richmond-tw9/Mon, 29 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-alleys-st-jamess-cottages-richmond-tw9/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/virgin-media-o2-bonds-slide-as-broadband-rivals-squeeze-cash-flow/Mon, 29 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/virgin-media-o2-bonds-slide-as-broadband-rivals-squeeze-cash-flow/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/hs2-reset-on-track-but-watchdog-warns-of-risks-ahead/Mon, 29 Jun 2026 01:05:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/hs2-reset-on-track-but-watchdog-warns-of-risks-ahead/ Today’s London news round-up:
A huge fire ripped through a department store in Peckham with 100 firefighters needed to tackle the blaze. Metro
Outrage as woman, 80, blocked from going up stairs at London tube station – ‘you’ve got legs’ Mirror
Why is the City charging dockless bike operators only £31,860 a year? EC1 Echo
The Green Party has held the Hackney Central ward seat in a by-election triggered by one of the party]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-26th-june-2026/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-26th-june-2026/ (c) Imperial Hotel
It’s based on the top floor of the Imperial Hotel overlooking Russell Square, which has been undergoing renovations over the past few years. The hotel is famous for its 1970s regimented modern frontage, which has been restored and a new floor added on top.
Along the entire width of the top of the building, they’ve created a roof terrace that they say can seat 330 people. Described as]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/roof-top-bar-opening-overlooking-russell-square/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/roof-top-bar-opening-overlooking-russell-square/ Lancaster bomber flypast in June 2012 (c) ianVisits
Reasons are never given in the air traffic notice, but the location is Green Park, and the flypast is by the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF), so it’s likely to be for the Bomber Command memorial next to Hyde Park Corner.
They’ve done similar flypasts on the same last Sunday in June before, so it’s a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/battle-of-britain-flypast-over-central-london-on-sunday/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/battle-of-britain-flypast-over-central-london-on-sunday/ Smithfield meat market on Christmas Eve
The City of London, which runs the two markets, had planned to move them to a site in Dagenham Docks before soaring costs made the plan unviable (and a 775-year-old charter made it difficult). The City still wanted to close the markets but offered support to the tr]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/smithfield-and-billingsgate-markets-set-for-royal-docks-move-by-end-of-2029/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/smithfield-and-billingsgate-markets-set-for-royal-docks-move-by-end-of-2029/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/spacex-plans-starlink-mobile-push-into-us-consumer-market/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/spacex-plans-starlink-mobile-push-into-us-consumer-market/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/elon-musks-spacex-plans-starlink-mobile-push-into-us-consumer-market/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/elon-musks-spacex-plans-starlink-mobile-push-into-us-consumer-market/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tescos-return-to-broadband-should-be-a-profitable-side-hustle/Thu, 25 Jun 2026 18:53:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tescos-return-to-broadband-should-be-a-profitable-side-hustle/ Victoria Tower from Millbank Tower (c) ianVisits
That comes from a National Audit Office report into the ongoing issue of what to do with the crumbling edifice of the UK Parliament estate. It’s an issue that’s been kicked down the grass for so long that the scaffolding poles that prop up parts of the building are in danger of b]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/parliament-spending-2m-a-week-to-stop-crumbling-palace-falling-down/Thu, 25 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/parliament-spending-2m-a-week-to-stop-crumbling-palace-falling-down/ Made up mostly of drawings and sketches, the exhibition shows some of the thinking behin]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/leighton-house-exhibition-explores-how-its-arab-hall-was-designed/Thu, 25 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/leighton-house-exhibition-explores-how-its-arab-hall-was-designed/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/london-transport-museum-reveals-plans-for-26-million-refurbishment/Thu, 25 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/london-transport-museum-reveals-plans-for-26-million-refurbishment/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tesco-mobile-explores-getting-back-into-broadband/Thu, 25 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tesco-mobile-explores-getting-back-into-broadband/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/stalled-subsea-cables-threaten-middle-east-digital-ambitions/Thu, 25 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/stalled-subsea-cables-threaten-middle-east-digital-ambitions/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/stalled-subsea-cable-projects-threaten-middle-east-digital-ambitions/Thu, 25 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/stalled-subsea-cable-projects-threaten-middle-east-digital-ambitions/ Old London – Balham High Road, circa 1904
Greggs has decided to shut [a small number of] stores in London due to the extreme heatwave. Standard
The man regarded as the ‘architect’ of the ‘new town’ in Enfield has quit his job. Enfield Dispatch
Buy Back Brixton submits ‘competitive’ bid for the purchase of Brixton Village and Market Row Brixton Buzz
Several London councils have today launched court action against the Ma]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-24th-june-2026/Wed, 24 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-24th-june-2026/ Early morning at Horizon 22 viewing gallery (c) ianVisits
However, unlike the free daytime visits, these “out of hours” openings are charged for, which also means they’re quieter and less crowded.
The early bird tickets cost £15 per person (including a hot/cold drink), and open the tower for visiting on selected Mondays,]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-early-openings-and-late-closings-at-horizon-22-viewing-gallery/Wed, 24 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-early-openings-and-late-closings-at-horizon-22-viewing-gallery/ Romford drone trials (c) Network Rail
GBR Anglia will start the trials of a new BVLOS (beyond visual line of sight) drone technology later this summer and will allow Network Rail teams to access live aerial coverage up to 400 metres from Romford Rail Operating Centre, providing faster access to information compared with standard drone systems a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/drones-to-patrol-romford-railways-in-trespass-crackdown/Wed, 24 Jun 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/drones-to-patrol-romford-railways-in-trespass-crackdown/ If you pick the Amersham and Watford route, that includes a rare chance to use the “north curve” on the line between Rickmans]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-the-heritage-tube-trains-are-back-out-on-the-rails/Wed, 24 Jun 2026 14:10:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-the-heritage-tube-trains-are-back-out-on-the-rails/ The church’s name, St Martin, is a reference to St Martin of Tours, who is often]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/exhibition-tells-the-300-year-history-of-st-martin-in-the-fields/Wed, 24 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/exhibition-tells-the-300-year-history-of-st-martin-in-the-fields/ The Logos Hope in Kiel – VollwertBIT CC BY-SA 3.0
Described as the “world’s largest floating bookfair”, the Logos Hope is a former passenger ferry built in 1973 to service routes in northern Europe, before being refitted by Operation Mobilisation (OM) as a travelling Christian missionary ship in 2005-9.
During the refurbishment, a new deck was inserted into the for]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-visit-the-logos-hope-the-worlds-largest-floating-book-fair/Wed, 24 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-visit-the-logos-hope-the-worlds-largest-floating-book-fair/ The Catholic church was one of three added a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/visiting-our-lady-of-the-rosary-and-st-patrick-walthamstow/Wed, 24 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/visiting-our-lady-of-the-rosary-and-st-patrick-walthamstow/ Charing Cross railway bridge
Today’s London news round-up:
Overnight storms bring flooding across TfL network BBC News
Knocking down a former Watford bank for a six-storey 24-flat building has been recommended for approval. Watford Observer
An Enfield resident has been prosecuted over a fly-tipping incident – for the second time in as many years. Enfield Dispatch
A video installation in the National Portrait Gallery has been removed following a dis]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-23rd-june-2026/Tue, 23 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-23rd-june-2026/ (c) Network Rail
To help reduce delays, Network Rail engineers are installing a backup train detection system between London Blackfriars and Farringdon, so if one fails, a secondary system can take over.
Train detection systems play a vital role in keeping services running safely and on time by monitoring trains’ positions and move]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/work-starts-on-thameslink-upgrade-to-cut-delays-through-central-london/Tue, 23 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/work-starts-on-thameslink-upgrade-to-cut-delays-through-central-london/ The Mark / 3XN / Planning document
The new building, which secured planning permission in 2023, will replace a rather tired 1960s glass-clad office block with a more restrained brick-clad office block with a series of stepped-back floors and roof terraces.
The development sits on the busy road that runs past the Tower]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/london-to-gain-another-rooftop-viewpoint-as-tower-hill-scheme-moves-forward/Tue, 23 Jun 2026 16:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/london-to-gain-another-rooftop-viewpoint-as-tower-hill-scheme-moves-forward/ Due to the accident, there will be no Thameslink services north of Luton and no East Midlands Railway (EMR) services south of Bedford for most of this week, with a limited rail-replacement bus service operating between Luton and Bedford.
As much as possible, rail passengers are being asked to avoid travelling through the affected a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bedford-rail-crash-disruption-set-to-last-most-of-the-week/Sun, 21 Jun 2026 14:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bedford-rail-crash-disruption-set-to-last-most-of-the-week/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/uk-telecoms-groups-introduce-kill-switch-to-cut-phone-theft-from-stores/Sun, 21 Jun 2026 07:21:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/uk-telecoms-groups-introduce-kill-switch-to-cut-phone-theft-from-stores/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/outlander-costumes-to-go-on-display-in-free-london-exhibition/Fri, 19 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/outlander-costumes-to-go-on-display-in-free-london-exhibition/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/indian-billionaire-mukesh-ambani-files-for-blockbuster-jio-float/Fri, 19 Jun 2026 15:10:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/indian-billionaire-mukesh-ambani-files-for-blockbuster-jio-float/ Much Ado About Nothing
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 Relics]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-summer-sale-theatre-ticket-offers-from-london-theatre-direct/Fri, 19 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-summer-sale-theatre-ticket-offers-from-london-theatre-direct/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/indian-billionaire-mukesh-ambani-lines-up-blockbuster-jio-float/Fri, 19 Jun 2026 13:24:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/indian-billionaire-mukesh-ambani-lines-up-blockbuster-jio-float/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfl-urged-to-crack-down-on-passengers-blasting-music-on-trains-and-buses/Fri, 19 Jun 2026 12:15:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfl-urged-to-crack-down-on-passengers-blasting-music-on-trains-and-buses/ The four pelican chicks are about a month old and are currently being protected in a part of the park that is not accessible to visitors as they become established. They are expected to take to the water at around nine to 12 weeks old, to join the older pelicans. Until then, the chicks are highly vulnerable, and the Royal Parks is asking visitors to avoid disturbing them]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/historic-first-as-pelican-chicks-hatch-in-st-jamess-park/Fri, 19 Jun 2026 11:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/historic-first-as-pelican-chicks-hatch-in-st-jamess-park/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/spacex-warns-eu-satellite-plan-risks-undermining-connectivity-in-ukraine/Fri, 19 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/spacex-warns-eu-satellite-plan-risks-undermining-connectivity-in-ukraine/ The view from St Bride’s church tower
Today’s London news round-up:
Anger among Underhill residents over Barnet Council’s imposition of parking charges outside a parade of shops in Mays Lane is said to be a likely reason why parking signs have been obliterated with black paint. Barnet Society
The leader of Enfield Council has decided to withdraw the civic centre’s legal defence against a judicial review case brought by campaigners wanti]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-18th-june-2026/Thu, 18 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-18th-june-2026/ (c) Jewish Museum London
The funding was unveiled by Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy during a visit to the launch of Two Rooms, the museum’s new temporary exhibition space at JW3 in north London.
The museum closed in July 2023 after its income plunged following the pandemic, and it chose to]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/jewish-museum-london-awarded-1-million-grant-while-it-looks-for-a-new-home/Thu, 18 Jun 2026 15:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/jewish-museum-london-awarded-1-million-grant-while-it-looks-for-a-new-home/ The station needs upgrades to handle projected passenger demand as new housing is built nearby, but the current design can’t accommodate it. The upgrade will add six new escalators to reduce the load on the existing lifts, along with a new mezzanine level and street level improvements.
The station today (c) ianVisits
Upgraded station plans (c) Weston]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/pontoon-dock-dlr-upgrade-delayed-by-a-few-months/Thu, 18 Jun 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/pontoon-dock-dlr-upgrade-delayed-by-a-few-months/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/stranger-things-meets-south-bank-in-anish-kapoors-new-exhibition/Thu, 18 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/stranger-things-meets-south-bank-in-anish-kapoors-new-exhibition/ The London Museum (c) Secchi Smith
The former Museum of London closed in December 2022, and its replacement site near Farringdon station was due to open in 2024. That was later pushed back to early 2026, and the opening date has been confirmed as 28th November 2026.
The original £337 million budget to convert the two old market buildings into the new mu]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/london-museum-confirms-november-opening-date-for-its-new-smithfield-home/Thu, 18 Jun 2026 11:16:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/london-museum-confirms-november-opening-date-for-its-new-smithfield-home/ Sir Sadiq Khan and Akihiro Kosaka (c) Tokyo Metro
The London-style roundel was unveiled on platform 2 of Ueno Station on Tokyo’s Ginza Line during a ceremony attended by London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan, Tokyo Metro President Akihiro Kosaka, and TfL Commissioner Andy Lord.
A]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/london-underground-roundel-unveiled-on-japans-tokyo-metro/Thu, 18 Jun 2026 10:52:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/london-underground-roundel-unveiled-on-japans-tokyo-metro/ (C) Makower Architects
The design by Makower Architects reclads the railway bridge with a new metal skin bearing the town name, and also adds that long-standing stalwart of railways – a clock tower.
The judges praised the team’s vision for the railway bridge and clock tower, recognising its potential to create a distinctive gateway]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/winning-design-chosen-for-clapham-railway-bridge-makeover/Thu, 18 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/winning-design-chosen-for-clapham-railway-bridge-makeover/ It also lost the Frogs Ditch.As a plot of green, it’s always been fields and never built on. As Hayes town centre slowly expanded after the arrival of the railways, it took an incredibly long time to reach the site of the pocket park today.
Even in the late 1930s, most of the area was still fields, and was part of Dawley Manor]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-pocket-parks-sam-philp-recreation-ground-hayes-ub3/Thu, 18 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-pocket-parks-sam-philp-recreation-ground-hayes-ub3/ Skylarks Stadium Zipwire Adventure
It’s a fundraising event for the local Skylarks charity, which provides a wide range of activities and therapies for children with additional needs, while also supporting their siblings and whole families.
The zip wire will let you rush across the top of the stadium for around 150 metres – if you can hit the £300 per]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/zip-wire-across-twickenham-stadium-to-raise-funds-for-childrens-charity/Wed, 17 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/zip-wire-across-twickenham-stadium-to-raise-funds-for-childrens-charity/ Inside, there are lots of rich carpets and paintings, and a series of large meeting rooms that once served to manage the printing monopolies. The main star of the hall is,]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-tours-of-the-350-year-old-stationers-hall-2/Wed, 17 Jun 2026 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-tours-of-the-350-year-old-stationers-hall-2/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/ericsson-chief-to-step-down-after-stabilising-scandal-hit-group/Tue, 16 Jun 2026 14:10:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/ericsson-chief-to-step-down-after-stabilising-scandal-hit-group/ Euston station
Today’s London news round-up:
Multi-millionaire banker with royal connections arrested in hunt for notorious ‘Putney Pusher’ LBC
Street drinkers could face £100 fines in Camden after the council approved new powers to crack down on alcohol-fuelled anti-social behaviour in the borough. Fitzrovia News
Britain’s oldest Indian restaurant heads to court to challenge eviction  Restaurant
A homeowner in Collier Row ha]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-15th-june-2026/Mon, 15 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-15th-june-2026/ Friends archive work (c) Union Chapel
The new Sunday School Stories archive spans the period from 1799 to the present day and reveals the social, political and cultural history of both Union Chapel and London itself.
The collection is now available online, with in-person access also off]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/gandhi-autograph-and-suffragette-protests-among-treasures-in-new-london-archive/Mon, 15 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/gandhi-autograph-and-suffragette-protests-among-treasures-in-new-london-archive/ Attending the ceremony used to be free of charge, but you also had to write in for tickets and usually wait]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tower-of-london-doubles-price-of-late-night-ceremony-of-the-keys/Mon, 15 Jun 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tower-of-london-doubles-price-of-late-night-ceremony-of-the-keys/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/exhibition-celebrates-the-women-who-made-a-living-painting-dogs/Mon, 15 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/exhibition-celebrates-the-women-who-made-a-living-painting-dogs/ (c) Lumo
The upgrade will be provided on Lumo’s trains running along the  East Coast Main Line between London and Scotland.
Unlike traditional onboard Wi-Fi systems, which rely on mobile phone networks and trackside infrastructure, Starlink uses a network of low Earth orbit s]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/lumo-to-launch-starlink-based-wi-fi-on-east-coast-trains-this-autumn/Mon, 15 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/lumo-to-launch-starlink-based-wi-fi-on-east-coast-trains-this-autumn/ Councils are expect]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/government-strips-epping-forest-council-of-major-planning-powers/Mon, 15 Jun 2026 10:45:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/government-strips-epping-forest-council-of-major-planning-powers/ However, the alley quickly appeared as the area began to]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-alleys-bride-court-city-of-london-ec4/Mon, 15 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-alleys-bride-court-city-of-london-ec4/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/sfrs-20bn-break-up-can-win-watchdog-approval-says-bouygues/Mon, 15 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/sfrs-20bn-break-up-can-win-watchdog-approval-says-bouygues/ Today’s London news round-up:
More than 70 people have been evacuated from their homes after a huge fire ripped through a nearby warehouse. Metro
A “living legend” DJ who has played every Sunday night at a Hornchurch pub for the past 27 years has decided to stop. Romford Recorder
A north London cat who has helped to save countless lives has been named blood donor of the year. Ham and High
Dozens of protesters expressing support for Palestine Action have been arrested]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-12th-june-2026/Fri, 12 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-12th-june-2026/ (c) ianVisits
The flypast is part of the Trooping the Colour ceremony, the ceremonial event that takes place on Horseguards Parade in the morning, and once that has finished and people have time to get into place, a flypast over London accompanied by the Red Arrows.
As it happens, there’s also a rehearsal over the North Sea a week or so before the flyp]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-red-arrows-to-fly-over-london-for-the-kings-birthday-flypast/Fri, 12 Jun 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-red-arrows-to-fly-over-london-for-the-kings-birthday-flypast/ Among the cultural figures represented are poet Wilfred Owen an]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/canada-house-exhibition-explores-visibility-loss-and-lgbtq-lives/Fri, 12 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/canada-house-exhibition-explores-visibility-loss-and-lgbtq-lives/ Entrance to the former Public Records Building (now the Maughan Library)
The Public Records Building was constructed in the 1850s next to Chancery Lane in the City of London and is claimed to have been the first purpose-built fireproof building in England. To further minimise the risk of fire, the document storerooms were designe]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-a-chance-to-step-inside-the-original-public-records-strongroom/Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-a-chance-to-step-inside-the-original-public-records-strongroom/ Kinky Boots
Kinky Boots struts back into the West End!
From £15 – SAVE UP TO 53% Oliver!
Experience the Olivier Award-winning family musical today!
From £25 – SAVE UP TO £41 To Kill A Mockingbird
Opens 25th June 2026
Harper Lee’s masterpiece, reimagined for London theatre
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Titanique
All aboard the Titanique!
From £25 &ndash]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/this-weeks-sale-theatre-ticket-offers-from-london-theatre-direct/Fri, 12 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/this-weeks-sale-theatre-ticket-offers-from-london-theatre-direct/ Digging the Piccadilly line – old cigarette card
Today’s London news round-up:
Serious cycling accidents have jumped in Hackney and other London boroughs, a new analysis reveals. Standard
Ealing Council has decided to pull the plug on its arms length housing venture after the scheme left it needing to make huge write-offs and delivered just 180 homes as opposed to thousands Neighbournet
Enfield Council agrees out-of-court settlement with owner of T]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-11th-june-2026/Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-11th-june-2026/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/dress-for-1066-the-bayeux-tapestry-now-has-its-own-official-scottish-tartan/Thu, 11 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/dress-for-1066-the-bayeux-tapestry-now-has-its-own-official-scottish-tartan/ During this phase, customers using the Essex-bound Platform 2 at Limehouse Station are advised that there will be no station entrance or exit access for Essex-bound services,]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/limehouse-station-platforms-to-close-in-phases-for-upgrade-works/Thu, 11 Jun 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/limehouse-station-platforms-to-close-in-phases-for-upgrade-works/ (c) ianVisits
Unveiled by Ian McKellen, the plaque at Olivier’s childhood home on Lupus Street marks the London address where Olivier first discovered a passion for acting and where the foundations of his stage and screen career were laid.
Olivier lived in the house between the ages of six and 11 while his father s]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/london-unveils-a-blue-plaque-for-sir-laurence-olivier/Thu, 11 Jun 2026 13:15:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/london-unveils-a-blue-plaque-for-sir-laurence-olivier/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/warburg-pincus-and-kkr-tap-buyers-for-uk-broadband-businesses/Wed, 10 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/warburg-pincus-and-kkr-tap-buyers-for-uk-broadband-businesses/ Embankment
Today’s London news round-up:
China accused of ‘snubbing’ judicial review over controversial London mega-embassy Jurist News
First Putney gym to win community protection now battling TfL over rent Putney News
Brent Council has been ordered to pay out £2,500 for the “distress and difficulties” it caused a mum and her three children after they were left in unsuitable housing for 10 months. Harrow Online
New powers s]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-9th-june-2026/Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-9th-june-2026/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/vodafonethree-bids-for-talktalk-consumer-business/Tue, 09 Jun 2026 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/vodafonethree-bids-for-talktalk-consumer-business/ (c) Eventim Apollo
Originally opened in 1932 and renowned for its Art Deco architecture, the Grade II*-listed venue has hosted generations of legendary music, comedy, theatre and cultural events.
There are three events – one for performers, a stage show, and one offering the backstage tours.
Centre Stage – Saturday 8th August
A rare chance for music fans to pe]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-backstage-tours-of-the-eventim-apollo/Tue, 09 Jun 2026 15:45:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-backstage-tours-of-the-eventim-apollo/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/blue-plaque-honours-east-end-anti-racism-pioneer-kamal-chunchie/Tue, 09 Jun 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/blue-plaque-honours-east-end-anti-racism-pioneer-kamal-chunchie/ (c) TfL
Produced by Art on the Underground in partnership with OUTbound, TfL’s LGBTQIA+ staff network, the free Pride Audio Tour invites Londoners to explore five artworks across the network while listening to per]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/pride-month-on-the-move-with-new-tfl-art-trail-and-audio-tour/Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/pride-month-on-the-move-with-new-tfl-art-trail-and-audio-tour/ Then there’s room after room of Marilyn. A smorgasbord of Ma]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-many-faces-of-marilyn-monroe-on-display-in-london-exhibition/Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-many-faces-of-marilyn-monroe-on-display-in-london-exhibition/ Galina Nelyubova For Unsplash+
On display will be a collection of bonsai specimens alongside treehouse designs, created by architects and designers, that are inspired by the distinct form and character of these ancient trees.
Each tree has its own story, and every treehouse design explores this year’s theme: “Together”.
Bonsai are not naturally mi]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-explore-miniature-worlds-at-londons-bonsai-treehouses-exhibition/Tue, 09 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-explore-miniature-worlds-at-londons-bonsai-treehouses-exhibition/ And wished there were some way to make it clear?
As it happens, there is.
Oddly enough, the answer comes from the way traffic behaves on motorways.
Elizabeth line’s Farringdon station in the rush hour (c) ianVisits
Drivers have long experienced the curious phenomenon of crawling through a traffic jam, ex]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/what-phantom-traffic-jams-can-teach-us-about-crowded-tube-escalators/Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/what-phantom-traffic-jams-can-teach-us-about-crowded-tube-escalators/ Bridge to Cannon Street station circa 1875
Today’s London news round-up:
Man denies causing nuisance by climbing Big Ben BBC News
TfL must use new regulatory powers granted by the government to crack down on “nuisance” e-bike parking, City Hall Labour have said. South London
The Met Police have backed down on plans to force out dozens of Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) previously tasked with enforcing red route restrictions on roads]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-8th-june-2026/Mon, 08 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-8th-june-2026/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/fancy-a-scoop-of-what-londons-strangest-ice-cream-shop-returns/Mon, 08 Jun 2026 17:15:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/fancy-a-scoop-of-what-londons-strangest-ice-cream-shop-returns/ National Gallery Summertime also aims to attract first-time visitors lo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/after-work-art-national-gallery-opens-until-7pm-throughout-summer/Mon, 08 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/after-work-art-national-gallery-opens-until-7pm-throughout-summer/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bouygues-telecom-consortium-agrees-to-buy-patrick-drahis-sfr-for-2035bn/Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:16:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bouygues-telecom-consortium-agrees-to-buy-patrick-drahis-sfr-for-2035bn/ According to Unite the Union, over 300 bus drivers will be on strike in a dispute over long shifts without breaks, insufficient time between shifts, and increased weekend work.
These routes are affected]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/five-day-bus-strike-to-disrupt-seven-east-london-routes-next-week/Sat, 06 Jun 2026 09:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/five-day-bus-strike-to-disrupt-seven-east-london-routes-next-week/ (c) Crystal Palace Park Trust
The oversized stone sculpture, which had stood for many years on a rather unappealing brick plinth near the sports ground, has now been installed on a newly constructed plinth overlooking the landscape Paxton himself]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/giant-joseph-paxton-bust-restored-to-its-original-crystal-palace-location/Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/giant-joseph-paxton-bust-restored-to-its-original-crystal-palace-location/ Proposed extension route (c) TfL
For the extension, a new station will be built at Beckton Riverside, with two tunnels under the River Thames linking to another new station at Thamesmead.  Previous consultations on the plans came, unsurprisingly, overwhelmingly in favour of a rail link, and this final stage is looking at more detailed plans for th]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/first-images-unveiled-of-future-thamesmead-dlr-station/Fri, 05 Jun 2026 13:15:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/first-images-unveiled-of-future-thamesmead-dlr-station/ Its significance is difficult to overstate.
Not only did it help fuel the religious upheavals that t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/one-of-the-worlds-rarest-bibles-goes-on-display-at-st-pauls-cathedral/Fri, 05 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/one-of-the-worlds-rarest-bibles-goes-on-display-at-st-pauls-cathedral/ Unit 345071 testing at Derby Litchurch Lane Works (c) Alstom
Built by Alstom at its Litchurch Lane Works, the nine-carriage train has completed assembly and is now running on the factory’s test track for final checks before moving to London for a programme of trials on the national rail network and the Elizabeth lin]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/first-of-10-new-elizabeth-line-trains-rolls-off-derby-production-line/Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/first-of-10-new-elizabeth-line-trains-rolls-off-derby-production-line/ And, topically, they’re football-themed, as each lion/lioness is resting a paw on a football.
The trail runs until 10th August and stretches across Westminster and Victoria. Two of the lions seemed to be missing, un]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/a-pride-of-painted-lions-has-arrived-in-london/Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/a-pride-of-painted-lions-has-arrived-in-london/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/advantage-passengers-as-barons-court-tube-station-reopens-all-four-platforms/Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/advantage-passengers-as-barons-court-tube-station-reopens-all-four-platforms/ K&C Council’s bike pound
The council says that enforcement activity has intensified this year, with their staff seizing more than 1,200 e-bikes during the first five months of 2026 alone. That follows the removal of a further 1,315 bikes during 2025, bringing the total number sei]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/council-seizes-2500-obstructive-rental-e-bikes-from-borough-streets/Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/council-seizes-2500-obstructive-rental-e-bikes-from-borough-streets/ Cheapside looking east
Today’s London news round-up:
Calls for City Hall to do more to incentivise housebuilding in London as slowdown continues Enfield Dispatch
Greenwich Council will finally introduce an initial 29 parking bays for Lime bikes – and is set to sign an agreement so Forest bike users will have to use them too. Greenwich Wire
A derelict garage site in Southall is set to be transformed into four family homes under plans announced by Ea]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-3rd-june-2026/Wed, 03 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-3rd-june-2026/ Cross-passage door test-installation within the Chiltern Tunnel (c) HS2
A total of 300 cross-passage doors will eventually be installed in HS2’s tunnels, linking the northbound and southbound bores and providing emergency access routes between them. The 60kg doors are designed to withstand the pressure chan]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/new-photos-show-hs2s-first-tunnel-safety-door-being-installed/Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/new-photos-show-hs2s-first-tunnel-safety-door-being-installed/ Now housed in a grand building off The Mall, they hold public talks, but also their annual science exhibition.
This yea]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-late-openings-at-the-royal-societys-annual-science-exhibition/Wed, 03 Jun 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-late-openings-at-the-royal-societys-annual-science-exhibition/ As an exhibition, it’s a mix of sculptures, paintings and photography.
It opens weakly though, whi]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/jack-white-these-thoughts-may-disappear/Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/jack-white-these-thoughts-may-disappear/ Greenwich Royal Observatory (c) ianVisits
Usually, tickets to the hilltop attraction cost £24 for adults and £12 for children, but on Tuesdays in June, everyone can visit for a flat rate of £10 per person.
Perched above Greenwich Park, the Royal Observatory is one of London’s most significant scientific landmarks. It is the home of]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/royal-observatory-offering-less-than-half-price-tickets-in-june/Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/royal-observatory-offering-less-than-half-price-tickets-in-june/ Due to open]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/quentin-blakes-125-million-museum-of-illustrations-opens-its-doors/Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/quentin-blakes-125-million-museum-of-illustrations-opens-its-doors/ (The) Strand
A homeless man who lived around the side of Sainsburys Putney for years has died from heatstroke in the heatwave Putney News
How Lime removed restrictions to let Deliveroo riders go at full speed through London’s parks London Centric
The row over the fate of three park cafes on Hampstead Heath could see a decision within days. Kilburn Times
Work is underway on more than 650 new homes as part of Barking Riverside’s expanding neighbourho]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-2nd-june-2026/Tue, 02 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-2nd-june-2026/ (c) Westminster Rooftop Terrace Bar
The rooftop bar is on top of The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, the grand terracotta and brick building on the corner of Parliament Square between the Supreme Court and the Treasury. Sitting up top, it offers pretty much uninterrupted views across to Parliament and Westminster Abbey.
Entry is £15 per person and includes a welcome gl]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/rooftop-bar-overlooking-parliament-reopens-for-the-summer/Tue, 02 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/rooftop-bar-overlooking-parliament-reopens-for-the-summer/ 1 Undershaft in the city cluster (c) Dbox
What was to be called 1 Understaft, for the simple reason that is its address, is now to be known as One London – because that’s the sort of branding that marketing people think is a good idea.
It also means that the address will be more complicated as One London, 1 Undersh]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tallest-biggest-blandest-future-city-skyscraper-renamed-to-one-london/Tue, 02 Jun 2026 15:11:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tallest-biggest-blandest-future-city-skyscraper-renamed-to-one-london/ All it needed was the smell of cigarettes a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/lost-music-venues-review-the-vampa-recreates-the-sticky-floored-magic-of-a-night-out/Tue, 02 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/lost-music-venues-review-the-vampa-recreates-the-sticky-floored-magic-of-a-night-out/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/uk-would-block-indian-billionaire-raising-bt-stake/Thu, 28 May 2026 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/uk-would-block-indian-billionaire-raising-bt-stake/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/biggest-uk-mobile-groups-suffer-worst-year-of-customer-losses/Sun, 24 May 2026 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/biggest-uk-mobile-groups-suffer-worst-year-of-customer-losses/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bt-is-finally-getting-on-top-of-its-altnet-threat/Thu, 21 May 2026 19:26:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bt-is-finally-getting-on-top-of-its-altnet-threat/ View of the development site – source: planning documents
The plot of land sits between the tube station and a former ten-storey office building, which has been converted into housing. The new housing development would sit on the former office car park.
Site outline over Google maps
The development would see seven new blocks constructed around the exis]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/application-made-for-882-new-homes-next-to-sudbury-hill-tube-station/Thu, 21 May 2026 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/application-made-for-882-new-homes-next-to-sudbury-hill-tube-station/ So parents]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/government-cuts-vat-on-family-attraction-tickets-for-the-summer-holidays/Thu, 21 May 2026 14:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/government-cuts-vat-on-family-attraction-tickets-for-the-summer-holidays/ And naturall]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/touch-ancient-poo-at-the-natural-history-museums-jurassic-sea-monsters-exhibition/Thu, 21 May 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/touch-ancient-poo-at-the-natural-history-museums-jurassic-sea-monsters-exhibition/ London’s Floden may originate from Fladen. Photo by Christian Michelides CC BY-SA 4.0
The dish, known as floden, will be cooked up from an ancient recipe during Milk, Memory and Cheesecake – organised by the Jewish Square Mile Foundation and Shoreditch Trust, running at The]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/forgotten-medieval-pie-recipe-revived-in-the-city-of-london/Thu, 21 May 2026 11:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/forgotten-medieval-pie-recipe-revived-in-the-city-of-london/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bt-chief-warns-ai-boom-will-push-up-mobile-phone-prices/Thu, 21 May 2026 10:47:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bt-chief-warns-ai-boom-will-push-up-mobile-phone-prices/ The weekend marks 75 years since the Trinidad All Steel Percussion Orchestra (TASPO) performed live on the South Bank during the Festival of Britain in 1951 – widely regarded as the first steel band performance in the UK.
A steelband in Trinidad and Tobago by Kip1234 CC BY-SA 4.0
Across 25th and 26th July 2026, th]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/one-of-the-uks-biggest-steel-pan-gatherings-is-coming-to-the-south-bank/Thu, 21 May 2026 10:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/one-of-the-uks-biggest-steel-pan-gatherings-is-coming-to-the-south-bank/ (c) Department for Transport (DfT)
The rebranded Class 387 train is operated by Southern and was officially unveiled at Brighton ahead of Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) joining the growing publicly owned rail network on 31st May.
For the spotters – it’s number 387172, which you can track on RealTi]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/southern-train-becomes-the-first-to-use-great-british-railways-colours/Thu, 21 May 2026 09:15:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/southern-train-becomes-the-first-to-use-great-british-railways-colours/ That was until this morning, when the Rail Minister, Lord Hendy, revealed that the original plan was for HS2 to effectively invent a brand-new automatic train-operating signalling system t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/hs2s-original-plan-relied-on-a-railway-signalling-system-that-didnt-exist/Thu, 21 May 2026 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/hs2s-original-plan-relied-on-a-railway-signalling-system-that-didnt-exist/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-benefits-of-an-investment-bubble/Thu, 21 May 2026 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-benefits-of-an-investment-bubble/ (c) Alexander Dennis
Alexander Dennis has supplied 13 electric Enviro100EV buses to Go-Ahead London for Transport for London’s Route 322, which switched to the new operator on 25th April. The buses are now running every 15 minutes from Go-Ahead London’s Sydenham Garage on the route linking Crystal Palace with Clapham Common.
The new arri]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/go-ahead-introduces-electric-buses-on-london-bus-route-322/Wed, 20 May 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/go-ahead-introduces-electric-buses-on-london-bus-route-322/ Recently restored station frontage (c) ianVisits
A major £ 40 million upgrade of the station was put on hold last year, so £5 million of interim upgrades have been agreed instead.
A ‘hidden’ corner of Peckham Rye station’s booking hall will be revealed for the first time in 30 years as part of the works, creating more space for c]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/peckham-rye-station-upgrade-works-to-start-next-month/Wed, 20 May 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/peckham-rye-station-upgrade-works-to-start-next-month/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/dean-martins-shoe-size-the-city-of-londons-curious-american-connections/Wed, 20 May 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/dean-martins-shoe-size-the-city-of-londons-curious-american-connections/ (c) London Northwestern Railway
On Friday 22nd May and Saturday 23rd May a very limited service will be in operation on the LNR network due to strike action by members of the TSSA union. Passengers are advised to only travel if necessary as trains will only run on a small number of routes.
Services on both dates will]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/euston-station-rail-strike-warning-as-london-northwestern-railway-cuts-services-for-two-days/Sun, 17 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/euston-station-rail-strike-warning-as-london-northwestern-railway-cuts-services-for-two-days/ According to the blurb, the artist creates “multisensory immersive environments that invite us to convene with the earth and reorient our relationship to land” and we’re told that visitors &]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/giant-mud-doughnut-lands-at-the-barbican-and-yes-its-art/Fri, 15 May 2026 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/giant-mud-doughnut-lands-at-the-barbican-and-yes-its-art/ St. Leonards Court air raid shelter (c) ianVisits
To build the shelter, the lawn in front of the flats was excavated, and it seems likely that the excavated soil was then piled on top to create additional protection, as there’s a wall and a deep hedge running around the site today.
While usually locked, the local]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-visit-mortlakes-wwii-air-raid-shelter/Fri, 15 May 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-visit-mortlakes-wwii-air-raid-shelter/ London Colosseum concept (c) Chybik + Kristof Architects
If built, the arena will serve as the permanent European home for a new National Basketball Association (NBA) franchise and will also be positioned as a destination for boxing, international esports, and gaming competitions.
With the NBA planning a new Europe-based league expected to]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/stratford-tipped-for-huge-new-sports-and-esports-arena/Fri, 15 May 2026 10:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/stratford-tipped-for-huge-new-sports-and-esports-arena/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/new-funding-scheme-aims-to-help-londoners-retrain-without-quitting-work/Fri, 15 May 2026 01:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/new-funding-scheme-aims-to-help-londoners-retrain-without-quitting-work/ Screenshot of the National Gallery Google Arts and Culture Virtual Tour
Previous online tours on the gallery’s website only covered eight rooms, but now every picture room in the gallery can be explored online, offering a Vicarious Visit through the museum’s bicentenary redisplay.
The virtual experience of]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/national-gallerys-virtual-tour-grows-from-eight-rooms-to-the-entire-museum/Thu, 14 May 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/national-gallerys-virtual-tour-grows-from-eight-rooms-to-the-entire-museum/ A very empty Oxford Street – Christmas Day 2008 (c) ianVisits
As part of plans to create a Mayoral Development Area (MDA) around Oxford Street, in September 2025, the Mayor approved the designation of Oxford Street and several side streets as GLA Roads – and hence managed by Transport for London (TfL) rather than Westminster Council.
The Mayor]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/sadiq-khan-approves-extra-6m-for-oxford-street-pedestrianisation-plans/Thu, 14 May 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/sadiq-khan-approves-extra-6m-for-oxford-street-pedestrianisation-plans/ Work on]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/first-steels-installed-for-leyton-tube-stations-step-free-upgrade/Thu, 14 May 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/first-steels-installed-for-leyton-tube-stations-step-free-upgrade/ c2c and Greater Anglia trains at Liverpool Street (c) ianVisits
The new structure sees the management of the two train companies, c2c and Greater Anglia, combined with Network Rail Anglia, bringing track and train operations closer together under one management team for the first time in the region.
Railway managers say the unified structure should allow fas]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/great-british-railways-takes-shape-as-east-of-england-rail-operators-merge-management/Thu, 14 May 2026 01:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/great-british-railways-takes-shape-as-east-of-england-rail-operators-merge-management/ The Trafalgar pub (c) Three Cheers Pub Co
The Trafalgar, described as the first new pub to open on King’s Road in more than 100 years, is launching a weekday “£5 Pour” promotion aimed at attracting after-work customers during a period of rising living costs.
The pub says the offer will run Mond]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/chelsea-pub-responds-to-rising-living-costs-with-5-after-work-drinks-deal/Wed, 13 May 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/chelsea-pub-responds-to-rising-living-costs-with-5-after-work-drinks-deal/ Eleanor Saum – Atilla the Hen, Dolly, Billie, Matilda
The British Hen Welfare Trust, founded by Jane Howorth, rehomes ex-commercial laying hens at the end of their laying cycle, usually when they are about 18 months old. Instead of ending up as chicken nuggets, the hens get the chance to enjoy a more peaceful retirement, scratching around in people’s gard]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/clucking-good-volunteers-wanted-for-rescued-hen-scheme-near-redbridge/Wed, 13 May 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/clucking-good-volunteers-wanted-for-rescued-hen-scheme-near-redbridge/ The disused railway in Camden (c) Camden Highline
Camden Highline ground level view visualisation (c) Hayes Davidson
Although the organisers of the Camden Highline project said that most of the issues had been factored into its project, they said that the emerging 2026 energy shock represents a fur]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/iran-war-blamed-as-camden-highline-railway-project-stalls/Wed, 13 May 2026 13:15:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/iran-war-blamed-as-camden-highline-railway-project-stalls/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/plague-warnings-miracle-cures-and-political-panic-on-display-in-free-london-exhibition/Wed, 13 May 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/plague-warnings-miracle-cures-and-political-panic-on-display-in-free-london-exhibition/ The shutdown will affect both London Charing Cross and Waterloo East stations from Sunday 26th July to Sunday 16th August 2026, along with some additional weekend closures either side of the main works.
Charing Cross station (c) ianVisits
During the closure, no trains will serve either station whil]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/charing-cross-station-to-shut-for-three-weeks-this-summer-in-20m-rail-upgrade/Wed, 13 May 2026 10:45:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/charing-cross-station-to-shut-for-three-weeks-this-summer-in-20m-rail-upgrade/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/one-leadenhall-londons-new-free-roof-terrace-overlooking-leadenhall-market/Wed, 13 May 2026 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/one-leadenhall-londons-new-free-roof-terrace-overlooking-leadenhall-market/ Site overlay in red on Google maps
The light industrial site runs in a narrow wedge to the Thames and sits alongside Lyle Park, which will receive a £1 million improvement funded by the developer. That will see the park significantly revamped and made more accessible to the two housing developments on either side.
Lyle Park (c) Allies & Morrison
In ad]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/1600-new-homes-to-be-built-next-to-west-silvertown-dlr-station/Tue, 12 May 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/1600-new-homes-to-be-built-next-to-west-silvertown-dlr-station/ Beerfest 2024 (c) ianVisits
Beerfest takes place in Guildhall Yard in July and will feature 13 brewers offering 55 beers, along with street food stalls.
Tickets for City Beerfest are offered at a 20% discount if bought before 11th June 2026.
Individual Beer Package: £16 includes four beer tokens (four half pints), and one City Beerfest glass.
Group Offer – 10 beer packa]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/early-bird-discount-tickets-for-the-city-of-londons-annual-beer-festival/Tue, 12 May 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/early-bird-discount-tickets-for-the-city-of-londons-annual-beer-festival/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/rare-elizabeth-i-portraits-go-on-free-display-in-central-london/Tue, 12 May 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/rare-elizabeth-i-portraits-go-on-free-display-in-central-london/ £9 for mid-distance to & from London
£12 for long-distance to & from LondonFor example, a trip to Portsmouth, Southampton, or Salisbury is &p]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/south-western-railway-launches-6-ticket-sale-for-may-half-term-trips/Sat, 09 May 2026 14:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/south-western-railway-launches-6-ticket-sale-for-may-half-term-trips/ The government isn’t buying the train companies, but is allowing their existing management contracts to expire and folding them into a separate]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/chiltern-and-great-western-railways-to-be-nationalised-later-this-year/Sat, 09 May 2026 10:12:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/chiltern-and-great-western-railways-to-be-nationalised-later-this-year/ While most people visiting come for the free views, you should]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/wisteria-has-taken-over-one-of-londons-best-free-roof-gardens/Fri, 08 May 2026 17:16:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/wisteria-has-taken-over-one-of-londons-best-free-roof-gardens/ Chelsea in Bloom 2025 (c) ianVisits
A free tie-in with the paid-for Chelsea Flower Show, Chelsea in Bloom, and its Belgravia partner offers local residents and businesses a chance to showcase some often remarkably ornate decorative displays. And the whole lot is free to see.
Chelsea in Bloom 2025 (c) ianVisits
Mostly created for]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-largest-free-flower-show-returns-later-this-month/Fri, 08 May 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-largest-free-flower-show-returns-later-this-month/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/ancient-law-requires-a-bale-of-straw-to-hang-from-blackfriars-bridge/Fri, 08 May 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/ancient-law-requires-a-bale-of-straw-to-hang-from-blackfriars-bridge/ © & ™ Lucasfilm Ltd
A note for Star Wars purists – these are likely to be the 1997 remastered versions.
Star Wars: A New HopeThursday 29th April at 7:30pm
Saturday 1st May at 2pmStar]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-watch-star-wars-with-live-music-at-the-royal-albert-hall/Fri, 08 May 2026 10:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-watch-star-wars-with-live-music-at-the-royal-albert-hall/ Euston Station (c) Network Rail
Wiring above the railway was damaged on Thursday (7th May), but due to the complexity of the damage, repairs are likely to continue throughout Friday (8th May).
As a result, Network Rail says an amended timetable on the West Coast Mainline affecting Avanti and London Nor]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/euston-rail-disruption-to-continue-all-day-after-overhead-wire-damage/Fri, 08 May 2026 08:39:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/euston-rail-disruption-to-continue-all-day-after-overhead-wire-damage/ (c) English Heritage
The object is a rare Chinese-style carpet, which was probably commissioned by the millionaires Stephen and Virginia Courtauld for the modern extension they built next to Eltham Palace in the 1930s. However, in May 1944, they moved out and passed the lease to the Army Educational Corps. During that time and in subsequent years,]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/historic-chinese-carpet-returns-to-eltham-palace-after-wartime-disappearance/Fri, 08 May 2026 07:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/historic-chinese-carpet-returns-to-eltham-palace-after-wartime-disappearance/ The “courtroom” in Mansion House (c) ianVisits
The chancellor faced that possibility, as her role includes serving as Master of the Mint and ensuring that the coins are good and trustworthy. Each year, batches of the previous year’s coins are tested for]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-kings-remembrancer-has-delivered-the-verdict-of-the-pyx/Thu, 07 May 2026 17:02:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-kings-remembrancer-has-delivered-the-verdict-of-the-pyx/ (c) Mayfield Lavender Farm
New for this year are flexible ‘Anyday Tickets’, which allow visitors to attend on a day of their choice without being tied to a specific date.
The entry-level package gives access to the farm’s 25 acres of lavender, café, shop, Potting Station and museum, as well as RRR education and free lavender]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/mayfields-lavender-farm-reopens-to-the-public-next-month/Thu, 07 May 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/mayfields-lavender-farm-reopens-to-the-public-next-month/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bt-is-back-as-telecoms-group-revives-its-consumer-brand/Thu, 07 May 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bt-is-back-as-telecoms-group-revives-its-consumer-brand/ She secured a place at Cambridge, but as a woman, she was not eligible to receive a degree, so she left for the United States. Payne-Gapo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/blue-plaque-honours-astronomer-who-discovered-what-stars-are-made-of/Thu, 07 May 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/blue-plaque-honours-astronomer-who-discovered-what-stars-are-made-of/ The original Leicester Square
This is Penshurst – a tiny picturesque village in Kent, where the dominant activity is looking after a grand manor house next door, and it was the manorial lords who built the first Leicester Square.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/a-day-trip-to-penshurst-and-the-original-leicester-square/Thu, 07 May 2026 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/a-day-trip-to-penshurst-and-the-original-leicester-square/ Source: Planning documents
It will however be, legally at least a temporary pocket park, as the site is safeguarded for or waterborne freight-handling use, so the park has to be designed to be removable at a later date if a freight company wants the land.
The site, Cremorne Wharf, is a short walk from the old Lots Road power station and had been a warehouse with a jetty for river de]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/hidden-chelsea-wharf-set-for-pop-up-pocket-park-by-the-thames/Wed, 06 May 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/hidden-chelsea-wharf-set-for-pop-up-pocket-park-by-the-thames/ He’s obviously successful, and yet I had never ever heard of him. I may not have an in-depth finger on the pulse of the fashion w]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/temple-nigo-design-museum-show-feels-more-like-brand-showcase-than-exhibition/Wed, 06 May 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/temple-nigo-design-museum-show-feels-more-like-brand-showcase-than-exhibition/ (c) TfL
The latest update means that people using pay-as-you-go contactless can now see in the app when they have reached a daily or weekly fare cap. TfL says this should make it easier for passengers to understand how much they are being charged for travel.
Users can also choose to receive information about which daily fare cap]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfl-go-app-update-adds-live-bus-tracking-and-fare-cap-alerts/Wed, 06 May 2026 11:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfl-go-app-update-adds-live-bus-tracking-and-fare-cap-alerts/ Harry Styles. Photo by Laura Coulson.
That means no frantic refreshing of ticket pages and no need to pay inflated resale prices – everyone who enters the draw will have an equal chance of securing tickets.
The one-night-only concert will see Styles teaming up with the Jules Buckley Orche]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/southbank-centre-launches-20-prize-draw-for-harry-styles-concert-tickets/Wed, 06 May 2026 10:34:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/southbank-centre-launches-20-prize-draw-for-harry-styles-concert-tickets/ This is the Church of the Holy Innocents, High Beach, and it sits right in the middle of Epping Forest.Although it looks pretty old, it’s actually only 153 years old, as it was constructed around 1873 and paid for by the banker, Thomas Baring to replace a smaller church a bit further aw]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/coffee-and-cake-served-at-the-knives-out-church-in-epping-forest/Wed, 06 May 2026 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/coffee-and-cake-served-at-the-knives-out-church-in-epping-forest/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/vodafones-slow-burn-strategy-is-starting-to-pay-off/Wed, 06 May 2026 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/vodafones-slow-burn-strategy-is-starting-to-pay-off/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/vodafone-to-take-full-control-of-uk-mobile-operator-in-43bn-deal/Tue, 05 May 2026 07:50:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/vodafone-to-take-full-control-of-uk-mobile-operator-in-43bn-deal/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/private-equity-firms-face-reckoning-as-31bn-broadband-push-turns-sour/Tue, 05 May 2026 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/private-equity-firms-face-reckoning-as-31bn-broadband-push-turns-sour/ Our Story with David Attenborough (c) Natural History Museum
The five-minute video has been created for Outernet, drawing from the Natural History Museum’s full fifty-minute video show.
Created in collaboration with Sir David, the production team at Open Planet Studios and the Natural History Museum, the spectacle combines animation and real-world footage as Sir David explores th]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/sir-david-attenborough-takes-over-outernets-giant-screens-this-may/Fri, 01 May 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/sir-david-attenborough-takes-over-outernets-giant-screens-this-may/ In their newsletter, the MCR Hotels team says that they plan to create “A hotel-led, mixed-use scheme that celebrates the Tower’s heritage, complements Fitzrovia’s historic character, creates publicly accessible space, and delivers meaningful placemaking and e]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bt-tower-to-reopen-its-top-floor-to-the-public-under-new-hotel-plans/Fri, 01 May 2026 14:20:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bt-tower-to-reopen-its-top-floor-to-the-public-under-new-hotel-plans/ The exhibition, around the back of the skating arena, fea]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/southbank-skate-culture-gets-its-own-undercroft-exhibition-after-50-years/Fri, 01 May 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/southbank-skate-culture-gets-its-own-undercroft-exhibition-after-50-years/ The TBM being pushed up to the tunnel starting site in March 2026 (c) HS2
The first machine, TBM Madeleine, was launched from the Old Oak Common site on 26th January 2026, followed by TBM Karen on 16th March 2026. The two machines are boring the “upline” a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/deep-below-london-hs2s-twin-tunnels-advance-towards-euston-station/Fri, 01 May 2026 12:21:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/deep-below-london-hs2s-twin-tunnels-advance-towards-euston-station/ The Mousetrap
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Brainiac Live!
Safety goggles on, ti]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/this-weeks-discounted-theatre-ticket-offers-from-london-theatre-direct/Fri, 01 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/this-weeks-discounted-theatre-ticket-offers-from-london-theatre-direct/ Exterior of 575 Wandsworth Road (c) ianVisits
This outwardly unremarkable terraced house was bought in 1981 by a Kenyan-born writer, Khadambi Asalache, who, almost by accident, turned it into a house so important that its interior has been preserved for future generations.
When Asalache moved in, he decided to clad the damp basement wall with some well-seasoned floorboards he]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-visit-the-remarkable-carved-house-at-575-wandsworth-road/Thu, 30 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-visit-the-remarkable-carved-house-at-575-wandsworth-road/ The London International Cruise Terminal is holding its annual community open day, during which the main 1930s terminal building next to the Thames will be open to the public.
Candidly, it’s not that amazing a building inside, and will be very much filled up with community stalls and tables, but there ar]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/free-open-day-at-tilbury-cruise-terminal-and-a-parliamentary-bus-service/Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/free-open-day-at-tilbury-cruise-terminal-and-a-parliamentary-bus-service/ (c) Southeastern
The technology allows passengers to see exactly how their journey is affected – including whether a train is earlier, later or cancelled – via tailored messages on station screens and announcements.
Previously]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/southeastern-introduces-real-time-explanations-for-disrupted-and-altered-services/Thu, 30 Apr 2026 14:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/southeastern-introduces-real-time-explanations-for-disrupted-and-altered-services/ Altho]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/cork-maps-and-clean-air-walls-a-peek-inside-ucls-built-environment-experiments/Thu, 30 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/cork-maps-and-clean-air-walls-a-peek-inside-ucls-built-environment-experiments/ The stone is for the Panto character.
Sitting next to a busy road, the stone is claimed to be the spot where the pantomime Whittington heard the bells of London calling him back to seek his fortune.
It also has a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/panto-meets-preservation-as-whittingtons-stone-gets-a-fresh-polish/Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/panto-meets-preservation-as-whittingtons-stone-gets-a-fresh-polish/ (c) Science Gallery
And, sad to say, the announcement will probably be met with a collective shrug, as it was always rather awkward to explain quite what it was trying to achieve.
Although the exhibitions were always free, they struggled frankly. Not quite arty enough to be an art gallery, but not enough science to appeal to that audience either.
Some worked, but few.
But at least they tried. Too many p]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/science-gallery-london-to-close-down-later-this-year/Wed, 29 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/science-gallery-london-to-close-down-later-this-year/ IFS Cloud took over sponsorship of the cable car in 2022, initially for 2 years, with the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-dangleway-drops-sponsor-as-the-cable-car-is-rebranded/Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:25:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-dangleway-drops-sponsor-as-the-cable-car-is-rebranded/ The current appearance (c) ianVisits
The proposed appearance (c) Soho Estates / MATT Architecture
The corner, long home to the Burger King outlet, and several buildings along the small side streets behind could be redeveloped into a new venue, and externally, the most distinctive change will be the huge wraparound video screens.
The development is being led by the local land]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/leicester-squares-burger-king-corner-lined-up-for-video-screen-makeover/Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/leicester-squares-burger-king-corner-lined-up-for-video-screen-makeover/ However, at the same time, they’ve quietly extended the Fashion Gallery’s closure.
The Fashion Gallery closed in April 2025 for refurbishment and was due to reopen about nowish. However, eagle-eyed observers might notice that the reopening date has been pushed back significantly to Autumn]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/vamparsquos-fashion-gallery-reopening-slips-to-2028-as-it-closes-south-asia-gallery-for-refurbishment/Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/vamparsquos-fashion-gallery-reopening-slips-to-2028-as-it-closes-south-asia-gallery-for-refurbishment/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-horniman-museums-free-125th-birthday-garden-fete/Mon, 27 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-horniman-museums-free-125th-birthday-garden-fete/ (c) 10:10 Climate Action
Announced last week by the Energy Secretary, Ed Miliband, the government wants to tap into its own land bank to create space for renewable energy generation, suggesting that at least 10GW of additional capacity could be generated.
In a speech, he said that the government is “going to harness untapped public assets, from rail]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/railways-could-become-britains-hidden-battery-network/Mon, 27 Apr 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/railways-could-become-britains-hidden-battery-network/ Over a series of weekly sessions, they were introduced to the core principles of stage design, from researching a text and]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/inside-the-set-national-theatre-students-stage-design-exhibition-opens/Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/inside-the-set-national-theatre-students-stage-design-exhibition-opens/ Cross passage with waterpoof lining applied (c) HS2
The short tunnels are spaced out along the route of the railway tunnel, and provide passenger and staff access between the two main railway tunnels, should they be needed in an emergency.
The two main railway tunnels run for 8.4 miles between West Ruislip and Victoria Road in Ealing, just beyond the n]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/deep-beneath-london-hs2-crews-finish-hand-dug-tunnel-connections/Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/deep-beneath-london-hs2-crews-finish-hand-dug-tunnel-connections/ The Dukes of Norfolk are better known as the Howard family, which indirectly provided two wives to King Henry VIII. After falling from favour in 1546, Norfolk was str]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-alleys-norfolk-row-lambeth-se1/Mon, 27 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-alleys-norfolk-row-lambeth-se1/ There is a £79.99]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/ballot-opens-to-run-the-london-marathon-2027/Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/ballot-opens-to-run-the-london-marathon-2027/ LNER at Edinburgh Waverley station (c) LNER
The Flying Scotsman is both a famous steam locomotive but there’s also a named train service using the same name.
The Flying Scotsman service, which operates between Edinburgh and London, was created in 1862 as the Special Scotch Express, but was soon nicknam]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/flying-scotsman-train-service-to-regain-london-departure-after-15-year-gap/Fri, 24 Apr 2026 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/flying-scotsman-train-service-to-regain-london-departure-after-15-year-gap/ That’s one of the odder side effects of ageing that’s ex]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-silver-cups-to-social-care-exhibition-explores-the-realities-of-ageing/Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-silver-cups-to-social-care-exhibition-explores-the-realities-of-ageing/ Photo Alan Parkinson
Luxart is a site-specific Luminarium created by Alan Parkinson for Battersea Power Station and will be composed of softly glowing chambers you can explore. Visitors will step inside the Green Dome, a 6.5-metre-high chamber, before wandering around the rest of the structure’s various chambers and corridors.
The Luminarium LUXART will be at the B]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-giant-inflatable-luminarium-to-pop-up-at-battersea-power-station/Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-giant-inflatable-luminarium-to-pop-up-at-battersea-power-station/ New RIver Head buildings (c) ianVisits
The museum, housed in an old industrial building, was originally expected to open in 2022, but was pushed back and is now expected to open in May 2026. They’ve now confirmed that the opening date will be Friday 5th June 2026, with three exhibitions, a cafe, shop, gardens, and free spaces, including a Library and Crea]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/quentin-blake-centre-for-illustration-confirms-its-opening-date/Thu, 23 Apr 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/quentin-blake-centre-for-illustration-confirms-its-opening-date/ A previous example at Cairns Botanic gardens. Photo by David Clode on Unsplash
Titan arum, also known as the corpse flower, has an incredibly foul smell of rotten flesh when in bloom, which evolved to attract pollinators that love to feed and breed on flesh. It’s also a huge plant, so if the smell isn’t enough of a lure]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/smelliest-plant-on-earth-about-to-flower-at-kew-for-just-a-couple-of-days/Thu, 23 Apr 2026 14:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/smelliest-plant-on-earth-about-to-flower-at-kew-for-just-a-couple-of-days/ The spoon and forks only became popular for use at the dinner table in the late 16th century and as it was a rich person&rsqu]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-rise-of-the-fork-london-exhibition-looks-at-600-years-of-cutlery-design/Thu, 23 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-rise-of-the-fork-london-exhibition-looks-at-600-years-of-cutlery-design/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/deutsche-telekom-boss-braces-for-battle-to-land-us-mega-merger/Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:41:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/deutsche-telekom-boss-braces-for-battle-to-land-us-mega-merger/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-qeii-garden-built-from-its-own-ruins-opens-in-regents-park/Thu, 23 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-qeii-garden-built-from-its-own-ruins-opens-in-regents-park/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/drahis-20bn-sfr-deal-is-a-masterclass-in-hardball-negotiation/Wed, 22 Apr 2026 19:07:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/drahis-20bn-sfr-deal-is-a-masterclass-in-hardball-negotiation/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/deutsche-telekom-examines-merger-with-t-mobile-us/Tue, 21 Apr 2026 23:49:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/deutsche-telekom-examines-merger-with-t-mobile-us/ The Library has its origins in the work of Dr Alfre]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/holocaust-archive-in-central-london-gets-green-light-for-major-expansion/Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/holocaust-archive-in-central-london-gets-green-light-for-major-expansion/ Transport for London (TfL) has now co]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/west-londons-a40-westway-to-reopen-tonight-after-month-long-closure/Tue, 21 Apr 2026 13:21:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/west-londons-a40-westway-to-reopen-tonight-after-month-long-closure/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/when-mayfair-went-red-how-the-wallace-collection-supported-soviet-russia/Tue, 21 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/when-mayfair-went-red-how-the-wallace-collection-supported-soviet-russia/ A bit of history, because the DLR has often been shown with separated lines – but over time those lines have periodically faded and reemerged.
When the DLR first opened in]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/seven-shades-of-green-the-dlrs-quietly-complicated-network/Tue, 21 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/seven-shades-of-green-the-dlrs-quietly-complicated-network/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/eqt-and-omers-offer-to-lift-funding-for-broadband-group-deutsche-glasfaser-to-5bn/Tue, 21 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/eqt-and-omers-offer-to-lift-funding-for-broadband-group-deutsche-glasfaser-to-5bn/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/historic-smithfield-annexe-to-reopen-as-food-market/Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:35:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/historic-smithfield-annexe-to-reopen-as-food-market/ There will also be a street-food market (for humans) at the zoo, plus a bar and drinks.
Early bird offer:]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-adults-only-evenings-at-london-zoo/Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-adults-only-evenings-at-london-zoo/ But once a month from May to October, you can step into their private space and through a small d]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-400-year-old-kedermister-library-has-confirmed-its-2026-opening-dates/Mon, 20 Apr 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-400-year-old-kedermister-library-has-confirmed-its-2026-opening-dates/ A timeline puts things into context, and the exhibition wall is mainly photos from the year, including quite a few yo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/oasis-spice-girls-and-nokia-remembering-1996-at-the-barbican/Mon, 20 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/oasis-spice-girls-and-nokia-remembering-1996-at-the-barbican/ The fi]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-alleys-park-place-west-paddington-w2/Mon, 20 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-alleys-park-place-west-paddington-w2/ The poppy factory was first opened on the Old Kent Road in 1922, but just three years later it moved to a larger building in Richmond. Opened in 1926 took over a former bottling factory for the nearby Richmond Brewery, and built flats for the disabled servicemen]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/centenary-tours-of-the-poppy-factory/Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/centenary-tours-of-the-poppy-factory/ Among the sketches on display are two tentative pencil drawings for scenes that never made it into the finished 192]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/winnie-the-pooh-at-100-rare-sketches-go-on-show-in-mayfair/Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/winnie-the-pooh-at-100-rare-sketches-go-on-show-in-mayfair/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/french-telecoms-groups-in-advanced-talks-over-20bn-deal-for-drahis-sfr/Fri, 17 Apr 2026 08:21:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/french-telecoms-groups-in-advanced-talks-over-20bn-deal-for-drahis-sfr/ Between Monday 11th May and Sunday 26th July, trains towards Putney will not call at Wandsworth Town, between 11am and 2pm on , Monday to Thursday. Customers will need]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/fewer-trains-to-call-at-wandsworth-town-station-during-step-free-upgrade-works/Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/fewer-trains-to-call-at-wandsworth-town-station-during-step-free-upgrade-works/ And in 1932, they set up a factory in East Tilbury.
But not just]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/how-a-shoe-firm-built-a-modernist-town-in-essex-and-the-exhibition-telling-its-story/Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/how-a-shoe-firm-built-a-modernist-town-in-essex-and-the-exhibition-telling-its-story/ The discovery by Professor Lucy Munro of King’s College London is not only said to confirm the exact site of the house Shakespeare purchased in 1613, but also reveals its size and footprint, offering fresh insight into how he may have used it in his later years.
For centuries, historians have known that Shakespeare owned property withi]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/mystery-solved-shakespeares-blackfriars-house-located-at-last/Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:24:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/mystery-solved-shakespeares-blackfriars-house-located-at-last/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/first-look-inside-the-new-vampa-east-museum/Thu, 16 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/first-look-inside-the-new-vampa-east-museum/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/amazon-satellite-deal-takes-battle-of-the-billionaires-into-orbit/Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:37:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/amazon-satellite-deal-takes-battle-of-the-billionaires-into-orbit/ (c) Royal Parks
The Royal Park says that it has planted 130 of the Prunus ‘Sekiyama’ cherry trees, thanks to the support of the Sakura Cherry Tree Project. The trees of the type that already line Greenwich Park’s Cherry Avenue are now seldom planted in the UK, and are set to transform Greenwich Park each spring with vibrant pink blooms.
Th]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/loads-more-cherry-blossom-trees-planted-in-greenwich-park/Wed, 15 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/loads-more-cherry-blossom-trees-planted-in-greenwich-park/ Neo Tokyo – Akira
First released in 1988, the film’s vision of Neo-Tokyo is all neon glare, political unrest and monumental skyscrapers. On a small screen, you’re looking down on the city, but on a big screen, it towers oppressively over you.
That difference matters.
The]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/akira-is-returning-to-the-big-screen-in-a-4k-restoration/Wed, 15 Apr 2026 16:37:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/akira-is-returning-to-the-big-screen-in-a-4k-restoration/ In later years, the building served variously as a government facili]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-the-kings-observatory-opening-for-tours-next-month/Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-the-kings-observatory-opening-for-tours-next-month/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/hidden-histories-of-empire-and-identity-uncovered-at-kensington-palace/Tue, 14 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/hidden-histories-of-empire-and-identity-uncovered-at-kensington-palace/ Today, your usual sign will read: Obstructing the doors can be dangerousBut it used to be longer, and people of a certain age may remember it saying: Obstructing the door causes delay and can be dangerousSeems safe enough, so why did TfL change it?
Well, the old sign was, ahem, amenable to being reversed in intent if you scratch out the right bits.
And vand]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-safety-warning-to-punchline-the-tube-sign-vandals-loved/Tue, 14 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-safety-warning-to-punchline-the-tube-sign-vandals-loved/ Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre
The cash will go towards work on the roof, drainage and technical systems of the Royal Festival Hall, in a bid to safeguard the building for the future and improve conditions for both audiences and performers.
The funding forms part of the government’s wider £1.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/southbank-centre-lands-10m-for-royal-festival-hall-repairs/Tue, 14 Apr 2026 01:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/southbank-centre-lands-10m-for-royal-festival-hall-repairs/ Although at the moment, they’re not confirming the exact date.
Aerial View of Trent Park House as it once looked. Courtesy of Houghton Hall Archives
The museum, set inside Cockfosters’ Trent Park, will reveal how it played a central role in Britain’s intelligence war against Nazi Germany — a story that has remai]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/britains-other-bletchley-park-opens-to-the-public-this-summer/Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/britains-other-bletchley-park-opens-to-the-public-this-summer/ Liverpool Street station trainshed – part way through works (c) ianVisits
The final cracked glass panels were replaced while the station was closed for over five weekend days in March, with the main concourse designated as an exclusion zone so the work could be completed safely overhead.
Engineers had earlier finished]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/liverpool-street-station-completes-work-to-replace-its-dirty-glazed-roof/Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/liverpool-street-station-completes-work-to-replace-its-dirty-glazed-roof/ Traditional techniques dominate the earlier sections. Pale celadon glazes, with their subtle tonal shifts, sit alongside buncheong wares marked by looser decoration. Whi]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/free-exhibition-showcases-centuries-of-korean-ceramic-craft/Mon, 13 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/free-exhibition-showcases-centuries-of-korean-ceramic-craft/ Tickets for London Open Gardens are on sale now, and a ticket gets you into all the gardens on their list — except 10 Downing Street, which is free to visit — but only if your]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-a-chance-to-visit-10-downing-streets-back-garden/Mon, 13 Apr 2026 11:25:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-a-chance-to-visit-10-downing-streets-back-garden/ Peter Blake in his studio, 2021. Photo: Jonathan Donovan. Artworks (c) Peter Blake. Courtesy: Waddington Custot Galleries, London, Paris, Dubai.
Over a career spanning more than seven decades, Blake has become closely associated with British Pop Art through his paintings, collages, prints and album designs.
Blake first]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/pitzhanger-goes-pop-with-sir-peter-blake-exhibition/Mon, 13 Apr 2026 10:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/pitzhanger-goes-pop-with-sir-peter-blake-exhibition/ John Rocque’s map of London 1746
Around the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-alleys-yarmouth-place-mayfair-w1/Mon, 13 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-alleys-yarmouth-place-mayfair-w1/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/boss-of-state-controlled-postal-group-defends-108bn-bid-for-telecom-italia/Mon, 13 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/boss-of-state-controlled-postal-group-defends-108bn-bid-for-telecom-italia/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/lidl-stirs-up-mobile-market-with-discount-phone-plans/Sun, 12 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/lidl-stirs-up-mobile-market-with-discount-phone-plans/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/virgin-media-o2-boss-before-prostate-cancer-i-thought-i-was-a-bit-invincible/Sun, 12 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/virgin-media-o2-boss-before-prostate-cancer-i-thought-i-was-a-bit-invincible/ Source – Ballymore consultation
The development will see the shopping centre demolished and rebuilt, with a podium above for up to 3,365 new homes, including at least 1,150 affordable homes and 463 student accommodation spaces. Around the back of the shopping centre, nearly five acres of land that had been inaccessible to the public for almost 100 years after]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/green-light-given-for-3300-home-edgware-redevelopment/Fri, 10 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/green-light-given-for-3300-home-edgware-redevelopment/ However, as grand as it is, the interior is totally different in style from the Egyptian frontage, and is more Edwardian fantasy, as was deemed necessary at the advent of mass entertainment.The cinema was]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-tours-of-the-former-carlton-cinema-essex-road/Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-tours-of-the-former-carlton-cinema-essex-road/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/exhibition-review-the-plastic-coat-that-explains-queen-elizabeths-fashion-archive/Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/exhibition-review-the-plastic-coat-that-explains-queen-elizabeths-fashion-archive/ Tickets cost £30 per adult for the front carriage and £25 per person for the other three carriages.
If you’re lucky, they might open the door in the front or rear carriage to let you look out of the driver’s]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-heritage-tube-train-tours-are-back/Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:34:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-heritage-tube-train-tours-are-back/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tunnel-to-heathrow-could-be-privately-funded-under-revived-rail-link-plans/Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tunnel-to-heathrow-could-be-privately-funded-under-revived-rail-link-plans/ H&F archivist Annaig Boyer inspecting the items in the newly-acquired Cecil French archive (c) H&F Council
The archive belonged to Cecil French, an Irish artist, critic, and collector who lived in Fulham and assembled a significant collection of 19th-century British art at a time when it was deeply unfashionable. A large portion of the c]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/fulhams-pre-raphaelite-archive-brought-into-public-ownership/Thu, 09 Apr 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/fulhams-pre-raphaelite-archive-brought-into-public-ownership/ It wasn&rsq]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-thoroughfare-to-treasure-trove-vampa-quietly-unveils-revamped-gilbert-galleries/Thu, 09 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-thoroughfare-to-treasure-trove-vampa-quietly-unveils-revamped-gilbert-galleries/ There’s a chance to go behind the scenes at Hyde Park’s working nursery next month and see how The Royal Parks produce and care for hundreds of thousands of plants each year.
This guided tour offers rare access to a part of the park usually closed to the public, revealing where nearly half a million plants are grown annually to keep the Royal Parks in bloom. Along the way, you’ll discover the nursery’s history, explore its modern facilities]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-tours-of-hyde-parks-plant-nursery/Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-tours-of-hyde-parks-plant-nursery/ However, having risen up the courtier ranks,]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/visiting-hackneys-oldest-house-a-tudor-survivor-with-a-punk-past/Thu, 09 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/visiting-hackneys-oldest-house-a-tudor-survivor-with-a-punk-past/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/haircut-for-uk-taxpayers-after-lenders-take-control-of-struggling-broadband-provider/Wed, 08 Apr 2026 20:42:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/haircut-for-uk-taxpayers-after-lenders-take-control-of-struggling-broadband-provider/ Vicking Star visiting Greenwich (c) ianVisits
Most cruise ships stop at the London Cruise Terminal at Tilbury, but some will come further upriver, stopping at either Greenwich or passing through Tower Bridge to spend time in the centre of London.
The ships arriving closer to town also give bystanders the excitement of seeing Tower Bridge open and a larger tha]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/a-list-of-the-cruise-ships-visiting-london-in-2026/Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/a-list-of-the-cruise-ships-visiting-london-in-2026/ (c) Southeastern
The first phase of changes will take effect from 17 May, bringing extra peak-time capacity into London and revised service patterns on several routes. This includes restoring peak-time services to London Blackfriars via the Medway towns and M]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/southeastern-promises-more-trains-coming-this-may-and-december/Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/southeastern-promises-more-trains-coming-this-may-and-december/ (c) Bonhams
From the Sex Pistols and The Clash to the Ramones and Blondie, from Vivienne Westwood to Jamie Reid, the sale will bring together the very best from the world of punk music, fashion, art and pop culture.
The exhibition and sale will feature items from the collections of Brian James, Julian Temple, Andrew Czezowski, Susan Carrington and Toby M]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/punks-greatest-hits-and-outfits-go-on-show-ahead-of-bonhams-auction/Tue, 07 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/punks-greatest-hits-and-outfits-go-on-show-ahead-of-bonhams-auction/ Collated Victorian Portraits (c) LFB archive
The images – discovered during a routine cataloguing exercise – show uniformed firefighters and officers posed in formal studio settings, often holding their distinctive brass helmets. Although the photographs had been preserved within the Brigade’s historic collection, they had not previously b]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/photos-of-londons-first-firefighters-rediscovered-after-150-years/Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/photos-of-londons-first-firefighters-rediscovered-after-150-years/ The figure has been created from a blend of source material, including images, 3D scans and observational studies. Cast in bronze, the work combines digital processes with traditional techniques, continuing Price&r]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/giant-sculpture-to-greet-visitors-at-vampa-east-opening/Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/giant-sculpture-to-greet-visitors-at-vampa-east-opening/ But why?The A40 Westway is a long raised dual carriageway that runs from Paddington to North Kensington, and was constructed in the 1960s as part of the fortunately cancelled Inner Ring Road that would have “Birminghamised” inner London.
In fact, it was the considerable disruption caused by the Westway’s construction that he]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/inside-the-closure-of-londons-second-busiest-road-the-a40-westway/Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/inside-the-closure-of-londons-second-busiest-road-the-a40-westway/ Route 108 bus (c) ianVisits
When the Silvertown road tunnel opened, TfL said that bus journeys made on three cross-river routes that serve Newham, Tower Hamlets and Greenwich, as well as cross-river journeys on the DLR from Cutty Sark to Island Gardens, and from Woolwich Arsenal to King George V, would also be free for at least one year.
With the first year anniver]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/free-dlr-and-bus-journeys-near-silvertown-tunnel-get-last-minute-extension/Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:08:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/free-dlr-and-bus-journeys-near-silvertown-tunnel-get-last-minute-extension/ Concept by: Southwark Council, CityScape, JA Projects, Atelier Ten
At a time when people are increasingly concerned about light pollution, and the GLA wants a London-wide policy to cut down on extraneous night lights, Elephant and Castle is set to go in the opposite direction.
Admittedly, central London is already bright enough at night to the point that bei]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/elephant-and-castle-skyline-plan-would-beam-lights-into-the-night-sky/Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/elephant-and-castle-skyline-plan-would-beam-lights-into-the-night-sky/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-open-day-at-lambeth-palace/Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-open-day-at-lambeth-palace/ Unlike traditional o]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/touch-a-space-capsule-new-shepard-replica-lands-at-the-science-museum/Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/touch-a-space-capsule-new-shepard-replica-lands-at-the-science-museum/ The roughly hour-long tour will show you the earliest sorting boxes, including those designed to fit into railway carriages for sorting on the move, through to the long parade of p]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-tours-of-the-postal-museums-archive/Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-tours-of-the-postal-museums-archive/ Its replacement was designed by Bob Loren and is a cleverly simple prefab, using standard precast concrete segments to form the circular wa]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/visiting-bourne-hall-museum/Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/visiting-bourne-hall-museum/ In effect, they’re the original black ca]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-tea-and-tour-of-the-watermans-hall/Wed, 01 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-tea-and-tour-of-the-watermans-hall/ October 2023 exhibition
Officially, it’s always been a pay-what-you-can venue with prebooking recommended, or you could just turn up and go in, with a prominent donation machine by the entrance.
Admittedly, I now realise that the booking page has been showing a recommended £10 donation for at least a year, but it hasn’t been that obvious on t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/10-to-visit-queer-britain-museum-leans-harder-on-pay-what-you-can-model/Wed, 01 Apr 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/10-to-visit-queer-britain-museum-leans-harder-on-pay-what-you-can-model/ In 1853, the City purchased a farm at Manor Park within the bounds of the ancient forest boundaries]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/exhibition-charts-how-the-city-of-london-ended-up-owning-epping-forest/Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/exhibition-charts-how-the-city-of-london-ended-up-owning-epping-forest/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/berrylands-station-to-close-for-four-months-this-summer/Tue, 31 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/berrylands-station-to-close-for-four-months-this-summer/ Second of the Elizabeth line tunnel under Soho (c) ianVisits
The building, an office block with shops on the ground floor, is at the eastern end of Oxford Street, just north of Soho Square, and sits above the possible route of the Crossrail 2 railway, if/when it is eventually built. And although the rail]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/shh-future-crossrail-2-trains-beneath-oxford-street-expected-to-be-library-quiet/Tue, 31 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/shh-future-crossrail-2-trains-beneath-oxford-street-expected-to-be-library-quiet/ Proposed roof terrace – source planning documents
The roof garden has existed since the building was constructed, but has had a mixed history. It was a private space for the rooftop restaurant, but had to be retrofitted after a suicide, and access for paying customers was restricted. More recently, the carefully cultivated lawns and h]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/roof-garden-overlooking-the-bank-of-england-to-open-to-the-public/Mon, 30 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/roof-garden-overlooking-the-bank-of-england-to-open-to-the-public/ Proposed Lea Bridge station entrance (c) BPR Architects
The current Lea Bridge station, on the Greater Anglia line between Stratford and Tottenham Hale, opened in May 2016, with a modest, ungated entrance on a side road and no ticket office.
In 2020, to support the area’s increased housing development, plans were announced to move the entrance to the main]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/lea-bridge-station-set-for-new-ticket-hall-gates-and-cycle-hub-in-long-planned-rebuild/Mon, 30 Mar 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/lea-bridge-station-set-for-new-ticket-hall-gates-and-cycle-hub-in-long-planned-rebuild/ As a collection, it&rs]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/a-century-of-campaigning-womens-library-marks-100-years-with-new-exhibition/Mon, 30 Mar 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/a-century-of-campaigning-womens-library-marks-100-years-with-new-exhibition/ (c) TfL
There will be 16 additional peak‑time services per weekday, increasing the customer capacity offered by the Mildmay line on this section of route by 20 per cent in the morning peak and 33 per cent in the afternoon peak.
That will increase the service to 7 trains per hour during peak hours from Monday 18]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/more-london-overground-services-introduced-from-this-may/Mon, 30 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/more-london-overground-services-introduced-from-this-may/ The alley spent most of its life as a typical side passage lined with small shops, homes and factories.
The alley’s main change was when two brewers, Natha]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-alleys-overton-yard-croydon-cr0/Mon, 30 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-alleys-overton-yard-croydon-cr0/ TfL cycle hire map showing new location
The new 30-point Santander Cycles docking station will be on Dulwich Road, right next to the Brockwell Lido car park entrance, replacing a couple of street parking spaces.
Installation is expected to start shortly, and will also see the pavement widened in the area to accommodate the docking station.
As with other cycle hire docking stations ad]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfl-cycle-hire-scheme-expanding-into-herne-hill/Fri, 27 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfl-cycle-hire-scheme-expanding-into-herne-hill/ Great Sand Exhibition?
The seven-tonne installation will be one of the centrepieces of the Great Exhibition Road Festival to mark the 175th anniversary of the Great Exhibition, which helped fund the museums that now fill South Kensington’s Albertopolis estate.
Now in]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/seven-tonnes-of-sand-to-recreate-the-crystal-palace-in-south-kensington/Fri, 27 Mar 2026 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/seven-tonnes-of-sand-to-recreate-the-crystal-palace-in-south-kensington/ Since then, engineers have been working to introduce a package of i]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/new-dlr-trains-resuming-live-testing-on-the-railway/Fri, 27 Mar 2026 13:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/new-dlr-trains-resuming-live-testing-on-the-railway/ Kinky Boots
Kinky Boots struts back into the West End!
From £15 – SAVE UP TO 44%
 Titanique
All aboard the Titanique!
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 Back To The Future
Playing until 12 April 2026, book your tickets yesterday!
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 Avenue Q
Avenue Q is back on the block!
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 Cabaret
Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, London. Wilkommen!
From £38
 ]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/this-weeks-sale-and-discount-theatre-ticket-offers-from-london-theatre-direct/Fri, 27 Mar 2026 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/this-weeks-sale-and-discount-theatre-ticket-offers-from-london-theatre-direct/ St Paul’s from One New Change (c) ianVisits
Usually, the Dome only tours run for only a few Sundays a year, but in 2026, the Dome will be open on Sundays for most of the summer. The Sunday tour is also ever so slightly longer than a regular midweek visit, as y]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-st-pauls-cathedral-resumes-its-dome-only-climb-tickets/Thu, 26 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-st-pauls-cathedral-resumes-its-dome-only-climb-tickets/ This would sup]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/call-to-restore-saturday-services-on-the-waterloo-and-city-line/Thu, 26 Mar 2026 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/call-to-restore-saturday-services-on-the-waterloo-and-city-line/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/pitzhanger-manor-showcases-decades-of-design-by-marthe-armitage/Thu, 26 Mar 2026 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/pitzhanger-manor-showcases-decades-of-design-by-marthe-armitage/ Totteridge and Whetstone station (c) ianVisits
Around 40 Tube stations are already in feasibility or design stages, and TfL had previously shortlisted 30 locations before narrowing that down to 17 last year.
TfL has now given five of the rejected stations a second chance.
The newly added stations – Barkingside, Brent Cross, Preston Road, Queensbur]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/five-tube-stations-get-a-second-shot-at-step-free-upgrades/Thu, 26 Mar 2026 12:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/five-tube-stations-get-a-second-shot-at-step-free-upgrades/ November 2025 (c) ianVisits
On Wednesday 22 April, the Flamsteed Astronomers will bring their smart scopes and telescopes up Shooters Hill and set up on the Castle’s rooftop viewing platform.
Although surrounded by the lights of London, the castle is deep in a wood and far above street lighting, so, weather permitting, you can still do some decent astronomy from there. If]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-stargazing-from-the-topof-severndroog-castle/Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-stargazing-from-the-topof-severndroog-castle/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-pocket-parks-king-george-v-playing-field-hanwell-w7/Thu, 26 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-pocket-parks-king-george-v-playing-field-hanwell-w7/ At St Andrew’s Church in Thornhill Square, Islington (Grade II listed), the most urgent issue is the spire, which is currently wrapped in protective netting. A grant of £431,804 will kickstart repairs, along]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/three-at-risk-london-churches-share-1m-rescue-funding-for-urgent-repairs/Thu, 26 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/three-at-risk-london-churches-share-1m-rescue-funding-for-urgent-repairs/ c2c line diagram showing Beam Park location
An update from the Housing Secretary to speed up housing development in London covered a number of changes, but also confirmed that “a new Beam Park rail station could be accommodated within the existing rail network”
When it opens, Beam Park station will be on the c2c railway]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/east-londons-new-railway-station-beam-park-finally-approved-after-years-of-delays/Wed, 25 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/east-londons-new-railway-station-beam-park-finally-approved-after-years-of-delays/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/kkr-and-gip-among-bidders-for-drahis-multibillion-french-fibre-network/Wed, 25 Mar 2026 16:22:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/kkr-and-gip-among-bidders-for-drahis-multibillion-french-fibre-network/ If it looks familiar, it’s Francis Urquhart&]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/dorney-court-manor-houses-open-days-confirmed-for-2026/Wed, 25 Mar 2026 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/dorney-court-manor-houses-open-days-confirmed-for-2026/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/italys-mail-to-telecoms-national-champion-gets-a-thumbs-down/Mon, 23 Mar 2026 20:05:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/italys-mail-to-telecoms-national-champion-gets-a-thumbs-down/ Brompton Cemetery (c) ianVisits
Brompton Cemetery is one of the Magnificent Seven Victorian cemeteries built in the countryside after burials within the City of London were banned in the 1830s. The cemetery was designed to resemble a large open-air cathedral with a central nave running from Old Brompton Road towards a central colonnade and chape]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-tours-of-brompton-cemeterys-subterranean-catacombs/Mon, 23 Mar 2026 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-tours-of-brompton-cemeterys-subterranean-catacombs/ HS2 tunnel entrance next to the M25 motorway (c) ianVisits
Usually, that many leaks means plans are afoot, and I am reliably informed that there are high-level talks that could see the HS2 train contracts amended, but the facts are less silly than the headlines suggest.
One problem that does need to be addressed is how many trains the shrunken HS2 rail]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/why-shorter-hs2-trains-might-actually-carry-more-passengers/Mon, 23 Mar 2026 13:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/why-shorter-hs2-trains-might-actually-carry-more-passengers/ As an exhibition, it’s split into two halves – the myths and the facts.
The myths were thanks to the sinophobia whipped up by tabloid headlines about the yello]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-chinatown-london-forgot-new-exhibition-explores-limehouses-past/Mon, 23 Mar 2026 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-chinatown-london-forgot-new-exhibition-explores-limehouses-past/ Old escalators at platform level (c) ianVisits
New escalators at platform level (c) ianVisits
The station is also much brighter, not just because the escalators have rows of lights and the ceiling lamps are brighter, but also because it’s been whitewashed.
The pale blue, rather cold panels have been replaced with white panels, which reflect light much better and have a noticeable ef]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/greenwichs-cutty-sark-dlr-station-reopens-after-escalator-overhaul/Mon, 23 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/greenwichs-cutty-sark-dlr-station-reopens-after-escalator-overhaul/ However, had you stood here in Roman times, you’d have had very wet feet, as the alley is just outside the old Roman Wall, and you’d have been in the often-flooded defensive ditch that]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-alleys-carter-court-city-of-london-ec4/Mon, 23 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-alleys-carter-court-city-of-london-ec4/ Babies on board! (c) TfL
The new badge, available from today, is designed for parents expecting twins, triplets or more, with a simple plural twist on the classic design.
The original]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfls-baby-on-board-turns-20-and-now-its-having-twins/Mon, 23 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfls-baby-on-board-turns-20-and-now-its-having-twins/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/poste-italiane-launches-108bn-bid-for-telecom-italia/Sun, 22 Mar 2026 22:24:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/poste-italiane-launches-108bn-bid-for-telecom-italia/ Platform 1 at Lewisham Station with its ticket barriers
The aim is to reduce congestion on Platform 1 by moving the ticket barriers.
The design is unusual as usually ticket barriers are at the point closest to the station entrance, but here, they are right next to the platform. Then people go down the stairs, through a subway under the railway and back up more stairs to l]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/ticket-gates-to-be-relocated-at-lewisham-station-in-bid-to-cut-congestion/Fri, 20 Mar 2026 17:35:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/ticket-gates-to-be-relocated-at-lewisham-station-in-bid-to-cut-congestion/ Tickets can be booked here.
Film and the Hall
Thursday 30 April, Wednesday 6 May and Thursday 7 May
The Hall has hosted many memorable film screenings, such as the premiere of Skyfall, but it has also played a role within the action, like in Alfred Hitchcock’s The Man Who Knew]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-themed-tours-of-the-royal-albert-hall-archive/Fri, 20 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-themed-tours-of-the-royal-albert-hall-archive/ Bollo Lane development (c) TfL
The location, Bollo Lane, runs alongside the District and Picadilly line tracks between Chiswick Park and Acton Town stations, and on the railway side, is mostly occupied by TfL car parks and a couple of office buildings.
The site in Bollo Lane received the go-ahead in January 2021 by Ealing Council at the planning committee to deliver up to]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/work-begins-on-900-home-development-next-to-acton-town-tube-station/Fri, 20 Mar 2026 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/work-begins-on-900-home-development-next-to-acton-town-tube-station/ A fairly regular sight at Sth Kensington tube station (c) ianVisits
There are two concurrent projects at the tube station.
One will see the ticket hall revamped to create more space, roughly doubling the number of ticket barriers, while the disused surface platform will be brought back into use to double the sta]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/south-kensington-tube-station-upgrade-finally-getting-started/Fri, 20 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/south-kensington-tube-station-upgrade-finally-getting-started/ Now, each spring, the woods are blank]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-perivale-woods-2026-bluebells-open-days/Thu, 19 Mar 2026 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-perivale-woods-2026-bluebells-open-days/ National Army Museum
Lord Ashcroft’s collection of Victoria Crosses (VC) and George Crosses (GC) has found a new home at the National Army Museum, restoring public access to the medals after the closure of the Lord Ashcroft Gallery at the Imperial War Museum in September 2025.
Built up by Lord Ashcroft over m]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/worlds-largest-private-victoria-cross-collection-finds-new-home-at-national-army-museum/Thu, 19 Mar 2026 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/worlds-largest-private-victoria-cross-collection-finds-new-home-at-national-army-museum/ Tate Modern highlights
Among the headline exhibitions, Monet: Painting Time (from 25th Feb) will be Tate Modern’s first show dedicated to Claude Monet. Drawing on new research, it will explore how the artist captured the passag]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/two-tates-one-hockney-artist-to-headline-major-2027-exhibition-season/Thu, 19 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/two-tates-one-hockney-artist-to-headline-major-2027-exhibition-season/ It’s superficially a normal bus shelter, with the usual advertising board and seating, but it also comes with a low-maintenance sedum-covered roof. At t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/cricklewood-bus-shelter-sprouts-a-living-roof-in-climate-trial/Thu, 19 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/cricklewood-bus-shelter-sprouts-a-living-roof-in-climate-trial/ However, the RMT Union has suspended the tube strike – but only for next week.
Unless a deal is struck, the strike action planned from Tuesday 21st until Friday 24th April, and from Tuesday 19th until Friday 22nd May, is still scheduled to go ahead.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tube-strikes-for-next-week-have-been-cancelled-but-the-future-strikes-are-still-on/Wed, 18 Mar 2026 18:58:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tube-strikes-for-next-week-have-been-cancelled-but-the-future-strikes-are-still-on/ At the moment, major transport upgrades require a Transport and Works Order to be approved by the Secretary of State for Transport, which can add lengthy delays to projects, even when funded entirely by]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/could-london-eventually-approve-its-own-transport-projects-without-whitehall-delays/Wed, 18 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/could-london-eventually-approve-its-own-transport-projects-without-whitehall-delays/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/lifeline-for-londons-largest-city-farm-as-mudchute-lease-agreed/Wed, 18 Mar 2026 14:22:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/lifeline-for-londons-largest-city-farm-as-mudchute-lease-agreed/ (c) Warburtons
For two days only, the unmistakable tones of Morgan Freeman are echoing around Baker Street station, swapping cinematic narration for something a little more… toasted. The Oscar-winning actor has taken over the Tannoy on the northbound Jubilee line platform, delivering bakery-themed ann]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/mind-the-bap-morgan-freeman-lends-his-loaf-to-baker-street-tube-station/Wed, 18 Mar 2026 12:52:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/mind-the-bap-morgan-freeman-lends-his-loaf-to-baker-street-tube-station/ A new leaflet, once you’ve found one, updates Art on the Underground’s 2016 Art Map and highlights six permanent commissions that]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfl-launches-a-new-map-of-london-underground-artworks/Wed, 18 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfl-launches-a-new-map-of-london-underground-artworks/ The current church, consecrated to St Mary in 1791, was built on a site slightly to the south of the origin]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-alleys-church-yard-walk-paddington-w2/Mon, 16 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-alleys-church-yard-walk-paddington-w2/ The immersive exhibition will also feature a projection-mapped experience inspired by Superman&rs]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/step-into-friends-house-of-the-dragon-and-more-at-free-hbo-max-pop-up-in-piccadilly-circus/Fri, 13 Mar 2026 15:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/step-into-friends-house-of-the-dragon-and-more-at-free-hbo-max-pop-up-in-piccadilly-circus/ The TBM – with the statue of Saint Barbara, patron saint of miners on the side (c) National Grid
But instead of trains, the tunnel will carry electricity cables.
Earlier this week, a 270+ tonne tunnel boring machine (TBM) was launched to excavate the new tunnel, which will eventually replace the existing Thames Cable Tun]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/giant-tbm-starts-digging-tube-train-sized-tunnel-beneath-the-thames/Fri, 13 Mar 2026 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/giant-tbm-starts-digging-tube-train-sized-tunnel-beneath-the-thames/ Dating from between 1340 and 1405, the jug is the largest surviving bronze ewer from]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/looted-from-a-royal-palace-the-medieval-jug-now-on-display-in-london/Fri, 13 Mar 2026 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/looted-from-a-royal-palace-the-medieval-jug-now-on-display-in-london/ Photos from the Transport Museum’s Acton Depot open weekend
Visitors will be able to discover the Museum’s vast collection of more than 320,000 objects not on display in the Covent Garden Museum – from tiny palm-sized collectables to entire train carriages and old buses.
April’s event celebrates 120 ye]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/go-behind-the-scenes-at-london-transport-museums-vast-acton-depot-this-april/Thu, 12 Mar 2026 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/go-behind-the-scenes-at-london-transport-museums-vast-acton-depot-this-april/ Platform 37 (c) Google
The building sits alongside King’s Cross station on land that was once a goods yard, and later an extension of the station. It also included the “hotel curve”, a rail tunnel that ran from the mainline station to the Metropolitan line, back when it was thoug]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/platform-37-google-names-its-huge-kings-cross-hq-as-staff-prepare-to-move-in/Thu, 12 Mar 2026 14:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/platform-37-google-names-its-huge-kings-cross-hq-as-staff-prepare-to-move-in/ The Octagon Gallery contains four large display cases filled with an eclectic selection of objects. Some celebrate gr]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/200-years-of-ucl-a-small-exhibition-packed-with-big-discoveries/Thu, 12 Mar 2026 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/200-years-of-ucl-a-small-exhibition-packed-with-big-discoveries/ The bikes, set to be donated to TAG in Huntingdon, on the back of a flatbed at Great Northern’s depot in Letchworth (c) GTR
Bikes left behind at Thameslink and Great Northern stations are stored for three months, but if not claimed by the owner, they are delivered to TAG Bikes in Huntingdon, where adults with learning difficulties repair and refurbish them before]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/wheel-good-news-thameslink-bikes-help-fund-skills-for-adults-with-learning-disabilities/Thu, 12 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/wheel-good-news-thameslink-bikes-help-fund-skills-for-adults-with-learning-disabilities/ Paul Hamlyn Hall, Royal Opera House (c) ianVisits
Artists from The Royal Opera, the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, The Royal Ballet, and a range of guest artists perform at the Royal Opera House roughly twice a month on Friday lunchtimes, free of charge.
You can’t book tickets as they are allocated on the day, on a first-come, first-served basis. Entry token]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/free-friday-performances-at-the-royal-opera-house/Thu, 12 Mar 2026 11:03:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/free-friday-performances-at-the-royal-opera-house/ This is Scrub, by Stubbs, and a free exhibition of equine art by George Stubbs has opened at the National Gallery.The painting dominates the exhibition space with an almost theatrical presence. Scrub rears against a pale, open background, his powerful body twisting mid-movement, the light catching every muscle and tendon.
The]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/rarely-seen-stubbs-horse-painting-gallops-into-the-national-gallery/Tue, 10 Mar 2026 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/rarely-seen-stubbs-horse-painting-gallops-into-the-national-gallery/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-take-your-old-things-to-the-bbcs-antiques-roadshow/Tue, 10 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-take-your-old-things-to-the-bbcs-antiques-roadshow/ They recently opened up some old space on the ground floor for a quiet space that also doubles up as a cinema room. The next plan is to convert a large office area on the first floor of the museum, next to the now semi-permanent posters gallery, into a public gallery focused on education and community programmes.
Proposed Wellington]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/london-transport-museum-adding-new-exhibitions-galleries/Tue, 10 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/london-transport-museum-adding-new-exhibitions-galleries/ From this:
To this:
The change follows the delayed rollout of contactless payments on Greater Anglia services, which finally came into effect on Sunday. Passengers travelling to Stansted Airport can now use contactless payment instead of having to buy a paper ticket in advance.
The lack of con]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/mind-the-tap-stansted-airport-starts-accepting-londons-contactless-travel-tickets/Tue, 10 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/mind-the-tap-stansted-airport-starts-accepting-londons-contactless-travel-tickets/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/india-cuts-telecom-spectrum-prices-as-operator-interest-dries-up/Tue, 10 Mar 2026 02:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/india-cuts-telecom-spectrum-prices-as-operator-interest-dries-up/ Instead, it was about your stone mother.
Yes, really.The original “mother”
Mother’s Day, as we know it, began as Mothering Sunday, a religious tradition in which people returned to their “mother church” — the church where they were baptised. Each year, Mothering Sunday falls on Laetare Sunday, the fourth Sunday of Lent and in 2026, that l]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/why-mothers-day-used-to-be-about-churches-not-mums/Mon, 09 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/why-mothers-day-used-to-be-about-churches-not-mums/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfl-taps-our-largest-nuclear-fusion-reactor-to-power-the-london-underground/Mon, 09 Mar 2026 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfl-taps-our-largest-nuclear-fusion-reactor-to-power-the-london-underground/ Proposed ground floor exhibition space in the Poultry Market (c) Atelier 78
The museum has been converting a former Victorian meat market near Farringdon station into its new home, and the site also includes the 1960s concrete poultry market. The intention is that the Victorian buildings will house the museum’s permanent collection, while the poultry mark]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/designers-revealed-for-london-museums-underground-collection-store/Mon, 09 Mar 2026 14:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/designers-revealed-for-london-museums-underground-collection-store/ The circular medal is decorated with eleven silver bars and the purple, white and green ribbon of the suffragette mov]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/suffragette-medal-awarded-to-pankhursts-nurse-goes-on-display/Mon, 09 Mar 2026 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/suffragette-medal-awarded-to-pankhursts-nurse-goes-on-display/ Dickens by William P. Frith (c) Charles Dickens Museum
The collar, recently acquired by the museum, is believed to have been worn by Dickens as he sat down to dinner at his home, Gad’s Hill Place in Kent. He collapsed during the meal and died the following day.
After Dickens&rsqu]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-last-collar-rare-survivor-from-charles-dickenss-wardrobe-goes-on-display/Mon, 09 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-last-collar-rare-survivor-from-charles-dickenss-wardrobe-goes-on-display/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/virgin-media-o2-owner-eyes-broadband-deals-to-take-on-bt-openreach/Mon, 09 Mar 2026 09:46:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/virgin-media-o2-owner-eyes-broadband-deals-to-take-on-bt-openreach/ It was also once much longer than it is today, running from St Mary’s Church in the north all the way down to the bottom of what is now the South Ealing Cemetery.
OS Map 1893
The al]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-alleys-roberts-alley-south-ealing-w5/Mon, 09 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-alleys-roberts-alley-south-ealing-w5/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/virgin-media-o2-owner-eyes-broadband-deals-to-take-on-bts-openreach/Mon, 09 Mar 2026 06:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/virgin-media-o2-owner-eyes-broadband-deals-to-take-on-bts-openreach/ After going through security and a 5-m]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/public-access-to-the-foulness-military-firing-range-reopens-next-month/Fri, 06 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/public-access-to-the-foulness-military-firing-range-reopens-next-month/ The State Dining Room in Speaker’s House (c) UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor
Speaker’s House can almost be described as a Palace within a Palace, as it’s exceptionally richly decorated and is both the private home of the Speaker of the House of Commons and a suite of state rooms used for events away from the main Parliamentary buildings]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-easter-tours-of-the-house-of-commons-speakers-house/Fri, 06 Mar 2026 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-easter-tours-of-the-house-of-commons-speakers-house/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tracey-emins-tate-modern-blockbuster-is-packed-with-people-and-discomfort/Fri, 06 Mar 2026 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tracey-emins-tate-modern-blockbuster-is-packed-with-people-and-discomfort/ The Tin Tabernacle in 2021 (c) ianVisits
You probably wouldn’t have seen the WWII guns because they were housed inside an old metal church – The Tin Tabernacle – which had been taken over by the Sea Cadets in the late 1940s and converted into a naval training vessel TS Bicester.
And in the late 1960s, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) loaned them two la]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-church-with-anti-aircraft-guns-kilburns-unusual-naval-relics-removed/Fri, 06 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-church-with-anti-aircraft-guns-kilburns-unusual-naval-relics-removed/ Debden depot (c) Postal Museum
The depot used to be open occasionally but stopped some years ago – and after a long gap will resume now.
The visit will consist of an hour-long tour of the store, led by The Postal Museum’s curators, followed by half an hour of free time to explore the space and get up close to]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-open-days-at-the-postal-museums-overflow-warehouse/Thu, 05 Mar 2026 18:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-open-days-at-the-postal-museums-overflow-warehouse/ Initial concept image (c) Barratt London
High Barnet is a northern terminus for the Northern line and sits at the bottom of a slope alongside sidings for used to store tube trains when not in use.
The plan, put forward by TfL’s property arm, Places for London and Barratt Homes, would have seen approximately 300 new homes, including 40% affordable homes, built on the car par]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/mayor-steps-in-after-barnet-council-blocks-homes-next-to-high-barnet-tube-station/Thu, 05 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/mayor-steps-in-after-barnet-council-blocks-homes-next-to-high-barnet-tube-station/ Palm House (c) ianVisits
The funding will support plans to restore the 19th-century glasshouse, which sits at the heart of Kew’s UNESCO World Heritage Site but now requires substantial work after decades o]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/kews-victorian-palm-house-set-for-60m-overhaul-after-lottery-funding-boost/Thu, 05 Mar 2026 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/kews-victorian-palm-house-set-for-60m-overhaul-after-lottery-funding-boost/ They are the visu]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-posters-that-helped-topple-communism-go-on-display-in-westminster/Thu, 05 Mar 2026 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-posters-that-helped-topple-communism-go-on-display-in-westminster/ West London Orbital map 2026 (c) TfL
If built, the West London Orbital could run up to six trains an hour and provide ten new interchanges with rail and Underground services, alongside four new stations. Plans currently include four new stations at Old Oak Common Lane, Neasden, Harlesden and Lionel Road, while some]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/west-london-orbital-railway-plans-take-another-step-forward/Thu, 05 Mar 2026 11:32:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/west-london-orbital-railway-plans-take-another-step-forward/ New groups who are eligible include those who:Receive]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/more-people-now-qualify-for-discounted-train-travel-as-disabled-persons-railcard-expands/Wed, 04 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/more-people-now-qualify-for-discounted-train-travel-as-disabled-persons-railcard-expands/ The Ribbon store and office development (c) Orms
Joining the existing Harry Potter Shop at King’s Cross as the UK’s only official Harry Potter retail destination, the new store will open about halfway between Oxford Circus and Tottenham Court Road.
The shop will also be hard to miss.
Covering around 21,000 square feet across two]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/expecto-merchandum-giant-harry-potter-shop-coming-to-oxford-street/Wed, 04 Mar 2026 09:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/expecto-merchandum-giant-harry-potter-shop-coming-to-oxford-street/ Fortunately, the first hint comes from a foundation-stone-style plaque beneath it, which doesn’t mention the red protrusion above but offers a hint of what is going on.The plaque states:
ON THIS SITE STOOD THE OFFICE
OF THE PEN]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-curious-case-of-the-red-corbel-on-risinghill-street/Wed, 04 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-curious-case-of-the-red-corbel-on-risinghill-street/ The remaining funding to complete the project will be sought through philanthropic and partnership support.
Main foyer (c) ianVisits
At the heart of the scheme is a substantial upgrade to the Barbican’s Conservatory. Longstanding maintenance and accessibility issues will be addressed, alongside the creation of]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/barbicans-231m-renewal-gets-green-light-with-year-long-closure-planned/Tue, 03 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/barbicans-231m-renewal-gets-green-light-with-year-long-closure-planned/ Jean-Henri Müntz, View of the Shell Seat and Bridge at Strawberry Hill, 1755. Ink drawing. Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Designed as a place for rest, conversation and gentle spectacle, the Shell Seat was part of Walpole’s self-styled “land of beauties”, a lan]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/shell-shocked-strawberry-hill-plans-to-rebuild-horace-walpoles-lost-garden-seat/Tue, 03 Mar 2026 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/shell-shocked-strawberry-hill-plans-to-rebuild-horace-walpoles-lost-garden-seat/ One of the paintings is of Bank tube station, showing an advertising space that had the adverts scraped off, leaving behind almost abstract art in their wake. Many o]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/mind-the-art-tube-stations-transformed-into-atmospheric-paintings/Tue, 03 Mar 2026 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/mind-the-art-tube-stations-transformed-into-atmospheric-paintings/ Edited TfL Overground map showing affected area
Therefore, on Saturday only, between 7am and 10pm, a special train service will operate between London Bridge and West Croy]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/london-overground-trains-are-calling-at-london-bridge-station-this-saturday/Tue, 03 Mar 2026 12:43:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/london-overground-trains-are-calling-at-london-bridge-station-this-saturday/ An artist’s impression of the Kentish Town Neighbourhood Space. Picture credit: IF_DO Architects
The former Palace Cinema on Prince of Wales Road in Kentish Town was built in 1913 by the prolific cinema designer, John Stanley Beard, but closed as a cinema in the 1950s. The cinema used to have its main entrance on Kentish Town Road (next to th]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/kentish-towns-disused-cinema-to-be-restored-as-a-community-space-and-work-hub/Tue, 03 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/kentish-towns-disused-cinema-to-be-restored-as-a-community-space-and-work-hub/ When that branch of the Northern line was modernised in the 1920s, they also rebuilt Oval tube station, replacing the lifts with escalators and the Victorian Arts an]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/lost-tiles-and-ghost-poster-frames-revealed-at-oval-tube-station/Tue, 03 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/lost-tiles-and-ghost-poster-frames-revealed-at-oval-tube-station/ As a ticket for the Chimney lift can cost £24 for an adult, so long as you have a desire to spend £50 on clothes or similar, then it’s not a b]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/battersea-power-station-is-offering-free-chimney-lift-trips-to-shoppers/Mon, 02 Mar 2026 17:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/battersea-power-station-is-offering-free-chimney-lift-trips-to-shoppers/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/ares-to-inject-115mn-into-talktalk-as-potential-bidders-explore-options/Mon, 02 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/ares-to-inject-115mn-into-talktalk-as-potential-bidders-explore-options/ Old Bailey Great Hall (c) ianVisits
First things first, as this is not a cheap lunch.
Afternoon teas never are, but this is particularly not cheap. However, as a one-off special treat, it’s going to be difficult to beat for the location alone.
The afternoon starts with a tour of the Old]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/you-can-now-have-afternoon-tea-in-the-old-bailey/Fri, 27 Feb 2026 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/you-can-now-have-afternoon-tea-in-the-old-bailey/ Entrance to the Old Library, Guildhall (c) ianVisits
The event is Gresham College’s annual Lord Mayor’s lecture, which by the City of London’s standards, is a fairly new annual tradition that was started in 2010, and takes place in either Mansion House or at the Guildhall each yea]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-attend-the-lady-mayors-lecture-at-the-guildhall/Fri, 27 Feb 2026 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-attend-the-lady-mayors-lecture-at-the-guildhall/ Low lig]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/gold-gods-and-a-pricey-pharaoh-ramses-exhibition-will-worry-your-wallet/Fri, 27 Feb 2026 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/gold-gods-and-a-pricey-pharaoh-ramses-exhibition-will-worry-your-wallet/ The investigation remains ongoing with the manufacturer’s supply chain and the relevant]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/new-dlr-trains-not-expected-to-return-to-service-until-this-summer/Fri, 27 Feb 2026 12:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/new-dlr-trains-not-expected-to-return-to-service-until-this-summer/ Proposed screen with space on either side for adverts (c) Network Rail
Network Rail says that it plans a two-week trial to test advertising content on the screen’s outer sections from Monday 2nd March.
They say the trial was developed with feedback from customers and stakeholders, drawing on lessons learned when the full-width screen was first introduced in 2024]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/adverts-are-returning-to-euston-stations-big-screen/Fri, 27 Feb 2026 11:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/adverts-are-returning-to-euston-stations-big-screen/ Hugh Bonneville reprises his critically acclaimed role
From £37 – GREAT SEATS AT £65Kinky Boots
Opens 17 March 2026
Kinky Boots struts back into the West End!
From £15 – BOOK 7+WEEKS AHEAD AND SAVEMagic Mike Live
Channing Tatum’s Magic Mike Live at the Hippodrome has everything you could ever want!
From £48 – SAVE UP TO 34%I’m Sorry, Prime Ministe]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/save-up-to-50-on-west-end-hits-with-this-weeks-theatre-offers/Fri, 27 Feb 2026 11:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/save-up-to-50-on-west-end-hits-with-this-weeks-theatre-offers/ (c) Vauxhall Square
With 68 floors and standing 230.5 meters AOD, the new tower would be a shade shorter than the 78 floors 239 metre tall Landmark Pinnacle tower in Canary Wharf. As you might have guessed from the numbers, the new tower, to be built in Vauxhall Square, although only slightly lower in height, has far fewe]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/uks-second-tallest-residential-tower-planned-for-last-big-vauxhall-site/Thu, 26 Feb 2026 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/uks-second-tallest-residential-tower-planned-for-last-big-vauxhall-site/ Since then, there have been a couple of consultations on the Mayor’s plan to take control of the area from Westminster Council, and although pedestrian]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/green-light-given-to-pedestrianise-oxford-street-as-traffic-sees-red/Thu, 26 Feb 2026 15:36:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/green-light-given-to-pedestrianise-oxford-street-as-traffic-sees-red/ The name ‘mews’ derives from the word ‘mew’, meaning moulting, as the birds were confined there at moulting time. As a result,]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-royal-mews-collection-of-horse-drawn-carriages-is-reopening/Thu, 26 Feb 2026 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-royal-mews-collection-of-horse-drawn-carriages-is-reopening/ (c) Go-Ahead
Go-Ahead London is the largest bus operator in London, running over 2,500 buses across 170 routes, serving more than one million passengers daily. The delivery of the newest bus means that almost half of Go-Ahead London’s routes are now served purely on zero-emission buses.
The zero-emission buses at Go-Ahead London will cut carbon emissions by around 60,000 tonn]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/go-aheads-1000th-electric-bus-boosts-londons-zero-emission-fleet/Thu, 26 Feb 2026 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/go-aheads-1000th-electric-bus-boosts-londons-zero-emission-fleet/ Prices are still to be confirmed.
Tickets for visits between September and December 2026 will go on sale on 1st July, with two f]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/british-museum-announces-bayeux-tapestry-ticket-sales-dates/Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:34:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/british-museum-announces-bayeux-tapestry-ticket-sales-dates/ It’s said the previous owner added them around the turn of the millennium.Why they are there is still]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/southwarks-owl-and-the-pussy-cat-house-could-be-restored-and-opened-to-the-public/Thu, 26 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/southwarks-owl-and-the-pussy-cat-house-could-be-restored-and-opened-to-the-public/ Charing Cross station (c) ianVisits
During the 22-day closure, Southeastern trains into central London will continue to run, but many trains will be diverted to alternative terminals. Most services that would normally use Charing Cross will instead run to London Victoria, London Cannon Street or L]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/charing-cross-station-to-be-hit-by-three-week-summer-closure-warns-southeastern/Thu, 26 Feb 2026 07:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/charing-cross-station-to-be-hit-by-three-week-summer-closure-warns-southeastern/ Liverpool Street station
The unseen “crowdsourced” pathing was uncovered from watching how train passengers navigate around a platform obstruction at Eindhoven Centraal station.
Researchers analysed three years of]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/why-you-end-up-following-a-stranger-through-a-busy-railway-station/Wed, 25 Feb 2026 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/why-you-end-up-following-a-stranger-through-a-busy-railway-station/ Existing site (c) Bromley Council
An enlarged archive store is needed in part because the council closed the local museum a decade ago, and the replacement space provided in Bromley library is too small to hold the entire collection. The library is also about to move to a new location, and the new site will not be able to hous]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bromleys-historic-archives-to-get-bigger-home-in-priory-gardens/Wed, 25 Feb 2026 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bromleys-historic-archives-to-get-bigger-home-in-priory-gardens/ The advantage that a season ticket offers is that you get a whole week/month/year of travel for a fixed amount]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/could-rising-contactless-fares-push-commuters-back-to-season-tickets/Wed, 25 Feb 2026 14:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/could-rising-contactless-fares-push-commuters-back-to-season-tickets/ A few changes are pointed out in a tour – such as the decently sympathetic extension to one side to create more space, and as w]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-guided-tours-of-the-richmond-theatre/Wed, 25 Feb 2026 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-guided-tours-of-the-richmond-theatre/ It had been expected to reopen]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/camdens-iconic-black-cap-gay-pub-to-reopen-in-march-2026/Mon, 23 Feb 2026 14:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/camdens-iconic-black-cap-gay-pub-to-reopen-in-march-2026/ The lack of contactless payments on the railway to Stansted Airport has often caught travellers out, as they were unaware they needed to buy a conventional ticket, and were often hit with fines when arriving at the airport. Warning signs were added at Liverpool Street ticket barriers to try t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/relief-for-stansted-airport-travellers-as-contactless-train-ticketing-arrives-in-march/Mon, 23 Feb 2026 12:19:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/relief-for-stansted-airport-travellers-as-contactless-train-ticketing-arrives-in-march/ The new Piccadilly line train at Hammersmith station, Jan 2026 (c) ianVisits
The Elizabeth line will be particularly affected in the eastern branch as Network Rail carries out engineering works on their tracks. In the central part of the Elizabeth line, TfL will also undertake some track renewals.
The Overground will be affect]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfl-warns-of-widespread-rail-and-tube-disruption-throughout-march/Mon, 23 Feb 2026 11:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfl-warns-of-widespread-rail-and-tube-disruption-throughout-march/ (c) Royal Docks Management Authority
The plans would affect an area known as Royal Victoria Dock West, which is the end closest to London City Hall and the Cable Car.
If carried out, the two biggest changes will be a range of floating walkways reaching into the dock, lined with water plants. There already is one small floating park in]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/royal-docks-plans-would-add-floating-parkland-and-residential-boat-berths/Mon, 23 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/royal-docks-plans-would-add-floating-parkland-and-residential-boat-berths/ William Morgan’s Map 1682
OS Map 1875
The alley used to be longer and straighter, but the eastern half was cut off when a building was constructed on the site. That building was demolished in 2000, and archaeologists research]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-alleys-ship-tavern-passage-city-of-london-ec3/Mon, 23 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-alleys-ship-tavern-passage-city-of-london-ec3/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/altice-france-liabilities-add-around-1bn-to-debt-pile/Sat, 21 Feb 2026 06:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/altice-france-liabilities-add-around-1bn-to-debt-pile/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/altice-france-liabilities-add-about-1bn-to-debt-pile/Sat, 21 Feb 2026 06:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/altice-france-liabilities-add-about-1bn-to-debt-pile/ (c) Zippos Circus
Prices to watch the shows vary depending on how close you are to the action, but range from £21 for the rear seats to £35 for ringside seats. However, the opening-night preview show, just after they settle into each location, offers half-price tickets, so from £12 to £15 per seat.
Which, for a 2-]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-half-price-tickets-to-see-zippos-circus/Fri, 20 Feb 2026 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-half-price-tickets-to-see-zippos-circus/ They range from a single display case to several rooms – and all are free to visit.
Photography Now
Until 12th September (rooms 96-97)
A collection of recent acquisitions by the V&A, including, unusually for a photography collection, sculptures. A case of small tear bottles has been made from the remains of photos burnt by their owners]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/four-free-exhibitions-at-the-vampa-south-kensington/Fri, 20 Feb 2026 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/four-free-exhibitions-at-the-vampa-south-kensington/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/musks-starlink-to-be-tested-against-eutelsat-on-french-shipping-fleet/Fri, 20 Feb 2026 06:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/musks-starlink-to-be-tested-against-eutelsat-on-french-shipping-fleet/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/free-tickets-to-visit-the-barbicans-heated-greenhouse-conservatory/Thu, 19 Feb 2026 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/free-tickets-to-visit-the-barbicans-heated-greenhouse-conservatory/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/dot-by-dot-sea-by-sea-seurats-painting-glow-at-the-courtauld/Thu, 19 Feb 2026 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/dot-by-dot-sea-by-sea-seurats-painting-glow-at-the-courtauld/ Spitalfields – Image courtesy Tate and Jack Arts (part of BUILDHOLLYWOOD)
It’s not that advertising campaigns are never announced, but when they are, it’s usually in advertising trade magazines, and generally by the agency that did the work. The client doesn’t normally issue a press release that essentially says, “We are putting up some posters.”
Yet that is exactly wh]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tate-tries-to-turn-an-advertising-campaign-into-a-cultural-event/Thu, 19 Feb 2026 09:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tate-tries-to-turn-an-advertising-campaign-into-a-cultural-event/ From a 2015 exhibition at Guildhall Library
The study, from the University of Portsmouth, shows that weekly death reports, known as the Bills of Mortality, served as a practical guide to survival. Rather than being distant or abstr]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/how-londoners-tracked-death-figures-to-survive-the-great-plague-of-1665/Thu, 19 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/how-londoners-tracked-death-figures-to-survive-the-great-plague-of-1665/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/orange-ceo-warns-there-is-no-incentive-for-investment-in-europe/Thu, 19 Feb 2026 07:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/orange-ceo-warns-there-is-no-incentive-for-investment-in-europe/ Front page of the Police News – 20th April 1895
Funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund will support the conservation and reopening of the original dock from Court No.2 at Bow Street Magistrates’ Court – the place where Wilde appeared following his arrest in April 1895, ahead of his trial at the Old Bailey for “gross indecency”.
His p]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/oscar-wildes-trial-dock-set-for-public-access-following-restoration-work/Wed, 18 Feb 2026 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/oscar-wildes-trial-dock-set-for-public-access-following-restoration-work/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/liberty-global-agrees-to-buy-out-vodafone-in-dutch-joint-venture-for-1bn/Wed, 18 Feb 2026 16:02:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/liberty-global-agrees-to-buy-out-vodafone-in-dutch-joint-venture-for-1bn/ Bradby Blake’s botanical ambitions]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/new-exhibition-explores-how-an-english-merchant-and-his-chinese-colleagues-changed-botanical-art/Wed, 18 Feb 2026 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/new-exhibition-explores-how-an-english-merchant-and-his-chinese-colleagues-changed-botanical-art/ Four of the eight stamps (c) Royal Mail
Founded by Frank Hornby, whose first clockwork Hornby Series trains appeared in 1920, the company began producing models of real British locomotives in 1929. For many railway enthusiasts, Hornby became a parallel record of railway history — preserving classes, liveries and eras long after the originals had disappeared from the network.
Each stamp in the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/royal-mail-steams-ahead-with-hornby-centenary-postage-stamps/Tue, 17 Feb 2026 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/royal-mail-steams-ahead-with-hornby-centenary-postage-stamps/ M CBS Studios Inc. (c) 2026 Par. Pics.
To mark Star Trek’s 60th anniversary, the Science Museum will launch several months of events with a late-evening opening of the museum for adults next month.
The museum late takes place on Thursday 26th March, and will feature a range of Star Trek themed event]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/star-trek-beams-into-the-science-museum-with-films-props-and-late-night-events/Tue, 17 Feb 2026 14:13:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/star-trek-beams-into-the-science-museum-with-films-props-and-late-night-events/ Charles Dickens Museum
A new exhibition at the museum shifts attention away from Dickens as a solitary genius and instead places women at the centre of his creative world and cultural afterlife.
One of the exhibition’s most moving threads centres on Mary Hogarth, Dic]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/who-really-made-dickens-new-exhibition-credits-the-women-he-depended-on/Tue, 17 Feb 2026 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/who-really-made-dickens-new-exhibition-credits-the-women-he-depended-on/ Totteridge and Whetstone station
Transport for London (TfL) aspires to increase the number of trains on the Northern line at peak times to 36 per hour, but doing so would require 45 additional berths to accommodate the extra trains required for the more intensive service.
TfL has worked out that this would require at least two new depots]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/northern-line-upgrade-could-bring-a-new-train-depot-to-a-former-horse-hospital/Tue, 17 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/northern-line-upgrade-could-bring-a-new-train-depot-to-a-former-horse-hospital/ As part of that work, the borough’s museum collection will also go on display for the first time in ov]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/newham-to-get-its-museum-back-after-30-years-with-new-heritage-centre/Tue, 17 Feb 2026 07:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/newham-to-get-its-museum-back-after-30-years-with-new-heritage-centre/ Handel Hendrix House (c) ianVisits
The sheet is modest in size but immense in significance. Carefully inked across the page are the opening 20 bars of a fugue – not Mozart’s own invention, but his transcription of a harpsichord work by George Frideric Handel, composed more than sixty years earlie]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/unfinished-mozart-manuscript-going-on-display-in-mayfair-museum/Mon, 16 Feb 2026 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/unfinished-mozart-manuscript-going-on-display-in-mayfair-museum/ A trust was set up in 1959 that allows a government minister nominated by the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-chevening-house-gardens-2026-open-day/Mon, 16 Feb 2026 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-chevening-house-gardens-2026-open-day/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/morph-wallace-and-evil-penguins-inside-aardman-at-young-vampa/Mon, 16 Feb 2026 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/morph-wallace-and-evil-penguins-inside-aardman-at-young-vampa/ Sadly, most of the church was destroyed during the Great Fire of London. The badly damaged remains were restored and used by French Protestant]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-alleys-martin-lane-city-of-london-ec4/Mon, 16 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-alleys-martin-lane-city-of-london-ec4/ Sometimes there’s a chance to see or experience something you probably never thought you would want to – and in April, the dissection of a dead lion will take place in public.
The original Golden Syrup logo is a dead lion surrounded by bees
Hosted at the Royal Institution, the lion, which died of old age and was then donated to science, will be dissected to demonstrate how animal biology works. Medical and veterinary students will be used]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-animal-dissection-live/Fri, 13 Feb 2026 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-animal-dissection-live/ The Aldermen’s Court Room (c) ianVisits
The City of London’s Livery Companies trace their origins to medieval guilds, acting as both regulators of their trades and, in the centuries before the modern welfare state, as social care services.
Some are ancient, with origins in the earliest trades, such as ironmongery, swordmaking, brewing bee]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-city-of-london-adds-its-114th-livery-company-and-its-for-hr/Fri, 13 Feb 2026 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-city-of-london-adds-its-114th-livery-company-and-its-for-hr/ Some of the archive (c) IWM
The Imperial War Museums will preserve the personal archive of the woman whose voice promised, “We’ll meet again,” to a generation living through war.
Born Vera Margaret Welch in East Ham in 1917, Lynn became known]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/well-meet-again-in-the-museum-dame-vera-lynns-letters-to-be-displayed-at-iwm/Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/well-meet-again-in-the-museum-dame-vera-lynns-letters-to-be-displayed-at-iwm/ Key sites included Bear Yard, near present-day King’s College London, which hosted significant]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/shop-windows-tell-the-story-of-londons-revolutionary-illustrated-newspapers/Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/shop-windows-tell-the-story-of-londons-revolutionary-illustrated-newspapers/ However, the guided tours, which will take place on Saturdays, will offer a deeper dive into their collection of organs and the music cards that control them.
The tours last a couple of hours and cost £12.94 per person]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/amershams-fairground-organ-museum-is-starting-to-offer-tours/Thu, 12 Feb 2026 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/amershams-fairground-organ-museum-is-starting-to-offer-tours/ It used to be a bit further north, on the junction of New Oxford Street and Shaftesbury Avenue, opposite Coptic Street. In 2003, it was moved to sit in a fenced-off island space ou]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/victorian-drinking-fountain-returns-to-princes-circus-but-the-waters-been-turned-off/Thu, 12 Feb 2026 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/victorian-drinking-fountain-returns-to-princes-circus-but-the-waters-been-turned-off/ (c) Wilsons Auctions
Old Routemasters come up for sale occasionally, but not often five at once and all still owned by TfL and were last used on the heritage Route 15 service.
RM2089 – ALM 89B
RM2060 – ALM 60B
RM2071 – ALM 71B
RM2050 – ALM 50B
RM652 – WLT 652
The five buses are currently at West Ham]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/ding-ding-tfl-auctioning-off-five-authentic-1960s-routemasters/Thu, 12 Feb 2026 14:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/ding-ding-tfl-auctioning-off-five-authentic-1960s-routemasters/ I have to start by confessing a heresy – I am not that keen on the artist’s work.
He’s rightly lauded as one of]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/drawing-out-freud-the-national-portrait-gallery-looks-beyond-the-oils/Thu, 12 Feb 2026 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/drawing-out-freud-the-national-portrait-gallery-looks-beyond-the-oils/ In front of England’s oldest judicial officer, the King’s Remembrancer, a jury was sworn in, and the proceedings began — not with impassioned speeches, but with the distribution of very large gold coins.
Mansion House
This was the Trial of the Pyx — an ancient ceremony that is still, in every sense, a proper legal process. Held annually, it exists to answer a simple quest]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/pyx-and-ceremony-london-hosts-one-of-englands-oldest-legal-rituals/Thu, 12 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/pyx-and-ceremony-london-hosts-one-of-englands-oldest-legal-rituals/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-fading-hopes-of-europes-telcos/Thu, 12 Feb 2026 06:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-fading-hopes-of-europes-telcos/ Undercroft Skate Space, 1978 © Tim Leighton Boyce_Jim Slater, Southbank. Images courtesy The Read and Destroy Archive.
Widely regarded as the birthplace of British skateboarding, the Undercroft Skate Space emerged almost by accident. When the Queen Elizabeth Hall was built in the 1960s, the area beneath was left]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/southbanks-skate-undercroft-turns-50-with-a-new-exhibition-celebrating-its-concrete-legacy/Wed, 11 Feb 2026 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/southbanks-skate-undercroft-turns-50-with-a-new-exhibition-celebrating-its-concrete-legacy/ Liverpool Street station
However, journeys are also getting shorter, as while the number of trips rose by 8%, the total mileage travelled by all those passengers only rose by 6%. So, while overall revenue also rose by the same 6% in the quarter]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/passenger-numbers-surge-but-the-railways-still-cant-fill-the-revenue-gap/Wed, 11 Feb 2026 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/passenger-numbers-surge-but-the-railways-still-cant-fill-the-revenue-gap/ Trooping the Colour 2018
It’s one of those genuine once-in-a-lifetime events to attend, even if the pomp and ceremony isn’t your sort of thing, because it’s a memory you’ll treasure and trigger many envious looks from friends when you tell them you’ve been in the audience for the Trooping the Colour.
I]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-trooping-the-colour-2026-tickets-ballot-now-open/Wed, 11 Feb 2026 14:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-trooping-the-colour-2026-tickets-ballot-now-open/ That’s the fate of the Household Cavalry Museum, which sits in the Whitehall building made famous by videos of tourists being shouted at for standing far too close to the horses, but with its entrance around the other side and a statue in front of it.But it’s more than just a museum, because you get to peer into the working]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/visiting-the-household-cavalry-museum/Wed, 11 Feb 2026 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/visiting-the-household-cavalry-museum/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-pocket-parks-pat-hickson-garden-southwark-se16/Wed, 11 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-pocket-parks-pat-hickson-garden-southwark-se16/ (c) Network Rail / ACME
Supporters say the scheme is intended to deliver a fully accessible, modernised railway station capable of handling dramatic growth in passenger numbers. The plans include a larger concourse, step-free access to every mainline and Underground platform, and a substantial expansion of passenger facilities such as lifts, escalators, ticket gates and toilets.
Netw]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/controversial-liverpool-street-station-redevelopment-gets-planning-approval/Tue, 10 Feb 2026 17:46:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/controversial-liverpool-street-station-redevelopment-gets-planning-approval/ Wightwick Hall photo by Louisa Richards / Bucks Railway Centre
The nearly 80-year old steam locomotive 6989 ‘Wightwick Hall’ will star as the Hogwarts Express in the TV series. Repainted into red livery for its television role, the locomotive is expected to operate steam-hauled services along the Epping Ongar Railway thr]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-hogwarts-express-will-be-at-the-epping-ongar-railway-through-april/Tue, 10 Feb 2026 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-hogwarts-express-will-be-at-the-epping-ongar-railway-through-april/ It’s always been a small space, with one main room and a second, smaller temporary exhibition space, but they’ve added two more glass cases in the middle of the main room, turning a wide rectangle into a corridor.
Opening with a temporary display marking 40 years of the BFI Flare film festival, the main space is a selection of nuggets from various LGBT]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/queer-britain-gets-a-refresh-but-makes-a-small-museum-feel-even-smaller/Tue, 10 Feb 2026 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/queer-britain-gets-a-refresh-but-makes-a-small-museum-feel-even-smaller/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bt-replaces-openreach-boss-in-latest-top-level-reshuffle/Tue, 10 Feb 2026 09:12:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bt-replaces-openreach-boss-in-latest-top-level-reshuffle/ Liverpool Street station during the Christmas 2025 closure (c) ianVisits
This work will affect weekend passengers on Greater Anglia, some c2c services, London Overground’s Weaver line and some Elizabeth line services.
During the closures, Network Rail will be carrying out track renewals near Ilford station and Gidea Park.
There will al]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/several-weekend-closures-of-liverpool-street-station-through-march/Mon, 09 Feb 2026 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/several-weekend-closures-of-liverpool-street-station-through-march/ Photo by Johannes Plenio on Unsplash
Researchers recorded increases in several wading bird species, marine mammals and restored natural habitats, including intertidal areas that act as nurseries for many fish. The river continues to support a surprising r]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/seahorses-seals-and-sharks-spotted-in-thames-as-conservation-boosts-thames-habitats/Mon, 09 Feb 2026 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/seahorses-seals-and-sharks-spotted-in-thames-as-conservation-boosts-thames-habitats/ That sense of pilgrimage carries]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/a-medieval-persian-allegory-takes-flight-in-a-london-gallery/Mon, 09 Feb 2026 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/a-medieval-persian-allegory-takes-flight-in-a-london-gallery/ Affected area on TfL map
The closure is due to London Underground signalling works between Harrow on the Hill and Amersham, and it means no trains on either the tube or the mainline can run along the line.
From Thursday 19th to Sunday 22nd February, there will be no service on the Metropolitan line between Harrow-on-the-Hill and Amersham,]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/warning-of-four-day-closure-on-parts-of-the-metropolitan-and-chiltern-railway-next-week/Mon, 09 Feb 2026 11:32:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/warning-of-four-day-closure-on-parts-of-the-metropolitan-and-chiltern-railway-next-week/ New bus shelter on Blackfriars Road near Southwark tube station (c) TfL
Superficially, it doesn’t look radically different, but TfL says the new design incorporates better seating, lighting, and, in places, CCTV for the police – and is also easier to install at bus stops.
Diamond Geezer has a more in-depth review.
The trial of the first 27 bus sh]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfl-testing-a-new-modular-design-bus-shelter-for-london/Mon, 09 Feb 2026 11:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfl-testing-a-new-modular-design-bus-shelter-for-london/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-alleys-alderman-stairs-wapping-e1/Mon, 09 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-alleys-alderman-stairs-wapping-e1/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/herms-orange-iphone-sparks-apple-comeback-in-china/Sat, 07 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/herms-orange-iphone-sparks-apple-comeback-in-china/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/photos-from-nasas-manned-space-missions-go-on-display-in-london/Fri, 06 Feb 2026 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/photos-from-nasas-manned-space-missions-go-on-display-in-london/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/japans-kddi-finds-up-to-15bn-in-fictitious-revenues/Fri, 06 Feb 2026 15:32:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/japans-kddi-finds-up-to-15bn-in-fictitious-revenues/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/discount-sale-on-tickets-to-see-im-sorry-prime-minister/Fri, 06 Feb 2026 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/discount-sale-on-tickets-to-see-im-sorry-prime-minister/ 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.
T]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/arch-over-the-trainshed-a-different-way-to-fund-liverpool-street-stations-upgrade/Fri, 06 Feb 2026 14:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/arch-over-the-trainshed-a-different-way-to-fund-liverpool-street-stations-upgrade/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/why-the-mendini-exhibition-made-me-feel-like-i-shouldnt-be-there/Fri, 06 Feb 2026 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/why-the-mendini-exhibition-made-me-feel-like-i-shouldnt-be-there/ The union said this led to the industrial action ballot.
In the ballot, 88% of votes were in favour of taking strike action,]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/london-museum-staff-vote-for-strike-action-in-pay-dispute/Fri, 06 Feb 2026 10:45:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/london-museum-staff-vote-for-strike-action-in-pay-dispute/ 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]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/euston-station-rail-passengers-facing-delays-on-avanti-and-lnr-services-today/Fri, 06 Feb 2026 08:36:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/euston-station-rail-passengers-facing-delays-on-avanti-and-lnr-services-today/ Euston station site Oct 2021 (c) ianVisits
In an early market engagement document, the Department for Transport (DfT) says that it is exploring a public-private partnership model to deliver the HS2 Euston Station with private finance.
The DfT’s proposal is to appoint a private company under a design, build, finance and]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/with-tunnels-under-way-attention-turns-back-to-hs2s-missing-euston-station/Thu, 05 Feb 2026 18:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/with-tunnels-under-way-attention-turns-back-to-hs2s-missing-euston-station/ Balham High Road bridge (c) Wandsworth Council
The bridge is the latest to benefit from Wandsworth Council’s £2m schedule of improvements to rail bridges and underpasses, which is being funded by its contributions from local property developers.
The rail underpass on Balham High Road was deep‑cleaned before better pigeon&]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/balham-rail-bridge-gets-deep-clean-and-new-lighting-scheme/Thu, 05 Feb 2026 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/balham-rail-bridge-gets-deep-clean-and-new-lighting-scheme/ Paddington Elizabeth line platforms
In a preliminary engagement notice, Transport for London said it wants to hear from the market about possible off-the-shelf solutions that could provide a low-stimulus refuge for people who struggle with noise, crow]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/paddington-could-host-tfls-first-sensory-friendly-quiet-space-for-travellers/Thu, 05 Feb 2026 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/paddington-could-host-tfls-first-sensory-friendly-quiet-space-for-travellers/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bt-stems-customer-losses-as-broadband-competition-abates/Thu, 05 Feb 2026 11:50:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bt-stems-customer-losses-as-broadband-competition-abates/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/patrick-drahi-shifts-assets-worth-billions-away-from-creditors/Thu, 05 Feb 2026 06:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/patrick-drahi-shifts-assets-worth-billions-away-from-creditors/ However, if you don’t mind buying a pack of 10 tickets in one go, then they will cost you just £19 for ten trips across the river.
So, instead of paying £7, you can pay just £1.90 per trip.
So long as you make at least three tr]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/london-cable-car-isnt-always-expensive-heres-how-to-ride-for-under-2/Wed, 04 Feb 2026 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/london-cable-car-isnt-always-expensive-heres-how-to-ride-for-under-2/ Early concept from 2025 (c) Westminster Council
The proposals include making Regent Street St James’s, Waterloo Place and the south side of Piccadilly Circus traffic-free, creating more than 35,000 square metres of new public space in the heart of the capital.
There would also be wider improvemen]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/west-end-streets-could-become-a-vast-new-public-plaza-under-latest-plans/Wed, 04 Feb 2026 15:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/west-end-streets-could-become-a-vast-new-public-plaza-under-latest-plans/ In a darkened space, the cabinets open to display an archbishop&rsqu]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-cassocks-to-coins-a-brief-history-of-archbishops-in-lambeth-palaces-library/Wed, 04 Feb 2026 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-cassocks-to-coins-a-brief-history-of-archbishops-in-lambeth-palaces-library/ To explain, it helps to know how Hyde Park (originally Hide Park) came to be.
Hyde Park owes its origins to the Dissolution of the Monasteries, when King Henry VIII seized open land on the outski]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-year-hyde-park-was-sold-to-propety-developers-for-housing/Wed, 04 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-year-hyde-park-was-sold-to-propety-developers-for-housing/ The shortlist was drawn from over 60,000 entries submitted by photographers in 113 countries and territories, alongside the 100 winning images announced in October 2025.
The images range from large marine gatherings to intimate wildlife behaviour and also address environmental pressures such as shrinking sea ice, human&ndas]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/see-the-shortlist-for-the-annual-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-competition/Wed, 04 Feb 2026 07:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/see-the-shortlist-for-the-annual-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-competition/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/russian-spy-spacecraft-have-intercepted-europes-key-satellites-officials-believe/Wed, 04 Feb 2026 06:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/russian-spy-spacecraft-have-intercepted-europes-key-satellites-officials-believe/ (c) RNIB
According to a survey by the RNIB, more than one in three respondents said they cannot make the train journeys they want or need to make.
Every stage of the journey can become a barrier. From planning a trip and buying a ticket to finding the right platform or boarding a train, inconsistency i]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/rnib-urges-accessibility-overhaul-as-great-british-railways-is-developed/Tue, 03 Feb 2026 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/rnib-urges-accessibility-overhaul-as-great-british-railways-is-developed/ The decision to make a local game for Watford followed an open competition that reduced the shortlist to 20 towns across the UK, before the manufacturer settled on Watford.
They already make local varia]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/watford-is-getting-its-own-localised-monopoly-board-game/Tue, 03 Feb 2026 16:20:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/watford-is-getting-its-own-localised-monopoly-board-game/ Lady in Blue by Tschabalala Self – photo: James O’Jenkins
In September, New York based artist Tschabalala Self’s sculpture of a young woman in blue will go on display, replacing Mil Veces un Instante (A Thousand Times in an Instant) by Teresa Margolles, which is currently in situ.
Made of bronze, the new work will be patinated in Lapis Lazuli blue, a rare and refined pigment us]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/trafalgar-squares-fourth-plinth-to-turn-blue-with-bronze-sculpture-by-tschabalala-self/Tue, 03 Feb 2026 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/trafalgar-squares-fourth-plinth-to-turn-blue-with-bronze-sculpture-by-tschabalala-self/ Previous installation in Stoke on Trent (c) Stoke on Trent council
Thirty paintings have been installed across the borough and will remain on display until 5th July 2026, with sites in the town centre including Queen’s Gardens, Croydon Minster, Whitgift Shopping Centre and Park Hill Park.
Additional works ha]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/free-outdoor-exhibition-turns-parks-shopping-centres-and-churches-into-open-air-galleries/Tue, 03 Feb 2026 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/free-outdoor-exhibition-turns-parks-shopping-centres-and-churches-into-open-air-galleries/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/virgin-media-o2-owners-to-seal-2bn-acquisition-of-uk-broadband-rival/Tue, 03 Feb 2026 06:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/virgin-media-o2-owners-to-seal-2bn-acquisition-of-uk-broadband-rival/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/verizon-taps-candidates-to-replace-executive-once-seen-as-next-chief/Mon, 02 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/verizon-taps-candidates-to-replace-executive-once-seen-as-next-chief/ OS map 1878 showing Bucking]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/london-alleys-buckingham-mews-victoria-sw1/Mon, 02 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/london-alleys-buckingham-mews-victoria-sw1/ So, call this a reminder that if you haven’t visited, then it’s a good time to book some tickets, as the wait can be lengthy.
The House of Dreams is the domestic home of the artist and designer, Stephen Wright, who over 20 years ago, turned his back on train]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/get-tickets-to-visit-the-house-of-dreams/Fri, 30 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/get-tickets-to-visit-the-house-of-dreams/ (c) London Northwestern Railway
Between them, the two brands cover a large swathe of the Midlands and the West Coast Main Line. London Northwestern Railway runs services linking Liverpool and Birmingham with London Euston, while West Midlands Railway operates local and regio]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-this-sunday-london-northwestern-and-west-midlands-trains-become-publicly-owned/Fri, 30 Jan 2026 15:15:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-this-sunday-london-northwestern-and-west-midlands-trains-become-publicly-owned/ (c) BAFTA
The restaurant, usually accessible only to BAFTA members and industry guests, sits on the top floor of the academy’s historic building and is better known as a networking hub for actors, directors and producers than a place to book a table.
The decision to open the building in the morning]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/baftas-restaurant-is-open-to-the-public-for-breakfasts/Fri, 30 Jan 2026 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/baftas-restaurant-is-open-to-the-public-for-breakfasts/ Now, the British Museum would like to gently suggest that stereotypes might not be all that they seem.
But obviously, any exhibition about the Samurai has to open with a warrior’s armour, even if it ends, maybe unexpectedly, with Darth Vader. That is, it aims to show how the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/samurai-but-not-as-you-know-them-british-museum-exhibition-rewrites-the-warrior-myth/Fri, 30 Jan 2026 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/samurai-but-not-as-you-know-them-british-museum-exhibition-rewrites-the-warrior-myth/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/french-government-blocks-eutelsat-asset-sale-to-eqt/Fri, 30 Jan 2026 11:37:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/french-government-blocks-eutelsat-asset-sale-to-eqt/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/syria-plots-mobile-phone-auction-to-lure-international-investors/Fri, 30 Jan 2026 06:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/syria-plots-mobile-phone-auction-to-lure-international-investors/ Revised mission duration: now extended to 18th April 2026.
Commander Koenig has confirmed there is no need to evacuate the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/thunderbirds-and-space1999-exhibition-gets-mission-extension/Thu, 29 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/thunderbirds-and-space1999-exhibition-gets-mission-extension/ Elizabeth line trains at Southall station (c) ianVisits
Transport for London (TfL) is making the changes by arranging for trains leaving Heathrow Terminal 5 in the morning to call at more stations on their way to central London.
Under the changes, which come into effect from Monday 18th May 2026 for services between 8am and 9am:Southall currently has 8 trains stopping]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/west-london-commuters-get-boost-with-more-elizabeth-line-trains-from-this-spring/Thu, 29 Jan 2026 15:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/west-london-commuters-get-boost-with-more-elizabeth-line-trains-from-this-spring/ Blue plaque installed in 2024
Spanning science, photography, film, literature, performance, journalism, activism and military history, the new plaques will celebrate individuals whose lives and work helped shape London’s intellectual, cultural and social landscape.
The selection ranges from Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, whose discoveries transformed our understanding of the s]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/nine-blue-plaques-hanging-on-a-wall-nine-blue-plaques-for-london-in-2026/Thu, 29 Jan 2026 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/nine-blue-plaques-hanging-on-a-wall-nine-blue-plaques-for-london-in-2026/ Recently restored station frontage (c) ianVisits
To be carried out over the next 18 months, the upgrades will focus on making the station easier to use and reducing crowding at busy times, particularly in the small ticket hall entrance.
The Booking Hall will be restored to its 19th-century heritage look, fully repainted and enhanced with improved lighting]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/peckham-rye-station-to-get-5m-makeover-while-waiting-for-step-free-rebuild/Thu, 29 Jan 2026 13:20:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/peckham-rye-station-to-get-5m-makeover-while-waiting-for-step-free-rebuild/ Instead of dwelling on its famous riverfront scenes, the exhibition turns its lens on lesser-seen communities and Banaras’s often-overlooked Mughal history, which increasingly sits uncomfortably]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/forgotten-mughal-banaras-revealed-in-free-london-photo-exhibition/Thu, 29 Jan 2026 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/forgotten-mughal-banaras-revealed-in-free-london-photo-exhibition/ Aldermanbury
The road is Aldermanbury, named for the Aldermen of the City of London, which runs along the western side of the Guildhall and also provides the main entrance to the City of London’s library. As part of plans, which are just getting started now, to refurbish an office block on the other side of the road (65 G]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/lost-stretch-of-londons-roman-wall-could-reappear-in-the-pavement-outside-guildhall/Wed, 28 Jan 2026 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/lost-stretch-of-londons-roman-wall-could-reappear-in-the-pavement-outside-guildhall/ The company in question is low-cost train operator Lumo, which can now officially claim to be the proud owner of an officially official tartan.The design was first shown off last month when Lumo launched its Glasgow–London services, but this wasn’t just a case of splashing a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/train-operator-lumo-awarded-its-own-officially-registered-scottish-tartan/Wed, 28 Jan 2026 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/train-operator-lumo-awarded-its-own-officially-registered-scottish-tartan/ Historic Photograph of the Gasholder – source planning documents
Hammersmith & Fulham Council has approved plans that will see the Grade II* listed Gasholder No.2 at King’s Road Park restored, securing the future of a structure that will soon reach its 200th birthday.
Built between 1829 and 1830, Gasholder No.2 is believed to be the oldest surviving gasho]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/worlds-oldest-gasholder-to-be-restored-and-opened-to-the-public/Wed, 28 Jan 2026 12:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/worlds-oldest-gasholder-to-be-restored-and-opened-to-the-public/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/goldman-backed-broadband-provider-set-to-axe-third-of-jobs/Wed, 28 Jan 2026 12:13:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/goldman-backed-broadband-provider-set-to-axe-third-of-jobs/ You’re ambling past a cabinet of carved stones when — there it is. A gap. A neat rectangle of absence. In its place, a small white sign politely apologising on behalf of the missing stone, as if it’s just popped out for lunch and will be back shortly.The excuses are familiar enough: removed for conservation, away for stu]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/why-the-most-interesting-things-in-museums-are-sometimes-the-ones-that-arent-there/Wed, 28 Jan 2026 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/why-the-most-interesting-things-in-museums-are-sometimes-the-ones-that-arent-there/ HS2 CEO Mark Wild and Minister for Rail, Lord Hendy starting the first TBM (c) HS2
The start of tunnelling in west London comes as part of wider progress on the HS2 railway, following the completion of 23 miles of tunnels, 19 bridges and two viaducts along the route between London and Birmingham.
The Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Darren Jones]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/euston-we-have-lift-off-as-hs2-starts-tunnelling-towards-central-london/Tue, 27 Jan 2026 18:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/euston-we-have-lift-off-as-hs2-starts-tunnelling-towards-central-london/ Thursday 26th March
Thursday 23rd AprilA Transport for London spokesperson said:  &]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/london-overground-strike-called-by-rmt-for-next-month/Tue, 27 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/london-overground-strike-called-by-rmt-for-next-month/ Courtauld Gallery – Somerset House
The funding comes from the Blavatnik Family Foundation, which has supported the Courtauld for many years and its gifts to the Courtauld have now topped £20 million.
Located on the top floor of the North Wing of Somerset House within the new Courtauld Campus, the two new galleries restore a space designed in the 18]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/courtauld-gallery-recieves-10-million-gift-to-fund-expansion-of-its-art-galleries/Tue, 27 Jan 2026 15:15:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/courtauld-gallery-recieves-10-million-gift-to-fund-expansion-of-its-art-galleries/ Barcode scanners coming to a tube station near you?
Transport for London (TfL) has looked into the issue before, as National Rail tickets issued in barcode format can include travel on the London Underground, and that can cause issues when barcode tickets aren’t accepted at London Underground stat]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfl-eyes-major-upgrade-so-tube-can-accept-national-rail-barcode-tickets/Tue, 27 Jan 2026 13:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfl-eyes-major-upgrade-so-tube-can-accept-national-rail-barcode-tickets/ The challenge sometimes is to understand the art.
This time, they’ve commissioned three works by the Dutch artist Mark Manders.
We’re told that the artist “has developed what he describes as a ‘self]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/a-crumbling-head-and-every-english-word-the-mithraeums-latest-puzzling-artwork/Tue, 27 Jan 2026 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/a-crumbling-head-and-every-english-word-the-mithraeums-latest-puzzling-artwork/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/kirkland-amp-ellis-quits-as-counsel-to-altice-usa-amid-wall-street-pressure/Tue, 27 Jan 2026 05:18:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/kirkland-amp-ellis-quits-as-counsel-to-altice-usa-amid-wall-street-pressure/ MAMMA MIA!
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SAVE UP TO 47%Wicke]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/save-up-to-60-on-west-end-hits-with-this-weeks-theatre-offers/Fri, 23 Jan 2026 15:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/save-up-to-60-on-west-end-hits-with-this-weeks-theatre-offers/ Many of the ceremonies take place in private and aren’t open to the public, but as they involve processions from Halls to Churches, that part can be observed.
So it’s no surprise to be wandering around the City sometimes and run into a group of people wearing furs and lace, carrying something special to a ceremony.
Eve]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/a-2026-calendar-of-city-of-london-ceremonies/Fri, 23 Jan 2026 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/a-2026-calendar-of-city-of-london-ceremonies/ Two Large Forms, 1969 (c) Jonty Wilde
This summer, his outdoor sculptures will be displayed at Kew Botanic Gardens, as Moore believed that landscapes provided the perfect setting for his sculptures, where the natural architecture of the environment could amplify their visual and emotional impact.
The exhibition will also fill the entire 320-acre site, in contrast to a 2007 presentation]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-on-sale-now-for-kew-gardens-henry-moore-exhibition/Fri, 23 Jan 2026 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-on-sale-now-for-kew-gardens-henry-moore-exhibition/ The funds raised will support wellbeing initiatives for ambulance crews and 999 call handlers.
A £25 registration fee per person will app]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londoners-can-abseil-off-a-premier-league-stadium-for-a-lifesaving-cause/Thu, 22 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londoners-can-abseil-off-a-premier-league-stadium-for-a-lifesaving-cause/ What the EES premises could look like following its refurbishment (c) Egypt Exploration Society
The EES says that following an application, it has received a £2 million grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, which is to be spent on upgrading its heritage centre, protecting its archival and manuscript collections, and en]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/2m-heritage-funding-will-make-londons-papyrus-archive-easier-to-visit/Thu, 22 Jan 2026 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/2m-heritage-funding-will-make-londons-papyrus-archive-easier-to-visit/ Although the dispute is still pending, a c]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/oyster-cards-could-be-loaded-onto-smartphones-under-new-tfl-deal/Thu, 22 Jan 2026 14:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/oyster-cards-could-be-loaded-onto-smartphones-under-new-tfl-deal/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/uks-broadband-altnets-need-some-serious-rewiring/Thu, 22 Jan 2026 13:59:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/uks-broadband-altnets-need-some-serious-rewiring/ British Museum (c) ianVisits
Spread across more than 1,000 institutions, £600 million will go to the big 17 national museums, with £900 million devoted to regional and smaller venues across the UK.
The rest of the funding is broken down into tranches:
£160 million for local and reg]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/government-pledges-15bn-to-fix-crumbling-museums-and-cultural-buildings/Thu, 22 Jan 2026 10:37:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/government-pledges-15bn-to-fix-crumbling-museums-and-cultural-buildings/ The free festival runs for just over a week – but be aware that it gets very busy at weekends, so I would recommend a mid-week visit if possible.
In previous y]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/canary-wharf-lights-up-after-dark-as-its-free-winter-lights-trail-begins/Thu, 22 Jan 2026 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/canary-wharf-lights-up-after-dark-as-its-free-winter-lights-trail-begins/ Strawberry Hill station
Due to Network Rail engineering work, SWR services between New Malden and Twickenham and on the Shepperton branch line will be affected between Saturday 14th February and Tuesday 17th February 2026.
On Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th February, buses will replace trains between New Malden, Shepperton and Twickenham.
Affected services on 1]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/railway-engineering-works-close-lines-but-unlock-a-little-used-bit-of-track-near-twickenham/Wed, 21 Jan 2026 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/railway-engineering-works-close-lines-but-unlock-a-little-used-bit-of-track-near-twickenham/ Rail Minister and HS2 CEO at Old Oak Common station box in 2024 to see the two TBMs preparing to build HS2 to Euston (c) HS2
In a notice to local residents, HS2 said it expects to launch the first tunnel boring machine (TBM Madeleine) from the Old Oak Common site in the week beginning 26th January 2026. This will dig the upline tunnel, which will carry]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/hs2-prepares-to-bore-its-final-tunnels-as-euston-tbm-launch-date-confirmed/Wed, 21 Jan 2026 13:40:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/hs2-prepares-to-bore-its-final-tunnels-as-euston-tbm-launch-date-confirmed/ Their voices sit alongside young British National Service conscripts, revealing how these conflicts quickly escalate]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/not-the-good-guys-exhibition-confronts-britains-colonial-wars/Wed, 21 Jan 2026 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/not-the-good-guys-exhibition-confronts-britains-colonial-wars/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/closed-for-a-decade-part-of-the-thames-riverside-path-has-reopened-at-last/Wed, 21 Jan 2026 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/closed-for-a-decade-part-of-the-thames-riverside-path-has-reopened-at-last/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tron-on-the-tube-london-undergrounds-new-trains-are-being-tested-on-the-piccadilly-line/Tue, 20 Jan 2026 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tron-on-the-tube-london-undergrounds-new-trains-are-being-tested-on-the-piccadilly-line/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/three-ireland-owner-in-talks-over-sale-to-liberty-global/Tue, 20 Jan 2026 06:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/three-ireland-owner-in-talks-over-sale-to-liberty-global/ These side ponds allowed water to be “put aside” rather than lost. When a lock ch]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/dredging-the-past-hanwells-historic-canal-side-ponds-being-repaired/Mon, 19 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/dredging-the-past-hanwells-historic-canal-side-ponds-being-repaired/ View inside HS2’s Chiltern tunnel in Sept 2025 (c) HS2
Digging the two tunnels was completed in March 2024, but work was also underway above the tunnels, digging down from the surface to create two large ventilation shafts.
HS2 says it has completed work at two of the line’s Chiltern tunnel vent shafts, located at Chesham Road and]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/hs2-completes-construction-of-its-longest-tunnels-beneath-the-chilterns/Mon, 19 Jan 2026 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/hs2-completes-construction-of-its-longest-tunnels-beneath-the-chilterns/ They are also carrying out work on the £1.4 billion East Coast Digital Programme (ECDP),]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/major-engineering-works-halt-londonpeterborough-trains-on-weekends/Mon, 19 Jan 2026 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/major-engineering-works-halt-londonpeterborough-trains-on-weekends/ And will walk out with a totally different understanding of it.Understandably, we probably think of it as not much more than the Pacific island nation that’s part of the USA, home to Pearl Harbour and the long-running TV show Hawaii 5.0.
In fact, it was the British who (probably) were the first Europeans to make first contact when]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/blimey-never-knew-that-the-british-museums-hawaii-exhibition-surprises/Mon, 19 Jan 2026 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/blimey-never-knew-that-the-british-museums-hawaii-exhibition-surprises/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/uk-taxpayers-exposed-with-creditors-set-to-take-over-struggling-broadband-provider/Mon, 19 Jan 2026 08:57:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/uk-taxpayers-exposed-with-creditors-set-to-take-over-struggling-broadband-provider/ The land was later acquired by Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Cleveland, who developed it, hence the main road being named Wentworth Street. If you’re wondering about Ann’s Place, that w]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-alleys-anns-place-whitechapel-e1/Mon, 19 Jan 2026 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-alleys-anns-place-whitechapel-e1/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/brussels-in-move-to-bar-chinese-suppliers-from-eus-critical-infrastructure/Sat, 17 Jan 2026 06:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/brussels-in-move-to-bar-chinese-suppliers-from-eus-critical-infrastructure/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/pikes-at-the-palace-english-civil-war-re-enactors-to-march-through-london/Fri, 16 Jan 2026 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/pikes-at-the-palace-english-civil-war-re-enactors-to-march-through-london/ Jewellery, generally being quite small and wearable, it’s only a small-sized exhibition, filling the Goldsmiths’ Centre&rsqu]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-skylons-to-brick-walls-see-the-next-generation-of-jewellery-designers/Fri, 16 Jan 2026 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-skylons-to-brick-walls-see-the-next-generation-of-jewellery-designers/ Bushey station (c) ianVisits
There are stations that the Department for Transport (DfT) says are progressing to detailed design. These include Dalston Kingsland, Esher, Gunnersbury, Kew Bridge, and Raynes Park. Gunnersbury was already progressing to design work, so that’s more of a confirmation of what was already known.
However]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/lifts-approved-for-some-london-stations-but-others-lose-out-as-dft-scales-back-plans/Fri, 16 Jan 2026 11:01:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/lifts-approved-for-some-london-stations-but-others-lose-out-as-dft-scales-back-plans/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/mayor-to-push-london-council-tax-precept-above-500-to-fund-policing-and-rail-plans/Thu, 15 Jan 2026 21:08:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/mayor-to-push-london-council-tax-precept-above-500-to-fund-policing-and-rail-plans/ Each tour starts at 11:30am from the main entrance once you are inside the Zoo, and lasts for aroun]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-200th-anniversary-tours-of-london-zoo/Thu, 15 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-200th-anniversary-tours-of-london-zoo/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/spacex-partner-echostar-struggles-to-reach-escape-velocity/Thu, 15 Jan 2026 16:22:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/spacex-partner-echostar-struggles-to-reach-escape-velocity/ It’]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/imber-bus-confirms-its-2026-date-for-a-surreal-ride-through-salisbury-plain/Thu, 15 Jan 2026 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/imber-bus-confirms-its-2026-date-for-a-surreal-ride-through-salisbury-plain/ With me so far?We’re in Horace Walpole’s gothic manor house at Strawberry Hill, and he owned a richly decorated dagger that he was told had belonged to the King.
However, more recent research has indicated that it was likely a decorative dagger made at the imperial workshops in late 16th-century Istanbul and expo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/strawberry-hills-new-exhibition-chases-a-lost-dagger-with-a-questionable-past/Thu, 15 Jan 2026 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/strawberry-hills-new-exhibition-chases-a-lost-dagger-with-a-questionable-past/ Brick cellars heavily covered with soot (c) MOLA
Among the finds uncovered by MOLA at the excavation site in East London was a fragment of a slate school tablet, still bearing the faint scratches of children’s handwriting and doodles, alongside a hoard of ceramic marbles – known as “al]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/archaeologists-uncover-victorian-childrens-schoolwork-in-east-london/Thu, 15 Jan 2026 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/archaeologists-uncover-victorian-childrens-schoolwork-in-east-london/ Dr Johnson’s House (c) ianVisits
If you fancy a cultured detour just off Fleet Street, there’s a definition worth learning first: entry to Dr Johnson’s House is half price every Friday afternoon. It gives you an ideal excuse to step off the pavement and into the birthplace of the modern English dictionary.
House (noun): A seventeenth-century townh]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/half-price-entry-to-dr-johnsons-house-on-friday-afternoons/Wed, 14 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/half-price-entry-to-dr-johnsons-house-on-friday-afternoons/ Longford Castle (c) ianVisits
This is Longford Castle, the private home of the Earl of Radnor, a 16th-century building whose strikingly unconventional exterior hints at what lies inside. Behind the walls is an art collection, rich enough in Old Master paintings to rival many major galleries, set within interiors that reflect centu]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-2026-tours-of-privately-owned-longford-castle/Wed, 14 Jan 2026 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-2026-tours-of-privately-owned-longford-castle/ The council is working with Citizen Zoo, specialists in urban rewilding, who are assessing the site’s potential. Citizen Zoo also helped deliver London’s first openly ac]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/urban-rewilding-beavers-could-return-to-a-south-london-park/Wed, 14 Jan 2026 14:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/urban-rewilding-beavers-could-return-to-a-south-london-park/ A trial in 2023 tested whether making the ticket machines more noticeable would help reduce incidents of people genuinely forgetting to tap in/out on t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/ticket-checks-ramped-up-on-the-dlr-in-fare-evasion-crackdown/Wed, 14 Jan 2026 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/ticket-checks-ramped-up-on-the-dlr-in-fare-evasion-crackdown/ Bakerloo line train at Lambeth North tube station (c) ianVisits
Officers from the BTP’s Operational Support Unit forced entry to a property in Barnet, north London, during the early hours of Friday 9th January.
A 48-year-old man was arrested at the address on suspicion of criminal damage and taken into custody for questioning. He]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/man-arrested-over-260000-graffiti-spree-on-northern-line-trains/Wed, 14 Jan 2026 08:40:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/man-arrested-over-260000-graffiti-spree-on-northern-line-trains/ Announced in 1825, it would take a year of wrangling to settle o]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/wellington-arch-at-200-the-monument-that-lost-a-statue-and-gained-a-tunnel/Wed, 14 Jan 2026 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/wellington-arch-at-200-the-monument-that-lost-a-statue-and-gained-a-tunnel/ “I do not see why Ladies should not have a Lark as well as the Gentlemen.” – 1819 satirical print
Members of the public are being invited to put forward the name of a professional women’s cycling star or an ‘unsung hero’ from their own community, along with a short explanation of how that person encouraged them to tak]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfl-launches-hunt-for-women-who-inspired-londoners-to-start-cycling/Tue, 13 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfl-launches-hunt-for-women-who-inspired-londoners-to-start-cycling/ Born within a year of each other, but to very different families, the two set out to become artists, but on different paths that eventually led to rivalry in the art galleries of London.
Critics of the time pitted the two against each other, comparing Constable’s truth to Turner’s poetry. Despite their di]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/friends-foes-and-six-foot-canvases-turner-and-constable-face-off-at-tate-britain/Tue, 13 Jan 2026 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/friends-foes-and-six-foot-canvases-turner-and-constable-face-off-at-tate-britain/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/distressed-debt-buyer-applies-to-put-uk-broadband-operator-into-administration/Tue, 13 Jan 2026 10:35:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/distressed-debt-buyer-applies-to-put-uk-broadband-operator-into-administration/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/distressed-debt-buyer-applies-to-put-uk-broadband-firm-into-administration/Tue, 13 Jan 2026 10:35:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/distressed-debt-buyer-applies-to-put-uk-broadband-firm-into-administration/ The event, Open Doors 2026, showcases the construction industry and aims to demonstrate the variety of careers in the trade. Open Doors aims to change perceptions around construction and encourage the next generation]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-tours-of-uk-construction-sites/Tue, 13 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-tours-of-uk-construction-sites/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/openreach-needs-to-make-full-fibre-broadband-work/Tue, 13 Jan 2026 06:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/openreach-needs-to-make-full-fibre-broadband-work/ (c) Sacred Heart High School
The organ at the Sacred Heart High School on Hammersmith Road was thought to date to around 1883, when the chapel was built. However, recent research has revealed that it was actually made by the Flemish organ builder Hippolyte Loret around 1861-2.
It was built for Sacred Heart’s Pa]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/an-organ-on-the-run-the-hammersmith-school-organ-with-a-hidden-past/Mon, 12 Jan 2026 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/an-organ-on-the-run-the-hammersmith-school-organ-with-a-hidden-past/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/eleven-miles-of-costumes-take-a-tour-of-the-vast-angels-costumes-warehouse/Mon, 12 Jan 2026 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/eleven-miles-of-costumes-take-a-tour-of-the-vast-angels-costumes-warehouse/ (c) The Ivy
The original Ivy opened in 1917, so to honour the year they first welcomed guests, they’re inviting you to try a specially curated menu, priced at just £19.17 at their Collection restaurants.
For celeb spotters, disappointment as it’s not available at the Original Ivy – so you won’t be getting a dose of bargain celeb spotting, but th]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-ivy-offering-1917-two-course-menu-across-its-london-restaurants/Mon, 12 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-ivy-offering-1917-two-course-menu-across-its-london-restaurants/ OS map 1851
As is so often the case in this part of London, the passage was sliced in half by the arrival of the railways, and then it got worse. Initially, the Tottenham &]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-alleys-wesleyan-place-kentish-town-nw5/Mon, 12 Jan 2026 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-alleys-wesleyan-place-kentish-town-nw5/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/patrick-drahi-revives-sale-of-stake-in-german-broadband-network/Mon, 12 Jan 2026 06:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/patrick-drahi-revives-sale-of-stake-in-german-broadband-network/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/drahi-revives-sale-of-stake-in-german-broadband-network/Mon, 12 Jan 2026 06:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/drahi-revives-sale-of-stake-in-german-broadband-network/ Greenwich Fan Museum
“It is a truth universally acknowledged…” that a Georgian lady was rarely seen without a fan — and the Fan Museum is filled with them.Part fashion accessory, part cooling device, part coded instrument of f]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/fans-frigates-and-flirtation-jane-austens-world-in-greenwich-exhibitions/Fri, 09 Jan 2026 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/fans-frigates-and-flirtation-jane-austens-world-in-greenwich-exhibitions/ Farringdon station (c) ianVisits
The deal significantly expands Otis’s role underground. Once the contract begins, the company will maintain more than 300 of TfL’s roughly 570 escalators, making it the single largest escalator contractor on the network.
Otis has a long history with the London Underground, as it was the firm that insta]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfl-signs-otis-to-keep-the-tubes-escalators-moving-until-the-2040s/Fri, 09 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfl-signs-otis-to-keep-the-tubes-escalators-moving-until-the-2040s/ And many of the survivors are “hidden in plain sight” with new names and functions.
The Old Vic theatre — originally the Royal Victoria Coffee Music Hall (c) Historic England
That concentration i]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/billiards-without-beer-the-time-london-tried-to-cure-itself-of-the-booze/Fri, 09 Jan 2026 07:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/billiards-without-beer-the-time-london-tried-to-cure-itself-of-the-booze/ The old footbridge was demolished shortly afterwards, but in doing so, it severed the only crossing over the railway in this part of town. For people on the eastern s]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/barking-railway-footbridge-reopens-ending-three-years-of-detours-for-local-residents/Thu, 08 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/barking-railway-footbridge-reopens-ending-three-years-of-detours-for-local-residents/ (c) Butchers’ Hall
Guests are welcomed with a drink reception from 12:15pm on the Ground Floor, before ascending to the Great Hall, where lunch is served at 1pm.
You probably want to bring a coat, if only to hav]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-butchers-hall-confirms-dates-for-next-carvery-lunches/Thu, 08 Jan 2026 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-butchers-hall-confirms-dates-for-next-carvery-lunches/ That is, if the church has a pipe organ.
St Giles without Cripplegate (c) ianVisits
Most do, and pipe organs need periodic tuning as the seasons change. When organ tuners carry out that work, many will write down details of the ambient temperature and humidity at the time. Those observations are]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/too-hot-to-handel-pipe-organs-reveal-the-truth-about-warming-churches/Thu, 08 Jan 2026 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/too-hot-to-handel-pipe-organs-reveal-the-truth-about-warming-churches/ OS map 1960 s]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-pocket-parks-katherine-buchan-meadow-hanwell-w7/Thu, 08 Jan 2026 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-pocket-parks-katherine-buchan-meadow-hanwell-w7/ The tours are a mix of learning about the military heritage, exploring several grand and impressive buildings, and seeing grounds that are usually off-limits to the public.
I visited in 2023 – review here.Tours take place at on select dates and must be booked in advance. Once a date is agreed upon, you will arran]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-sandhurst-military-academys-tours-for-2026/Wed, 07 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-sandhurst-military-academys-tours-for-2026/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/south-bermondsey-station-reopens-after-its-platform-was-replaced-over-christmas/Wed, 07 Jan 2026 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/south-bermondsey-station-reopens-after-its-platform-was-replaced-over-christmas/ Raised embankment passing over the road outside Queensbury station
A letter sent to local residents and shared by the local Councillor, Jayanti Patel, informs them that the works will start in a couple of weeks time, on 16th January 2026 and last for around 18 months, completing in summer 2027.
The affected area is the raised embankment around Queensbury tube s]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/jubilee-line-embankment-works-to-begin-near-queensbury-lasting-until-summer-2027/Wed, 07 Jan 2026 14:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/jubilee-line-embankment-works-to-begin-near-queensbury-lasting-until-summer-2027/ (c) TfL
The whole idea of using space on the tube adverts to display poems came from New York born, London resident writer and lecturer, Judith Chernaik, who had a “passion for London and a passion for English poetry”.
She proposed the Poems on the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/steel-and-rhyme-still-on-time-40-years-of-poems-on-the-underground/Wed, 07 Jan 2026 11:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/steel-and-rhyme-still-on-time-40-years-of-poems-on-the-underground/ The Triceratops roamed the plains of what is now North America]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/berkeley-square-swaps-nightingales-for-dinosaurs-as-a-triceratops-arrives/Wed, 07 Jan 2026 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/berkeley-square-swaps-nightingales-for-dinosaurs-as-a-triceratops-arrives/ Proposed development – Source: planning documents
There have been attempts to do something with the site since 2008, with outline planning granted in 2013, but the plans were dropped following extensive local opposition.
Originally planned to have some 8,000 homes, including rebuilding council housing around the site, following lengthy protests, the core]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/after-a-decade-of-delay-earls-court-finally-gets-planning-permission-for-4000-homes/Tue, 06 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/after-a-decade-of-delay-earls-court-finally-gets-planning-permission-for-4000-homes/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/frameless-unveils-new-annual-ticket-as-a-budget-friendly-option-for-repeat-visits/Tue, 06 Jan 2026 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/frameless-unveils-new-annual-ticket-as-a-budget-friendly-option-for-repeat-visits/ The exhibition itself is largely made up of presentation bo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/award-winning-theatre-set-designs-go-on-show-at-the-national-theatre/Tue, 06 Jan 2026 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/award-winning-theatre-set-designs-go-on-show-at-the-national-theatre/ (c) ianVisits
The discounted fares apply to journeys between London and Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and Lille, for travel taking place between 19 January and 25 March 2026.
While there are a handful of blackout dates, around 90% of dates during the sale period seem to be available at the headline price,]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/winter-sale-on-eurostar-train-trips-to-mainland-europe/Tue, 06 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/winter-sale-on-eurostar-train-trips-to-mainland-europe/ (c) Daniel Wright and Philip Butler
From the grouping of the Big Four in 1923 to nationalisation in 1947, there was a short-lived yet sweeping transformation in railway architecture, from ornate Neo-Classical designs to the bold new forms of Streamline Modernism.
As the authors, Philip Butler and Daniel Wright, note, while Charles Holden’s London Underground stati]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/new-book-reveals-the-overlooked-modern-architecture-of-britains-big-four-railways/Tue, 06 Jan 2026 11:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/new-book-reveals-the-overlooked-modern-architecture-of-britains-big-four-railways/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/uk-broadband-operator-sold-to-distressed-debt-specialist/Tue, 06 Jan 2026 00:01:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/uk-broadband-operator-sold-to-distressed-debt-specialist/ And “grand” barely does it justice.Own]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-tours-of-the-richly-decorated-moor-park-mansion/Sat, 03 Jan 2026 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-tours-of-the-richly-decorated-moor-park-mansion/ The Ladywell Playtower
As one of Lewisham’s most significant Grade II listed sites, the Ladywell Playtower opened in 1884 as a swimming pool and public hall, and despite closing in 2004, the Grade II listed building remains a feature of the neighbourhood.
The building was damaged by fire in 2006, but in 2022, the council agreed a development plan that would]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/lewisham-asks-public-for-ideas-to-rescue-and-reopen-the-ladywell-playtower/Fri, 02 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/lewisham-asks-public-for-ideas-to-rescue-and-reopen-the-ladywell-playtower/ (c) ianVisits
As part of the grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, both the 18th-century building and its gardens will be restored and redeveloped, alongside work to transform the Undercroft into a community space and improve accessibility throughout.
A research project will also uncover three centuries of stories about the people who worshipped]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/jewel-in-the-strand-project-backed-by-46m-grant-for-st-mary-le-strand-church/Fri, 02 Jan 2026 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/jewel-in-the-strand-project-backed-by-46m-grant-for-st-mary-le-strand-church/ The solar eclipse will take place on Wednesday 12th August 2026, and if seen from the UK, it will obscure about 90% of the sun. Which is equivalent to a very cloudy sky, assuming there isn’t cloud in the sky already.
The eclipse for the UK will start around 6:15pm, reach maximum coverag]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/where-to-watch-the-2026-total-solar-eclipse/Fri, 02 Jan 2026 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/where-to-watch-the-2026-total-solar-eclipse/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/how-nokia-went-from-iphone-victim-to-1bn-nvidia-deal/Thu, 01 Jan 2026 06:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/how-nokia-went-from-iphone-victim-to-1bn-nvidia-deal/ c2c
Chiltern Railways
CrossCountry
East Midlands Railway
Great Northern
Greater Anglia
Great Western Railway (GWR)
LNER
Northern Trains
Southeastern
Southern
South Western Railway (SWR)
Thameslink
TransPennine Express
West Midlands TrainsAll the DfT-regulated train companies are t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/great-british-rail-sale-launches-with-savings-of-50-on-off-peak-and-advance-fares/Wed, 31 Dec 2025 11:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/great-british-rail-sale-launches-with-savings-of-50-on-off-peak-and-advance-fares/ That said, there’s always a flip side. It turned out to be a cracking year for exhibitions, and being a bit more housebound than usual]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/another-year-another-pile-of-words-the-stories-that-made-me-smile-in-2025/Wed, 31 Dec 2025 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/another-year-another-pile-of-words-the-stories-that-made-me-smile-in-2025/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/trump-mobile-delays-plan-to-launch-gold-coloured-smartphone-this-year/Wed, 31 Dec 2025 06:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/trump-mobile-delays-plan-to-launch-gold-coloured-smartphone-this-year/ Prices will vary depe]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/winter-sale-on-gwr-train-tickets-starts-this-friday/Tue, 30 Dec 2025 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/winter-sale-on-gwr-train-tickets-starts-this-friday/ Split ticketing is where it turns out that, instead of buying one ticket to the destination, it can be]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/train-firms-slapped-for-cheapest-ticket-claims-after-regulator-ruling/Tue, 30 Dec 2025 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/train-firms-slapped-for-cheapest-ticket-claims-after-regulator-ruling/ Museum concept (c) Wright & Wright Architects
The Royal Academy of Music (RAM) in Marylebone is split over two buildings linked by an underground tunnel, and thanks to a £30 million donation from philanthropist Mrs Aud Jebsen, they are planning improvements to the layout and facilities.
As part of the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/museum-of-musical-instruments-to-be-reimagined-as-part-of-30m-refurbishment/Tue, 30 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/museum-of-musical-instruments-to-be-reimagined-as-part-of-30m-refurbishment/ Elizabeth line trains on the western branch (c) ianVisits
In a submission to the Transport Select Committee’s Call for Evidence, TfL writes that it welcomes the proposed Railways Bill as a step towards a simpler and more reliable railway, but raises concerns about how the national railway would affect]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfl-raises-existential-concerns-over-track-access-under-great-british-railways/Tue, 30 Dec 2025 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfl-raises-existential-concerns-over-track-access-under-great-british-railways/ Gunnersbury Park Museum
Only for a month, as they say they will spend the time preparing for the park’s centenary, which takes place on 21st May 2026.
Gunnersbury Park Museum will be closed from 5th January to 3rd February. During this time, the park will remain fully open, and a new park cafe, Pure in the Park, will be opening on 5th January.
Gunnersbur]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/gunnersbury-park-museum-closing-for-a-month-of-refurbishment-work/Mon, 29 Dec 2025 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/gunnersbury-park-museum-closing-for-a-month-of-refurbishment-work/ Delivery by DLR (c) Quattro Plant
The DLR station is currently closed as all the escalators are being replaced after repeated attempts to repair them failed to fix the faults. Because the station was built with very limited space, it had to close during the repairs, as there was no sensible way of redirecting passengers.
Old escalators at platform level (c) ianVisits
The cramped space also means i]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/dlr-delivers-cutty-sark-station-gets-new-escalators-via-the-tracks/Mon, 29 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/dlr-delivers-cutty-sark-station-gets-new-escalators-via-the-tracks/ From pantomimes and holiday specials to long-running West End blockbusters and contemporary plays, discounted tickets are available now online, but availability]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/winter-sale-on-west-end-theatre-tickets-for-plays-pantos-and-musicals/Mon, 29 Dec 2025 11:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/winter-sale-on-west-end-theatre-tickets-for-plays-pantos-and-musicals/ OS Map 1953
It took a while fo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-alleys-murray-terrace-hampstead-nw3/Mon, 29 Dec 2025 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-alleys-murray-terrace-hampstead-nw3/ Colne Valley viaduct (c) ianVisits
The data show that excavation of all 23 miles of deep-bore tunnels on the section of the railway between Old Oak Common and Birmingham Curzon Street has now been completed. Around 70 per cent of the project’s earthworks have been delivered, alongside the use of almost 300,000 tonnes of s]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/hs2-railway-shifts-from-excavation-to-civil-works-amid-cost-and-schedule-rethink/Mon, 29 Dec 2025 07:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/hs2-railway-shifts-from-excavation-to-civil-works-amid-cost-and-schedule-rethink/ (c) Catherine Southon auctions
The restaurant, Mon Plaisir on Monmouth Street in Covent Garden, was founded by Jean Viala and his wife in 1943 and bought by their head waiter Monsieur Alain Lhermitte in 1972. In April 2022, Lhermitte retired, and the restaurant was acquired by Fabio Lauro & Family, making them the third family]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/fancy-a-slice-of-paris-londons-oldest-french-restaurant-is-selling-its-wall-art/Fri, 26 Dec 2025 15:55:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/fancy-a-slice-of-paris-londons-oldest-french-restaurant-is-selling-its-wall-art/ Lady Florence Norman 1916 (street background expanded)
These were the Autoped, an American import that was once popular enough to regularly appear in the newspapers before vanishing seemingly without a trace.
Invented in the USA in 1915, they first appeared in London in 1917, despite a ban on imports during WWI, and really took off when]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-e-scooter-isnt-new-london-was-zooming-around-on-autopeds-a-century-ago/Wed, 24 Dec 2025 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-e-scooter-isnt-new-london-was-zooming-around-on-autopeds-a-century-ago/ If you are fond of “ye olde english traditions”, then you’re bound to love this.
The revels begin outside Shakespeare’s Globe t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/mummers-wassail-and-folklore-bankside-marks-twelfth-night-with-free-riverside-revels/Tue, 23 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/mummers-wassail-and-folklore-bankside-marks-twelfth-night-with-free-riverside-revels/ General view of Slade Green and sidings with Networker units (c) Network Rail
Southeastern’s Class 465 Networker fleet first entered passenger service in 1992, and the overhaul enables Southeastern to keep operating them while it waits for a replacement set of more accessible trains in a few years time.
The maintenance project will see the wheel bogies that sit underne]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/old-trains-new-wheels-southeasterns-train-wheels-heads-to-crewe-for-a-major-refresh/Tue, 23 Dec 2025 11:40:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/old-trains-new-wheels-southeasterns-train-wheels-heads-to-crewe-for-a-major-refresh/ From this
To this
The new open-span entrance, topped by a timber roof, replaces a much smaller structure that was built after the original entrance was damaged during the Second World War. As well as subtle references to the area’s aviation heritage through the use of glulam timber, the station’s or]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-soggy-piles-to-wooden-beams-inside-colindales-new-timber-tube-station/Tue, 23 Dec 2025 07:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-soggy-piles-to-wooden-beams-inside-colindales-new-timber-tube-station/ (c) Bonhams
Ada Lovelace was an English mathematician and writer, and is chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage’s proposed mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine. She was the first person to realise that the machine had applications beyond pure calculation, and is widely re]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/national-portrait-gallery-buys-rare-photographs-of-ada-lovelace-for-the-nation/Mon, 22 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/national-portrait-gallery-buys-rare-photographs-of-ada-lovelace-for-the-nation/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-alleys-ransom-walk-charlton-se7/Mon, 22 Dec 2025 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-alleys-ransom-walk-charlton-se7/ Festive travel
During the Christmas period, over £160m of major investment projects will take place across the network.
In the run-up to Christmas, trains and stations are expected to be particular]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/christmas-and-new-year-rail-travel-in-london-day-by-day-guide-to-closures-and-reduced-services/Fri, 19 Dec 2025 14:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/christmas-and-new-year-rail-travel-in-london-day-by-day-guide-to-closures-and-reduced-services/ As a child drifts into sleep, wheels begin to spin, toys spring to life, and a touch of magic transforms]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/winter-sale-on-tickets-to-starlight-express/Fri, 19 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/winter-sale-on-tickets-to-starlight-express/ King William’s College General Knowledge Paper (GKP)
King William’s College, based on the Isle of Man, was founded in 1833, using a legacy itself established in 1668, and in 1904 set its first annual general knowledge test, known as the General Knowledge Paper (GKP). Once a privat]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/where-does-black-tom-toll-the-devils-knell-welcome-to-the-king-william-college-quiz/Fri, 19 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/where-does-black-tom-toll-the-devils-knell-welcome-to-the-king-william-college-quiz/ Preparing for the trial at Goldsmiths’ Hall in 2025 (c) ianVisits
The what?
The Trial of the Pyx is an annual court case that puts the Royal Mint on trial to validate the quality of the coins it has produced over the past year.
Why?
Because the security of the coins of the realm is a serious matter, and althoug]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-ancient-trial-of-the-pyx-is-moving-to-mansion-house-in-2026/Fri, 19 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-ancient-trial-of-the-pyx-is-moving-to-mansion-house-in-2026/ At the moment, staff visiting the docking stations swap out the batteries when they are low on power, but this risks bikes being unavailable if they are not checked regularly.
With the docking station recharge, that problem sh]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/santander-cycles-to-get-self-charging-e-bikes-and-new-smartphone-app/Thu, 18 Dec 2025 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/santander-cycles-to-get-self-charging-e-bikes-and-new-smartphone-app/ It was recently put up for sale and sold for £450,000.
This flag is believed to have been made and maintained by sailors aboard the Royal Soverei]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-union-flag-that-led-nelsons-fleet-at-trafalgar-may-be-saved-for-uk-museum/Thu, 18 Dec 2025 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-union-flag-that-led-nelsons-fleet-at-trafalgar-may-be-saved-for-uk-museum/ Heath Robinson Museum (c) ianVisits
Every Friday in January 2026, entry tickets will be “Pay What You Can” instead of their usual £8 entry charge. There’s no need to book online, just turn up at the museum and let them know how much you would like to pay.
The ticket gives you entry to the entire museum, including the Heath Robinson art gal]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/january-bargain-heath-robinson-museum-drops-8-ticket-for-pay-what-you-can-fridays/Thu, 18 Dec 2025 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/january-bargain-heath-robinson-museum-drops-8-ticket-for-pay-what-you-can-fridays/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/step-free-access-work-at-wandsworth-town-station-to-start-in-february-2026/Thu, 18 Dec 2025 14:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/step-free-access-work-at-wandsworth-town-station-to-start-in-february-2026/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/discounted-tickets-to-pinocchio-at-shakespeares-globe/Thu, 18 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/discounted-tickets-to-pinocchio-at-shakespeares-globe/ (c) 31-32 Soho Square consultation
The site includes 31-32 Soho Square – formerly known as Twentieth Century House, 65-66 Frith Street, 10 Chapone Place and 22-25 Dean Street.
The Twentieth Century House, which comprises most of the site facing Soho Square, was built in 1936 for Twentieth Century-F]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/plans-unveiled-for-a-covered-soho-alley-through-former-twentieth-century-fox-hq/Wed, 17 Dec 2025 14:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/plans-unveiled-for-a-covered-soho-alley-through-former-twentieth-century-fox-hq/ (c) Port of London Authority
The story began in November 1925, when the Port of London Authority (PLA) launched its first staff and industry magazine, PLA Monthly. Sold for sixpence, the publication represented a shift in how the Authority communicated with its workforce and the w]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-1925-onwards-the-tidal-thames-news-archive-is-now-online/Wed, 17 Dec 2025 13:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-1925-onwards-the-tidal-thames-news-archive-is-now-online/ And it was wet]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-pigeon-droppings-to-public-art-clapham-junction-underpass-gets-a-dramatic-makeover/Wed, 17 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-pigeon-droppings-to-public-art-clapham-junction-underpass-gets-a-dramatic-makeover/ Buckingham Palace’s east wing (c) ianVisits
The summer opening mainly focuses on the state rooms on the west wing of the palace, and they only started occasional tours of the east wing in 2024. It’s not cheap though, as the 90-minute tours are designed to give you a more in-depth look at the East Wing, at a time when the Palace is not usually]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-tours-of-buckingham-palaces-private-east-wing/Wed, 17 Dec 2025 11:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-tours-of-buckingham-palaces-private-east-wing/ Departure board at Camden Road showing the “impossible” destination – Dec 2022
Over Christmas, engineers will need to close the Mildmay line between Brondesbury Park and Willesden Junction to replace 10 sets of points that are currently in poor condition and held in place by deteriorating timber sl]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/an-unusual-london-overground-trip-is-possible-during-betwixmas/Wed, 17 Dec 2025 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/an-unusual-london-overground-trip-is-possible-during-betwixmas/ 1994 Gatwick Express advert
Network Rail says it will be carrying out essential maintenance and upgrades along the entire line. They usually aim for winter work on the line, as it’s quieter than the busy summer season.
The closures will mean there’s no connection between London Bridge and Gatwick Airport, but a longer diversion route w]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/weekend-rail-closures-will-disrupt-gatwick-and-brighton-train-journeys-in-early-2026/Tue, 16 Dec 2025 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/weekend-rail-closures-will-disrupt-gatwick-and-brighton-train-journeys-in-early-2026/ The shows will be free to attend and take place on Thursday 29th and Friday 30th January 2026 from 5:30 to 8:30pm.
It’s likely to be best to walk the route in the following order – starting at Guildhall, and ending at Milton Cou]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/free-light-and-sound-show-to-fill-city-of-londons-historic-sites/Tue, 16 Dec 2025 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/free-light-and-sound-show-to-fill-city-of-londons-historic-sites/ New power cables map (c) National Rail
The first of two new circuits that connect National Grid’s New Cross substation in Southwark with its Hurst substation in Bexley is now live, running for 18km beneath South London through tunnels up to 50 metres deep.
This new link replaces one of two buried cables that have served the capital since the 1960s, with the other to be replaced when t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/a-train-sized-tunnel-is-now-carrying-electricity-under-south-london/Tue, 16 Dec 2025 14:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/a-train-sized-tunnel-is-now-carrying-electricity-under-south-london/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/buttons-blood-and-bright-red-tunics-inside-the-revamped-guards-museum/Tue, 16 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/buttons-blood-and-bright-red-tunics-inside-the-revamped-guards-museum/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/uk-plans-curb-on-freeholders-blocking-broadband-cabling-in-flats/Mon, 15 Dec 2025 01:01:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/uk-plans-curb-on-freeholders-blocking-broadband-cabling-in-flats/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/us-has-failed-to-stop-massive-chinese-cyber-campaign-warns-senator/Fri, 12 Dec 2025 23:08:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/us-has-failed-to-stop-massive-chinese-cyber-campaign-warns-senator/ SWR into British Rail (c) ianVisits
Two trains will run the trip on Sunday 21st December, and after leaving Waterloo, they will diverge from the mainline just before Putney to run over the District line tracks to Wimbledon, where they will rejoin the mainline.
That means fans of the unusual can see an SWR-branded train pass]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/watch-a-mainline-train-run-along-part-of-the-london-underground/Fri, 12 Dec 2025 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/watch-a-mainline-train-run-along-part-of-the-london-underground/ Amended tube map showing closures
The early closure means that trains will stop serving the Bank branch from 10pm, but there will be an additional four trains an hour on the Charing Cross branch. However, to accommodate this, TfL will have to reduce the overall frequency of some Northern line services from around 9:3]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/late-night-northern-line-disruption-as-bank-branch-to-shut-early-for-engineering-works/Fri, 12 Dec 2025 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/late-night-northern-line-disruption-as-bank-branch-to-shut-early-for-engineering-works/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/jpmorgan-has-crossed-a-line-how-altices-debts-ensnared-us-banking-giant/Fri, 12 Dec 2025 15:13:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/jpmorgan-has-crossed-a-line-how-altices-debts-ensnared-us-banking-giant/ As well as a behind-the-scenes look at Battersea’s work, you’ll pay a visit to their kennels and cattery, hear how the hydrotherapy pool and clinic transform the lives of so many animals, stop off at the outdoor exercise paddocks, and learn more abo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-tours-of-battersea-dogs-amp-cats-home/Fri, 12 Dec 2025 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-tours-of-battersea-dogs-amp-cats-home/ Its hapless double act careers from rubbing Aladdin’s lamp to roaming Dick Whittin]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/sale-on-tickets-to-the-potted-panto-at-wiltons-music-hall/Fri, 12 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/sale-on-tickets-to-the-potted-panto-at-wiltons-music-hall/ However, it will also see the Barbican close for a year to allow the rebuilding to take place.When it opened in 1982, the arts centre was described as “one of the wonders of the modern world.” Although the core building still matches its lofty ambitions, decades of wear and internal changes have interfered with the original vision.
Many of the b]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/barbican-arts-centre-to-close-for-a-year-for-a-240m-upgrade/Fri, 12 Dec 2025 12:41:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/barbican-arts-centre-to-close-for-a-year-for-a-240m-upgrade/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/newhams-oldest-secular-building-to-be-saved-as-spotted-dog-pub-restoration-begins/Fri, 12 Dec 2025 11:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/newhams-oldest-secular-building-to-be-saved-as-spotted-dog-pub-restoration-begins/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tube-lifts-learn-to-tell-on-themselves-in-new-tfl-push-for-reliable-step-free-travel/Thu, 11 Dec 2025 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tube-lifts-learn-to-tell-on-themselves-in-new-tfl-push-for-reliable-step-free-travel/ Trinity House
Originally founded by King Henry VIII in 1514 to manage shipping safety along the Thames, what is today Trinity House was officially called (deep breath!)… “The Master, Wardens, and Assistants of the Guild, Fraternity, or Brotherhood of the most glorious and undivided Trinity, and of St. Clement in the Parish of Deptford-Strond in the Count]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-go-on-a-tour-of-the-trinity-house-headquarters/Thu, 11 Dec 2025 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-go-on-a-tour-of-the-trinity-house-headquarters/ However, that’s c]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/wellcome-collection-cutting-its-opening-hours-as-visitor-habits-change/Thu, 11 Dec 2025 14:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/wellcome-collection-cutting-its-opening-hours-as-visitor-habits-change/ The overall fare rise will be]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tube-and-overground-fares-up-in-march-but-bus-and-tram-freeze-extended-until-july-2026/Thu, 11 Dec 2025 13:19:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tube-and-overground-fares-up-in-march-but-bus-and-tram-freeze-extended-until-july-2026/ Initial concept image (c) Barratt London
High Barnet is a northern terminus for the Northern line and sits at the bottom of a slope alongside sidings for used to store tube trains when not in use.
The plan, put forward by TfL’s property arm, Places for London and Barratt Homes, would have seen approximately 300 new homes, including 40% affordable homes, built on the car park an]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/housing-development-at-high-barnet-tube-station-blocked-by-local-council/Thu, 11 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/housing-development-at-high-barnet-tube-station-blocked-by-local-council/ (c) City of London
The area, known as the St Paul’s Gyratory, the roads form a large roundabout encircling the former BT headquarters building and dates from a 1970s remodelling of the former GPO buildings area.
As part of a remodelling of the roads in the area to remove the gyratory, the plans will see one side of the gyratory pedestrianised and apart from creating a new public]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/construction-of-st-pauls-new-public-square-to-start-next-year/Thu, 11 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/construction-of-st-pauls-new-public-square-to-start-next-year/ The boat tour operator has now announced so]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/illuminated-river-boat-ride-tours-add-extra-dates-over-christmas/Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/illuminated-river-boat-ride-tours-add-extra-dates-over-christmas/ TfL wrote to H&F council in early December to say that circumstances have changed.
“After w]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/unexpected-repairs-force-tfl-to-shut-barons-court-tube-stations-platforms-through-2026/Tue, 09 Dec 2025 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/unexpected-repairs-force-tfl-to-shut-barons-court-tube-stations-platforms-through-2026/ Such was the throng at the market on Christmas Eve that it sometimes made the news, as in 1912, when one trader was said to]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/smithfield-markets-christmas-eve-meat-auction-is-back-for-2025/Tue, 09 Dec 2025 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/smithfield-markets-christmas-eve-meat-auction-is-back-for-2025/ It’s a fairly small widespread display, so you can do the whole lot in maybe 20 minutes, and some might not even look like temporary art at all. For the instagrammers, there’s a large cube]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/southbank-centre-lights-up-winter-nights-with-a-free-illuminated-art-trail/Tue, 09 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/southbank-centre-lights-up-winter-nights-with-a-free-illuminated-art-trail/ (c) London Northwestern Railway (LNR)
From 14th December, LNR is rolling out new longer trains onto its Trent Valley line, which connects the capital with destinations in Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Buckinghamshire.
The new fleet – known as Class 730/2s – are longer than the trains they replace and w]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/lnr-rolls-out-longer-trains-delivering-20-more-seats-on-euston-services/Tue, 09 Dec 2025 12:02:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/lnr-rolls-out-longer-trains-delivering-20-more-seats-on-euston-services/ Concept image (c) Department for Transport
The design features a red, white and blue colour scheme and sharp angles to create a design mirroring the Union Flag. Great British Railways will also reuse the classic British Rail double-arrows logo, without the suggested Union Jack colours which had been touted earlier in the year, to generally negati]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/red-white-and-rails-the-great-british-railways-livery-unveiled-for-2026-rollout/Tue, 09 Dec 2025 10:23:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/red-white-and-rails-the-great-british-railways-livery-unveiled-for-2026-rollout/ The narrow staircase to the station exit
As part of the planning permission to refurbish the office building next to the station into residential flats, the developer will provide funding for design studies and set aside land for the station upgrade.
However, there’s no funding to rebuild the station itself.
A couple of concept images were shown o]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/gunnersbury-stations-step-free-plans-advance-but-commuters-still-waiting-for-godot/Tue, 09 Dec 2025 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/gunnersbury-stations-step-free-plans-advance-but-commuters-still-waiting-for-godot/ Unsplash+ License
Long suspected and at times disputed, a new review of people’s commutes across 43 countries found a strong bias toward a daily commute of around 78 minutes (1.3 hours), regardless of how it occurs.
Whether driving, on the bus, tram or train, walking or cycling, the study by ICTA-UAB and McGill University in Canada found the 1.3 hou]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-13-hour-rule-why-quicker-trains-encourage-longer-distance-commutes/Mon, 08 Dec 2025 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-13-hour-rule-why-quicker-trains-encourage-longer-distance-commutes/ Mirror Moon (c) Luke Jerram
Arriving at the Royal Observatory Greenwich in March, this new installation, measuring two metres in diameter, uses accurate topographic data from NASA to map the textures of the Moon onto the mirrored steel surface.
The tactile medium allows visitors to run their fingers across the craters, valleys, mountains and sm]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/royal-observatory-to-unveil-a-mirror-moon-sculpture-in-march/Mon, 08 Dec 2025 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/royal-observatory-to-unveil-a-mirror-moon-sculpture-in-march/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/helchs-dropped-hs-land-in-dalston-exhibition/Mon, 08 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/helchs-dropped-hs-land-in-dalston-exhibition/ Bramham Gardens (c) ianVisits
The event began with volunteers’ passion to open up private West London squares and has since grown to embrace gardens across central London – from roof spaces owned by city banks, to historic institutions, community allotments and even the Prime Minister’s own Downing Street garden]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-discounted-tickets-to-open-gardens-weekend-2026/Fri, 05 Dec 2025 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-discounted-tickets-to-open-gardens-weekend-2026/ The additional services will run between approximately 11am and 8pm each Saturday, with two additional trains per ho]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/elizabeth-line-to-run-every-three-minutes-on-saturdays-as-service-ramps-up/Fri, 05 Dec 2025 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/elizabeth-line-to-run-every-three-minutes-on-saturdays-as-service-ramps-up/ Refurbished interior (c) Southeastern
The multi-million programme will cover all 36 five-car units in the fleet, delivering around 11,000 newly refurbished seats, more than 4,000 power and USB sockets, and the replacement or overhaul of some 29,000 interior components, including wall and ceiling panels, grab poles, trims and]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/southeastern-rufurbishing-its-20-year-old-class-376-trains/Fri, 05 Dec 2025 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/southeastern-rufurbishing-its-20-year-old-class-376-trains/ The play is based on a short story, but Christie asked that the story not be published as long as]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/christmas-sale-on-tickets-to-see-the-moustrap/Fri, 05 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/christmas-sale-on-tickets-to-see-the-moustrap/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/billionaire-drahi-comes-out-fighting-as-creditors-fall-through-trap-doors/Fri, 05 Dec 2025 06:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/billionaire-drahi-comes-out-fighting-as-creditors-fall-through-trap-doors/ Eurostar Celestia at St Pancras station (c) Eurostar
If the service launches, it would likely see journey times of four to five hours between London and Frankfurt, with possible stops at Cologne and Brussels. Although that would be slower than flying, it would be comparable when you factor in that the railways would drop people off right in the centre of t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/auf-wiedersehen-jet-eurostar-and-db-revive-plans-for-direct-londongermany-trains/Thu, 04 Dec 2025 18:52:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/auf-wiedersehen-jet-eurostar-and-db-revive-plans-for-direct-londongermany-trains/ This is going to be a very interesting challenge for the engineers tasked with constructing a cargo box that can be lo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/british-museum-is-promising-good-vibrations-for-the-bayeux-tapestrys-trip-to-the-london/Thu, 04 Dec 2025 16:17:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/british-museum-is-promising-good-vibrations-for-the-bayeux-tapestrys-trip-to-the-london/ It’s quite possible that the station could have broken the 100 million barrier if it hadn’t been closed for 8 days last Christmas (and will be again this Christmas) for engineering works.
Liverpool Street station
At the other end of the spectrum, Elton and Orston in]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/elizabeth-line-drives-liverpool-street-station-to-nearly-100-million-entries-and-exits/Thu, 04 Dec 2025 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/elizabeth-line-drives-liverpool-street-station-to-nearly-100-million-entries-and-exits/ Currently
Proposed (c) Planning documents / developer
The original complex was completed in 1958 under the plot-ratio rules introduced in 1947, which encouraged taller structures set back behind lower street-frontages. Hence, the classic mid-century “podium with tower”]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-bhs-to-gothic-revival-oxford-street-tower-lined-up-for-cathedral-inspired-rebuild/Thu, 04 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-bhs-to-gothic-revival-oxford-street-tower-lined-up-for-cathedral-inspired-rebuild/ (c) Ramses & the Pharaohs’ Gold
Ramesses II, better known as Ramses the Great, ruled more than 3,200 years ago and is widely hailed as the mightiest pharaoh of Egypt’s most powerful era, the New Kingdom. His 66-year reign – the longest of any pharaoh – cemented his reputation as a supreme builder, warrior, statesman and, with around 90&nd]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/look-on-his-works-ramesses-the-great-exhibition-is-coming-to-london/Thu, 04 Dec 2025 11:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/look-on-his-works-ramesses-the-great-exhibition-is-coming-to-london/ Although expected, and also suggested as an option in the government’s recent new towns paper, a Freedom of Information request has given some more details of what a TfL run service would look like.
What is known as “Great Northern Inners” comprises the tunnels from Moorgate to Finsbury Park, and just north of]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfl-bids-to-take-over-moorgate-mainline-with-plan-to-increase-great-northern-services/Thu, 04 Dec 2025 09:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfl-bids-to-take-over-moorgate-mainline-with-plan-to-increase-great-northern-services/ Inside the phone box is a custom designed, 3D printed ‘Petal Planter’ vertical system, complete with solar-powered ventilati]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/disused-telephone-box-becomes-solar-powered-herb-garden/Thu, 04 Dec 2025 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/disused-telephone-box-becomes-solar-powered-herb-garden/ (c) TfL
The most significant change is the introduction of real-time line status notifications. Users can now receive instant alerts when their selected Tube, Elizabeth line, DLR, London Overground or Tram routes are being delayed. Notifications can be customised by line and time of day, and paused]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfl-go-adds-real-time-line-alerts-and-improved-train-info-in-latest-update/Wed, 03 Dec 2025 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfl-go-adds-real-time-line-alerts-and-improved-train-info-in-latest-update/ From the 2022 show (c) ianVisits
The journey begins outside, where the façade becomes the first canvas, before descending into the crypt, transformed by sweeping washes of light, and finally into the main church, where the full spectacle unfolds.
Based on the shows in 2022/23, it&rsq]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-luxmuralis-light-and-sound-show-to-fill-a-central-london-church/Wed, 03 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-luxmuralis-light-and-sound-show-to-fill-a-central-london-church/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/india-reverses-order-to-install-government-app-on-all-smartphones/Wed, 03 Dec 2025 12:36:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/india-reverses-order-to-install-government-app-on-all-smartphones/ For pay as you go with contactless to work correctly, train company fares must be fully integrated with TfL’s fare system.  During testing, the system identified iss]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/stansted-airports-contactless-train-ticketing-delayed-as-greater-anglia-hits-software-snag/Wed, 03 Dec 2025 12:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/stansted-airports-contactless-train-ticketing-delayed-as-greater-anglia-hits-software-snag/ The changes follow a review that concluded that the Railcard’s eligibility criteria should better reflect modern unders]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/government-to-broaden-railcard-train-travel-access-for-disabled-travellers/Tue, 02 Dec 2025 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/government-to-broaden-railcard-train-travel-access-for-disabled-travellers/ The Crossrail 1 portal at Royal Oak
The report spends most of its time looking at why building new infrastructure in London (and the UK generally) is so much more expensive than in most other countries, and suggests that the UK could slash costs if it wanted to.
The headline claim is]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/mayor-of-london-urged-to-restart-crossrail-2-and-seek-new-tax-powers-to-fund-it/Tue, 02 Dec 2025 14:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/mayor-of-london-urged-to-restart-crossrail-2-and-seek-new-tax-powers-to-fund-it/ However, in the 1920s, the mingei (folk craft) movement drew attention to the beauty of handcrafted, utilitarian objects.  Integral to this philosophy was]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/hyakk-reveals-the-art-of-imperfection-in-japan-houses-label-light-exhibition/Tue, 02 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/hyakk-reveals-the-art-of-imperfection-in-japan-houses-label-light-exhibition/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/india-demands-installation-of-government-app-on-all-smartphones/Tue, 02 Dec 2025 09:24:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/india-demands-installation-of-government-app-on-all-smartphones/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/a-little-noticed-statue-of-st-george-and-the-dragon-in-the-city-of-london/Tue, 02 Dec 2025 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/a-little-noticed-statue-of-st-george-and-the-dragon-in-the-city-of-london/ Early concept (c) Shaftesbury Capital
The consultation proposes a general revamp of Carnaby Street and improvements to its links with the surrounding streets.  They want to create new wayfinding signs, change the lighting and increase the amount of planting in the area.
The main change is likely to be the pavement though, as they propose removing the existing artificial stone paving and r]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/carnaby-street-set-for-heritage-makeover/Mon, 01 Dec 2025 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/carnaby-street-set-for-heritage-makeover/ Stormtrooper Parade at Elstree Studios 2021 (c) Elstree Studios
The museum, with the somewhat long-winded name of the “Elstree Immersive Experience and Borehamwood & Elstree Film and TV Heritage Centre”, would open in Borehamwood, which has long been home to a number of historic TV and film studios.
According to the organiser&he]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/borehamwood-set-for-major-new-museum-honouring-eastenders-star-wars-and-hitchcock/Mon, 01 Dec 2025 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/borehamwood-set-for-major-new-museum-honouring-eastenders-star-wars-and-hitchcock/ This is the annual Gingerbread City, and it’s not just a festive sprawl of icing and sprinkles, but a showcase of genuine architectural ideas, all realised in gingerbread by actual architects.Threaded between the sweets and gummy bears, the biscuits and fondant façades, are explorations of how real-world places might evol]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-gingerbread-city-returns-with-real-architecture-baked-in-icing-and-imagination/Mon, 01 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-gingerbread-city-returns-with-real-architecture-baked-in-icing-and-imagination/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/patrick-drahis-super-aggressive-asset-move-hits-altice-international-bonds/Mon, 01 Dec 2025 12:21:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/patrick-drahis-super-aggressive-asset-move-hits-altice-international-bonds/ —
If you wanted an example of why the UK needs to build HS2, look to the news that a rush-hour train will travel from Manchester to London but can’t carry passengers.In the upcoming railway timetable change on 15th December, Avanti West Coast’s 7am service from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston will cease to carry passengers. The service, which is quite busy as it’s timetabled to arrive in London just before 9am]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/empty-trains-to-euston-highlight-why-scrapping-hs2-to-manchester-makes-no-sense/Mon, 01 Dec 2025 12:12:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/empty-trains-to-euston-highlight-why-scrapping-hs2-to-manchester-makes-no-sense/ OS Map 1894
In 1905, Richmond Council wanted to clear away the slums a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-alleys-victoria-place-richmond-tw9/Mon, 01 Dec 2025 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-alleys-victoria-place-richmond-tw9/ The council first announced plans for a Holborn Livable Neighbourhood last year and is currently running a consultation on their suggestions. They’ve now released some updated images, including what the space outside the British Museum could look like if the road were pedestrianised.
Current layout (c) Camden Council
Proposed layout (c) Camden Council
The plans for Great Rus]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/british-museum-could-gain-a-traffic-free-entrance-under-new-holborn-neighbourhood-proposals/Fri, 28 Nov 2025 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/british-museum-could-gain-a-traffic-free-entrance-under-new-holborn-neighbourhood-proposals/ (c) Honest Burgers
They will give 100 free burgers from each of their locations across the UK (32 in London) to the first 100 people to queue up outside their restaurants. Not just a burger, but also a portion of their rosemary salted chips to add some carbs to the protein-rich meal.
Honest’s Double Smashed Burger features two smashed British beef patties, American cheese, brown]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/honest-burgers-to-hand-out-3200-free-meals-across-london-this-wednesday/Fri, 28 Nov 2025 14:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/honest-burgers-to-hand-out-3200-free-meals-across-london-this-wednesday/ For this]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/saatchi-gallery-marks-40-years-with-an-oil-lake-a-spinning-car-and-a-riot-of-contemporary-art/Fri, 28 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/saatchi-gallery-marks-40-years-with-an-oil-lake-a-spinning-car-and-a-riot-of-contemporary-art/ Delcy Morelos, El abrazo (The Embrace, detail), 2023. Installation view, Dia Chelsea, New York, 2023. Photo credit: Don Stahl. Courtesy of the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery
For the Barbican, Morelos has designed her most ambitious outdoor work to date: an “ovular pavilion” made of clay, soil, fragrant spices,]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/barbican-to-unveil-giant-plant-covered-clay-pavilion-next-spring/Thu, 27 Nov 2025 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/barbican-to-unveil-giant-plant-covered-clay-pavilion-next-spring/ The future Thames Wharf DLR station
If built, the station, expected to be called Thames Wharf, would sit roughly halfway between Canning Town and West Silvertown on the Woolwich branch.
It’s long been expected that a DLR station would be built there, and there’s a deliberately straight length of track and a station-style track bed in the location. However, the a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/new-dlr-station-back-on-track-as-long-delayed-housing-scheme-finally-moves-forward/Thu, 27 Nov 2025 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/new-dlr-station-back-on-track-as-long-delayed-housing-scheme-finally-moves-forward/ Now, from Anderson’s own archive, his uniquely quaint world has come to London.
As an exhibition, it’s going to appeal to the fans, and like all per]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/a-very-wes-world-design-museums-pastel-hued-dive-into-andersons-cinematic-universe/Thu, 27 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/a-very-wes-world-design-museums-pastel-hued-dive-into-andersons-cinematic-universe/ Artist’s impression: The view from JPMorganChase’s Riverside office
The Riverside site, on the edge of the Thames, was bought by JP Morgan in 2008 for a new headquarters, but the banking crisis halted progress almost immediately. They later moved into Lehma]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/jp-morgan-revives-3-billion-skyscraper-plan-for-canary-wharf-after-20-years-on-ice/Thu, 27 Nov 2025 11:24:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/jp-morgan-revives-3-billion-skyscraper-plan-for-canary-wharf-after-20-years-on-ice/ Oasis store
The store will be fully stocked with official Oasis Live ’25 tour merchandise, along with brand-new items such as hats, flags, scarves, posters, and commemorative tickets. The adidas Originals collaboration range will also be restocked for the occasion.
The pop-up store at Piccadilly Circus will also feature a dedicated visual experience room showca]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/oasis-tour-merchandise-pop-up-store-opening-in-piccadilly-circus/Thu, 27 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/oasis-tour-merchandise-pop-up-store-opening-in-piccadilly-circus/ The decoration seems somehow richer, and that’s mainly thanks to dimming the daylight in the hall and turning up the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/taking-a-first-look-at-the-restored-banqueting-house/Thu, 27 Nov 2025 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/taking-a-first-look-at-the-restored-banqueting-house/ A central meeting point and focus, but not on the same level as a sales tool.
However, the Harry Potter tree has a shop inside it.
Yes, they’ve put a shop in th]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/theres-a-harry-potter-themed-christmas-tree-in-kings-cross-station/Wed, 26 Nov 2025 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/theres-a-harry-potter-themed-christmas-tree-in-kings-cross-station/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/altice-usa-bridles-at-an-outbreak-of-creditor-on-creditor-congeniality/Wed, 26 Nov 2025 16:33:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/altice-usa-bridles-at-an-outbreak-of-creditor-on-creditor-congeniality/ (c) John McAslan + Partners
The concept, drawn up by architects John McAslan + Partners (JMP), which had previously worked on King’s Cross Station, and engineering firm Expedition, proposes a series of station improvements and accessibility upgrades delivered without, they say, the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/architects-pitch-alternative-liverpool-street-station-arch-to-rival-network-rails-tower/Wed, 26 Nov 2025 16:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/architects-pitch-alternative-liverpool-street-station-arch-to-rival-network-rails-tower/ Currently, VAT is not charged on the full selling price, as is]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/government-shuts-vat-loophole-that-used-by-some-taxi-firms-to-lower-their-tax-bill/Wed, 26 Nov 2025 15:35:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/government-shuts-vat-loophole-that-used-by-some-taxi-firms-to-lower-their-tax-bill/ Fire Fighters enter the smoke filled rooms at Fenchurch Street station (c) c2c
The fire drill simulated smoke coming from the station and showed the collective response of c2c staff to a real incident. Four fire engines were on hand, as the London Fire Brigade’s (LFB) firefighters cleared the building and found the sou]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/smoke-and-sirens-at-fenchurch-street-as-c2c-stages-fire-evacuation-drill/Wed, 26 Nov 2025 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/smoke-and-sirens-at-fenchurch-street-as-c2c-stages-fire-evacuation-drill/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/government-presses-uk-telecoms-bosses-over-mid-contract-price-rises/Wed, 26 Nov 2025 10:55:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/government-presses-uk-telecoms-bosses-over-mid-contract-price-rises/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/altice-usa-accuses-creditors-of-forming-illegal-cartel/Tue, 25 Nov 2025 21:53:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/altice-usa-accuses-creditors-of-forming-illegal-cartel/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-cycling-trips-hit-15-million-a-day-as-ridership-surges-43-since-2019/Tue, 25 Nov 2025 01:05:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-cycling-trips-hit-15-million-a-day-as-ridership-surges-43-since-2019/ (c) TfL
The Congregation, spanning the entrance to Brixton Underground station, is by London-based artist Rudy Loewe and features 20 scenes celebrating the figures and history of Brixton.
The new work features local landmarks, places and cultural spaces and pays tribute to figures and communities that have shaped the local area.
In total, it features 20 scenes celebra]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/new-mural-unviled-at-brixton-tube-station/Mon, 24 Nov 2025 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/new-mural-unviled-at-brixton-tube-station/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/telefnica-proposes-cutting-5000-jobs-in-spain/Mon, 24 Nov 2025 15:57:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/telefnica-proposes-cutting-5000-jobs-in-spain/ Prices range from stocking filler to second mortgage.
UK Departure boardsDecorative and functional, these olde-style railway and bus departure boards are plugged into the live data feeds from most of the UK’s transport networks, so you can see whether your local public transport is working before you leave home.
At th]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/14-gift-ideas-for-londonphilles-this-christmas/Mon, 24 Nov 2025 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/14-gift-ideas-for-londonphilles-this-christmas/ That makes Wimbledon as much a social event as a sporting one – and one famou]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/strawberries-pimms-and-a-side-of-tennis-wimbledons-tennis-museum-serves-up-a-food-themed-exhibition/Mon, 24 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/strawberries-pimms-and-a-side-of-tennis-wimbledons-tennis-museum-serves-up-a-food-themed-exhibition/ In the autumn of 1263, De Montf]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-alleys-budds-alley-twickenham/Mon, 24 Nov 2025 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-alleys-budds-alley-twickenham/ The deal will see the Chase brand take pride of place on over 5,000 contactless Oyster readers across the London Underground, London Ov]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/chase-replacing-google-on-tube-readers-as-tfl-unveils-new-official-payment-partner/Mon, 24 Nov 2025 01:05:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/chase-replacing-google-on-tube-readers-as-tfl-unveils-new-official-payment-partner/ The annual fares rise is traditionally aligned to the July Retail Prices Index (RPI) figure of the preceding year, so it had been expected that fares would rise by 4.8% in 2026.
That will not happen.This is the first time in 30 years that regulated fares will not rise during the ann]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/englands-rail-fares-to-be-frozen-in-2026-well-some-of-them-will-be/Sun, 23 Nov 2025 10:40:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/englands-rail-fares-to-be-frozen-in-2026-well-some-of-them-will-be/ A study condu]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/could-batman-encourage-more-people-to-offer-their-seats-on-trains/Fri, 21 Nov 2025 18:20:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/could-batman-encourage-more-people-to-offer-their-seats-on-trains/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/nokias-third-reinvention-will-be-harder-than-its-first-two/Fri, 21 Nov 2025 18:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/nokias-third-reinvention-will-be-harder-than-its-first-two/ Photo: Sturlason / Oslo municipality
The Mayor of Oslo, Anne Lindboe, and Lord Mayor of Westminister, Paul Dimoldenberg, joined forces and made the first cut into the 20 metres tall Norwegian spruce “Ever Oslo”.
The symbolic slice dealt with, professional tree surgeons did the rest. A replace]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/trafalgar-square-christmas-tree-on-its-way-to-london-after-protestor-delays-felling-in-norway/Fri, 21 Nov 2025 15:35:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/trafalgar-square-christmas-tree-on-its-way-to-london-after-protestor-delays-felling-in-norway/ In truth, it’s less a Black Friday and more a Black Fortnight — but the discounts are real, with some West End tickets reduced by as much as 60%.
Here are some of the standout offers:
PantominesJack and the Beanstalk (Lyric Hammersmith)
The Lyric Hammersmith Pantomime returns to bring gigantic laughs!
From £13]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/pantos-musicals-and-plays-go-on-sale-as-west-end-unveils-early-black-friday-deals/Fri, 21 Nov 2025 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/pantos-musicals-and-plays-go-on-sale-as-west-end-unveils-early-black-friday-deals/