https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/en-ukCopyright (C) 2026 newslocker.comWed, 03 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0200 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!
From £25 – SAVE UP TO 48%
 Back To The Future
Playing until 12 April 2026, book your tickets yesterday!
From £55
 Avenue Q
Avenue Q is back on the block!
From £25
 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
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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/ Quantum computers are capable of using the weird world of quantum physics and simplistically, where a standard computer bit can be either a binary One or Zero, a quantum computer can be both at the same time. Thanks to that, it is widely believed t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/you-can-see-a-working-quantum-computer-in-ibms-london-office/Fri, 21 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/you-can-see-a-working-quantum-computer-in-ibms-london-office/ Pedestrian areas overlay on OpenStreet Maps, with gaps for the north-south road traffic
As part of the Mayor of London’s takeover of the area, a consultation has opened for the first phase of pedestrianising Oxford Street, revealing how road traffic will be diverted around the pedestrian zone.
Under the proposals, buses that currently serve Oxford Street would be rerouted]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/mayor-shows-plans-to-reroute-buses-and-reclaim-oxford-street-for-pedestrians/Fri, 21 Nov 2025 12:15:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/mayor-shows-plans-to-reroute-buses-and-reclaim-oxford-street-for-pedestrians/ UCL Illuminated (c) Double Take Productions
UCL was founded on 11 February 1826, although it wasn’t allowed to call itself a university for another decade, which means it’s either England’s third oldest university, or its fifth oldest – depending on which date you count from. Assuming you count from the first, there will b]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-ucls-200th-anniversary-light-show-in-central-london/Fri, 21 Nov 2025 11:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-ucls-200th-anniversary-light-show-in-central-london/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/french-telcos-explore-wider-bid-for-billionaire-drahis-assets/Fri, 21 Nov 2025 06:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/french-telcos-explore-wider-bid-for-billionaire-drahis-assets/ Black Lodge installation (c) BFI/ Twin Peaks Productions
As part of a David Lynch season of films and talks, visitors will be invited to step sideways into a recreation of the Twin Peaks’ Red Room, the velvet-draped chamber deep within the Black Lodge where time coils, shadows whisper, and courage was the only true currency.
They say the Red Room is a place of pa]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/a-twin-peaks-installation-leads-bfis-month-long-david-lynch-celebration/Thu, 20 Nov 2025 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/a-twin-peaks-installation-leads-bfis-month-long-david-lynch-celebration/ The 1,150 yards of renewals, delivered over two core weekends between Honor Oak Park and Forest Hill, was completed as part of the Southern Renewals Enterprise – Network Rail’s integrated delivery team in the south of England, of which VolkerRail is the track delivery partner.
Honor Oak Park track renewals (c) Net]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/southeast-london-railway-becomes-uks-first-to-use-new-low-carbon-track/Thu, 20 Nov 2025 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/southeast-london-railway-becomes-uks-first-to-use-new-low-carbon-track/ The impression would be of a simmering, partially translucent screen that would be lit from behind. To show off the church through a veil. In fact, it’s a painted fabric hung over sca]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/st-mary-le-strands-shimmering-art-screen-turns-out-to-be-painted-fabric-over-scaffolding/Thu, 20 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/st-mary-le-strands-shimmering-art-screen-turns-out-to-be-painted-fabric-over-scaffolding/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/vodafone-chief-bets-on-selling-ai-and-cyber-security-to-businesses/Thu, 20 Nov 2025 06:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/vodafone-chief-bets-on-selling-ai-and-cyber-security-to-businesses/ You embark at the museum, and then there’s a brief talk in the boat before heading out into the canal to go through the tunnel. The tours are for small groups, and there’s just ab]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-winter-canal-trips-through-the-islington-tunnel/Wed, 19 Nov 2025 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-winter-canal-trips-through-the-islington-tunnel/ The discovery, part of a three-year research project, uncovered evidence of human activity dating back nearly 6,000 years – over a millennium older than the earliest earthworks at Stonehenge. The find includes more than 60 struck flint flakes, including one worked tool, likely dating to the late Mesolithic or early Neolithic period (around 4300 BC]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/archaeologists-find-prehistoric-tools-and-lost-medieval-hall-under-houses-of-parliament/Wed, 19 Nov 2025 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/archaeologists-find-prehistoric-tools-and-lost-medieval-hall-under-houses-of-parliament/ (c) English Heritage
Sir John Tenniel was an illustrator and political cartoonist, but is best known for illustrating the Alice in Wonderland books, and was the first person to be knighted for work as a cartoonist. He died in 1914, and in 1930, the London County Council (LCC) unveiled an early heritage plaque on his longtime home at 10 Rando]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/lost-for-decades-alice-in-wonderland-illustrators-heritage-plaque-rediscovered/Wed, 19 Nov 2025 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/lost-for-decades-alice-in-wonderland-illustrators-heritage-plaque-rediscovered/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/nokia-splits-ai-business-into-separate-unit-after-1bn-nvidia-investment/Wed, 19 Nov 2025 13:22:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/nokia-splits-ai-business-into-separate-unit-after-1bn-nvidia-investment/ Over one hundred posters and artworks by design greats Edward McKnight Kauffer, Dora Batty, and Jean Dupas have been pulled from the archives for display, many not seen in exhibitions for many ye]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/lt-museums-new-exhibition-charts-100-years-of-art-deco/Wed, 19 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/lt-museums-new-exhibition-charts-100-years-of-art-deco/ The sits alongside Covent Garden, and many people assume, not unreasonably, that it would be the main entrance. It’s said]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-pocket-parks-st-pauls-churchyard-covent-garden/Wed, 19 Nov 2025 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-pocket-parks-st-pauls-churchyard-covent-garden/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/altice-corruption-probe-deepens-as-french-police-conduct-raids/Tue, 18 Nov 2025 19:18:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/altice-corruption-probe-deepens-as-french-police-conduct-raids/ (c) Hopkins Architects
Arguably the most famous and ornate of London’s “magnificent seven” Victorian cemeteries, it has been stewarded since the 1950s under a ‘managed neglect/romantic decay’ approach.
The Cemetery says this has become unsustainable due to vegetation and self-seeded trees damaging gr]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/18m-overhaul-approved-to-rescue-highgate-cemetery-from-romantic-decay/Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/18m-overhaul-approved-to-rescue-highgate-cemetery-from-romantic-decay/ Clapham High Street railway bridge
Organised jointly by the Clapham Society and This is Clapham (Clapham BID), the design competition aims to turn the railway bridge into an “inspiring gateway” into the area.
Although it sits next to Clapham High Street and Clapham North stations, the Clapham Society says the existing bridge is purely functional infrastructure that of]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/design-competition-showcases-four-proposals-to-reinvent-claphams-railway-bridge/Tue, 18 Nov 2025 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/design-competition-showcases-four-proposals-to-reinvent-claphams-railway-bridge/ As with all of the other locks on the canal, City Road Lock was built as a pair of locks, and thanks to being next to the City Road Basin, it was one of the busiest locks on the canal for cargo-carrying boats co]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/replacement-of-20-year-old-gates-gives-glimpse-inside-drained-regents-canal-lock/Tue, 18 Nov 2025 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/replacement-of-20-year-old-gates-gives-glimpse-inside-drained-regents-canal-lock/ It’s a thoughtfu]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/swap-socks-for-sculptures-the-best-museum-memberships-for-christmas-gifts/Mon, 17 Nov 2025 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/swap-socks-for-sculptures-the-best-museum-memberships-for-christmas-gifts/ Yellow showing core proposed area, with potential expansion in purple (c) Camden Council
The council has agreed to set up a locally led urban development corporation (LLDC), which, subject to legislation permitting, will be able to assume a wide range of powers to drive redevelopment of the area.
It’s similar to how the London Legacy Developme]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/camden-to-lead-major-euston-area-regeneration-plan/Mon, 17 Nov 2025 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/camden-to-lead-major-euston-area-regeneration-plan/ The Museum of Shakespeare surface building (c) ianVisits
When it opens, the Museum of Shakespeare will tell the story of Shakespeare’s Curtain Playhouse in Spitalfields. The Curtain Playhouse is first recorded as having opened its doors in 1577 and was a cultural and social centre for London during Shakespeare’s life.
The theatre was the main v]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-new-museum-of-shakespeare-delays-its-opening-date-to-2026/Fri, 14 Nov 2025 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-new-museum-of-shakespeare-delays-its-opening-date-to-2026/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/lambeths-covid-memorial-wall-to-be-preserved-as-a-monument-to-the-pandemic/Fri, 14 Nov 2025 14:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/lambeths-covid-memorial-wall-to-be-preserved-as-a-monument-to-the-pandemic/ The lights switch-on is a bit of an event now, and crowds build up fairly early, spilling onto the pavement, and when that was full, spilling onto the pavement across the side]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/churchill-arms-christmas-lights-spark-street-spilling-crowds-and-a-last-second-bus-dash/Fri, 14 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/churchill-arms-christmas-lights-spark-street-spilling-crowds-and-a-last-second-bus-dash/ At the current rate, the council estimates it could earn £ 1 million in fines within a year. The council says any surplus from enforc]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/westminster-council-issuing-100-fines-for-badly-parked-hire-bikes-and-pedicabs/Fri, 14 Nov 2025 11:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/westminster-council-issuing-100-fines-for-badly-parked-hire-bikes-and-pedicabs/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-curious-rise-of-4ig/Thu, 13 Nov 2025 16:39:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-curious-rise-of-4ig/ Simpsons Tavern (c) ianVisits
Simpsons Tavern has been open in its narrow alley location since 1757 and was famous for its unfussy food and much more, its determined retention of 19th-century dining, with communal tables shared by diners.
Like most restaurants, Simpsons was forced to close during the pandemic lockdown and had previously said it]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-citys-historic-simpsons-tavern-chophouse-to-reopen-after-long-legal-battle/Thu, 13 Nov 2025 15:45:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-citys-historic-simpsons-tavern-chophouse-to-reopen-after-long-legal-battle/ However, since then, the glass h]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/fulham-broadway-tube-stations-glass-canopy-gets-long-awaited-repair/Thu, 13 Nov 2025 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/fulham-broadway-tube-stations-glass-canopy-gets-long-awaited-repair/ This is Time by Luxmuralis, a combination of light and sound that starts in the Painted Hall, takes in the Ripley Tunnel, Queen Mary Undercroft, the Chapel, then continues outside through the Col]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/dazzling-light-trail-brings-3d-projections-to-the-old-royal-naval-college/Thu, 13 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/dazzling-light-trail-brings-3d-projections-to-the-old-royal-naval-college/ Although much of the online chatter is that the scheme might be scrappe]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/cycle-to-work-perks-could-shrink-while-tfl-hire-bikes-remain-a-little-known-option-for-commuters/Thu, 13 Nov 2025 12:05:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/cycle-to-work-perks-could-shrink-while-tfl-hire-bikes-remain-a-little-known-option-for-commuters/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/southwark-tube-station-gains-heritage-protection-for-its-striking-late-20th-century-design/Thu, 13 Nov 2025 09:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/southwark-tube-station-gains-heritage-protection-for-its-striking-late-20th-century-design/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/liberty-global-chief-says-eu-has-its-foot-on-our-neck/Thu, 13 Nov 2025 06:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/liberty-global-chief-says-eu-has-its-foot-on-our-neck/ Barts Pathology Museum (c) ianVisits
The museum houses over 4,000 medical specimens across three mezzanine levels, and is mainly used by Barts Hospital students, and is only occasionally open to the public.
Such as for four days next month.
Providing a rare opportunity to visit Barts Pathology Museum, this site-specific installation of new film and sculptur]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-see-inside-the-barts-pathology-museum/Tue, 11 Nov 2025 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-see-inside-the-barts-pathology-museum/ Harland Miller Far Out 2022 – Courtesy of the artist and the Design Museum
Miller, celebrated for his blend of image, text and biting wit, is recognised as a major figure in contemporary art. The free display showing his works will span two locations within the museum, bringing together works from his ongoing Letter Painting series. Visitors will see how Mill]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/free-exhibition-bringing-harland-millers-typographic-art-to-the-design-museum/Tue, 11 Nov 2025 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/free-exhibition-bringing-harland-millers-typographic-art-to-the-design-museum/ Once reported, council staff remove the bikes from the streets and place them in storage. To have the bikes released, the providers are paying a one-off seizure fee, plus a daily storage fee if the bikes are not collected within 14 days.
So far, the Council has collected more t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/over-1000-hire-bikes-removed-by-kensington-and-chelsea-council/Tue, 11 Nov 2025 14:46:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/over-1000-hire-bikes-removed-by-kensington-and-chelsea-council/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/a-ghostly-horse-haunts-fitzrovia-chapel-in-ben-edges-exhibition-of-folklore-tradition/Tue, 11 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/a-ghostly-horse-haunts-fitzrovia-chapel-in-ben-edges-exhibition-of-folklore-tradition/ Really, it’s a chance to see inside the state rooms and several grand halls, while regularly peering into glass cases containing ecclesiastical curiosities, notin]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-christmas-open-day-at-lambeth-palace/Tue, 11 Nov 2025 11:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-christmas-open-day-at-lambeth-palace/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/vodafone-raises-dividend-for-first-time-in-7-years/Tue, 11 Nov 2025 09:42:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/vodafone-raises-dividend-for-first-time-in-7-years/ Installing the first of the new art panels (c) ianVisits
The 100 metre long Falcon Road underpass runs under the railways to the eastern side of Clapham Junction station and is the only route north-south under the railways in the area. Despite how busy it is, it’s quite a shabby route, with two narrow pedestrian paths, the walls lined with]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/clapham-junctions-grimy-underpass-gets-a-bright-new-look-with-first-art-panels-installed/Tue, 11 Nov 2025 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/clapham-junctions-grimy-underpass-gets-a-bright-new-look-with-first-art-panels-installed/ Standard Elizabeth line map (c) TfL
Amend]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/elizabeth-line-shut-through-central-london-this-weekend-no-trains-to-heathrow/Mon, 10 Nov 2025 20:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/elizabeth-line-shut-through-central-london-this-weekend-no-trains-to-heathrow/ (c) Selfridges
And each evening, the Oxford Street store will stage a Disney-themed display every 15 minutes from 5pm to 9pm, with soundtracks and animations triggered by Tinker Bell’s trail of pixie dust
The display covers more than 100 metres of frontage and features 40 illuminated stars, the Jolly Roger from Peter Pan and Cinderella’s car]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-disney-castle-has-landed-at-selfridges/Mon, 10 Nov 2025 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-disney-castle-has-landed-at-selfridges/ Erecting the tree in 2023 (c) ianVisits
Every year since 1947, the city of Oslo has gifted a tree to London as a significant part of the cities’ shared history, and the symbolism is as important today as it was when it first started in the dying days of WWII.
This year, three trees were nominated for this annual tradition, and over 2,000 votes were cast to decid]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/ever-oslo-wins-norways-vote-to-light-up-trafalgar-square-this-christmas/Mon, 10 Nov 2025 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/ever-oslo-wins-norways-vote-to-light-up-trafalgar-square-this-christmas/ It’s triple, and it’s troubled.
If you don’t already know their work, don’t worry — you d]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/triple-trouble-when-three-art-giants-combine-to-create-one-giant-yawn/Mon, 10 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/triple-trouble-when-three-art-giants-combine-to-create-one-giant-yawn/ Banqueting House prior to restoration work (c) ianVisits
At the time of its construction in 1622, it stood out brightly amongst the Tudor brick and wood with its bright white stone facade and design by the architect Inigo Jones, who introduced the principles of classical architecture to Britain with this buil]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-banqueting-house-is-reopening-to-the-public/Fri, 07 Nov 2025 18:10:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-banqueting-house-is-reopening-to-the-public/ Today, it’s one of those private schools that educate the children of the rich and powerful, but when they’re aw]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-tours-of-westminster-school/Fri, 07 Nov 2025 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-tours-of-westminster-school/ Old Vic Backstage. Photo credit: Philip Vile
The theatre’s first extension in 200 years is a mix of expanding its building and also providing new public spaces and an obligatory cafe. The £17 million didn’t just go on the extension though as much of it was spent on the rest of the theatre improvements in the back-of-house facilities.
The Back]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-bombsite-to-backstage-old-vic-opens-its-17-million-extension-building/Fri, 07 Nov 2025 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-bombsite-to-backstage-old-vic-opens-its-17-million-extension-building/ One of the new DLR trains now in service
TfL is carrying out a Preliminary Market Engagement, which is basically gathering a long list of potential suppliers and manufacturers for the railway extension. It’s only the first stage, as it gives suppliers and buyers a chance to gather more information about what will be needed, and usually allows su]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfl-begins-supplier-search-for-16bn-dlr-link-to-thamesmead/Fri, 07 Nov 2025 12:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfl-begins-supplier-search-for-16bn-dlr-link-to-thamesmead/ Yes, you can just turn up, and if there’s space, they will let you go up without a ticket, but it’s a risky approach if you have planned a special visit, so booking a ticket is best]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/horizon-22-londons-highest-free-viewing-gallery-switches-to-monday-ticket-releases/Fri, 07 Nov 2025 11:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/horizon-22-londons-highest-free-viewing-gallery-switches-to-monday-ticket-releases/ Older and Oldest — at Waterloo station (c) ianVisits
The Class 455 trains were built by British Rail Engineering between 1982-85 and have been in service on the SWR routes since March 1983, making them among the oldest trains still in use on the UK railway.
As the trains are phased out in favour of the new Class 701 Arterio trains, SWR and the Branch]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/save-the-date-class-455-train-farewell-tour-in-december/Thu, 06 Nov 2025 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/save-the-date-class-455-train-farewell-tour-in-december/ They don’t like Android Christmas trees.
As it happens, there’s a related fitness in apples, as the Christmas tree baubles indirectly derive from the Biblical story of Adam and Ev]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/your-artwork-could-light-up-battersea-power-station-this-christmas/Thu, 06 Nov 2025 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/your-artwork-could-light-up-battersea-power-station-this-christmas/ That we’re also looking up her skirt is maybe a tad awkward?What we’re told is that there’s a musical box on the base, and you]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/is-that-silver-nemesis-on-st-pancras-stations-rotating-christmas-tree/Thu, 06 Nov 2025 12:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/is-that-silver-nemesis-on-st-pancras-stations-rotating-christmas-tree/ The area was land owned by The Clothworkers’ Company and developed by Henry Rydon around 1850. At the heart of the development is A]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-pocket-parks-arlington-square-n1/Thu, 06 Nov 2025 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-pocket-parks-arlington-square-n1/ The Warlock of Firetop Mountain collectors edition
These written games were the precursors of the modern computer fantasy game, but the enforced slowness of flicking between the pages induced a sense of exciting anticipation as you spent a few seconds waiting for the result of your choice.
You just don’t get t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/book-signing-alert-the-warlock-of-firetop-mountain/Wed, 05 Nov 2025 21:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/book-signing-alert-the-warlock-of-firetop-mountain/ 1994 Gatwick Express advert
The organisation Railfuture argues that Gatwick Express trains run with spare capacity because regular travellers know that Southern and Thameslink services are much cheaper and comparable in travel times.
However, the conventional train services are themselves overcrowded, which makes]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/railfuture-urges-end-of-dedicated-gatwick-express-to-boost-brighton-mainline-capacity/Wed, 05 Nov 2025 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/railfuture-urges-end-of-dedicated-gatwick-express-to-boost-brighton-mainline-capacity/ King’s College (c) ianVisits
A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols is broadcast live on BBC Radio on Christmas Eve afternoon, and it’s important to point out that it’s not the same as the Carols From King’s shown on BBC2 in the evening.
The famous Carols From Kings is actually prerecorded earlier in the month (sorry for t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-a-festival-of-nine-lessons-and-carols-from-kings-college-cambridge/Wed, 05 Nov 2025 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-a-festival-of-nine-lessons-and-carols-from-kings-college-cambridge/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/openreach-boss-threatens-to-scrap-uk-fibre-target-in-dispute-with-regulator/Wed, 05 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/openreach-boss-threatens-to-scrap-uk-fibre-target-in-dispute-with-regulator/ Joseph Wright of Derby was a well-regarded portrait painter, but for a few years betwe]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-the-shadows-rare-reunion-of-wright-of-derby-masterpieces-opens-in-london/Wed, 05 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-the-shadows-rare-reunion-of-wright-of-derby-masterpieces-opens-in-london/ V&A East Museum – Oct 2022 (c) ianVisits
The five-storey hermit crab shaped building in the park’s East Bank development will open on Saturday 18th April 2026, with an inaugural exhibition that will take a look at 126 years of Black Music in the UK. To coincide, V&A East will launch a major partnership with BBC Music, including compli]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-vamparsquos-new-east-museum-confirms-opening-date-and-debut-exhibition/Wed, 05 Nov 2025 10:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-vamparsquos-new-east-museum-confirms-opening-date-and-debut-exhibition/ This particular representation is a work of art by Stephen Duncan, and according to the small plaque underneath was commissioned by Regalian Properties in 1988.
That’s because they&r]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-public-art-father-thames-by-stephen-duncan/Wed, 05 Nov 2025 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-public-art-father-thames-by-stephen-duncan/ Arterio train at Waterloo station (c) ianVisits
The trains are officially the British Rail Class 701 Aventra supplied by Alstom, and were ordered in 2017 and the first were expected to go into public service in the middle of 2019. However, it took until late last year for them to start regular passenger services, and there a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/swr-signs-66m-support-deal-with-alstom-for-new-arterio-trains/Wed, 05 Nov 2025 07:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/swr-signs-66m-support-deal-with-alstom-for-new-arterio-trains/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/ai-to-power-new-fight-against-scam-callers/Wed, 05 Nov 2025 01:01:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/ai-to-power-new-fight-against-scam-callers/ Empty Northern line train at Battersea Power Station (c) ianVisits
The dispute over pay and working hours escalated in September with a week-long rolling strike, which severely affected the London Underground. The union said at the time that the strikes follow failed demands on pay, fatigue management, shift patterns and a reduction in the wo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tube-strike-threat-fades-as-tfl-agrees-long-term-pay-deal-with-rmt-union/Tue, 04 Nov 2025 18:13:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tube-strike-threat-fades-as-tfl-agrees-long-term-pay-deal-with-rmt-union/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/telefnica-shares-fall-on-dividend-cut/Tue, 04 Nov 2025 16:15:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/telefnica-shares-fall-on-dividend-cut/ (c) Postal Museum
During tunnel walks, visitors can explore the tunnels, step over the tracks, and get up close to the miniature Mail Rail trains on select evenings at The Postal Museum.
Plus, a part of the tunnel that’s only visited during Christmas, for reasons that become obvious when you get there.
The tours take place at 6:30]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-early-evening-walks-through-the-mail-rail-tunnels/Tue, 04 Nov 2025 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-early-evening-walks-through-the-mail-rail-tunnels/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/telefnica-slashes-dividend-as-chief-unveils-growth-plan/Tue, 04 Nov 2025 10:13:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/telefnica-slashes-dividend-as-chief-unveils-growth-plan/ Places for London site in red overlay on Google maps
The site, currently home to retailers such as HSBC UK, Five Guys, Sainsbury’s and Argos, was previously owned by the Civil Aviation Authority Pension Scheme. Originally a row of smaller units, it was redeveloped into a single structure aroun]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfl-snaps-up-block-of-land-next-to-brixton-tube-station/Mon, 03 Nov 2025 11:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfl-snaps-up-block-of-land-next-to-brixton-tube-station/ Baker Street station’s Metropolitan line platforms
The problem is due to a track fault at Baker Street, which has been impacting Metropolitan line services. TfL says that stopping all Metropolitan line services at Baker Street eases pressure on the track while its engineers repair the fault.
The fault is reportedly a crack in the points, which are th]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/metropolitan-line-to-remain-blocked-at-baker-street-all-week-due-to-track-fault/Mon, 03 Nov 2025 09:47:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/metropolitan-line-to-remain-blocked-at-baker-street-all-week-due-to-track-fault/ Then
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The alley is one of the ancient alignments, appearing in the middle of the 1600s, and although the area changed a lot over the centuries, it remained very much a cluster of smaller buildings surrounding the alley.
Until WWII, when a bomb flattened the entire site.
It turns out that the alley was culverte]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-alleys-greystoke-place-redux-ec4/Mon, 03 Nov 2025 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-alleys-greystoke-place-redux-ec4/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/broadband-operator-saddled-with-1bn-debt-pile-tries-to-find-buyer/Sat, 01 Nov 2025 06:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/broadband-operator-saddled-with-1bn-debt-pile-tries-to-find-buyer/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/orange-agrees-425bn-deal-to-take-full-control-of-spanish-joint-venture/Fri, 31 Oct 2025 19:48:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/orange-agrees-425bn-deal-to-take-full-control-of-spanish-joint-venture/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/stockpickers-airtel-africa-campc-group-ultimate-products/Fri, 31 Oct 2025 19:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/stockpickers-airtel-africa-campc-group-ultimate-products/ Royal Court Theatre (c) ianVisits
The current building, the second on the site, opened in 1888 as the New Court Theatre but was converted into a cinema in 1935 until it was closed by WWII bomb damage. Rebuilt as a theatre after the war, it reopened in 1952 with a mission to present plays by young and experimental dramatists and “the best contemp]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-more-dates-for-tours-of-the-royal-court-theatre/Fri, 31 Oct 2025 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-more-dates-for-tours-of-the-royal-court-theatre/ Below is a list of the ones I have found around London. Many more areas have lights, but don’t seem to have formal lights-on events.
It’s also been a bit of an issue that so many organisers haven’t included what time the lights switch-on event is taking place, so you may need to check the local press or turn up and hope.In date order:
Mond]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/your-guide-to-londons-2025-christmas-lights-switch-on-events/Fri, 31 Oct 2025 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/your-guide-to-londons-2025-christmas-lights-switch-on-events/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/a-cathedral-of-light-soothing-display-illuminates-the-painted-hall-until-january-2026/Fri, 31 Oct 2025 13:15:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/a-cathedral-of-light-soothing-display-illuminates-the-painted-hall-until-january-2026/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bt-dials-up-competitive-tension-in-low-cost-mobile/Fri, 31 Oct 2025 06:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bt-dials-up-competitive-tension-in-low-cost-mobile/ Chelsea Winter Village and Illuminations
The wooded Ranelagh Gardens next to the open lawns will be filled with winter lights throughout December. And as you’d expect from a winter lights trail, there’s a food court at the end. The food bit is free to visit, and you don’t need tickets, but the Chelsea Winter Illuminations]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-a-winter-light-trail-returns-to-chelsea/Thu, 30 Oct 2025 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-a-winter-light-trail-returns-to-chelsea/ Paula Fichtl was the longtime housekeeper for the Freud family, initially serving as the live-in housekeeper in Vienna, and later coming to London with the family wh]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/contemporary-art-exhibition-vanishes-within-freuds-antique-filled-museum/Thu, 30 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/contemporary-art-exhibition-vanishes-within-freuds-antique-filled-museum/ Jo Brand recording at Victoria (c) TfL
You will be able to hear her voice across TfL stations today to support the Royal British Legion’s aim of raising more than £1 million from donations for the annual London Poppy Day appeal.
Collections will take place at stations across the network until 7pm, with more than 1,700 volunteers supporting uniformed fundraisers, repres]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/jo-brand-lends-her-voice-to-london-poppy-day-across-the-tube-and-rail-network/Thu, 30 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/jo-brand-lends-her-voice-to-london-poppy-day-across-the-tube-and-rail-network/ Temple Mills depot – from a site visit in 2011 (c) ianVisits
The Rail regulator, the Office of Rail and Road (ORR), says it has approved Virgin Trains’ application but has rejected three other potential competitors, Evolyn, Gemini and Trenitalia.
Explaining the decision, the regulator s]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/eurostar-set-for-competition-as-virgin-trains-granted-temple-mills-rail-depot-access-rights/Thu, 30 Oct 2025 09:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/eurostar-set-for-competition-as-virgin-trains-granted-temple-mills-rail-depot-access-rights/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/virgin-media-o2-in-talks-for-2bn-takeover-of-broadband-rival/Thu, 30 Oct 2025 08:45:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/virgin-media-o2-in-talks-for-2bn-takeover-of-broadband-rival/ Born on 24th July 1753 in Berkshire, he moved to London at 17 to become an apprentice. He trained as a weaver, but three years later, he somehow had his apprenticeship transferred t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-sheriff-to-scandal-the-remarkable-life-and-tomb-of-sir-william-rawlins/Thu, 30 Oct 2025 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-sheriff-to-scandal-the-remarkable-life-and-tomb-of-sir-william-rawlins/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/rip-qt/Thu, 30 Oct 2025 05:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/rip-qt/ Sutton station
Three lifts serve all platforms – one each for platforms one, two and three, and one for platform four. However, the old lifts had suffered from reliability issues for some time, making planning a trip via Sutton station challenging if step-free access was required.
To speed up the replacement work, Network Rail engineers worked on a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/step-free-access-restored-at-sutton-station-after-all-three-lifts-were-replaced/Wed, 29 Oct 2025 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/step-free-access-restored-at-sutton-station-after-all-three-lifts-were-replaced/ Guinness Open Gate Brewery (c) Diageo
Originally announced back in early 2022, with an expected opening in late 2023, it’s now been confirmed that the Guinness Open Gate Brewery will open on Thursday 11th December 2025.
The venue will be a hybrid of a brewery and a food-and-drinks mega-pub, and they will]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/guinness-confirms-delayed-december-opening-for-its-covent-garden-mega-pub/Wed, 29 Oct 2025 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/guinness-confirms-delayed-december-opening-for-its-covent-garden-mega-pub/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/cable-cowboy-john-malone-to-step-down-from-media-and-telecoms-empire/Wed, 29 Oct 2025 15:09:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/cable-cowboy-john-malone-to-step-down-from-media-and-telecoms-empire/ As it happens, the City of London acquired a state coa]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/city-of-londons-state-coach-goes-on-display-ahead-of-the-lady-mayors-show/Wed, 29 Oct 2025 14:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/city-of-londons-state-coach-goes-on-display-ahead-of-the-lady-mayors-show/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bt-explores-new-mobile-brand-to-take-on-budget-rivals/Tue, 28 Oct 2025 06:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bt-explores-new-mobile-brand-to-take-on-budget-rivals/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/natwest-and-lloyds-scale-back-new-lending-to-broadband-challengers/Wed, 22 Oct 2025 16:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/natwest-and-lloyds-scale-back-new-lending-to-broadband-challengers/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/kkr-forgoes-dividends-as-22bn-italian-telecoms-bet-goes-awry/Thu, 16 Oct 2025 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/kkr-forgoes-dividends-as-22bn-italian-telecoms-bet-goes-awry/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/drahi-rejects-17bn-offer-for-most-of-altice-france/Wed, 15 Oct 2025 18:41:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/drahi-rejects-17bn-offer-for-most-of-altice-france/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/uk-telcos-step-up-efforts-to-combat-epidemic-of-handset-fraud/Fri, 10 Oct 2025 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/uk-telcos-step-up-efforts-to-combat-epidemic-of-handset-fraud/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/verizon-appoints-former-paypal-boss-dan-schulman-as-new-chief/Mon, 06 Oct 2025 16:13:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/verizon-appoints-former-paypal-boss-dan-schulman-as-new-chief/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/china-curbs-use-of-nokia-and-ericsson-in-telecoms-networks/Thu, 02 Oct 2025 02:15:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/china-curbs-use-of-nokia-and-ericsson-in-telecoms-networks/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bt-chief-raises-concerns-over-government-inflicted-costs-ahead-of-budget/Wed, 24 Sep 2025 12:02:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bt-chief-raises-concerns-over-government-inflicted-costs-ahead-of-budget/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/egyptian-billionaire-sawiris-seeks-to-invest-50bn-in-us-infrastructure/Mon, 22 Sep 2025 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/egyptian-billionaire-sawiris-seeks-to-invest-50bn-in-us-infrastructure/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/eqt-kicks-off-sale-of-nordic-broadband-and-data-centre-business/Fri, 19 Sep 2025 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/eqt-kicks-off-sale-of-nordic-broadband-and-data-centre-business/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/how-a-deal-with-musk-helped-a-telecoms-tycoon-save-his-company-from-bankruptcy/Thu, 18 Sep 2025 13:24:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/how-a-deal-with-musk-helped-a-telecoms-tycoon-save-his-company-from-bankruptcy/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/patrick-drahi-set-to-restart-sale-of-stake-in-10bn-french-broadband-business/Tue, 16 Sep 2025 14:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/patrick-drahi-set-to-restart-sale-of-stake-in-10bn-french-broadband-business/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/japan-set-to-make-subsea-cables-a-national-security-issue-with-support-for-new-fleet/Tue, 16 Sep 2025 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/japan-set-to-make-subsea-cables-a-national-security-issue-with-support-for-new-fleet/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/mittal-moves-to-increase-influence-over-bt-group-with-board-seats/Mon, 15 Sep 2025 10:03:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/mittal-moves-to-increase-influence-over-bt-group-with-board-seats/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/american-tower-among-potential-bidders-for-10bn-tdf-infrastructure/Mon, 15 Sep 2025 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/american-tower-among-potential-bidders-for-10bn-tdf-infrastructure/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/russians-lose-internet-access-as-ukrainian-drones-hit-close-to-home/Fri, 12 Sep 2025 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/russians-lose-internet-access-as-ukrainian-drones-hit-close-to-home/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/spacex-finds-a-peculiar-route-into-investors-orbit/Tue, 09 Sep 2025 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/spacex-finds-a-peculiar-route-into-investors-orbit/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/musks-spacex-to-buy-spectrum-licences-from-echostar-for-17bn/Tue, 09 Sep 2025 14:36:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/musks-spacex-to-buy-spectrum-licences-from-echostar-for-17bn/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/ceo-of-goldman-backed-cityfibre-to-step-down-after-23bn-refinancing/Tue, 02 Sep 2025 10:05:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/ceo-of-goldman-backed-cityfibre-to-step-down-after-23bn-refinancing/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/john-malone-held-talks-with-rupert-murdoch-over-warner-bros-fox-merger/Sat, 30 Aug 2025 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/john-malone-held-talks-with-rupert-murdoch-over-warner-bros-fox-merger/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/ambani-says-he-will-list-indian-mobile-network-jio-next-year/Fri, 29 Aug 2025 11:33:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/ambani-says-he-will-list-indian-mobile-network-jio-next-year/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/uk-banks-brace-for-losses-on-loans-to-broadband-challengers/Thu, 28 Aug 2025 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/uk-banks-brace-for-losses-on-loans-to-broadband-challengers/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/zegona-chief-tops-uk-listed-pay-league-with-131mn-award/Sun, 27 Jul 2025 13:36:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/zegona-chief-tops-uk-listed-pay-league-with-131mn-award/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/eu-fires-warning-shot-at-spain-over-huawei-reliance/Fri, 25 Jul 2025 13:57:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/eu-fires-warning-shot-at-spain-over-huawei-reliance/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/brussels-investigates-kkr-over-22bn-italian-telecoms-deal/Thu, 24 Jul 2025 17:29:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/brussels-investigates-kkr-over-22bn-italian-telecoms-deal/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/nokia-blames-fall-in-profit-outlook-on-trump-tariffs-and-weaker-dollar/Tue, 22 Jul 2025 20:32:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/nokia-blames-fall-in-profit-outlook-on-trump-tariffs-and-weaker-dollar/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/broadbands-tiny-barbarians-gather-at-bts-gate/Thu, 17 Jul 2025 13:09:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/broadbands-tiny-barbarians-gather-at-bts-gate/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/us-set-to-ban-chinese-technology-in-submarine-cables/Wed, 16 Jul 2025 22:14:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/us-set-to-ban-chinese-technology-in-submarine-cables/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/french-telcos-explore-carve-up-of-patrick-drahis-sfr/Mon, 14 Jul 2025 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/french-telcos-explore-carve-up-of-patrick-drahis-sfr/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/goldman-sachs-and-mubadala-to-inject-cash-into-cityfibre-in-23bn-refinancing/Fri, 11 Jul 2025 16:43:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/goldman-sachs-and-mubadala-to-inject-cash-into-cityfibre-in-23bn-refinancing/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-surprising-success-story-of-british-fibre-broadband/Tue, 08 Jul 2025 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-surprising-success-story-of-british-fibre-broadband/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/trump-mobile-quietly-drops-made-in-america-smartphone-promise/Thu, 26 Jun 2025 20:16:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/trump-mobile-quietly-drops-made-in-america-smartphone-promise/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-florida-phone-network-behind-trump-mobiles-made-in-america-ambitions/Mon, 23 Jun 2025 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-florida-phone-network-behind-trump-mobiles-made-in-america-ambitions/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/how-our-gentrified-london-flat-turned-into-a-hitchcockian-nightmare/Sat, 21 Jun 2025 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/how-our-gentrified-london-flat-turned-into-a-hitchcockian-nightmare/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/trump-mobile-may-mark-a-golden-moment-for-us-upstarts/Tue, 17 Jun 2025 18:19:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/trump-mobile-may-mark-a-golden-moment-for-us-upstarts/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/trump-organization-to-launch-mobile-phone-service-and-499-golden-handset/Mon, 16 Jun 2025 18:06:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/trump-organization-to-launch-mobile-phone-service-and-499-golden-handset/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bt-chief-eyes-deeper-job-cuts-as-ai-becomes-more-powerful/Sun, 15 Jun 2025 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bt-chief-eyes-deeper-job-cuts-as-ai-becomes-more-powerful/ Today’s London news round-up:
The builders are booked and are about to begin work restoring The Black Cap gay pub Camden New Journal
‘Canary Wharf costs half as much as Westminster’ – [civil service] departments outline estate plans CSW
First cycle lane opens at Meridian Water development Enfield Dispatch
Clawing to stay: The fight to keep London’s first cat cafe in Bethnal Green open The Slice
Islington Council is threatening to evict a fo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-13th-june-2025/Fri, 13 Jun 2025 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-13th-june-2025/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/lift-109-offering-longer-visits-at-the-top-of-the-battersea-power-station-chimney/Fri, 13 Jun 2025 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/lift-109-offering-longer-visits-at-the-top-of-the-battersea-power-station-chimney/ Yeoman Warder Andy Harris (c) Historic Royal Palaces
Yeoman Warder Andy Harris is the latest recruit to this historic role, which dates back to 1485, and will join 34 other Yeoman Warders who live and work at the Tower of London.
As with all Beefeaters, the newest recruit is a military vete]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/a-new-beefeater-joins-the-tower-of-london/Fri, 13 Jun 2025 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/a-new-beefeater-joins-the-tower-of-london/ As you might expect, seats tend to get grabbed fast for the big matches, but you’ll often be able to sit on the floor or grass, so bring a rug.
The ones I have found so far are below. If I’ve missed any, add them to the comments at the bottom of this page. Thanks.
Battersea
12th and 13th July – Bowling Green, Battersea Park
Watch the W]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/a-list-of-outdoor-screens-showing-wimbledon-2025/Fri, 13 Jun 2025 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/a-list-of-outdoor-screens-showing-wimbledon-2025/ You’ll be given a hammer and a bucket of chalk and asked to bash the chalk into the monument to give it a clean fresh look.This year, the rechalking will take place over the weekend of 28th and 29th June 2025.
It&r]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/help-to-re-chalk-the-uffington-white-horse/Fri, 13 Jun 2025 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/help-to-re-chalk-the-uffington-white-horse/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/uk-government-anxious-altnets-could-collapse-liberty-global-boss-says/Fri, 13 Jun 2025 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/uk-government-anxious-altnets-could-collapse-liberty-global-boss-says/ Today’s London news round-up:
Rogue landlord receives suspended prison sentence and £20K fine for leaving tenant homeless after unlawful eviction Barnet council
Gravy ice cream? This bizarre ice cream pop-up returns to London for 2025 Squaremeal
A new digital art installation at West Middlesex University Hospital is aiming to bring a sense of calm to patients, staff and visitors.  Neighbournet
Greenwich’s Labour councillors have been ordered n]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-12th-june-2025/Thu, 12 Jun 2025 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-12th-june-2025/ (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 recognised]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/see-the-only-known-photos-of-computing-pioneer-ada-lovelace-at-bonhams-london/Thu, 12 Jun 2025 16:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/see-the-only-known-photos-of-computing-pioneer-ada-lovelace-at-bonhams-london/ Map Projections, Agnes Denes, 2025, Photo: Benedict Johnson
The cuboid pattern is by the conceptual artist Agnes Denes, and is said to mirror how the London Underground map reconfigures the layout of the capital.
The 41st pocket Tube map cover design, Denes’s Map Projections is a digital drawing that presents an alternate perception of space and time by projecting a section of th]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/london-undergrounds-latest-tube-map-cover-offers-a-cubist-view-of-the-capital/Thu, 12 Jun 2025 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/london-undergrounds-latest-tube-map-cover-offers-a-cubist-view-of-the-capital/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/vodafonethree-plans-to-double-uk-broadband-business-after-165bn-merger/Thu, 12 Jun 2025 01:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/vodafonethree-plans-to-double-uk-broadband-business-after-165bn-merger/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/telefnica-plots-push-into-cyber-and-data-centres-to-clear-way-for-deals/Wed, 11 Jun 2025 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/telefnica-plots-push-into-cyber-and-data-centres-to-clear-way-for-deals/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/how-to-bet-on-the-trump-musk-relationship/Tue, 10 Jun 2025 13:40:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/how-to-bet-on-the-trump-musk-relationship/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bts-openreach-threatens-to-block-new-talktalk-customers-over-unpaid-bills/Sat, 07 Jun 2025 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bts-openreach-threatens-to-block-new-talktalk-customers-over-unpaid-bills/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/talktalk-late-paying-suppliers-because-of-cash-flow-woes/Tue, 03 Jun 2025 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/talktalk-late-paying-suppliers-because-of-cash-flow-woes/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/virgin-media-o2-network-flaw-allowed-customer-phones-to-be-tracked/Thu, 29 May 2025 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/virgin-media-o2-network-flaw-allowed-customer-phones-to-be-tracked/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/south-africa-moves-to-change-empowerment-law-for-musks-starlink/Fri, 23 May 2025 20:05:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/south-africa-moves-to-change-empowerment-law-for-musks-starlink/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/vodafone-pledges-15bn-uk-network-investment-this-year/Tue, 20 May 2025 12:04:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/vodafone-pledges-15bn-uk-network-investment-this-year/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/vodafone-pledges-13bn-uk-network-investment-this-year/Tue, 20 May 2025 12:04:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/vodafone-pledges-13bn-uk-network-investment-this-year/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bt-nears-deal-to-sell-tnt-sports-stake-to-warner-bros-discovery/Sat, 17 May 2025 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bt-nears-deal-to-sell-tnt-sports-stake-to-warner-bros-discovery/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bt-to-carve-out-new-international-unit-as-group-refocuses-on-uk/Thu, 15 May 2025 13:43:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bt-to-carve-out-new-international-unit-as-group-refocuses-on-uk/ The bit that’s closing is the Mail Rail ride, which will be upgraded with a virtual ride for people who can’t get into the small carriages that run through the narrow mail rail tunnels.
Concept design of the museum’s planned immersive projection space (c) Hayley Sharpe
However, the museum’s exhibition side and permanent]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/half-price-tickets-to-half-the-postal-museum-in-june/Thu, 15 May 2025 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/half-price-tickets-to-half-the-postal-museum-in-june/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/owners-ordered-to-fill-in-illegal-basement-dug-under-300-year-old-mayfair-house/Thu, 15 May 2025 10:45:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/owners-ordered-to-fill-in-illegal-basement-dug-under-300-year-old-mayfair-house/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/visiting-st-johns-church-stoneleigh/Thu, 15 May 2025 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/visiting-st-johns-church-stoneleigh/ ️ Boarded up and derelict: pictures show lack of progress in bringing London’s old City Hall back to li]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-14th-may-2025/Wed, 14 May 2025 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-14th-may-2025/ Luke Kemp, Head of Creative Programme, Barbican Immersive says: “]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/barbican-transforms-unexpected-spaces-into-sonic-art-playground-this-summer/Wed, 14 May 2025 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/barbican-transforms-unexpected-spaces-into-sonic-art-playground-this-summer/ However, TfL’s traffic figures show that the station i]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/call-for-dagenham-east-tube-station-upgrade-gains-business-backing/Wed, 14 May 2025 14:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/call-for-dagenham-east-tube-station-upgrade-gains-business-backing/ The exhibition, at the London Archives, is a collection of documents and photos compiled by officials, mixed in with private diaries and records of how the person on the street saw the war.A lot of the exhibition is what you might expect to see, from the photos of the dev]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-fascist-diaries-to-firefighter-crimes-london-exhibition-challenges-wwii-myths/Wed, 14 May 2025 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-fascist-diaries-to-firefighter-crimes-london-exhibition-challenges-wwii-myths/ The eight years it took to develop the circus explain why it is surrounded by houses th]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-pocket-parks-percy-circus-wc1/Wed, 14 May 2025 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-pocket-parks-percy-circus-wc1/ A 21-year-old man has been arrested after a suspected arson attack on a house in Kentish Town linked to Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Islington Gazette
Campaigners opposed to Sir Sadiq Khan’s £2.2bn Silvertown Tunnel claim it has worsened congestion in south London since it opened a month ago. Standard
London bus drivers have been accused of refusing to lower an access ramp for her disabled boy, 2. Metro
A lithium-ion battery for an electronic bike]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-13th-may-2025/Tue, 13 May 2025 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-13th-may-2025/ (c) Bonhams
Nancy Astor was an American-born socialite and the first woman to take up a seat in Parliament. Although progressive in some areas, she held strong anti-Catholic and anti-communist opinions and was an antisemite. Thanks to marriage, she was wealthy, and her husband gifted her many jewels, including in 1930, a turquoise and]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/nancy-astors-rare-cartier-turquoise-and-diamond-tiara-going-on-display/Tue, 13 May 2025 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/nancy-astors-rare-cartier-turquoise-and-diamond-tiara-going-on-display/ Lawyers working for a housing charity suing Haringey council used fake AI-generated cases in their submission. The judge was not impressed. Civil Litigation Brief
A huge row has broken out over proposals to introduce parking charges at one of London’s most famous grassroots football venues. Standard
The root cause of a fire which led to the shutdown of Heathrow Airport and affected hundreds of thousands of journeys worldwide “remains unknown&rdquo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-8th-may-2025/Thu, 08 May 2025 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-8th-may-2025/ Closed pub (c) ianVisits
The former Beer House pub and the Burger King next to it have been vacant for some time now, but regular visitors may have noticed in recent months that something seems to be happening.
What’s being planned is a larger retail unit by merging the pub and burger shops (and wouldn’t beer and burger be a good name]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/charing-cross-station-is-getting-a-changing-places-accessible-toilet/Thu, 08 May 2025 14:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/charing-cross-station-is-getting-a-changing-places-accessible-toilet/ Now, there’s a small exhibition of items donated by their lead singer, Jimmy Somerville to the Queer Britain museum gallery.The display includes T-Shirts from the ACT-UP campaign, a customised Levi’s jacket, hand typed lyrics to Bronski Beat track ‘Screaming’ and promotional posters for ‘Smalltown Boy&rsq]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/jimmy-somerville-donates-memorabilia-to-queer-britain/Thu, 08 May 2025 13:10:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/jimmy-somerville-donates-memorabilia-to-queer-britain/ They’re all bridges that will span St James’s Park’s lake, so the memorial will also be functional as well, and should help reduce the overcrowding on the existing blue bridge that crosses the lake.
The designs range from simple elegant bridges to a rather fat floral-inspired design, a double-decker of a bridge, and one design tha]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/public-consultation-begins-on-queen-elizabeth-ii-tribute-for-st-jamess-park/Thu, 08 May 2025 12:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/public-consultation-begins-on-queen-elizabeth-ii-tribute-for-st-jamess-park/ The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight maintains several WWII-era planes, including a Lancaster bomber that led the VE Day flypast over London on Bank Holiday Monday. One, or more, of their planes will fly over London this evening, and as there’s an event on Horseguards Parade, the flypast is scheduled to fly right over that.
So, weather permitting, it’s something to look out fo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/battle-of-britain-flypast-over-central-london-this-evening/Thu, 08 May 2025 10:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/battle-of-britain-flypast-over-central-london-this-evening/ One of the unexpected survivors was the 1937 timber and green glass frieze that ran around the inside of the station, advertising services]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/revealing-the-restoration-of-richmond-station/Thu, 08 May 2025 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/revealing-the-restoration-of-richmond-station/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/altice-creditors-brace-for-next-showdown-with-drahi/Thu, 08 May 2025 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/altice-creditors-brace-for-next-showdown-with-drahi/ Three years after the Kerslake Review told Lambeth Council to shut down Homes for Lambeth (HfL) and take housing back in-house, the zombie company is still very much alive. Brixton Buzz
The future of Kew Retail Park remains uncertain, after plans to redevelop it with up to 1,200 flats and a new M&S store were put on hold. Neighbournet
Camden Council’s controversial new licensing policy took a step further last week, as members gave the go ahead to p]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-7th-may-2025/Wed, 07 May 2025 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-7th-may-2025/ (c) Coventry Council
Coventry’s Very Light Rail is like a tram, but because its rails can be laid on strong concrete in a fraction of the time and at a fraction of the cost of a conventional tram, it should be easier and quicker to deploy the network.
The VLR is also battery powered and with no overhead cables, which reduces street clutter and further reduces the costs of installing the network]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/your-chance-to-help-test-a-very-light-railway-service/Wed, 07 May 2025 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/your-chance-to-help-test-a-very-light-railway-service/ She later moved to Paris and became involved with the surrealist artist Man Ray (of London Underground poster fame). After a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/seeing-egypt-differently-lee-millers-photos-go-on-display-in-london/Wed, 07 May 2025 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/seeing-egypt-differently-lee-millers-photos-go-on-display-in-london/ Dave Hill: Twenty-five years of London Mayors OnLondon
If you want to use the least used tube station [Roding Valley], from today you’re semi-buggered. Diamond Geezer
Plans to build 359 flats on the old Siemens factory site next to the Thames Barrier have been withdrawn after five years. Greenwich Wire
The Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) has lifted a notice on Croydon council four years after stepping in over the state of the borough’s housing s]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-6th-may-2025/Tue, 06 May 2025 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-6th-may-2025/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/step-free-access-arrives-at-stoneleigh-station-as-new-lifts-and-footbridge-are-opened/Tue, 06 May 2025 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/step-free-access-arrives-at-stoneleigh-station-as-new-lifts-and-footbridge-are-opened/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/talktalk-sheds-customers-as-indebted-telecoms-group-battles-altnets/Tue, 06 May 2025 14:25:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/talktalk-sheds-customers-as-indebted-telecoms-group-battles-altnets/ That machine is the lawnmower, and it’s on display at the British Library as part of an exhibition on the history of gardening, both domestic and commercial.Gardens historically were mainly a space to grow the sort of foods that didn’t require large fields, and that they were aesthetically pleasing is probably pa]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-slave-plots-to-suburban-lawns-new-exhibition-explores-the-politics-of-gardening/Tue, 06 May 2025 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-slave-plots-to-suburban-lawns-new-exhibition-explores-the-politics-of-gardening/ The Gasworks Tunnel is a set of three parallel railway tunnels carrying the East Coast Main Line from London King’s Cross under Regent’s Canal. After a short gap in the open air, the trains dip into the Copenhagen Tunnel under the rising ground at Barnsbury, about a mile north of the sta]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/lner-and-network-rail-fix-mobile-phone-signal-blackouts-at-kings-cross-station/Tue, 06 May 2025 12:44:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/lner-and-network-rail-fix-mobile-phone-signal-blackouts-at-kings-cross-station/ Which is a bit of a pain if you’re a writer about to write a 40th anniversary article about them.The decision to put artwork in the station dates back to 1981, when Lon]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/a-modernist-river-runs-through-it-the-story-of-embankment-tube-stations-platform-design/Tue, 06 May 2025 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/a-modernist-river-runs-through-it-the-story-of-embankment-tube-stations-platform-design/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/eutelsat-names-new-chief-as-europes-starlink-rival-seeks-to-unlock-funding/Mon, 05 May 2025 19:04:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/eutelsat-names-new-chief-as-europes-starlink-rival-seeks-to-unlock-funding/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/will-train-wifi-ever-work/Mon, 05 May 2025 05:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/will-train-wifi-ever-work/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bt-rival-community-fibre-posts-first-profit-as-other-altnets-struggle/Mon, 05 May 2025 05:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bt-rival-community-fibre-posts-first-profit-as-other-altnets-struggle/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/spanish-electricity-blackout-drives-use-of-musks-starlink/Sun, 04 May 2025 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/spanish-electricity-blackout-drives-use-of-musks-starlink/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/spanish-blackout-drives-use-of-musks-starlink/Sun, 04 May 2025 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/spanish-blackout-drives-use-of-musks-starlink/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/octopus-and-revolut-signal-uk-mobile-market-disruption/Sun, 04 May 2025 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/octopus-and-revolut-signal-uk-mobile-market-disruption/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/octopus-and-revolut-set-sights-on-uk-mobile-market-disruption/Sun, 04 May 2025 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/octopus-and-revolut-set-sights-on-uk-mobile-market-disruption/ London’s oldest weightlifting club ‘in limbo’ as second eviction extension granted The Slice
An Ilford pub which has been shut for seven years after a fire looks set to reopen again. Ilford Recorder
Two tower blocks will be built on a Catford car park despite concerns from a neighbouring music venue. News Shopper
Electric bikes and scooters are now available to rent in Northolt and Greenford for the first time, Ealing News
As Alex Proud prep]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-2nd-may-2025/Fri, 02 May 2025 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-2nd-may-2025/ The station is on the Jubilee line and has only a small entrance leading to steps down to an island platform. The entrance is too small for its current passenger numbers, and the station doesn’t have any step-free access. As it’s also very close to West Hampstead’s Overground and Thameslink sta]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/first-images-of-possible-step-free-upgrade-for-west-hampstead-tube-station/Fri, 02 May 2025 14:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/first-images-of-possible-step-free-upgrade-for-west-hampstead-tube-station/ Now, an exhibition of those images has opened at the British Museum.Utagawa Hiroshige was born in 1797 and, at about 14, chose to become an artist. Although like others, he focused on traditional images of female beauties, sumo wrestlers, and simple landscapes, Hiroshige’s work is n]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-samurai-to-sketches-british-museum-celebrates-the-last-master-of-ukiyo-e/Fri, 02 May 2025 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-samurai-to-sketches-british-museum-celebrates-the-last-master-of-ukiyo-e/ (c) London Ambulance Charity
The remarkable Clements Talbot ambulance, which is made of wood and steel, served Londoners during the WWII blitz. Known by its registration number, BXH809 was based in Lambeth, and served throughout the Second World War. Since its retirement in 1950, the 90-year-old vehicle has been kept and maintained by Lon]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/london-ambulance-that-survived-the-wwii-blitz-could-return-to-the-road-again/Fri, 02 May 2025 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/london-ambulance-that-survived-the-wwii-blitz-could-return-to-the-road-again/ (c) Searchlight Pictures. Photo: Charlie Gray
The monumental candy-pink model of the Grand Budapest Hotel — that was used to capture the building’s façade for the 2014 film — will be one of the largest and most recognisable items in the exhibition, which opens at the Design Museum in London in November. Spanning over 3-metres in w]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/over-600-objects-from-wes-anderson-films-to-go-on-display-in-london-exhibition/Fri, 02 May 2025 10:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/over-600-objects-from-wes-anderson-films-to-go-on-display-in-london-exhibition/ Deer have returned to Greenwich Park for the first time in four years after their paddock was improved and extended. Greenwich Wire
A global survey of lawyers and arbitrators has found that London remains the top choice of location for international arbitrations Legal Cheek
Toy giant Lego is to move its London headquarters from Farringdon to new offices on the South Bank overlooking the Thames. Standard
London is “a long way off” meeting Sir Sadiq]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-1st-may-2025/Thu, 01 May 2025 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-1st-may-2025/ (c) Network Rail
To create the extra space, Network Rail converted two former retail units on the pedestrianised Stainer Street corridor into extra toilet facilities.  They include a mixture of female units (23, including accessible, family accessible, and standard), male units (12, including standard and accessible), and three unisex toilets: accessible,]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/more-loos-for-london-bridge-station-as-new-toilets-open-at-last/Thu, 01 May 2025 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/more-loos-for-london-bridge-station-as-new-toilets-open-at-last/ Ocean Court in April 2025 (c) National Maritime Museum
The Ocean Court closed in March 2024 to refurbish the 25-year-old roof. Since then, more than 23,000 square feet of sun-protected glazing have been installed over the museum’s central courtyard, preventing overheating in warmer climates.
The museum has now confirmed that it will reop]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/national-maritime-museums-glass-roofed-court-reopening-in-june/Thu, 01 May 2025 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/national-maritime-museums-glass-roofed-court-reopening-in-june/ Ocean Court in April 2025 (c) National Maritime Museum
The Ocean Court closed in March 2024 to refurbish the 25-year-old roof. Since then, more than 23,000 square feet of sun-protected glazing have been installed over the museum’s central courtyard, preventing overheating in warmer climates.
The museum has now confirmed that it will reop]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/national-maritime-museums-glass-roofed-court-reopening-in-june/Thu, 01 May 2025 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/national-maritime-museums-glass-roofed-court-reopening-in-june/ The exhibition will look at the stories behind the everyday foods we consume, from 3,500 fermented sourdough bread to the first Quorn burger and the first beef steak grown outside a cow.
Cricket burger packaging, 2025 (c) Wriggle Foods Limited
The exhibition will highlight how science enabled growing global populations to be better fed in the 20th century, examining the ide]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-ancient-sourdough-to-lab-grown-meat-the-science-museum-to-explore-the-evolution-of-food/Thu, 01 May 2025 10:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-ancient-sourdough-to-lab-grown-meat-the-science-museum-to-explore-the-evolution-of-food/ The exhibition will look at the stories behind the everyday foods we consume, from 3,500 fermented sourdough bread to the first Quorn burger and the first beef steak grown outside a cow.
Cricket burger packaging, 2025 (c) Wriggle Foods Limited
The exhibition will highlight how science enabled growing global populations to be better fed in the 20th century, examining the ide]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-ancient-sourdough-to-lab-grown-meat-the-science-museum-to-explore-the-evolution-of-food/Thu, 01 May 2025 10:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-ancient-sourdough-to-lab-grown-meat-the-science-museum-to-explore-the-evolution-of-food/ Made from oak and kept outside, they had deteriorated quite badly by the millennium, so the Southgate Green A]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/find-the-southgate-stocks/Thu, 01 May 2025 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/find-the-southgate-stocks/ Made from oak and kept outside, they had deteriorated quite badly by the millennium, so the Southgate Green A]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/find-the-southgate-stocks/Thu, 01 May 2025 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/find-the-southgate-stocks/ Plaque prior to installation (c) English Heritage
The plaque, which will be formally unveiled later today, will go on the side of 108 Cambridge Street in Pimlico, where Pym lived from November 1945 to autumn 1949. It was at this Pimlico flatshare that Pym started her writing career, drawing extensively on her experiences of living and]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/excellent-women-author-barbara-pym-celebrated-with-an-english-heritage-blue-plaque/Thu, 01 May 2025 07:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/excellent-women-author-barbara-pym-celebrated-with-an-english-heritage-blue-plaque/ Plaque prior to installation (c) English Heritage
The plaque, which will be formally unveiled later today, will go on the side of 108 Cambridge Street in Pimlico, where Pym lived from November 1945 to autumn 1949. It was at this Pimlico flatshare that Pym started her writing career, drawing extensively on her experiences of living and]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/excellent-women-author-barbara-pym-celebrated-with-an-english-heritage-blue-plaque/Thu, 01 May 2025 07:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/excellent-women-author-barbara-pym-celebrated-with-an-english-heritage-blue-plaque/ Elizabeth line tunnel wrap – for illustrative purposes (c) Global
Four of the central London Elizabeth line stations will receive large wrap-around digital video screens, part of a wider range of changes that will see many more smaller digital billboards added to tube stations across London.
Transport for Lon]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-elizabeth-line-is-getting-massive-video-wrap-around-advertising-screens/Wed, 30 Apr 2025 20:39:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-elizabeth-line-is-getting-massive-video-wrap-around-advertising-screens/ Plans for a new tram route in Havering have stalled due to a lack of funding Romford Recorder
The long-running legal battle over the future of Ealing’s Victoria Hall has suffered yet another setback, after a court hearing due to take place next week was cancelled at short notice. Ealing News
A record haul of suspected fa]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-30th-april-2025/Wed, 30 Apr 2025 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-30th-april-2025/ Plans for a new tram route in Havering have stalled due to a lack of funding Romford Recorder
The long-running legal battle over the future of Ealing’s Victoria Hall has suffered yet another setback, after a court hearing due to take place next week was cancelled at short notice. Ealing News
A record haul of suspected fa]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-30th-april-2025/Wed, 30 Apr 2025 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-30th-april-2025/ Euston Station (c) Network Rail
Teams from Network Rail and its contractors will carry out multiple projects to replace trackside drainage and railway track on sections of the line between London Euston and Milton Keynes.
As a result, Euston station will be closed on Sunday 4th and Bank Holiday Monday 5th May with trains terminating at Milton Keynes. Although buses will]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/euston-station-will-close-for-two-days-this-weekend/Wed, 30 Apr 2025 14:33:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/euston-station-will-close-for-two-days-this-weekend/ Euston Station (c) Network Rail
Teams from Network Rail and its contractors will carry out multiple projects to replace trackside drainage and railway track on sections of the line between London Euston and Milton Keynes.
As a result, Euston station will be closed on Sunday 4th and Bank Holiday Monday 5th May with trains terminating at Milton Keynes. Although buses will]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/euston-station-will-close-for-two-days-this-weekend/Wed, 30 Apr 2025 14:33:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/euston-station-will-close-for-two-days-this-weekend/ Now largely seen as a bad mistake, and two artists, Christine Sun Kim and]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bricks-hands-and-history-artists-reclaim-deaf-identity-at-the-wellcome-collection/Tue, 29 Apr 2025 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bricks-hands-and-history-artists-reclaim-deaf-identity-at-the-wellcome-collection/ Trent Park House in 2005 – photo by Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0
Trent Park House is one of England’s great country houses, remodelled by Sir Philip Sassoon in the 1920s and home to World War Two ‘Secret Listeners’ whose operations helped turn the tide of war.
Today, Trent Park is recognised by Historic England as being of]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/house-of-secrets-wwii-espionage-site-in-north-london-to-open-as-a-museum-in-2026/Tue, 29 Apr 2025 11:07:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/house-of-secrets-wwii-espionage-site-in-north-london-to-open-as-a-museum-in-2026/ There are now nearly twice as many cycles as cars on City streets during the day, and people cycling now make up 56% of all traffic in the peak commuting hours. Cycling levels ha]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/pedals-over-petrol-cycling-now-dominates-peak-hour-traffic-in-the-city-of-london/Tue, 29 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/pedals-over-petrol-cycling-now-dominates-peak-hour-traffic-in-the-city-of-london/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/historic-lift-shafts-brought-back-to-life-as-knightsbridge-tube-station-becomes-accessible/Tue, 29 Apr 2025 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/historic-lift-shafts-brought-back-to-life-as-knightsbridge-tube-station-becomes-accessible/ London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan has given his backing to the city bidding for the 2040 Olympic Games. LBC
A mobile phone thief was caught with nine phones in one morning, including one device belonging to a blind woman News Shopper
Large parts of Brockwell Park will be fenced off for more than six weeks this summer with Lambeth Council’s planning application to retain event infrastructure between commercial concerts and the Lambeth Country Show. Brixton Buz]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-28th-april-2025/Mon, 28 Apr 2025 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-28th-april-2025/ Last year TfL committed to introducing toilets at selected stations, increasing the number of accessible toilets, enhancing existing facilities and improving the availability of toilets, to ensure that customers are always within 20 minutes of a toilet without having to change trains.
The Mayor of London is providing £]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/new-accessible-toilet-for-white-hart-lane-station-as-part-of-london-wide-upgrade-plan/Mon, 28 Apr 2025 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/new-accessible-toilet-for-white-hart-lane-station-as-part-of-london-wide-upgrade-plan/ Looking over the top of the soon to be demolished shopping arcade towards the station (c) ianVisits
Planned for some years, the removal of the 1930s shopping centre was expected to start last year, but there were some delays, and now Southwark Council has awarded BAM Nuttal the contract to remove the shops. Once removed, the space]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/demolition-of-the-shopping-arcade-blocking-peckham-rye-station-to-start-this-summer/Mon, 28 Apr 2025 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/demolition-of-the-shopping-arcade-blocking-peckham-rye-station-to-start-this-summer/ There will be three open days, and visitors will be able to visit the main State Rooms, the 14th-century historic Guard Room, the 17th-century Great Hall, and the Crypt Chapel.
Great Hall (c) ianVisits
The open days also m]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-lambeth-palace-open-days/Mon, 28 Apr 2025 14:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-lambeth-palace-open-days/ However, earlier this month, the museum previously known as Bow Street Police Museum changed its]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bow-street-police-museum-changes-its-name-to-reflect-wider-stories-of-crime-and-justice/Mon, 28 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bow-street-police-museum-changes-its-name-to-reflect-wider-stories-of-crime-and-justice/ The area was initially occupied by two mansion houses, Colby House and Kens]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-alleys-footpath-to-kensington-court-w8/Mon, 28 Apr 2025 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-alleys-footpath-to-kensington-court-w8/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/octopus-backed-fern-explores-push-into-uk-mobile-operations/Sun, 27 Apr 2025 16:20:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/octopus-backed-fern-explores-push-into-uk-mobile-operations/ Tattoo artists from across the globe will be reunited next week as they gather to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the first meeting on the London Tattoo Society, held in Clerkenwell. Islington Tribune
Woolwich Foot Tunnel, where one lift has now been out of service for nearly three years, has been closed until further notice because of a drainage problem. Greenwich Wire
“Unknown flaming objects” are partly responsible for a fire that swept throu]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-25th-april-2025/Fri, 25 Apr 2025 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-25th-april-2025/ Flying over The Mall, June 2023 (c) ianVisits
The flypast will come after a large marchpast by 1,300 members of the Armed Forces, uniformed services and young people from Parliament Square to Buckingham Palace. The procession will begin in Parliament Square when Big Ben strikes midday, and an actor will recite extracts from the iconic Winston Churchill VE]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/large-military-flypast-over-london-for-ve-day-80/Fri, 25 Apr 2025 14:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/large-military-flypast-over-london-for-ve-day-80/ (c) Natural History Museum
Crystallised gold is rare, and the well-formed crystals on this majestic specimen make it an outstanding find. Miners searching for gold in a region famous for producing collectable specimens discovered it within the wall of an underground mine. To ensure it was removed without damage, they used a metal detector to pinpoint its exa]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/rare-crystallised-gold-dragon-on-loan-to-the-natural-history-museum/Fri, 25 Apr 2025 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/rare-crystallised-gold-dragon-on-loan-to-the-natural-history-museum/ Rogers was perhaps best known for his work on the Pompidou Centre in Paris, the Lloyd’s building and Millennium Dome, both in London, the Senedd building in Cardiff, and the European Court of Human Rights building in Strasbourg.
Lloyds Building (c) ianVisits
This summer, the Sir John Soane’s Museum will pres]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-the-pompidou-to-the-millennium-dome-richard-rogers-retrospective-at-sir-john-soanes-museum/Fri, 25 Apr 2025 12:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-the-pompidou-to-the-millennium-dome-richard-rogers-retrospective-at-sir-john-soanes-museum/ (c) Railway 200
The train, named Inspiration, will be the only exhibition train on the rail network and will comprise four carriages. It will be curated in partnership with the National Railway Museum. Rail’s pioneering pedigree will be explored in a ‘Railway Firsts’ coach, highlighting landmark moments in rail’]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-visit-railway-200s-exhibition-train/Fri, 25 Apr 2025 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-visit-railway-200s-exhibition-train/ Arterio train at Waterloo (c) ianVisits
There have been a range of issues affecting the trains that were supposed to arrive in 2019, but SWR says that the main issue remains is allowing the train driver to have a clear view of the platforms at stations.
Older SWR trains rely on an onboard guard to control the opening and closi]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/swr-apologises-for-arterio-train-delays-promises-accelerated-rollout-ahead-of-summer/Fri, 25 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/swr-apologises-for-arterio-train-delays-promises-accelerated-rollout-ahead-of-summer/ Shakespeare, social housing, and influencers: What does a prize draw for a Georgian town house near Borough Market say about the state of the capital’s property market? London Centric (£)
Greenwich’s poorest residents will need to have less than £2,000 in savings if they want help paying their council tax bills, according to a policy outlined this week. Greenwich Wire
A family has been awarded a pay out of more than £9,000 after]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-24th-april-2025/Thu, 24 Apr 2025 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-24th-april-2025/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/berrylands-station-wood-platform-repairs-to-close-the-station-for-several-months/Thu, 24 Apr 2025 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/berrylands-station-wood-platform-repairs-to-close-the-station-for-several-months/ William Shakespeare by John Taylor
A fragment of letter, preserved by accident in the binding of a book at Hereford Cathedral has recently been discovered, addressed to “good Mrs Shakespeare” and appears to show both of the Shakespeares living together in central London at some point in the dec]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/newly-found-letter-suggests-william-shakespeare-lived-in-london-with-his-wife/Thu, 24 Apr 2025 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/newly-found-letter-suggests-william-shakespeare-lived-in-london-with-his-wife/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/proposal-to-ban-loud-music-on-public-transport/Thu, 24 Apr 2025 11:11:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/proposal-to-ban-loud-music-on-public-transport/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/nokia-chief-considers-expanding-us-manufacturing-to-mitigate-tariffs/Thu, 24 Apr 2025 10:05:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/nokia-chief-considers-expanding-us-manufacturing-to-mitigate-tariffs/ Plans from London mayor Sir Sadiq Khan to part-pedestrianise Oxford Street have been described by residents as “senseless” and a “vanity project”. Standard
Rotherhithe politicians have hit out at the Met after it moved local police to a station in central London – a good 45-minute walk away from the area. South London Press
A pensioner was beaten to death by his Covent Garden neighbour in a row over shutting the front gate, a cou]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-23rd-april-2025/Wed, 23 Apr 2025 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-23rd-april-2025/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/secure-quantum-messages-sent-over-telecoms-network-in-breakthrough/Wed, 23 Apr 2025 17:12:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/secure-quantum-messages-sent-over-telecoms-network-in-breakthrough/ New garden and tower (c) HTA Design LLP
Now four months into the sixteen-month build, key features are emerging, including newly laid paths, and work is beginning on a circular pond, designed to enhance habitats for local wildlife. More than 200,000 bulbs and 40 trees have been ordered to create colourful nectar-rich planting. Re]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/countdown-begins-one-year-until-opening-of-new-garden-to-commemorate-life-of-queen-elizabeth-ii/Wed, 23 Apr 2025 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/countdown-begins-one-year-until-opening-of-new-garden-to-commemorate-life-of-queen-elizabeth-ii/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bt-agrees-deal-to-sell-italian-business/Wed, 23 Apr 2025 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bt-agrees-deal-to-sell-italian-business/ (c) Network Rail
Over the next few weeks, approximately 1,500 litres of white paint – the equivalent of 30,000 square metres — will be applied to the railway tracks. By painting parts of the rail white, they absorb less heat – 5°C to 10°C cooler than one left unpainted.
The issue is that hot rail tracks expand and can buckle in the heat,]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/network-rail-painting-tracks-white-to-beat-the-summer-heat/Wed, 23 Apr 2025 16:28:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/network-rail-painting-tracks-white-to-beat-the-summer-heat/ The thing to look for is that Transport for London (TfL) has customised the moquette-inspired patterns for each of the four Elizabeth line stations where they are being used.
Have you spotted it yet?
Look again, and notice how the moquette colours are different at each of the stations.
You might have spotted that some of]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/clever-tube-trivia-in-the-elizabeth-lines-new-station-stickers/Wed, 23 Apr 2025 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/clever-tube-trivia-in-the-elizabeth-lines-new-station-stickers/ So, yay for Brita]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/exhibition-tells-the-story-of-the-slaves-who-fueled-britains-postal-empire/Wed, 23 Apr 2025 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/exhibition-tells-the-story-of-the-slaves-who-fueled-britains-postal-empire/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bt-agrees-deal-to-sell-remainder-of-its-italian-business/Wed, 23 Apr 2025 11:49:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bt-agrees-deal-to-sell-remainder-of-its-italian-business/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bt-agrees-deal-to-sell-remainder-of-italian-business/Wed, 23 Apr 2025 11:49:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/bt-agrees-deal-to-sell-remainder-of-italian-business/ (c) Trustees of the Natural History Museum
Located in the Museum’s Jerwood Gallery, the film will use a mix of cinematic projection technology and real-life footage of our natural world that will bring the gallery walls and floor to life.
From our impact on the great whales of the oceans to our relationship with o]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/natural-history-museum-film-will-compress-4-billion-years-of-earths-history-into-one-hour/Wed, 23 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/natural-history-museum-film-will-compress-4-billion-years-of-earths-history-into-one-hour/ The venture was soon]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-pocket-parks-the-red-lion-playhouse-e1/Wed, 23 Apr 2025 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-pocket-parks-the-red-lion-playhouse-e1/ Cassiobury Park trees have been damaged as “unauthorised structures” were built, Watford Borough Council has said. Watford Observer
Tackling damp and mould in Southwark Council’s housing stock could save the NHS £1.8m, according to a new report. Inside Housing
An East London arts charity is to create 38 affordable studios in Hackney Wick – after announcing only the second permanent acquisition of land in its 30-year history. Hack]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-22nd-april-2025/Tue, 22 Apr 2025 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-22nd-april-2025/ The £24 million contract is the second ‘batch’ awarded that, when completed, will provide the infrastructure to support the introduction of the new ‘24 Tube Stock’ (24TS) and increase the peak Piccadilly line service to 27 trains per hour.
New trains being assembled in Goole, Yorks]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/power-upgrade-to-support-27-trains-per-hour-on-piccadilly-line-by-2027/Tue, 22 Apr 2025 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/power-upgrade-to-support-27-trains-per-hour-on-piccadilly-line-by-2027/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/european-telecom-groups-line-up-deals-in-hope-of-looser-merger-rules/Mon, 21 Apr 2025 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/european-telecom-groups-line-up-deals-in-hope-of-looser-merger-rules/ Is Cambridge Heath Road shaping up to be the new Hackney? Bethan Green LDN
Ice cream vans could be banned near Greenwich Park after council row Standard
A national call to action has been launched to raise £130,000 for urgent renovations at St John on Bethnal Green church. Romford Recorder
James Cracknell explores the progress made so far at [Enfield] council’s flagship housing project [Meridian Water], as well as the growing problems that plague]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-18th-april-2025/Fri, 18 Apr 2025 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-18th-april-2025/ (c) Hammersmith and Fulham Council
There are now three separate lanes – one dedicated for cyclists traveling north, another for cyclists traveling south and a third two-way pedestrian path. The outer footways will also remain open to pedestrians only.
The new wider pedestrian lane offe]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/hammersmith-bridge-reopens-for-pedestrians-and-cyclists/Fri, 18 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/hammersmith-bridge-reopens-for-pedestrians-and-cyclists/ A man was forced to leap out of a window as an e-bike fire destroyed a number of flats in Bethnal Green. ITV News
New pub alert: Bohem Brewery’s third London venue transforms the long-empty Queen’s Arms into a Czech beer specialist pub.a Clapham Junction Insider
Police want to temporarily close a South London club where a woman was allegedly raped by a staff member. Local London
Monty Python star says ‘Let’s make British films, not Hol]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-17th-april-2025/Thu, 17 Apr 2025 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-17th-april-2025/ The Festival programme will feature current affairs and journalism events, fiction, screenwriting, poetry and spoken word, and family and children’s events.
The festival will run from Wednesday 14th to Saturday 17th May 2025.
The programme aims to include breakfast news events; lunchtime panels]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-the-fleet-street-festival-of-words/Thu, 17 Apr 2025 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-the-fleet-street-festival-of-words/ They tried it last year, and it presumably proved popular, as they’re back again.
(c) Leadenhall Market
The posh shops are usually closed at weekends, so this is a chance to visit and see the market as a, well, market once again. Although usually closed, some of the pubs and cafes will open on market weekends.
There are two markets- the vintage furniture and f]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/weekend-markets-returning-to-leadenhall-market/Thu, 17 Apr 2025 14:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/weekend-markets-returning-to-leadenhall-market/ At least from a Korean perspective, and it all starts with small balls of beeswax.Just under 600 years ago, Korea’s King Sejong instructed Yeon Park to standardise the uneven sounds coming from musical instruments. So he set out to create a “standard” musical pipe against which all others could be judged.
A]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-beeswax-to-bowls-discover-the-science-behind-korean-musical-history/Thu, 17 Apr 2025 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-beeswax-to-bowls-discover-the-science-behind-korean-musical-history/ SOLDIER magazine archive 1945-2025
The magazine, SOLDIER (yes, in capitals) was authorised by Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery as a morale-boosting magazine for British Army troops fighting in Europe during the Second World War. Originally expected to close after WWII, the Cold War, and later conflicts gave it a refreshed requirement, an]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/british-army-puts-80-years-of-soldier-magazine-online-in-free-archive/Thu, 17 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/british-army-puts-80-years-of-soldier-magazine-online-in-free-archive/ It’s carved portland stone, mounted on top of a dark brick plinth.
Oddly, the brick plinth reminded me of the brick obelisks erected by the Rees Jeffreys Road Fund in places wh]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-public-art-embracing-forms-n17/Thu, 17 Apr 2025 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-public-art-embracing-forms-n17/ A rare otter sighting has been recorded in east London’s financial hub Canary Wharf. BBC News (video)
There has been a 15 per cent increase in the number of over-65s retiring to central London in the past decade – as downsizing, searching for community, and proximity to family takes priority The i Paper
An infamous fly-tipping hotspot in Harrow has been cleared by waste management company Powerday and specialist demolition contractors Goody Demoli]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-16th-april-2025/Wed, 16 Apr 2025 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-16th-april-2025/ Conservation work (c) British Library
The tours last around an hour, and because of the nature of the tools and equipment used in the studios, they’re only suitable for people aged 12 and over.
There is a considerable amount of walking and standing on a tour. Also, the conservation studios are working spaces, and c]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-tours-of-the-british-librarys-conservation-studios/Wed, 16 Apr 2025 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-tours-of-the-british-librarys-conservation-studios/ Evelyn De Morgan’s richly coloured canvases, featuring beautifully draped figures laden with messages of feminism, spirituality, and the rejection of]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/rediscovering-evelyn-de-morgan-at-the-guildhall-art-gallery/Wed, 16 Apr 2025 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/rediscovering-evelyn-de-morgan-at-the-guildhall-art-gallery/ The extension would be included as part of a housing development next to the museum that aims to replace a rather tired 1970s block of flats with something more fitting for the area.
The site to be redeveloped on the left.
Property developer London Square bought the former St. Wi]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/national-army-museum-to-get-larger-with-expansion-underneath-its-car-park/Wed, 16 Apr 2025 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/national-army-museum-to-get-larger-with-expansion-underneath-its-car-park/ A disabled mum has won over £3,500 from Lewisham council after she was split up from her child for 10 months after fleeing her abusive ex-partner. South London Press
Bexley’s London Cycle Network routes have inaccessible gates News Shopper
There’s a slight rearrangement of the deck chairs on the good ship Lambeth Labour as the struggling administration attempts to get a grip on the financial crisis facing the borough for the year ahead. Brix]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-15th-april-2025/Tue, 15 Apr 2025 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-15th-april-2025/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/behind-the-scaffolding-taking-a-look-at-the-hungerford-bridge-restoration-project/Tue, 15 Apr 2025 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/behind-the-scaffolding-taking-a-look-at-the-hungerford-bridge-restoration-project/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/trump-official-tells-europe-to-choose-us-or-chinese-tech/Tue, 15 Apr 2025 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/trump-official-tells-europe-to-choose-us-or-chinese-tech/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/trump-official-tells-europe-to-choose-between-us-or-chinese-tech/Tue, 15 Apr 2025 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/trump-official-tells-europe-to-choose-between-us-or-chinese-tech/ ‘UK’s oldest Indian restaurant’ facing uncertain future amid row over lease Restaurant
The future of a Brixton-based charity helping to feed some of the most deprived local families is in doubt after Lambeth council announced cuts to its funding. Brixton Blog
We’re treated like peasants, say tenants in fight over mouldy homes BBC News
Wandsworth Council will soon have a new leader if an expected challenge from with its majority Labour]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-14th-april-2025/Mon, 14 Apr 2025 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-14th-april-2025/ Possible entrance to the new museum (c) Woods Bagot
The remains, which are thought to be part of what we might call London’s first “city hall”, were uncovered during excavations by Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA) before a skyscraper was built on the site.
Since their discovery, the property developer has been]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/more-details-for-londons-new-roman-basilica-museum-revealed/Mon, 14 Apr 2025 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/more-details-for-londons-new-roman-basilica-museum-revealed/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-gilded-glamour-to-grim-war-the-kings-gallery-explores-the-long-edwardian-era/Mon, 14 Apr 2025 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-gilded-glamour-to-grim-war-the-kings-gallery-explores-the-long-edwardian-era/ R Howood map 1799 with alley highlighted
What was called William Mews was the back street for the houses on the south side that fronted onto William Street. That]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-alleys-prince-of-wales-passage-everton-mews-nw1/Mon, 14 Apr 2025 09:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-alleys-prince-of-wales-passage-everton-mews-nw1/ Lambeth Council is preparing to spend at least £120,000 on a new strategy to reshape the heart of Brixton — complete with ‘reimagined’ streets, more car-free days, and a ‘public realm framework’. Brixton Buzz
Hackney Council is to review all blue badge applications it has rejected since last year after a watchdog found its assessments have gone against government guidelines. Hackney Citizen
A new report supported by some of]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-11th-april-2025/Fri, 11 Apr 2025 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-11th-april-2025/ Until recently, road pollution was so high that it effectively drowned out all the other sources of pollution in London’s air, but a bit like the tide going out, it’s much easier to see what’s left behind when you remove the road vehicles.
A new study by the University of York has revealed]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/gas-boilers-now-biggest-source-of-air-pollution-in-central-london-study-shows/Fri, 11 Apr 2025 13:28:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/gas-boilers-now-biggest-source-of-air-pollution-in-central-london-study-shows/ Photo by Jordhan Madec on Unsplash
The Downing Street tours are organised by London Open Gardens, a weekend where over a hundred of London’s private gardens are open for the public to look around.
Tickets for London Open Gardens are on sale now, and a ticket gets you into all the gardens on their list — except 10 Downing Streetm which is fr]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-the-ballot-to-visit-10-downing-streets-garden-has-opened/Fri, 11 Apr 2025 11:02:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-the-ballot-to-visit-10-downing-streets-garden-has-opened/ (c) HS2
The structures, built at the southern end of the railway’s 10-mile Chiltern Tunnel next to the M25 motorway are nearly identical to those now under construction at its northern portal in Buckinghamshire.
All trains enter]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/hs2s-northwest-london-portal-designed-to-eliminate-sonic-booms-from-high-speed-trains/Fri, 11 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/hs2s-northwest-london-portal-designed-to-eliminate-sonic-booms-from-high-speed-trains/ Lambeth Council has admitted it will need to source more temporary accommodation in cheaper places outside of the city to save cash. Southwark News
Alfresco dining, which flourished across the capital after the Covid pandemic, could be making a comeback with support from City Hall. Standard
Camden councillors have waved through the borough’s development plans for the coming 15 years, including proposals to build thousands of new homes. Fitzrovia News
A]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-10th-april-2025/Thu, 10 Apr 2025 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-10th-april-2025/ (c) National Garden Scheme
Although owned by the Church, through the Church Commissioners, the gardens actually sit within blocks of 1960s flats in Paddington on land that was owned by the Bishop of London and then rebuilt following WW2 damage. Each garden is planted sympathetically to reflect the surroundings while uniquely, The Water Gardens, an original ‘brutalist’ garden, f]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-hyde-park-estate-gardens-open-day/Thu, 10 Apr 2025 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-hyde-park-estate-gardens-open-day/ Candidly, it doesn’t matter what anyone says about this exhibition as it’s a safe one to put on — the a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/cartier-sparkles-at-the-vampa-ndash-a-jewelled-journey-through-royalty-and-pop-icons/Thu, 10 Apr 2025 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/cartier-sparkles-at-the-vampa-ndash-a-jewelled-journey-through-royalty-and-pop-icons/ Newly installed plaque (c) ianVisits
According to a news article in the Daily Mirror, Viner qualfiied as a bus driver at the Chiswick training centre on Frid]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/blue-plaque-honours-jill-viner-londons-first-female-bus-driver/Thu, 10 Apr 2025 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/blue-plaque-honours-jill-viner-londons-first-female-bus-driver/ Transition to electric vehicles is racing ahead, yet vital infrastructure for them in the capital is patchy OnLondon
A government bill is seeking to regulate yeshivas, sparking outcry in London’s ultra-Orthodox Jewish community. But not everyone wants to keep parliament out. The Londoner
Cyclists are divided over a new Silvertown tunnel shuttle bus with some branding it “rubbish”. The Tottenham Independent
Sir Sadiq Khan has announced a &pou]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-9th-april-2025/Wed, 09 Apr 2025 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-9th-april-2025/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/hackney-museum-to-close-later-this-year-for-22-million-revamp/Wed, 09 Apr 2025 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/hackney-museum-to-close-later-this-year-for-22-million-revamp/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-visit-the-reigate-caves/Wed, 09 Apr 2025 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-visit-the-reigate-caves/ His art collection.
It may seem odd to suggest that a man who lived in a grand house packed with some of the best art available to galleries at the time could have his interest in art overlooked, but it’s down to how the art was acquired.Most of what people see in Apsley House is from the Spanish Gift &mda]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-duke-of-wellingtons-private-art-collection-goes-on-display-in-apsley-house/Wed, 09 Apr 2025 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-duke-of-wellingtons-private-art-collection-goes-on-display-in-apsley-house/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/universal-theme-park-for-bedford-would-include-two-railway-stations/Wed, 09 Apr 2025 09:32:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/universal-theme-park-for-bedford-would-include-two-railway-stations/ Is there an ice-cream van exemption from noise pollution? Aft]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-penny-licks-to-greensleeves-the-history-of-ice-cream-van-jingles/Wed, 09 Apr 2025 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-penny-licks-to-greensleeves-the-history-of-ice-cream-van-jingles/ Campaigners in south-east London are calling on the government to tighten the law on catapults to stop wildlife being killed. BBC News
Housebuilder Vistry Group has secured planning permission from Enfield Council to build 723 new homes as part of a wider scheme. Housing Today
The former boss of Google, Eric Schmidt, has bought a Holland Park mansion for nearly £42m, in the latest in a string of big transactions in London’s prime real estate marke]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-8th-april-2025/Tue, 08 Apr 2025 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-8th-april-2025/ The original Star Wars poster (Disney/Lucasfilm)
As part of a season of original print screenings by the BFI Southbank, the original version of the Star Wars movie will be shown on the big screen for the first time in ages. It isn’t easy to find a copy, as most home versions would be on VHS, and hard]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-original-star-wars-movie-is-coming-to-the-bfi/Tue, 08 Apr 2025 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-original-star-wars-movie-is-coming-to-the-bfi/ As explained at the exhibition opening by the RHT’s Ch]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-clocks-to-canopies-free-exhibition-marks-40-years-of-saving-britains-railway-heritage/Tue, 08 Apr 2025 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-clocks-to-canopies-free-exhibition-marks-40-years-of-saving-britains-railway-heritage/ The College’s museum is smaller but arguably]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/you-can-see-the-worlds-oldest-guitar-in-a-basement-behind-the-royal-albert-hall/Tue, 08 Apr 2025 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/you-can-see-the-worlds-oldest-guitar-in-a-basement-behind-the-royal-albert-hall/ (c) Greater Anglia
Hare Fares must be booked by 22nd April for travel before 10th June from the Greater Anglia website. There is no limit on the number of tickets that a passenger can purchase.
Children can travel for £2 per child when accompanied by an adult.
Example adult return fares from London:
Destinations for £14 ret]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/cheap-return-fares-offered-by-greater-anglia-for-early-summer-trips/Tue, 08 Apr 2025 11:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/cheap-return-fares-offered-by-greater-anglia-for-early-summer-trips/ This was the Central Metropolitan Railway, planned in 1881 and blocked by Parliament in 1882 — so it didn’t last long.
In 1881, the Central Metropolitan Railway proposed a cut-and-cover line running from Parliament Square to St Pancras/King’s Cross. At the southern end, the line was to run]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/unbuilt-london-the-central-metropolitan-railway/Tue, 08 Apr 2025 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/unbuilt-london-the-central-metropolitan-railway/ Robert Stephenson statue outside Locomotion museum in Shildon (c) HS2
The statue, designed by Carlo Marochetti, was commissioned by the Institute of Civil Engineers to commemorate the great engineer. Although completed fairly quickly, it was kept in storage for some years while a l]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/after-150-years-at-euston-robert-stephenson-statue-takes-temporary-home-in-shildon/Tue, 08 Apr 2025 07:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/after-150-years-at-euston-robert-stephenson-statue-takes-temporary-home-in-shildon/ Rescue donkeys Dora and Nora from Kentish Town City Farm have been taking part in an unusual job – gardening at Parliament Hill School. BBC News (video)
Hackney’s Green councillors have taken aim at the Labour-run administration over “delays” in bringing in tougher restrictions for landlords. Hackney Citizen
Capital Letters, the company set up by a group of London boroughs to address homelessness and reduce spending on temporary accomm]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-7th-april-2025/Mon, 07 Apr 2025 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-7th-april-2025/ The proposed development — Make Architects / Planning document
The site is currently a Travis Perkins warehouse, and there have been two attempts to build a block of student housing on it, retaining the warehouse on the ground floor. However, there has been strong opposition to the plans locally, particularly from a residential bl]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/mayor-of-london-intervenes-in-rejected-paddington-housing-development/Mon, 07 Apr 2025 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/mayor-of-london-intervenes-in-rejected-paddington-housing-development/ The first of the new poster artworks, showing Dulwich Picture Gallery, will start to appear in tube stations from Friday, 4th April 2025.
The other three]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/four-new-tube-posters-commissioned-by-the-london-transport-museum/Mon, 07 Apr 2025 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/four-new-tube-posters-commissioned-by-the-london-transport-museum/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/sky-reiterates-commitment-to-cityfibre-deal-in-boost-to-15bn-fundraising/Mon, 07 Apr 2025 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/sky-reiterates-commitment-to-cityfibre-deal-in-boost-to-15bn-fundraising/ A South London emergency nurse has been suspended after leaving his unit understaffed by finishing multiple shifts early. Local Guardian
Residents are opposing a proposal to grant a year-round alcohol and events licence, which they say could further damage a beloved park. South London Press
A group of London tenants who have been awarded a record £263,000 in rent repayments from their “rogue landlord” have raised fears they may never receive]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-4th-april-2025/Fri, 04 Apr 2025 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-4th-april-2025/ (c) Thames Rib Experience
Candidly, as someone who used to live next to the river, having a speedboat zooming around outside blaring out the James Bond theme music was, well, not quite as much fun as it was for the people on the boat.
However, if you want to be on the boat — there’s a half-price offer on trips, reducing the pric]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/half-price-offer-on-thames-rib-boat-tours/Fri, 04 Apr 2025 17:54:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/half-price-offer-on-thames-rib-boat-tours/ The brook still in its concrete channel to the north of the project
The restored brook layout
The Burnt Oak Brook, which runs through Watling Park, has seen a narrow channel removed and the brook’s wide, sloping meandering path, which it would once have known, restored. As part of the rewilding, the new channel will allow aquatic plants an]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/burnt-oak-brook-flowing-freely-again-after-decades-in-a-concrete-channel/Fri, 04 Apr 2025 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/burnt-oak-brook-flowing-freely-again-after-decades-in-a-concrete-channel/ The council announced that it would test a ban on road vehicles on Camden High Street earlier this year, but the date it would come into effect was not known at the time. Once it starts, pedestrianising the road should increase the amount of space for pedestrians by between a third and 50 percent.
An average weekend on Camden High Street
The trial, w]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/camden-high-streets-pedestrianisation-trial-starts-in-may/Fri, 04 Apr 2025 13:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/camden-high-streets-pedestrianisation-trial-starts-in-may/ The 8.4 mile long dual Northolt Tunnel is being dug by four tunnel boring machines (TBMs). Two of the TBMs are heading from Ruislip and have dug five mile tunnels each, and the two TBMs heading from Old Oak Common are digging 3.4 mile tunnels. They all meet next to Greenford station in west London.
London tunnels (c) HS2
Due to high water press]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/second-hs2-tunnel-reaches-greenford-completing-western-northolt-tunnel/Fri, 04 Apr 2025 12:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/second-hs2-tunnel-reaches-greenford-completing-western-northolt-tunnel/ An east London bureaucrat has been fired for misconduct after allegedly allocating themselves a council house — skipping a local waiting time of 26 years. London Spy
A landmark office building next to the Chiswick Flyover is set to be converted into 178 flats. However, around 84 per cent of the homes will be studios. Chiswick W4
London’s councils want a “radical” change that could curtail the mayor’s power — by following th]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-3rd-april-2025/Thu, 03 Apr 2025 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-3rd-april-2025/ Proposed hill layout (c) AELTC
The hill, officially called Aorangi Terrace, even if no one really uses that name, was created in 1997 from the soil dug out to create the basement space for the slightly sunken Number 1 Court that sits next to the hill. Since then, with large screens mounted on the outside of the s]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/wimbledons-henman-hill-set-for-makeover-ahead-of-the-championships-150th-anniversary/Thu, 03 Apr 2025 16:08:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/wimbledons-henman-hill-set-for-makeover-ahead-of-the-championships-150th-anniversary/ The two buildings to be demolished next to the “can of ham” building (c) ianVisits
The proposed building – source: planning documents / Fletcher Priest Architects
The site is made up of two buildings on Camomile Street, a few minutes walk from Liverpool Street station, and the developer wants to replace them with a single 46]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/new-skyscraper-may-open-up-a-hidden-section-of-londons-roman-wall/Thu, 03 Apr 2025 15:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/new-skyscraper-may-open-up-a-hidden-section-of-londons-roman-wall/ Mudlarking has been going on pretty much since humans started dropping things into the river, and what was once scavenging by the poor is today a regulated practice with strict rules about what can and cannot be done]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-roman-relics-to-horned-helmets-mudlarking-treasures-unveiled/Thu, 03 Apr 2025 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-roman-relics-to-horned-helmets-mudlarking-treasures-unveiled/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/kings-cross-tube-station-gets-brighter/Wed, 02 Apr 2025 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/kings-cross-tube-station-gets-brighter/ Aptly located at the National Maritime Museum, the exhibition tries to pull the eyepatch back and shine a light on the reality of the pirate’s life — short and brutal but, if you were lucky, could make a person incredibly rich.Maybe to ease you in a bit, it opens with the fantasy before getting into the blood and guts proper.
Although piracy is as old as sailin]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-fancy-costumes-to-brutal-battles-new-exhibition-looks-at-a-pirates-life/Wed, 02 Apr 2025 13:15:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-fancy-costumes-to-brutal-battles-new-exhibition-looks-at-a-pirates-life/ Cutty Sark station main entrance (c) ianVisits
The existing four escalators were installed when the station was built by City Greenwich Lewisham (CGL) Rail, the PFI that funded the extension to Greenwich and Lewisham and was responsible for its maintencance until their concession ended in 2021.
The station has been plagued with problems ever]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/cutty-sark-dlr-station-to-close-for-nearly-a-year-to-replace-its-escalators/Wed, 02 Apr 2025 12:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/cutty-sark-dlr-station-to-close-for-nearly-a-year-to-replace-its-escalators/ The stated aim is to reduce the long queues on either side of the river, with the expectation that fewer idling]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/latest-photos-from-the-silvertown-tunnels-ahead-of-opening-to-motorists/Wed, 02 Apr 2025 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/latest-photos-from-the-silvertown-tunnels-ahead-of-opening-to-motorists/ The cafe at Stepney City Farm has been closed since November but will reopen as Stepney’s with thanks to the founder of Roman Road’s Mae + Harvey. Roman Road
An appeal is being made for information about a man who is stealing Sunday newspapers delivered to a home in Chiswick. Chiswick W4
More than 20 police officers raided a meeting of the activist group Youth Demand at the Quaker Meeting House in Westminster, which has been condemned as an &lsquo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-1st-april-2025/Tue, 01 Apr 2025 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-1st-april-2025/ Currently, the entrance to the railway station is on the south side of a large open space which leads into the town centre. Here is a large bus station, along with rail services for the Victoria line and London Overground, making it a major transport hub for the area.
New station entrance artist impression – from the plan]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/new-entrance-for-walthamstow-central-station-inches-closer-as-construction-plans-updated/Tue, 01 Apr 2025 14:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/new-entrance-for-walthamstow-central-station-inches-closer-as-construction-plans-updated/ Oh and lots of maps of the new world a large body of water called the Gulf o]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/free-exhibition-showcases-500-years-of-rare-and-beautiful-maps/Tue, 01 Apr 2025 12:55:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/free-exhibition-showcases-500-years-of-rare-and-beautiful-maps/ One of the tunnels (c) DBOX for The London Tunnels
Built during WWII as shelters from bombs but never used by the public, the tunnels were converted into deep-level telecoms exchanges during the Cold War. When details about them emerged, they became rather legendary in the subterranean world.
In 2023, the fund manager Angus Murray bought the tu]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-cold-war-tunnels-take-important-step-towards-opening-to-the-public/Tue, 01 Apr 2025 12:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-cold-war-tunnels-take-important-step-towards-opening-to-the-public/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/spains-20bn-telecoms-group-masorange-explores-ipo/Tue, 01 Apr 2025 12:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/spains-20bn-telecoms-group-masorange-explores-ipo/ Fashion Gallery (c) V&A Museum
The fashion gallery, in room 40, is one of the largest and most distinctive spaces within the museum. It opened in 1909 as a large octagonal space. However, in 1962, a large circular gallery was slotted into the middle of the room to house the musical instruments collection.
That large intrusion means the space’s size and]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/vampa-museum-closing-its-fashion-gallery-next-month-for-a-year-of-refurbishment-works/Mon, 31 Mar 2025 14:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/vampa-museum-closing-its-fashion-gallery-next-month-for-a-year-of-refurbishment-works/ As it happens, it’s a fake tube station, housed in a fake tube station.It’s also the temporary home to an exhibition of graffiti street art of the sort that can repel as much as it attracts — the sort you tend to see on the sides of railways and, at times, on trains themselves.
The exhibition features three graffiti artists, 10Foot, Tox,]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/a-graffiti-covered-tube-train-inside-a-fake-station-exploring-an-exhibition-of-street-art/Mon, 31 Mar 2025 13:03:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/a-graffiti-covered-tube-train-inside-a-fake-station-exploring-an-exhibition-of-street-art/ John Rocque’s map 1746
R Horwood’s map of 1799 shows the northern half of the passageway leadi]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-alleys-rex-place-w1/Mon, 31 Mar 2025 09:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-alleys-rex-place-w1/ The issue had been where to store all the extra trains and carry out maintenance on them. The prospective train companies want to be allowed to use Eurostar’s Temple Mills depot in east London, but Eurostar had argued there wasn’t enough space for them.
Temple Mills depot – from a site visit in 2011 (c) ianVisits
Withou]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/eurostar-faces-competition-as-rail-regulator-finds-space-for-rival-trains/Mon, 31 Mar 2025 08:51:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/eurostar-faces-competition-as-rail-regulator-finds-space-for-rival-trains/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/altnet-consolidation-picks-up-as-gnetwork-renews-push-for-sale/Mon, 31 Mar 2025 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/altnet-consolidation-picks-up-as-gnetwork-renews-push-for-sale/ A major emergency response was underway in central London this morning after a man was spotted on the roof of the New Zealand embassy. Metro
Stars share sadness as iconic TV studio is torn down to make way for new development ITV News
A woman in Croydon sustained a serious back injury using an NHS bed turning aid after the local authority cut funding for her night-time care. LocalGov
A man has died after falling from the 755ft Heron Tower near Liverpool Stree]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-28th-march-2025/Fri, 28 Mar 2025 18:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-28th-march-2025/ As part of the Cathedrals at Night series of events, St Paul’s will be open in the evening, offering guided tours and trails and handling sessions with its craftspeople.
St Pauls Cathedral from the Triforium (c) ianVisits
The evening opening takes place on Saturday 10th May 2025 between 6:30pm and 9pm.
The main floor and the crypt will be open for the free event, although the upper]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-free-evening-at-st-pauls-cathedral/Fri, 28 Mar 2025 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-free-evening-at-st-pauls-cathedral/ While most of the country slept, the LNER Azuma train conducted a test run between Leeds and London St Pancras to see if it’s viable to use St Pancras station when parts of the East Coast Main Line (ECML) are closed for Network Rail engineering works.
Using a 9-car bi-mode LNER Azuma train, the unit (no. 800108) star]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/lner-tests-running-trains-into-st-pancras-for-when-kings-cross-station-is-closed/Fri, 28 Mar 2025 13:03:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/lner-tests-running-trains-into-st-pancras-for-when-kings-cross-station-is-closed/ Mogden Sewage Works (c) Goolge satellite view
Once treated, water from the sewage plant is pumped into the rivers, but it is warm enough to be useful if the heat could be transferred from the wastewater to something useful.
To tap into this wasted heat source, Hounslow council has requested up to £11m of fund]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/west-london-homes-could-be-heated-by-sewage/Fri, 28 Mar 2025 12:01:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/west-london-homes-could-be-heated-by-sewage/ The fans on display were either made as promotio]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-stages-to-souvenirs-fan-museum-exhibition-looks-at-ladies-theatrical-fans/Fri, 28 Mar 2025 11:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-stages-to-souvenirs-fan-museum-exhibition-looks-at-ladies-theatrical-fans/ The fast bus service would use double-decker buses and link Gants Hill (Central line), Romford town centre, Elm Park (District line), and Rainham (c2c services). As a service, it should help improve north-south links in an area dominated by east-west links.The bus will also include a loop down to the Ferry Lane industrial estate, whe]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/consultation-starts-on-the-next-superloop-bus-expansion-in-east-london/Fri, 28 Mar 2025 10:33:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/consultation-starts-on-the-next-superloop-bus-expansion-in-east-london/ An accountant who says she was promised “the ultimate in luxury” when she bought a £1.5m Versace-designed London flat is suing to get her money back – after discovering her bathroom had no bath. Independent
After more than 120 years, family-owned and run Daniel of Ealing is calling time on the borough and has commenced its closing down sale. Ealing News
A London council has been told they must stop ‘nuisance buskers’ in Lei]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-27th-march-2025/Thu, 27 Mar 2025 18:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-27th-march-2025/ The vast majority of buildings will be open to just wander in on the day, but the very best selection from the buffet always requires bookin]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/booking-dates-announced-for-london-open-house-festival-2025/Thu, 27 Mar 2025 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/booking-dates-announced-for-london-open-house-festival-2025/ Heathrow Express train at Heathrow
They tried it last August, and now the offer will be available for anyone booking tickets at least 45 days in advance.
Tickets are available exclusively on their website or via their smartphone app. With no set travel time, you can hop on any train on your booked day.
As it happens, children aged 15 ye]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/heathrow-express-makes-its-10-advance-fares-permanent/Thu, 27 Mar 2025 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/heathrow-express-makes-its-10-advance-fares-permanent/ However, the gap you have to leave between rides, from when you drop off a bike and]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfl-cycle-hire-price-hike-daily-cost-rises-but-ride-time-doubles/Thu, 27 Mar 2025 14:07:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfl-cycle-hire-price-hike-daily-cost-rises-but-ride-time-doubles/ The exhibition tells the story of how bathing fashions have changed from the early days of the Victorian era, coverin]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-baywatch-to-bond-the-design-museum-dives-into-swimwear-fashion/Thu, 27 Mar 2025 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-baywatch-to-bond-the-design-museum-dives-into-swimwear-fashion/ On my visit, it was a deserted space, and with all the graffiti decoration of its absent users, it had a somewhat post-dystopian feel.Unlike the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/discovering-the-whites-ground-skatepark/Thu, 27 Mar 2025 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/discovering-the-whites-ground-skatepark/ The shopfront after it closed — Jan 2020 (c) ianVisits
Famous for its repository of forgotten umbrellas and teddy bears, the Lost Property office opened on Baker Street in 1933, but closed in 2019 when it moved to a temporary office in South Kensington. It’s now based at West Ham.
After its closure, the Baker Street office briefly served as a TfL s]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/london-undergrounds-old-lost-property-office-could-become-a-bar-or-restaurant/Wed, 26 Mar 2025 18:10:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/london-undergrounds-old-lost-property-office-could-become-a-bar-or-restaurant/ The NHS has confirmed it will keep Whittington’s maternity ward open, in a move that has brought relief to campaigners. Islington Citizen
The boss of Meridian Water insists the Enfield Council-led redevelopment scheme is making “good progress” despite a review being conducted into its future. Enfield Dispatch
Unseen Aerial Photos of 1980s Docklands Londonist
A City of London Police application to appeal against a ruling that it mus]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-26th-march-2025/Wed, 26 Mar 2025 18:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-26th-march-2025/ Recent e-bike fire at Sutton station (c) London Fire Brigade
TfL says that while most e-bikes are safe, the main problem seems to be the use of che]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfl-issues-network-wide-ban-on-non-folding-e-bikes-from-its-services/Wed, 26 Mar 2025 13:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfl-issues-network-wide-ban-on-non-folding-e-bikes-from-its-services/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/inside-the-minds-of-grayson-perry-a-playful-exhibition-at-the-wallace-collection/Wed, 26 Mar 2025 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/inside-the-minds-of-grayson-perry-a-playful-exhibition-at-the-wallace-collection/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/huawei-lobbyists-detained-in-eu-corruption-scandal/Wed, 26 Mar 2025 06:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/huawei-lobbyists-detained-in-eu-corruption-scandal/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/europes-battle-to-break-musks-stranglehold-on-the-skies/Wed, 26 Mar 2025 06:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/europes-battle-to-break-musks-stranglehold-on-the-skies/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/britons-could-make-satellite-calls-using-smartphones-by-end-of-2025/Tue, 25 Mar 2025 14:11:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/britons-could-make-satellite-calls-using-smartphones-by-end-of-2025/ (c) Dorneywood Trust
Dorneywood House is the less famous of the three grand estates used by government ministers, after Chequers and Chevening House, and is also the only one that the public can visit. You can visit the gardens at Chevening House, or walk past Chequers, but only Dorneywood House lets you inside t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-tours-of-dorneywood-house-and-its-gardens/Tue, 25 Mar 2025 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-tours-of-dorneywood-house-and-its-gardens/ Heaps started as an assistant to Leslie Green, the Underground Electric Railways Company of London (UERL) architect who designed most of central London’s distinctive stat]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/burnt-oak-turns-100-celebrating-a-tube-station-that-nearly-had-a-different-name/Tue, 25 Mar 2025 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/burnt-oak-turns-100-celebrating-a-tube-station-that-nearly-had-a-different-name/ Phone snatcher pinned to the ground after being nabbed by undercover officers Metro
More than 400 residents have been forced to leave their flats for at least six months after a “catastrophic infrastructure failure” in their new-build. South London Press
National Grid’s chief executive has said Heathrow had “enough power” from other substations following Friday’s fire that caused the airport to shut down. BBC News
Residents]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-24th-march-2025/Mon, 24 Mar 2025 18:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-24th-march-2025/ Markfield Beam Engine and Museum (c) ianVisits
Following the merger, the Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum and the Markfield Beam Engine and Museum are now part of a new umbrella organisation, the Heritage and Communities Trust. Both museums will retain their individual names and distinct identities but will have access to shared resources, expertise, and a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/london-victorian-steam-museums-forge-new-future-following-merger-into-a-heritage-trust/Mon, 24 Mar 2025 15:31:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/london-victorian-steam-museums-forge-new-future-following-merger-into-a-heritage-trust/ The train operator has partnered with SignLive, which provides remote British Sign Language interpreting on demand.
Customers can use SignLive to speak to the train operator’s customer relations team about issues including delay repay, complaints and feedback, business travel, smart cards, operational train informatio]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/greater-anglia-launches-accessibility-improvements-with-signlive/Mon, 24 Mar 2025 14:13:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/greater-anglia-launches-accessibility-improvements-with-signlive/ (a gripe – a lot of the events tell you who is doing something but not what they are doing, which means the key information is missing)
Most of the exhi]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/get-crafty-with-lots-of-hands-on-workshops-during-london-craft-week/Mon, 24 Mar 2025 14:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/get-crafty-with-lots-of-hands-on-workshops-during-london-craft-week/ Sheppard Robson / Planning documents
Internally, it’s unremarkable, as student flats with lots of communal areas, and a roof terrace, bu]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/student-housing-proposed-to-sit-above-thameslink-tunnels-near-kings-cross/Mon, 24 Mar 2025 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/student-housing-proposed-to-sit-above-thameslink-tunnels-near-kings-cross/ As with so many mews, what was originally a space for horses and staff was later turned into private homes for the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-alleys-western-mews-w9/Mon, 24 Mar 2025 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-alleys-western-mews-w9/ Hackney Council has refused a Shoreditch nightclub mogul’s request to open a new venue, amid fears it would lead to a spike in crime and disorder. Hackney Citizen
The local government and social care watchdog has condemned Islington Council for leaving a disabled resident in a “state of neglect”, despite her having “obvious and significant” needs. EC1 Echo
Comic Relief is set to reignite the Oasis ticket frenzy with a [£10]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-21st-march-2025/Fri, 21 Mar 2025 18:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-21st-march-2025/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/us-to-probe-chinese-telecom-groups-it-suspects-of-posing-security-risk/Fri, 21 Mar 2025 16:45:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/us-to-probe-chinese-telecom-groups-it-suspects-of-posing-security-risk/ Euston Tower – from the top of the BT Tower
Away with grey 1960s glazed walls and in with something that looks a bit like a cross between the Centrepoint Tower and the former Camden Town Hall extension.
Originally serving as the home of Capital Radio from 1970 to 1999, it was once a celebrated landmark and widely recognised]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-blocky-1960s-euston-tower-is-getting-curves-with-site-redevelopment/Fri, 21 Mar 2025 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-blocky-1960s-euston-tower-is-getting-curves-with-site-redevelopment/ British Museum (c) ianVisits
The total number of visits to the 400 members of the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) in 2024 was 157.2 million, a 3.4% increase from the previous year but still representing a decline of 8.8% from the 169.7 million visits in 2019 to the top 386 ALVA sites.
For the se]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/british-museum-remains-uks-top-attraction-as-some-venues-struggle-to-recover/Fri, 21 Mar 2025 07:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/british-museum-remains-uks-top-attraction-as-some-venues-struggle-to-recover/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/uk-regulator-says-plan-for-competitive-broadband-market-by-2031-on-track/Thu, 20 Mar 2025 18:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/uk-regulator-says-plan-for-competitive-broadband-market-by-2031-on-track/ A block of offices in Hammersmith could be turned into 76 new flats after a plan was submitted to convert the Aircraft Factory Building. Hammersmith Today
“Mass orgies” and drug users are destroying valuable wildlife habitats in one of north London’s most popular parks, a conservation group claims. Islington Gazette
A former Liberal Democrat councillor for London Bridge and West Bermondsey who served as the vice-chair of the London Liberal D]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-20th-march-2025/Thu, 20 Mar 2025 18:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-20th-march-2025/ I attended in 2018]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/trooping-the-colour-2025-tickets-ballot-closes-soon/Thu, 20 Mar 2025 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/trooping-the-colour-2025-tickets-ballot-closes-soon/ The Bakerloo line trains, at over 50 years old and practically on their last legs are the oldest passenger trains in general use in the UK today, and need special permission to remain in service because they break quite a few disability access laws.
Lambeth North tube station (c) ianVisits
There is a dual plan to replace t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/government-urged-to-back-the-bakerloo-line-extension-in-its-10-year-infrastructure-plan/Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/government-urged-to-back-the-bakerloo-line-extension-in-its-10-year-infrastructure-plan/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-trick-riders-to-big-tops-the-story-of-the-uks-first-circus-in-lambeth/Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-trick-riders-to-big-tops-the-story-of-the-uks-first-circus-in-lambeth/ Typical electricity tunnel (c) National Grid
There’s already an electricity cable tunnel under the Thames between Gravesend and Tilbury, but it is more than 50 years old and is coming to the end of its useful life, and the National Grid says that upgrading the cables inside the tunnel isn’t feasible anymore.
They filed a planning application last year to dig a n]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/a-new-tunnel-is-about-to-be-dug-under-the-river-thames/Thu, 20 Mar 2025 10:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/a-new-tunnel-is-about-to-be-dug-under-the-river-thames/ The £5 tickets will be valid for travel on Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th April across the Southeastern network, and will go on sale on Saturday 22 March via their website.
Southeastern’s network covers towns and cities such as Canterbury, Ashford, Maidstone, and Rochester, as well as scenic countryside and coastal destinations like Margate, Hasting]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/southeastern-offering-10000-train-tickets-for-5-each/Thu, 20 Mar 2025 10:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/southeastern-offering-10000-train-tickets-for-5-each/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/cityfibre-targets-1mn-customers-as-it-seeks-crucial-15bn-financing/Thu, 20 Mar 2025 06:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/cityfibre-targets-1mn-customers-as-it-seeks-crucial-15bn-financing/ From 1827 plots were developed piecemeal by builders who undertook to conform to a master]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-pocket-parks-st-peters-square-w6/Wed, 19 Mar 2025 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-pocket-parks-st-peters-square-w6/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/lutnick-touts-musks-starlink-for-us-broadband-scheme/Tue, 18 Mar 2025 22:31:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/lutnick-touts-musks-starlink-for-us-broadband-scheme/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/howard-lutnick-touts-elon-musks-starlink-for-us-broadband-scheme/Tue, 18 Mar 2025 22:31:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/howard-lutnick-touts-elon-musks-starlink-for-us-broadband-scheme/ One of the longest-serving councillors at [Camden] Town Hall has said that members do not get enough in allowances – as Camden voted to increase their pay. Camden New Journal
A woman has died after a van collided with pedestrians on the Strand in central London. Standard
A £3.5 million refurbishment of the Millennium Bridge expected to begin by this spring has been pushed back to next year. South London Press
Chris Philp’s ‘foreign&rsq]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-18th-march-2025/Tue, 18 Mar 2025 18:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-18th-march-2025/ (c) Lord Mayor’s Balloon Regatta
All going well that is, as the annual Lord Mayor’s Hot Air Balloon Regatta has been rather less annual in recent years as the weather keeps getting in the way and stopping it. Last year they came so agonisingly close, with an all-clear on the Saturday afternoon, only for the weather to turn overnight and the whole thing cancelled lit]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/look-out-for-an-attempt-to-fly-50-hot-air-balloons-over-london-in-may/Tue, 18 Mar 2025 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/look-out-for-an-attempt-to-fly-50-hot-air-balloons-over-london-in-may/ The collection of mostly Roman artefacts was discovered when Bloomberg’s new office building was being constructed, and the site provided one of the best-preserved collections of often lost fabric and wooden remains in London.
Site excavation works April 2013 (c) ianVisits
The archaeological project, also funded by]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/london-museum-to-display-its-largest-ever-roman-archaeology-archive-donation/Tue, 18 Mar 2025 15:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/london-museum-to-display-its-largest-ever-roman-archaeology-archive-donation/ (c) Boxpark
The arcade was nearly demolished in 1988 for offices but saved and restored in 1994-95. It’s still owned by TfL, and in 2022, they signed a 15-year lease with Boxpark to open it as BoxHall City, a covered food hall with 14 kitchens.
After a couple of years of conversion work—longer than initially p]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/boxparks-food-arcade-next-to-liverpool-street-station-opens-next-month/Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/boxparks-food-arcade-next-to-liverpool-street-station-opens-next-month/ The Shroud of Turin Exhibition shows the shroud as it would be seen in person, but also with the much more evocative modern photographic negatives that revealed the face imprinted into the fabric. It’s almost invisible in daylight, making the revelation of religion dependent on the powers of science.The replica on display in Lond]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/turin-shroud-replica-exhibition-at-st-georges-cathedral/Tue, 18 Mar 2025 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/turin-shroud-replica-exhibition-at-st-georges-cathedral/ (c) IKEA
IKEA bought the Grade II listed building in January 2022 and had expected to open in the middle of 2023, but the conversion work was beset by delays and complications including water ingress into the basement.
The IKEA will only occupy three floors of the seven-storey building, comprising the ground and two lower ground floor]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/ikea-confirms-may-day-opening-for-its-oxford-street-store/Tue, 18 Mar 2025 09:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/ikea-confirms-may-day-opening-for-its-oxford-street-store/ Bazalgette Mausoleum in St Mary’s Wimbledon (c) ianVisits
The Bazalgette Mausoleum is a Grade II listed structure in St Mary’s Church Wimbledon. However, the internal vaulting has partially collapsed, and the rest is in very poor condition. Due to water damage, it’s also on Historic England’s Her]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/historic-bazalgette-mausoleum-to-be-saved-after-decades-of-decay/Tue, 18 Mar 2025 09:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/historic-bazalgette-mausoleum-to-be-saved-after-decades-of-decay/ Ampersand station (c) ianVisits
The station was officially called Bushey & Oxhey, and the oft-repeated story is that during WWII, railway station names were obscured to make life difficult for spies. When the order said station names needed painting out, someone decided that meant the & symbol wasn’t part of the rules.
Hence, the station gained the ni]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/ampersand-station-how-wwii-created-an-unofficial-tube-station/Tue, 18 Mar 2025 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/ampersand-station-how-wwii-created-an-unofficial-tube-station/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/indian-billionaire-mittal-weighs-up-increasing-his-bt-stake/Tue, 18 Mar 2025 06:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/indian-billionaire-mittal-weighs-up-increasing-his-bt-stake/ What has Sadiq Khan’s MIPIM visit achieved? OnLondon
A series of satirical adverts criticising Elon Musk and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have appeared at bus stations and on tube trains across the capital. The Londoner
A man accused of scaling the clock tower of Big Ben has denied causing a public nuisance and trespassing. BBC News
The best rooftop bars in London for summer 2025 Luxury London
Cyclists using the new Silvertown Tunnel will b]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-17th-march-2025/Mon, 17 Mar 2025 18:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-17th-march-2025/ TfL map showing affected area
The closure will mean the rail link between Blackheath and Charlton will be closed, and trains that usually run between Dartford and Cannon Street via Lewisham will be diverted to run between Greenwich instead. People who usually travel to/from Charlton and Blackheath/Lewisham will be able to use th]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/another-ten-week-closure-of-the-blackheath-to-charlton-railway-tunnel/Mon, 17 Mar 2025 10:20:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/another-ten-week-closure-of-the-blackheath-to-charlton-railway-tunnel/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/statue-of-peace-campaigner-brian-haw-unveiled-near-parliament-20-years-after-parliament-tried-to-silence-him/Mon, 17 Mar 2025 10:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/statue-of-peace-campaigner-brian-haw-unveiled-near-parliament-20-years-after-parliament-tried-to-silence-him/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/alphabet-spins-off-laser-based-internet-project-from-moonshot-hub/Mon, 17 Mar 2025 08:01:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/alphabet-spins-off-laser-based-internet-project-from-moonshot-hub/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-alleys-pear-tree-court-ec1/Mon, 17 Mar 2025 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-alleys-pear-tree-court-ec1/ Enfield Council is “exploring options” over the future of Dugdale Arts Centre – as it aims to save tens of thousands of pounds in running costs. Enfield Dispatch
A new poll has revealed the huge scale of opposition againsyt plans for a Chinese “super-embassy” next to the Tower of London. Express
A blind doctor has won a payout from Croydon Council after the authority denied him the right to vote independently and in secret. Local]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-14th-march-2025/Fri, 14 Mar 2025 18:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-14th-march-2025/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/liberty-global-in-talks-to-acquire-vodafones-stake-in-dutch-jv/Fri, 14 Mar 2025 16:41:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/liberty-global-in-talks-to-acquire-vodafones-stake-in-dutch-jv/ Farringdon station (c) ianVisits
The curved concrete panels that line most of the central Elizabeth line stations turned out to be harder to clean than originally expected. With people leaning on the walls, the marks soon gained the nickname of “ghosts” for the ghostly shadows that built up.
In December 2023, TfL started testi]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/elizabeth-lines-ghost-shadows-busted-with-moquette-inspired-bench-panels/Fri, 14 Mar 2025 15:31:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/elizabeth-lines-ghost-shadows-busted-with-moquette-inspired-bench-panels/ They’ve run tours for some years, but there’s now a visitor centre that showcases the Poppy Fa]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/free-open-afternoon-at-the-poppy-factory-to-mark-ve-day/Fri, 14 Mar 2025 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/free-open-afternoon-at-the-poppy-factory-to-mark-ve-day/ Ahead of that, there’s a sale on tickets for the last few weeks.In addition, on the Wednesday performances throughout March until 2nd April, Mrs. Doubtfire will be hosting special fan nights with post-show Q&As with the cast as well as never before seen transitions.
Struggling to cope with his divorce and the loss of cu]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/mrs-doubtfire-musical-closing-with-discount-sale-on-tickets/Fri, 14 Mar 2025 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/mrs-doubtfire-musical-closing-with-discount-sale-on-tickets/ Closure warning sign in the ticket hall (c) ianVisits
Charing Cross tube station was formed from the merger of two tube stations, and has two ticket halls. The one that’s closing is the “Bakerloo line entrance” next to Trafalgar Square.
The “Northern line entrance,” which is right next to Charing Cross mainline statio]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/charing-cross-tube-stations-trafalgar-square-entrance-to-close-for-the-summer/Thu, 13 Mar 2025 19:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/charing-cross-tube-stations-trafalgar-square-entrance-to-close-for-the-summer/ Trade unions have accused Hackney Council of “ignoring” pension fund members after they were denied the right to give a deputation to councillors on divestment. Hackney Citizen
Four Tory-run councils reject London Green Belt review – but Labour-run Barnet will take part Barnet Post
Campaigners are trying to stop the sale of a ‘low cost’ community gym located in the heart of Covent Garden. BBC News
A car park in Beckenham is set t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-13th-march-2025/Thu, 13 Mar 2025 18:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-13th-march-2025/ Cannonbury Square (c) ianVisits
It’s a cost-saving measure, as having staff drive around the council area clearing parks of lingering visitors and locking the gates costs money. However, the counterargument is that leaving the parks open overnight could attract antisocial behaviour.
Islington Council manages 122 parks, of which 92 have fences and gates around them. The c]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/islington-council-wants-to-scrap-the-nightly-locking-of-its-small-parks/Thu, 13 Mar 2025 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/islington-council-wants-to-scrap-the-nightly-locking-of-its-small-parks/ Street Enforcement Officers loading abandoned rental e-bikes into a van (c) KBKC
In the first phase of the clampdown, 30 Lime bikes and 12 Forest bikes were seized and taken to a secure storage location, before the operators were invoiced for the removal and storage of each bike.
Both operators have paid the Council more than £3,000 in fees to cov]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/kensington-and-chelsea-cracks-down-on-abandoned-e-bikes-operators-fined-3000/Thu, 13 Mar 2025 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/kensington-and-chelsea-cracks-down-on-abandoned-e-bikes-operators-fined-3000/ The London Cable Car will be closed from Monday 17th to Wednesday 26th March 2]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-cable-car-will-be-closed-for-10-days-starting-next-week/Thu, 13 Mar 2025 14:11:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-cable-car-will-be-closed-for-10-days-starting-next-week/ It’s a slightly harder exhibition than usual to get into, in part thanks]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/beyond-the-scream-new-exhibition-of-munchs-portraits-reveal-the-artists-inner-circle/Thu, 13 Mar 2025 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/beyond-the-scream-new-exhibition-of-munchs-portraits-reveal-the-artists-inner-circle/ This particular sculpture was commissioned to compensate the local community when the Great West Road sliced through their residential estates. However, as the sculpture sits next to the b]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-public-art-finding-the-leaning-lady-of-hammersmith/Thu, 13 Mar 2025 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-public-art-finding-the-leaning-lady-of-hammersmith/ London’s poor connectivity is once again back in the news, as a map of those living in the worst possible areas for broadband has been revealed. Metro
A Croydon boxing club has said it is struggling to find a new space after the council evicted it from its current home after it moved in without permission. South London Press
Residents and trade unionists in Lambeth will launch a campaign against £99m cuts to local services at a meeting on Saturday]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-12th-march-2025/Wed, 12 Mar 2025 18:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-12th-march-2025/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-climb-up-inside-the-old-royal-naval-college-domes/Wed, 12 Mar 2025 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-climb-up-inside-the-old-royal-naval-college-domes/ Refurbished concept image – source planning documents
The arches sit within the St James Quarter, a key regeneration area in Walthamstow. It includes Courtenay Place, an existing TfL transport hub, and St James Street station. The railway station sits around the corner from the main shopping street, and between them is a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/derelict-railway-arches-to-be-reopened-following-council-approval/Wed, 12 Mar 2025 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/derelict-railway-arches-to-be-reopened-following-council-approval/ The exhibition focuses on three core aspects of Japanese carpentry: Domiya daiku (temple and shrine carpenters); sukiya daiku (t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/unlocking-the-secrets-of-japanese-joinery-at-japan-house-london/Wed, 12 Mar 2025 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/unlocking-the-secrets-of-japanese-joinery-at-japan-house-london/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/musk-gets-telecom-tycoons-double-backing-for-starlink-in-india/Wed, 12 Mar 2025 11:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/musk-gets-telecom-tycoons-double-backing-for-starlink-in-india/ London Met’s Falcon Cam
The London Metropolitan University, based close to the Emirates stadium in Holloway, has been home to a pair of peregrine falcons since 2018. Peregrine Falcons are territorial, and often return to the same spot for breeding if they take a liking to it on their first visit. They are thought to be drawn to the Tower Building’]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/peregrine-falcons-return-to-london-met-tower-watch-them-live-on-falcon-cam/Wed, 12 Mar 2025 09:10:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/peregrine-falcons-return-to-london-met-tower-watch-them-live-on-falcon-cam/ The lunch will take place on Friday 9th May 2025, with sittings from noon to 3pm.
This traditional 1]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-ve-day-1940s-lunch-on-hms-wellington/Tue, 11 Mar 2025 18:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-ve-day-1940s-lunch-on-hms-wellington/ A Southwark homeowner was incorrectly charged hundreds of pounds for lights in a random car park and maintenance to non-existent grounds by her local council. South London Press
Mayor’s office published conflicting maps of Oxford Street Development Area Fitzroivia News
Vintage toy trains gifted to Twickenham model railway club Times Series
After months of uncertainty, the University College London’s Art Museum will reopen in April 2025 in its new]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-11th-march-2025/Tue, 11 Mar 2025 18:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-11th-march-2025/ (c) Network Rail
North of London, Network Rail is warning that there will be no trains to/from London Euston and Milton Keynes Central on Saturday 19th, Sunday 20th and Monday 21st April and a reduced timetable will be in place on Friday 18th April.
South of London, no Southeastern services will run to/from London Victoria station between Friday 18th and]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/easter-railway-disruptions-affecting-euston-and-victoria-stations/Tue, 11 Mar 2025 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/easter-railway-disruptions-affecting-euston-and-victoria-stations/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/musks-starlink-in-tie-up-with-domestic-tycoon-to-enter-india/Tue, 11 Mar 2025 15:03:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/musks-starlink-in-tie-up-with-domestic-tycoon-to-enter-india/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-wallace-collection-has-lost-a-canaletto-painting-and-gained-a-bellotto/Tue, 11 Mar 2025 14:15:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-wallace-collection-has-lost-a-canaletto-painting-and-gained-a-bellotto/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/cheap-and-free-entry-to-london-venues-for-national-lottery-open-week/Tue, 11 Mar 2025 14:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/cheap-and-free-entry-to-london-venues-for-national-lottery-open-week/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/canal-museums-exhibition-explores-600-years-of-britains-waterway-history/Tue, 11 Mar 2025 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/canal-museums-exhibition-explores-600-years-of-britains-waterway-history/ “Keep moving please”
“Let others pass on the left”
“If you must stand, stand on the right”
“Now, then, keep moving on the left”
It’s early 1921, and the escalators were still a fairly new phenomenon on the Underground. People didn’t always know how to behave (and still don’t), but written instructions and]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-birth-of-stand-on-the-right-how-londons-first-recorded-escalator-announcement-shaped-tube-etiquette/Tue, 11 Mar 2025 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-birth-of-stand-on-the-right-how-londons-first-recorded-escalator-announcement-shaped-tube-etiquette/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/nasdaq-halts-high-speed-trading-service-after-regulatory-pressure/Tue, 11 Mar 2025 06:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/nasdaq-halts-high-speed-trading-service-after-regulatory-pressure/ Can the poison and paranoia be drained from Tower Hamlets politics? OnLondon
A man has been charged by police after scaling Big Ben’s Elizabeth Tower at the Palace of Westminster in central London on Saturday. BBC News
Passengers travelling to Heathrow Airport face delays on M4 after car catches fire in tunnel Sky News
Police investigating an assault on a staff member at Nine Elms Underground Station have released images in connection with the attack. S]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-10th-march-2025/Mon, 10 Mar 2025 18:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-10th-march-2025/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/musk-blowback-lights-a-rocket-under-european-space-companies/Mon, 10 Mar 2025 17:09:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/musk-blowback-lights-a-rocket-under-european-space-companies/ Epping Ongar Railway (c) ianVisits
The Epping Ongar Railway is a heritage railway that runs along a part of the Central line that was closed in 1994. Apart from its usual railway events, it also runs the Epping Fryer meal deal.
There’s a lunchtime offer that includes unlimited trips on the trains all day and the heritage bus link from Epping or Shenfie]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-fish-and-chips-on-a-heritage-train-service/Mon, 10 Mar 2025 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-fish-and-chips-on-a-heritage-train-service/ One of his museums is the William Morris Galle]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/a-visit-to-the-william-morris-societys-museum/Mon, 10 Mar 2025 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/a-visit-to-the-william-morris-societys-museum/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/european-telcos-find-growth-elsewhere-as-brussels-mulls-deregulation/Sun, 09 Mar 2025 06:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/european-telcos-find-growth-elsewhere-as-brussels-mulls-deregulation/ Tory plans to set aside £250,000 for a legal challenge against Sir Sadiq Khan’s proposed pedestrianisation of Oxford Street were voted down at a council meeting on Wednesday. Fitzrovia News
A developer has applied for permission to knock down one of Woolwich’s last town centre pubs so seven flats and a commercial unit can be built. The Greenwich Wire
You can swim at this south London lido for just £2 this month Time Out
The former Tops]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-7th-march-2025/Fri, 07 Mar 2025 18:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-7th-march-2025/ However, as reports go, it’s only really saying what we already knew — fewer sources of pollution means less pollution. It]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/ulez-expansion-cuts-pollution-in-outer-london-study-confirms/Fri, 07 Mar 2025 10:25:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/ulez-expansion-cuts-pollution-in-outer-london-study-confirms/ Greenwich Council’s parks department spent more than £1 million refurbishing changing rooms that have been used only three times in the past 11 months The Greenwich Wire
The site of a famous 1970s rock venue where David Bowie made one of his earliest appearances as Ziggy Stardust is at the centre of plans for a new housing development. BBC News
A major office block next to Harrods in Knightsbridge has been approved despite concerns workers could b]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-6th-march-2025/Thu, 06 Mar 2025 18:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-6th-march-2025/ (c) Zippos Circus
Prices to watch the shows vary depending on how close you are to the action, but they 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 has half-price tickets—so seats range from £12 to £15. That no]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-half-price-for-zippos-circus-preview-shows/Thu, 06 Mar 2025 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-half-price-for-zippos-circus-preview-shows/ Court of Alderman (c) ianVisits
Within the City of London, the Livery Companies emerged from the old medieval trading guilds, which protected their trades and acted as an early welfare state for their members. The term Guild derives from the Saxon word for payment, since membership of these fraternities was (and still i]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/city-of-london-grants-worshipful-status-to-the-pr-guild-as-its-113th-livery-company/Thu, 06 Mar 2025 12:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/city-of-london-grants-worshipful-status-to-the-pr-guild-as-its-113th-livery-company/ (c) ianVisits
Then the annualTweed Run is for you — around 400 people on safety bikes and some more dubious contraptions come together for a jolly fine day out perambulating around the city.
A spot of English tea, a picnic, and a chance to show people how cycling is supposed to be done — in style, with politeness, and with a notable lack of flashing lights (a davy la]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-londons-tweed-run-cycling-event-returns-in-april/Thu, 06 Mar 2025 11:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-londons-tweed-run-cycling-event-returns-in-april/ A previously consented scheme, approved in 2021, would have been for a single large commercial block with 25 affordable flats. However, it would also have been largely occupied by Transport for London (TfL), which no longer needed the site. Lacking other office tenants, the developer — a joint venture between Places for London, TfL’s property comp]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/approval-for-bauhaus-inspired-housing-above-southwark-tube-station/Thu, 06 Mar 2025 09:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/approval-for-bauhaus-inspired-housing-above-southwark-tube-station/ The National Temperance Hospital was a private hospital]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-pocket-parks-temperance-hospital-garden-nw1/Thu, 06 Mar 2025 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-pocket-parks-temperance-hospital-garden-nw1/ Peers have been behind serious misconduct against parliamentary colleagues, it has been revealed at Westminster, in the face of a Tory call to gag complainants. Standard
Workers travelling into London this morning faced a smorgasbord of issues after signal failures across the network. Metro
A structure next to the Thames in east Greenwich that helped enable the first transatlantic telephone call could receive the same protection as Stonehenge and the Tower of]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-5th-march-2025/Wed, 05 Mar 2025 18:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-5th-march-2025/ The tours will last around two hours and involve walking around each station and the surrounding areas. They will be led by Network Rail and the historian and author Rachel Kolksy.The tours will cost £25 per person – details below.
London Bridge stationThursday 15th May
Saturday 21st June
Sunday 20th July
Tuesday 20th Sept
Saturday]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-railway-200-tours-of-three-london-stations/Wed, 05 Mar 2025 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-railway-200-tours-of-three-london-stations/ It’s unconventionally laid out as a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-communism-to-capitalism-exhibition-looks-at-the-evolution-of-czech-graphic-design/Wed, 05 Mar 2025 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/from-communism-to-capitalism-exhibition-looks-at-the-evolution-of-czech-graphic-design/ Peers Dining Room (c) Parliament
Afternoon tea is available at £55 per person for their Traditional Afternoon Tea package and £67 per person, for their Champagne Afternoon Tea package, which includes a glass of Premier Brut House of Lords Champagne.
The chance to dine like a lord will be availble for three days from from Mon]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/parliaments-dining-room-will-open-to-the-public-during-the-easter-recess/Wed, 05 Mar 2025 09:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/parliaments-dining-room-will-open-to-the-public-during-the-easter-recess/ Photo by Kevin Hackert on Unsplash
You can pick:31st December 1999 – official opening
1st February 2000 – public soft opening
29th February 2000 – first paying passengers, maybe
9th March 2000 – first paying passengers, officiallyYou could also argue that it’s 32 years ago, as that’s when in 1993 it was a losing entrant in the Architecture Founda]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-eye-is-25-years-old-and-has-four-birthdays-to-pick-from/Wed, 05 Mar 2025 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-eye-is-25-years-old-and-has-four-birthdays-to-pick-from/ A man claims his experience renting from a London landlord was so bad it made him move back to the US. South London Press
Ten people have fallen ill in a north London borough after taking a substance believed to be heroin, police said. BBC News
A bridge over the New River in Enfield Town has been officially renamed in honour of a beloved local cat. Enfield Dispatch
A 15-strong team of police last night (Monday) ordered protesters out of Camden’s public]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-4th-march-2025/Tue, 04 Mar 2025 18:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-4th-march-2025/ Ahead of that,  the concrete Y-columns and fluted canopy will become a free art gallery for two days, displaying contemporary ceramics on furniture by Case, including]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/brutalist-tower-transforms-into-pop-up-art-gallery-for-two-days-only/Tue, 04 Mar 2025 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/brutalist-tower-transforms-into-pop-up-art-gallery-for-two-days-only/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/ikea-blue-bag-exhibition-closing-later-this-month/Tue, 04 Mar 2025 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/ikea-blue-bag-exhibition-closing-later-this-month/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/secrets-of-timekeeping-beautifull-medieval-calendars-on-display-at-lambeth-palace-library/Tue, 04 Mar 2025 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/secrets-of-timekeeping-beautifull-medieval-calendars-on-display-at-lambeth-palace-library/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/starlink-rival-in-talks-to-boost-satellite-services-to-ukraine/Tue, 04 Mar 2025 12:20:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/starlink-rival-in-talks-to-boost-satellite-services-to-ukraine/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/european-rival-to-musks-starlink-in-talks-to-boost-satellite-services-to-ukraine/Tue, 04 Mar 2025 12:20:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/european-rival-to-musks-starlink-in-talks-to-boost-satellite-services-to-ukraine/ Installing the poppies in 2014 (c) ianVisits
From May to November 2025, the Tower of London will host a display of 30,000 of the original 2014 ceramic poppies inside the Tower, with a smaller display outside in the moat again.
The new display wil]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/poppies-returning-to-the-tower-of-london-this-summer/Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/poppies-returning-to-the-tower-of-london-this-summer/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/exhibition-15-years-of-the-uks-supreme-court/Mon, 03 Mar 2025 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/exhibition-15-years-of-the-uks-supreme-court/ (c) TfL
The SL11 would replace the 472 bus route but bypass Woolwich’s slow loop around the town centre and stick to the main road instead. That’s lik]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/superloop-11-bus-between-greenwich-and-abbey-wood-consultation-opens/Mon, 03 Mar 2025 12:08:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/superloop-11-bus-between-greenwich-and-abbey-wood-consultation-opens/ (c) Railway 200
The specially customised travelling exhibition train, Inspiration, will comprise four reconfigured Mark 3 coaches and tell the story of the railways over the past 200 years.
The mobile Railway 200 exhibition is designed to inspire schoolchildren and others to consider a rail career, spotlight the wide range of roles available, and c]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/a-200th-anniversary-touring-railway-exhibition-is-visiting-london-in-july/Mon, 03 Mar 2025 11:35:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/a-200th-anniversary-touring-railway-exhibition-is-visiting-london-in-july/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-alleys-cathedral-walk-nw6/Mon, 03 Mar 2025 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-alleys-cathedral-walk-nw6/ Traffic wardens working in the borough of Ealing are set to strike for a month unless an ongoing dispute with the council is resolved. Chiswick W4
A dog that joined London Fire Brigade at only 10 weeks old is retiring after becoming its longest-serving fire investigation dog. BBC News
Met Police orders Swiss Cottage anti-Zionist demo to move to new Kings Cross location Jewish News
Brentford and Isleworth MP Ruth Cadbury has written a letter to TfL raising con]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-28th-february-2025/Fri, 28 Feb 2025 18:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-28th-february-2025/ Paul Benson, 67, from Barnet collapsed in the pedestrian tunnel at Liverpool Street Station as he and his wife Lorraine were on their way to catch a train on the Elizabeth line. Luckily, an off-duty nurse, doctor and pharmacist were nearby and started chest compressions immediately while someone ran to find the defibrillator at]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/survivor-thanks-heroes-after-cardiac-arrest-at-liverpool-street-station/Fri, 28 Feb 2025 14:24:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/survivor-thanks-heroes-after-cardiac-arrest-at-liverpool-street-station/ Hereford Square (c) ianVisits
The event began with volunteers’ passion for opening up private West London squares and has since grown to embrace gardens across central London—from exquisite roof spaces owned by city banks to historic institutions, community allotments, and even the Prime Minister’s own Downing St garden in pre]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/last-chance-for-early-bird-tickets-to-london-open-gardens-weekend/Fri, 28 Feb 2025 14:05:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/last-chance-for-early-bird-tickets-to-london-open-gardens-weekend/ Extract from “Leigh Bowery: Waiting for elevator home” by Nigel Parry
Leigh Bowery w]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/glitz-grit-and-genius-tate-modern-unmasks-the-many-faces-of-leigh-bowery/Fri, 28 Feb 2025 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/glitz-grit-and-genius-tate-modern-unmasks-the-many-faces-of-leigh-bowery/ HS2 tunnel entrance next to the M25 motorway (c) ianVisits
The Public Accounts Committee’s latest report into the railway described the project as a “casebook example of how not to run a major project.” The report said it was unacceptable that more than a decade into the programme, they “still do not know what it]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/hs2-is-a-casebook-example-of-how-not-to-run-a-project-parliamentary-report-claims/Fri, 28 Feb 2025 11:35:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/hs2-is-a-casebook-example-of-how-not-to-run-a-project-parliamentary-report-claims/ Artist impression from the cancelled 2021 scheme (c) Westminster Council
Although Westminster Council had been working on its own plans, which weren’t quite full pedestrianisation, the Mayor of London stepped in last September to seek powers to create a Mayoral Development Area in the area.
The public consultation &m]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/oxford-street-could-become-a-car-free-space-as-mayor-of-london-opens-consultation/Fri, 28 Feb 2025 09:24:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/oxford-street-could-become-a-car-free-space-as-mayor-of-london-opens-consultation/ In her two years at Foxtons, one of London’s biggest estate agencies, Lucy said her managers and co-workers groped her, sent her explicit messages, discussed her weight in work WhatsApp chats and told her to start an account on OnlyFans, Bloomberg
It’s still there! The massive transformer on Coldharbour Lane is now stuck in place until Sunday, 2nd March 2025 Brixton Buzz
The leader of Lambeth Council has denied hiding cuts to libraries from the pu]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-27th-february-2025/Thu, 27 Feb 2025 18:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-27th-february-2025/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/oxford-street-redevelopment-could-reveal-remains-of-londons-civil-war-defences/Thu, 27 Feb 2025 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/oxford-street-redevelopment-could-reveal-remains-of-londons-civil-war-defences/ Regional rail upgrades map (c) London Growth Plan
It’s a very high-level report, mainly for aspirations of what could be more than a list of practical actions that will be taken, but does outline some areas of transport interest.
One is the recognition that public trasport connections need improving in Outer London, which is likely to refle]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/mayor-of-london-eyes-great-northern-and-southeastern-rail-takeover/Thu, 27 Feb 2025 11:10:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/mayor-of-london-eyes-great-northern-and-southeastern-rail-takeover/ I realised this when thinking]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/visiting-the-church-of-st-peter-and-st-paul-cudham/Thu, 27 Feb 2025 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/visiting-the-church-of-st-peter-and-st-paul-cudham/ A bus service that mainly serves schoolchildren could be withdrawn by Transport for London (TfL). Times Series
A man has been jailed for flying drones containing drugs and phones into prisons in London. Standard
Mayor of London Sir Sadiq Khan faced fresh calls on Tuesday to “ring-fence funding” to protect the Royal Parks Police, amid concerns over armed criminal gangs capitalising on cuts. Fitzrovia News
A man has admitted numerous offences after]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-26th-february-2025/Wed, 26 Feb 2025 18:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-26th-february-2025/ Stephens House and Gardens
If you have an object to be assessed, you need to send them a note about the object and some photos, although you can also apply for free tickets to turn up on the day anyway and see an expert for a valuation.
To submit information about]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-antiques-roadshow-filming-in-north-london/Wed, 26 Feb 2025 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tickets-alert-antiques-roadshow-filming-in-north-london/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/telefnica-chair-vows-to-challenge-us-tech-supremacy-with-european-deals/Wed, 26 Feb 2025 14:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/telefnica-chair-vows-to-challenge-us-tech-supremacy-with-european-deals/ It’s mainly three zones — opening with hanging animal hide]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/doom-scrolls-and-divine-rebirth-a-female-take-on-indonesian-kamasan-painting/Wed, 26 Feb 2025 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/doom-scrolls-and-divine-rebirth-a-female-take-on-indonesian-kamasan-painting/ An average weekend on Camden High Street
Following a recent consultation, over 70% of respondents said they supported pedestrianisation and the proposal to trial a motor traffic-free section of Camden High Street. In general, pedestrianising the road will increase the amount of space for pedestrians by between a third and 50 perce]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/cars-to-be-banned-from-camden-high-street-in-new-pedestrian-friendly-trial/Wed, 26 Feb 2025 12:12:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/cars-to-be-banned-from-camden-high-street-in-new-pedestrian-friendly-trial/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-hunt-for-joe-strummers-legacy-stone/Wed, 26 Feb 2025 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-hunt-for-joe-strummers-legacy-stone/ A British-Iranian journalist and human rights activist has commemorated the second anniversary of his ‘Peace Camp’, a continuous protest outside the UK Foreign Office. South London Press
A teacher at a primary school in London was fired after a pupil did not understand a joke about “whacking” him round the head, reports say. Standard
Three people have been stabbed at a multi-million-pound mansion famous as the home of “sex partie]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-25th-february-2025/Tue, 25 Feb 2025 18:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-25th-february-2025/ The restoration of the classic look by Southeastern is part of this year’s Railway 200 anniversary celebrations.
Network SouthEast branded train arriving at Charing Cross (c) Southeastern
Network SouthEast (NSE) was formed in June 1986 and brought together the commuter services operating in and around the south east of England and London]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/blast-from-the-past-southeastern-revives-the-iconic-network-southeast-livery/Tue, 25 Feb 2025 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/blast-from-the-past-southeastern-revives-the-iconic-network-southeast-livery/ Reactivated Class 379 train (c) GTR
The introduction of the recently acquired fleet of Class 379s will also provide sufficient capacity to release a number of existing Class 387 Great Northern t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/govia-thameslink-railway-brings-30-more-trains-into-service-through-london/Tue, 25 Feb 2025 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/govia-thameslink-railway-brings-30-more-trains-into-service-through-london/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/milei-pledges-antitrust-probe-after-telefnica-sells-argentina-unit/Mon, 24 Feb 2025 23:47:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/milei-pledges-antitrust-probe-after-telefnica-sells-argentina-unit/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/telefnica-strikes-12bn-deal-to-sell-argentina-unit/Mon, 24 Feb 2025 22:34:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/telefnica-strikes-12bn-deal-to-sell-argentina-unit/ A gran’s 13-year battle to remove five large telecom boxes from outside her Caribbean restaurant has been discussed in Parliament. News Shopper
Regent’s Park cyclists plagued by violent ‘bikejacking’ gangs – as police ‘say they won’t patrol before 8am’ LBC
Lambeth Council says it might have to sell off council homes to repay government bailout Southwark News
Swimmers at Hampstead Heath’s ponds are facing a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-24th-february-2025/Mon, 24 Feb 2025 18:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-24th-february-2025/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/historic-cartier-art-deco-brooches-returned-to-eltham-palace/Mon, 24 Feb 2025 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/historic-cartier-art-deco-brooches-returned-to-eltham-palace/ The station is quite tightly hemmed in on both sides, so there was just about enough space next to the stairs to squeeze in two new lifts. Due to the size constraints, these are smaller lifts than Network Rail usually installs, but short of building a large foo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tooting-station-gets-step-free-access-with-two-new-lifts/Mon, 24 Feb 2025 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tooting-station-gets-step-free-access-with-two-new-lifts/ It’s supposed to be a collection of costumes from the show, which will change each month, so I wasn’t expecting a huge exhibition, but this is small. In fact, when I say small, that’s almost to oversell it — the exhibition is minuscule.
In fact, it took a while to find the display. I had assumed that it might have been downstairs where temporary exhibitions are]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tiny-eastenders-40th-anniversary-exhibition-at-the-museum-of-the-home/Mon, 24 Feb 2025 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tiny-eastenders-40th-anniversary-exhibition-at-the-museum-of-the-home/ Woolwich Arsenal station car park
Until now, customers who chose to pay for their parking at the ticket office or vending machine needed to return to their vehicle before boarding the train to display their parking ticket.
Using Automatic Number Plate Recognition, if the ticket is bought from the vending machine, the car park ticket can]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/faster-car-parking-for-southeastern-customers-after-anpr-is-introduced/Mon, 24 Feb 2025 10:29:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/faster-car-parking-for-southeastern-customers-after-anpr-is-introduced/ Originally, the area was do]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-alleys-nelson-passage-ec1/Mon, 24 Feb 2025 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-alleys-nelson-passage-ec1/ Lambeth Council is set to gain up to £4.1M from refinancing the Myatts Field North PFI contract. Brizton Buzz
Camden Council has apologised to residents and businesses in Fitzrovia for noise and air pollution from production crews during a film shoot in Fitzroy Square earlier this month. Fitzrovia News
The fight is on to save a North London post office from closure as hundreds of people sign a petition urging the executive and local politician to recons]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-21st-february-2025/Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-21st-february-2025/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/jubilee-line-train-drivers-seats-getting-an-overdue-refurbishment/Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/jubilee-line-train-drivers-seats-getting-an-overdue-refurbishment/ (c) London Museum of Water and Steam
The grant, which followed a recent crowdfunder campaign supported by over 660 people, will go towards restoring the museum’s Great Engine House, home to the world’s two largest Cornish beam engines. Charles Dickens famously described the 40-foot-tall Grand Junction 90-inch steam engine inside the mus]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/london-museum-of-water-and-steam-secures-26m-grant-for-urgent-restoration/Fri, 21 Feb 2025 12:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/london-museum-of-water-and-steam-secures-26m-grant-for-urgent-restoration/ A view across the River Thames of Paul’s Wharf and St Paul’s Pier from Bankside, with St Paul’s Cathedral in the background. By George Washington Wilson, 1860 to 1900. (c) Historic England Archive. Janette Rosing Collection.
The Janette Rosing Collection of England is a collection of over 8,000 original black and white photographs of English architecture, l]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/early-photographs-of-19th-century-england-to-be-digitised-for-public-access/Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:39:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/early-photographs-of-19th-century-england-to-be-digitised-for-public-access/ The western side of the Museum, where the redevelopment will take place, currently houses collections from Ancient Egypt, Greece (including the Parthenon Sculptures), Rome, Ancient Assyria, and the Middle East. Including the galleries, the redevelopment will encompass about a third of the British Museum’s space and significant back-of-house areas in one of the most ambitious projects of its]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/winning-architect-for-the-british-museums-redevelopment-announced/Fri, 21 Feb 2025 09:57:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/winning-architect-for-the-british-museums-redevelopment-announced/ Sir Lenny Henry has been given the Freedom of the City of London in recognition of his “significant contribution to the entertainment industry and charitable fundraising” across a career that spans five decades. Dudley News
A customer says he has been “completely put off” from returning to a Dagenham supermarket after photographing a pigeon eating from the shop floor. Romford Recorder
Woman badly injured by van in New Cross may have be]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-20th-february-2025/Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-20th-february-2025/ Although previous studies have examined how driverless trains could be introduced on the London Underground, the latest re]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfl-report-reveals-the-cost-and-challenges-of-introducing-driverless-tube-trains/Thu, 20 Feb 2025 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/tfl-report-reveals-the-cost-and-challenges-of-introducing-driverless-tube-trains/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-face-uncovered-stripping-back-the-magazines-iconic-covers/Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:21:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-face-uncovered-stripping-back-the-magazines-iconic-covers/ Ryan Seymour – source Network Rail / British Transport Police
After abandoning a vehicle he was driving dangerously, Ryan Seymour tried to evade the police by climbing onto the railway tracks in New Malden which sits on the main railway line out of Waterloo.
While being pursued by police, he ran across four live tracks, where t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/railway-trespasser-who-brought-rush-hour-trains-to-a-standstill-sentenced-to-18-months/Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/railway-trespasser-who-brought-rush-hour-trains-to-a-standstill-sentenced-to-18-months/ This model was built by loca]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/theres-a-scale-model-of-the-rocket-steam-engine-in-feltham-station/Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/theres-a-scale-model-of-the-rocket-steam-engine-in-feltham-station/ A man who drove his motorboat between rowers on the River Thames, narrowly missing them, will have to pay more than £4,000 in fines, compensation and court fees. BBC News
Plans for a distinctive five-storey block of flats in east Greenwich have been approved by a planning inspector, nine months after councillors threw the proposal out. Greenwich Wire
A homeowner has criticised Transport for London (TfL) for failing to relocate a toilet for bus drivers o]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-19th-february-2025/Wed, 19 Feb 2025 18:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-19th-february-2025/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/kkr-confronts-449mn-earnings-hole-as-flagship-italian-deal-sours/Wed, 19 Feb 2025 17:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/kkr-confronts-449mn-earnings-hole-as-flagship-italian-deal-sours/ Concept image of the new station entrance (c) TfL
A major milestone last month was when a prefabricated footbridge was lifted into position during the weekend closure of the Windrush line. When completed, this new footbridge with stairs leading to all platforms will relieve the existing narrow staircases, which can often suffer fro]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/surrey-quays-station-upgrade-on-target-for-summer-2026-completion/Wed, 19 Feb 2025 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/surrey-quays-station-upgrade-on-target-for-summer-2026-completion/ The exhibition is mainly photographic, a record of life in the con]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/remembering-cardboard-city-revisiting-waterloos-forgotten-homeless-community/Wed, 19 Feb 2025 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/remembering-cardboard-city-revisiting-waterloos-forgotten-homeless-community/ Illustrated London News – Saturday 31 May 1952 (c) British Newspaper Archive
The Eastcastle Street robbery took place in May 1952 when a Post Office van was held up in London. At the time, it was Britain’s largest postwar robbery, and the robbers escaped with £287,000 (about £7.3 million today). The theft]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/lost-tape-recordings-reveal-new-clues-in-londons-1952-mail-van-robbery/Wed, 19 Feb 2025 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/lost-tape-recordings-reveal-new-clues-in-londons-1952-mail-van-robbery/ Usually, the art proposal would be something that is designed to complement the building. This time, it seems that might not have been the case, as the planning app]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-public-art-recalling-revealing-remaining/Wed, 19 Feb 2025 08:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/londons-public-art-recalling-revealing-remaining/ A declining birth rate in London is responsible for a continued drop in demand for school places in the capital, according to a new report, external. BBC News
Three people were rescued from the Thames by firefighters after being trapped by the rising tide this afternoon. Southwark News
Brixton residents are in for yet another week of disruption, with the Super Grid Transformer remaining stuck in position on Coldharbour Lane until at least Sunday, 23rd Februar]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-18th-february-2025/Tue, 18 Feb 2025 18:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/the-london-buzz-18th-february-2025/https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/fare-dodgers-ordered-to-repay-over-12000-as-chiltern-railways-cracks-down-on-evasion/Tue, 18 Feb 2025 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/fare-dodgers-ordered-to-repay-over-12000-as-chiltern-railways-cracks-down-on-evasion/ The funeral effigy head of Henry VII on display in the Abbey Galleries (c) Westminster Abbey
The funeral effigy head of Henry VII is thought to be the work of an Italian Renaissance sculptor, Pietro Torrigiano. He came to England after leaving Florence around 1509-10 and may have used a death mask taken directly from the dead mona]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/unmasking-henry-vii-westminster-abbey-investigates-its-lifelike-effigy-head-to-reveal-its-secrets/Tue, 18 Feb 2025 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/unmasking-henry-vii-westminster-abbey-investigates-its-lifelike-effigy-head-to-reveal-its-secrets/ The F1 racing car is on the ground floor, just outside the station concourse. If you come up the escalators, turn right and head through]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/see-an-aston-martin-formula-1-racing-car-at-north-greenwich-tube-station/Tue, 18 Feb 2025 13:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/telecom/see-an-aston-martin-formula-1-racing-car-at-north-greenwich-tube-station/