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• SK Telecom joins 5GAA

  10-11-2016 01:00
  
  South Korean operator says recently-formed industry group will play 'pivotal role' in creating new business opportunities.
  
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• You can now have afternoon tea in the Old Bailey

  27-02-2026 17:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  The Central Criminal Court of England and Wales, known the world over as the ‘Old Bailey‘, regularly offers tours of the grand building, but they are now adding an afternoon tea option as well.
  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
  
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• Tickets Alert: Attend the Lady Mayor’s lecture at the Guildhall

  27-02-2026 15:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  There will be a chance to go into the Guildhall’s impressive Livery Hall later this year, when the Lady Mayor of London gives the annual Gresham Lecture, and free tickets are now available.
  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
  
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• Gold, Gods and a Pricey Pharaoh: Ramses exhibition will worry your wallet

  27-02-2026 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  All that glitters sometimes can be gold, and a new exhibition about the Egyptian Pharaoh, Ramses the Great, is full of glittering gold things to see. If you can afford the ticket price.From the moment you step inside, the tone is clear: this is not an academic museum exhibition, but more of a bling-filled showroom of goodies to gawp at. If you went to the Tutankhamun exhibition in 2019, then you’ll know what to expect, as the Ramses exhibition has been organised by the same people.
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• New DLR trains not expected to return to service until this Summer

  27-02-2026 12:30 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Passengers won’t be able to ride the new DLR trains until later this year, as investigations into braking problems continue.A couple of weeks after the first of the new trains came into service last year, a problem occurred when one of the trains overshot its stopping point. Three of the fleet of 54 new trains had entered service, so all three were removed while the braking issue was investigated.
  The investigation remains ongoing with the manufacturer’s supply chain and the relevant
  
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• Adverts are returning to Euston station’s big screen

  27-02-2026 11:30 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Euston station’s big screen will be showing adverts again, although not quite as eye-burningly bright and big as last time.
  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
  
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• Save up to 50% on West End hits with this week’s theatre offers

  27-02-2026 11:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  This week’s sale and discount theatre ticket offers from London Theatre Direct.Shadowlands
  Hugh Bonneville reprises his critically acclaimed role
  From £37 – GREAT SEATS AT £65Kinky Boots
  Opens 17 March 2026
  Kinky Boots struts back into the West End!
  From £15 – BOOK 7+WEEKS AHEAD AND SAVEMagic Mike Live
  Channing Tatum’s Magic Mike Live at the Hippodrome has everything you could ever want!
  From £48 – SAVE UP TO 34%I’m Sorry, Prime Ministe
  
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• UK’s second-tallest residential tower planned for last big Vauxhall site

  26-02-2026 17:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  The UK’s second-tallest residential tower could be built in Vauxhall, as part of a development on the last remaining large plot of undeveloped land near Vauxhall station.
  (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
  
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• Green light given to pedestrianise Oxford Street as traffic sees red

  26-02-2026 15:36 via ianvisits.co.uk
  The pedestrianisation of Oxford Street is set to go ahead, with Transport for London (TfL) now planning how it will remove road traffic from the busy shopping street. In 2025, the Mayor consulted on his proposal to designate a Mayoral Development Area and establish a Mayoral Development Corporation to drive the regeneration of Oxford Street
  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
  
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• The Royal Mews collection of horse-drawn carriages is reopening

  26-02-2026 15:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Tucked away behind Buckingham Palace are the Royal Mews, home to the King’s horses and historic carriages, and they’re reopening to the public next week after their winter closure.The Royal Mews at Buckingham Palace evolved from the King’s Mews, originally just to the north of Trafalgar Square and originally to house royal hawks.
  The name ‘mews’ derives from the word ‘mew’, meaning moulting, as the birds were confined there at moulting time. As a result,
  
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• Go-Ahead’s 1,000th electric bus boosts London’s zero-emission fleet

  26-02-2026 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Go-Ahead, which operates 170 bus routes across London, says that it has taken delivery of its 1,000th electric bus.
  (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
  
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• British Museum announces Bayeux Tapestry ticket sales dates

  26-02-2026 12:34 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Tickets for what will be a genuine once-in-a-lifetime event will go on sale on Wednesday 1 July 2026, as the British Museum prepares to host the Bayeux Tapestry.The exhibition of the 70-metre-long masterpiece, telling the dramatic story of the Norman Conquest stitch by stitch, is expected to become one of the most sought-after exhibitions in the Museum’s history.
  Prices are still to be confirmed.
  Tickets for visits between September and December 2026 will go on sale on 1st July, with two f
  
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• Southwark’s “Owl and the Pussy-Cat” house could be restored and opened to the public

  26-02-2026 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Southwark’s 19th-century “owl and the pussy cat” house could be restored and opened as a cafe under plans to redevelop the modern building next to it.Sitting on Southwark Bridge Road, next to the railway line between Blackfriars and Elephant and Castle, the two 19th-century townhouses are locally famous for the small statues of an owl and a cat in the upper-floor niches.
  It’s said the previous owner added them around the turn of the millennium.Why they are there is still
  
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• Charing Cross station to be hit by three-week summer closure warns Southeastern

  26-02-2026 07:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Both Charing Cross and Waterloo East stations will have to close for three weeks this summer as part of a major programme of engineering works on the busy stretch of railway leading into Charing Cross.
  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
  
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• Why you end up following a stranger through a busy railway station

  25-02-2026 17:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  If you’re trying to get through a busy railway station, you might think you’re planning your own route through the crowd, but you’re probably following a stranger — even when you don’t realise it, and even when it’s not the fastest route.
  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
  
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• Bromley’s historic archives to get bigger home in Priory Gardens

  25-02-2026 15:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Bromley’s historic archives are to get a new home, after plans to demolish their existing site and build a larger modern building were approved by the local council.
  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
  
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• Could rising contactless fares push commuters back to season tickets?

  25-02-2026 14:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  This Sunday, contactless tube fares will rise by an average of six percent, but if you can switch to season tickets, those fares are being frozen.Even with more people commuting to work more frequently now, paying with contactless daily still seems like a saving, but depending on your travel pattern, fare rises may push the monthly spend closer to what a season ticket would cost anyway.
  The advantage that a season ticket offers is that you get a whole week/month/year of travel for a fixed amount
  
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• Tickets Alert: Guided tours of the Richmond Theatre

  25-02-2026 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  In the centre of Richmond is a grand theatre that recently marked its 125th anniversary, and they offer tours of the building.The Richmond Theatre opened in 1899 as the Richmond Theatre and Opera House. Designed by the prolific theatre builder, Frank Matcham, barring some modest changes, it’s pretty much still the same theatre that opened over 125 years ago.
  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
  
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• Camden’s iconic Black Cap gay pub to reopen in March 2026

  23-02-2026 14:30 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Camden’s legendary gay pub, The Black Cap, has confirmed its reopening date, a smidge over a decade since it was forced to close.The pub, which has been a gay haunt since the winter of 1965/66 was forced to close in 2015 when the owners decided they wanted to redevelop the site. The owners themselves closed in 2020, and the company’s administrators sold the building to a new owner who has been working to reopen the venue once again as a gay cabaret pub.
  It had been expected to reopen
  
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• Relief for Stansted Airport travellers as contactless train ticketing arrives in March

  23-02-2026 12:19 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Travellers heading to Stansted Airport will finally be able to use contactless payments for train journeys from next month, after long-delayed approval was given to extend London’s contactless system.
  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
  
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• TfL warns of widespread rail and Tube disruption throughout March

  23-02-2026 11:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  There will be significant disruption to TfL’s rail and tube services throughout March due to large-scale engineering works, and TfL is advising people to plan ahead.
  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
  
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• Royal Docks plans would add floating parkland and residential boat berths

  23-02-2026 10:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Plans are being shown off to encourage more boats to use the Royal Docks for long-term mooring, as well as an intention to create a new floating park in the dock.
  (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
  
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• London’s Alleys: Ship Tavern Passage, City of London, EC3

  23-02-2026 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  This central London alley, next to Leadenhall Market, is named after a ship but dominated by a swan.The alley likely came into existence when the first Leadenhall Market, as a market for herbs, opened, with a long passage leading from the market to Gracechurch Street.
  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
  
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• Altice France liabilities add around €1bn to debt pile

  21-02-2026 06:00
  Rival telecoms groups are considering new bid for Patrick Drahi’s French business
  
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• Altice France liabilities add about €1bn to debt pile

  21-02-2026 06:00
  Rival telecoms groups are considering new bid for Patrick Drahi’s French business
  
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• Tickets Alert: Half price tickets to see Zippos Circus

  20-02-2026 17:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  The travelling circus is coming to town and will be popping up around London throughout 2026, and there’s a way of getting half-price tickets to the show.
  (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-
  
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• Four free exhibitions at the V&A South Kensington

  20-02-2026 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  The V&A has several large paid-for temporary exhibitions, but dotted around the building are a number of smaller free exhibitions worth seeking out.
  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
  
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• Musk’s Starlink to be tested against Eutelsat on French shipping fleet

  20-02-2026 06:00
  Move by CMA CGM comes amid European efforts to support OneWeb as a rival to SpaceX’s satellite network
  
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• Free tickets to visit the Barbican’s heated greenhouse conservatory

  19-02-2026 15:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  If you’re looking for an escape from the winter, the Barbican Arts Centre includes London’s second-largest heated conservatory, and it’s totally free to visit.The conservatory wraps around the huge fly tower that supports scenery for the theatre beneath your feet, and while the Barbican’s concrete is still very evident, it adds to the overall effect. Imagine a city centre abandoned by humans and overrun by plants, and that’s what you are walking through when you vis
  
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• Dot by Dot, Sea by Sea: Seurat’s painting glow at the Courtauld

  19-02-2026 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  An artist who died young, and whose painting method was almost mechanically precise, has somehow filled two rooms at the Courtauld Gallery with seascapes that are unexpectedly calm and contemplative.Georges Seurat was a French post-Impressionist best known for a technique later dubbed pointillism: painting not with expressive brushstrokes, but by patiently placing thousands of tiny dots onto the surface. Rather than mixing colours on a palette, Seurat relied on the viewer’s eye to do the w
  
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