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15 July 2021
Sir Nicholas Serota watches a short film about sea monsters as he opens a £7.6 million, 360 immersive dome at Devonport s Market Hall in Plymouth, which is the first of its type to be built in Europe
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14 July 2021
Heidi Street, playing a gothic character, looks at a brain suspended in glass at the world’s first attraction dedicated to the author of Frankenstein inside the ‘Mary Shelley’s House of Frankenstein’ experience, located in a Georgian terraced house in Bath, as it prepares to open to the public on 19 July
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13 July 2021
Rehearsals are held in a car park in Glasgow for a parade scene ahead of filming for what is thought to be the new Indiana Jones 5 movie starring Harrison Ford
Vauxhall Bridge Rotherhithe Tunnel and Vauxhall Bridge need “urgent” upgrades in the next five years and may be forced to close if TfL’s financial situation does not improve, according to a senior TfL figure. Gareth Powell, TfL’s managing director for surface transport, told members of the London Assembly on Monday the two river crossings had been identified as needing “interventions” to ensure they can continue to operate safely. But Mr Powell warned TfL’s financial situation is “difficult”, and the work may not be undertaken without a long-term funding settlement from the Government, leading to potential “short-term restrictions”, even closure if the crossings are deemed unsafe.
Vauxhall Bridge Rotherhithe Tunnel and Vauxhall Bridge need “urgent” upgrades in the next five years and may be forced to close if TfL’s financial situation does not improve, according to a senior TfL figure. Gareth Powell, TfL’s managing director for surface transport, told members of the London Assembly on Monday the two river crossings had been identified as needing “interventions” to ensure they can continue to operate safely. But Mr Powell warned TfL’s financial situation is “difficult”, and the work may not be undertaken without a long-term funding settlement from the Government, leading to potential “short-term restrictions”, even closure if the crossings are deemed unsafe.
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