Charity buys famous phone box for £1

A phone box, which appears on a street made famous by Jane Austen, has been bought by a charity for just £1. The K6 red phone ...
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City's 'grubby and grimy' phone boxes 'need to be replaced'

"Dirty" and "grubby" telephone boxes are a blight on a city centre, local people calling for their replacement say. Critics of the phone boxes in Newport city centre say they want to see the ...
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Can Art Save London’s Iconic Telephone Boxes?

Art is coming to the rescue of London’s legendary red telephone boxes, now threatend with obsolescence. Since September 19th, artists Holly Pester, Aura Satz, Dan Scott, and Lawrence Abu Hamdan have ...
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The UK's iconic phone boxes are under threat. This move could save thousands

Smartphones and mobile networks might be near ubiquitous, but the UK government is keen to protect its heritage of iconic red public phone boxes. UK communications regulator Ofcom has announced plans ...
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British red phone box reborn as tiny nightclub

LONDON (Reuters) - A small English town has converted its red phone box into what might be the world's smallest nightclub, complete with glitterball, disco lights and a selection of telephone-themed ...

What happened next: the man who saved the last phone box in his village

When BT earmarked the kiosk for closure in January, Derek Harris began to campaign. The fight gave him purpose at a difficult time in his life ...
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Thousands of red UK phone boxes to be protected from closure

LONDON – Thousands of Britain’s iconic red phone boxes will be protected from removal under new rules, the U.K.'s telecommunications regulator said Tuesday. The public payphone boxes may look like ...