LONDON (AP) — 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 ...
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 ...
One hundred years ago, the first all-red telephone box, designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, was installed in London. Deborah ...
LONDON — Sometimes it’s hard to let go. For many Britons, that can apply to institutions and objects that represent their country’s past power and glory — stately homes, the monarchy … and red phone ...
LONDON — The British telephone box is not dead yet. In parts of central London, a box stands sentinel every 100 feet — and if phone companies got their way, they’d plant one every 50 feet. But these ...
An iconic red telephone box in Kington will be adopted by the town council and they will discuss what the community would ...
A city's famous row of red phone boxes will not be lining up in their longstanding home anytime soon. The nine booths were removed from Market Street in Preston for refurbishment in December 2024 and ...
A remote village is pleading for the return of its public phone box which it claims was taken away without consultation. People living in Manaton on Dartmoor in Devon have said the public telephone ...
An old phone box offered a lifeline for locals in a remote village - after a storm left them without communications for weeks.
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 ...