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Trinity College to move 750,000 books during restoration of Old Library Disasters at other historic sites ‘focused minds’ on need for €90m Dublin project about 4 hours ago TCD’s Old Library, one of the great libraries of the world is to be redeveloped. Renowned for the Book of Kells and the magnificent Long Room the work will safeguard the building itself and conserve its precious collections. Video: Bryan OBrien The Long Room in Trinity College, Dublin’s library contains 350,000 boo...

A list of independent pubs and bars in south east Londons Bexley Fancy enjoying a pint with friends, celebrating the reopening of pubs and supporting local businesses at the same time? This list might help you do so. Covid-19 has hit nearly every business unprecedently hard, and pubs and pubgoers alike will be eagerly awaiting May 17, when the latest step in the Government’s relaxing of Covid restrictions. This means all licensed pubs, bars, restaurants and other attractions can once ag...

Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading A leaking roof at Royal Berkshire Hospital needs urgent repair works, with plans submitted to the council to approve the repairs at the Grade II* listed building. Royal Berkshire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has submitted proposals to repair the roof of its union offices, a rear annex of the North Block building, part of the Royal Berkshire Hospital site. Previous plans to repair a leaky roof at the Old Library on the same block were approved in March. ...

Trinity’s Inspiring Generations Campaign Hits 150,000 Volunteer Hours The campaign goal of 150,000 volunteer hours was set out during its launch in 2019, along with an aim to raise €400 million in funding. Aoife KearinsAssistant Editor " ); jQuery( ".stuck" ).fadeIn( 300 ); } }, { offset: 0%, }); if ($(window).width() -1 || ref1.indexOf(twitter) > -1 || ref1.indexOf(tco) > -1 ) { jQuery(.utpost-content).readmore({ speed: 75, moreLink: Read full artic...

  Trinity College Dublin is set to spend €150,000 on the development of a new app for self-guided tours by tourists of the historic city centre campus. About one million people visited the campus each year before the Covid shutdown, to view the Book of Kells exhibition, generating €12.7 million in revenues. Of those, 87 per cent were overseas visitors. During the pandemic those revenues slumped by €9.8 million to €2.9 million in the 12 months to the end of September last. ...

How did you get involved?   When I was 15 I spent the summer volunteering with the British Trust for Conservation, now The Conservation Volunteers. Combined with meeting a countryside manager and doing Duke of Edinburgh Awards it gave me a passion for the outdoors. After school I worked in catering for four years but missed the great outdoors so went back to college and did a countryside management course. I had an amazing work placement with the Broads Authority and a few jobs later returned ...

Fishmongers Hall terrorist Usman Khan used cocaine and heroin months before the attack which saw him kill two people, an inquest heard.  Usman Khan stabbed Cambridge University project workers Jack Merritt, 25, and Saskia Jones, 23, at a prison rehabilitation conference at the venue on November 29, 2019. Toxicology expert Dr Vincent Cirimele said there was evidence that Khan had been exposed to cocaine and heroin between late August/early September and November 2019. He said the concentration ...

Chris Houston This is Chris Houston, with my written statement asking Weston voters to support my re-election to the Select Board. Of course, my strongest statement for re-election is a track record of hard work, responsiveness and results over six years on the Select Board already. For example, I’m proud of my work as the Select Board’s point person on the Old Library and Josiah Smith Tavern (JST), especially my role in successful negotiations with Historic New England to break a long st...

COVID-19 (Coronavirus) 22 April 2021 I am very pleased to announce that from Monday 26th April there will be further reopening of the Library. This is to support our students as they finish assignments and prepare for their assessments. From next week, students will have increased access to safe study spaces and counter services will also be available. This schedule will remain in place over the summer, supporting our researchers, through to the beginning of the new academic year. From M...

Doctor recalls ‘urgency on the face of police’ at Fishmongers’ Hall attack 20/04/2021, 12:06 pm A view of the Old Library in Guildhall, London, where the inquest into the terror attack at Fishmongers’ Hall is being held (PA) An emergency doctor called to the Fishmongers’ Hall attack described arriving at the scene to see “urgency on the face and in the voice” of armed police. Dr Samy Sadek said he was confronted by “lots of noise… and lots and lots of blood” when he raced t...