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On my way to and from Sainsbury's today, a walk of two blocks, I have been asked for money three times by quite well dressed young women who initially seem to…
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On my way to and from Sainsbury's today, a walk of two blocks, I have been asked for money three times by quite well dressed young women who initially seem to…
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M@ 11 Famous London Cats A stray that shot to fame. Number 10's notorious chief mouser. A church cat that (maybe) predicted the Blitz. London has known some truly phenomenal felines over the years. Here are some of our favourites. 1. Dick Whittington's Cat Four-times Lord Mayor Dick Whittington is inseparable from his cat in popular imagination. Unfortunately, there's no clinching evidence that the moggy existed outside the pantomime tradition. Still, the nameless cat is enshrined in two statues (that we know of) in London: one on Highgate Hill and another outside Guildhall Art Galler...
Highbury Fields in the snow. - Credit: Natalie Wyatt Islington and Hackney were blanketed in a layer of snow this weekend. On Sunday (January 24) at around 10.30am, flurries of snow started to fall and settle across London and the South East, including in Islington and Hackney. Many residents used their once-daily exercise walk - permitted under the third national lockdown amid the coronavirus pandemic - to enjoy the wintery conditions. This comes as temperatures plummet in the wake of Storm Christoph, and alongside yellow weather warnings issued for the south-east by the Met Offic...
Final weekend for general traffic on Brisbane's Victoria Bridge, now set to become 'green' bridge FriFriday 22 updated SatSaturday 23 Victoria Bridge closes to general traffic from 8:00pm on January 24. ( Share Print text only Cancel More than just a river crossing — Brisbane's Victoria Bridge has been the stage of protests, remembrance marches and floods. Key points: Victoria Bridge already carries significantly less vehicular traffic than the city's other river crossings Council modelling suggests the majority of motorists will opt to cross at the William Jolly Bridge instead But the RACQ...