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"We would be charged £200 from the police for gathering during Covid. "If we prevent work, we would be charged with aggravated trespass.” Highways England, which owns the bridge, said the current emergency work taking place was to remove unsafe parapets from the top of the bridge, that were deemed danger on January 21. A Highways England spokesperson said: “Safety is our number one priority and the work to remove the leaning parapets at the top of the bridge is being undertaken due to safety concerns. "These are safety works that won’t change the headroom under the bridge in ...

21 December 2020 • 12:02am People shopping on Oxford Street in central London on the last Saturday shopping day before the Christmas lockdown Credit:  Stefan Rousseau/PA SIR – Christmas is not cancelled. The date, as always, is December 25. For many it will not be celebrated in the usual way but we are lucky to live in an age when there is radio and television to keep us entertained, and Zoom and other ways to keep in touch. Places of worship will also be open to those who wish to attend them. It will be different, but at least we in Britain have the freedom to celebrate Christmas or any...

19 December 2020 • 12:02am The Prince of Wales meets Royal Mail employee Catherine Griffiths on a visit to the delivery office in Cirencester, south-west England Credit:  GEOFF CADDICK/AFP SIR – My neighbours and I in this part of London have gone days without a delivery of letters. It is unacceptable for any sorting office to decide which of its customers will be permitted a service on any particular day. But is it not also of dubious legality? Non-arrival of Christmas cards may not be all that serious, though perhaps distressing, but people are likely to be looking for letters about im...