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Famous horticulturalist Frederick Sander - also known as 'The Orchid King' - is set to be commemorated with a blue plaque in St Albans.

Ivy Liu by Suzanne Bearne With remote working now an option, last year Ellie Halls decided to swap Clapham in southwest London for the south of France for a month. Rather than stay in an Airbnb apartment, the events manager, 41, decided she wanted more of an opportunity to meet new people. Inspired by a friend who had previously stayed in a similar set-up in Lisbon and New York, she booked a space at a co-living property in Montpellier. There, Halls found herself with an instant crowd of potential friends. “As soon as I arrived everyone was really friendl...

Republicans suffered from the fact that the iraq war continued for so long and it hurt us at the polls. so, i think that republicans ought to have a right to at least say that maybe this war isn't going well and not blindly support every single thing that is being done. and then all of a sudden, if an individual does, you know, people accuse you, oh, you're un-american, unpatriotic and they pile on and then they pressure somebody like steele -- like chairman steele he has to back off. he didn't have a policy statement. he was merely making a casual statement. when he said, for over 1,000 years...

Meantime republican national committee chairman michael steele is trying to climb out of hole he dug this weekend. he's catching heat from his own party for comment he made about the war in afghanistan during a fund-raiser on thursday. >> keep in mind again, for our federal candidates, this was a war of obama's choosing. this is not something the united states actively prosecuted or wanted to engage in. >> today republicans like senators john mccain and jim demint joined mounting criticism of steele and other conservatives have called on steele to step down, like liz cheney and bill crystal. y...

Who want steele to resign. this is what you said -- i have to ask myself what is the agenda of the harsh critics demanding this resignation? why do they support pelosi and barack obama's war. what do you mean by that statement? >> they are. they're running foreign policy. they demanded increase the troops. they are the ones pursuing this and it's not going very well. as a matter of fact, it's going very poorly. we've been there nine years. and the evidence is not very good that we're going to have a military victory. as a matter of fact, the military and the politicians don't even seek a goal ...