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Battle For London Is On All Change At Kings Cross ARCHITECT John McAslan, 58, has designed a concourse at Kings Cross station which took 15 years to build at a cost of £400m. Described as a fundamental reconstruction of one of the thorniest logistical and architectural problems in London, his work has culminated in the [...]
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Battle For London Is On AND THE “WAR” for the title Mayor of London could well be a bitter one. At the time of writing, the present mayor, Boris Johnson, is in the lead in what is described as the closest ever race. Socialist Ken Livingstone is a mere two points behind. Although Livingstone has [...]
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Return Of Stewart Quentin Holmes AS I WAS saying before I was so rudely interrupted…there was I having dinner with my good friends Dr Watson and Inspector Lestrade of the Yard; when we had finished I stood up to leave – and fell down again. I woke up in an ambulance. en route to a [...]
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Parking Mad! WESTMINSTER Council seems to have declared war on motorists with their Draconian measures on parking facilities. Parking is usually free during evenings from 6pm on single yellow lines and at weekends from Saturday afternoon. Night parking could cost up to £10 or £20 a night Transport minister Norman Baker has branded the new [...]
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Britain’s Bloated Capitalists BRITAIN’s public has been told by the Government to eat less. It is the only way to solve the current obesity crisis. Health Secretary Andrew Lansley urged people to “be honest” about their eating and drinking habits and cut down on calories to beat the obesity crisis. In a candid message he [...]
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Another Winter Of Discontent? UNIONS representing millions of workers announced strike ballots last month in what is described as the biggest outbreak of industrial strife since the General Strike of 1926. Four major unions will consult members in the public sector about co-ordinated walkouts in protest against Government pension reforms. Anger at plans to make [...]
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NIGHTS OF MADNESS IT ALL started with one man being shot by the police in Tottenham, north London, last month. He was Mark Duggan, said to be a drug dealer. This led to protests against “police brutality” and in no time at all riot mobs filled the streets, wrecking cars, smashing windows, and starting fires. [...]
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End Of The (News of the) World AFTER 168 years of sensational publishing, the Sunday newspaper News of the World ceased publication last month. The decision was taken after allegations of “hacking” into private conversations and e-mails by journalists in search of news stories. Even the Queen’s messages were also affected, as well as the [...]
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Our Illiterate Society THE EVENING Standard newspaper has discovered that many British children can neither read nor write. So they have launched a campaign calling for volunteers to teach children to do just that. But isn’t that what teachers are supposed to do? So what are the teachers doing while their pupils are being taught [...]
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Oh, And By The Way… I HEAR that Prince William and Kate Middleton were married on April 29. I just thought that you might like to know….. About the only other event which received global publicity was the death of Osama bin Laden. It did seem rather pointless to me that the man was already [...]
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