'Nelson' launches Trafalgar plans
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Details of events to mark the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar are announced on Lord Nelson's 246th birthday.
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Thames bridge 'facing problems'
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The proposed bridgewhich will link two banks of the Thames in east London has won vital backing from two councils
Festival is set to be big
Brian Cathcart: George James Symons should be living at this hour, for he was a man who loved the rain and loved to hear it spoken of.
Annual Thames festival under way
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Thousands of people are attending a free annual festival on London's South Bank this weekend.
Tripcock Point project, in Thamesmead: GBP400m development looks set to go ahead
Brian Cathcart: George James Symons should be living at this hour, for he was a man who loved the rain and loved to hear it spoken of.
V-2: Hitler's last weapon of terror
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It was 60 years ago to the week that the first V-2 missile landed on London, digging out a 10m-wide crater in Staveley Road, Chiswick.
A Dickens' of an ice age - Some thoughts on the changing climate worldwide
Brian Cathcart: George James Symons should be living at this hour, for he was a man who loved the rain and loved to hear it spoken of.
