Friday, April 29, 2005

1986: Simple funeral rites for Duchess


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The Duchess of Windsor, Wallis Simpson, is laid to rest alongside her husband, the abdicated King Edward VIII, at Frogmore in Windsor.

1993: Queen to open Palace doors


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Buckingham Palace will open to the public for the first time in a bid to raise funds to repair Windsor Castle.

Exel has announced the sale of its Cory waste management subsidiary.

   

Mayor denies Thames desalination plant

Mayor of London Ken Livingstone has blocked proposals by Thames Water to build the UK's first desalination plant on the grounds that it is too energy intensive.

Thursday, April 28, 2005

Labour's 'hopeless' homes plan blasted

   

Hundreds of fish killed by sewage leaking into brook

 READING-based Thames Water was fined ?60,000 on Monday because a blockage at a sewage treatment works near Cholsey killed an estimated 12,000 fish when it flooded a nearby brook. - Reading

Wednesday, April 27, 2005

London receives timely Olympic boost

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Preventing 'The Great Flood' of London

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Tuesday, April 26, 2005

Safety plan to tame May Day party


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Police and city councillors tackle safety issues before the traditional May morning celebrations in Oxford.

Saturday, April 23, 2005

London prepares for Rover convoy


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Almost 100 cars drive through the centre of London to show support for 5,000 workers made redundant at MG Rover.

Friday, April 22, 2005

Royal opening for cricket pavilion

   

Sewage overflow to get clean-up

   

Reborn River Thames No Longer the “Great Stink”

Nearly 50 years ago London's River Thames was so polluted that it was declared biologically dead. Today herons wade its waters and bottlenose dolphins swim past  London Bridge.

Thames hare to marathon glory

   

Wednesday, April 20, 2005

Towpath row gets heated

   

Taking a stroll along the river

   

Livingstone blocks 'expensive' desalination plant

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Tuesday, April 19, 2005

Mayor blocks salt water proposal


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The mayor rejects plans for a desalination plant which would turn salt water into drinking water.

Monday, April 18, 2005

Make London affordable via free attractions, discounts

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Sunday, April 17, 2005

Thousands race in London Marathon


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Thousands of people continue to stream towards the end of their marathon challenge around London.

Top duo defend wheelchair titles


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Saul Mendoza and Francesca Porcellato win the London Marathon wheelchair races.

Lel springs London Marathon shock


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Kenya's Martin Lel is the surprise winner of the London Marathon.

Radcliffe races to London victory


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Paula Radcliffe overcomes stomach cramps to win a third London Marathon.

Saturday, April 16, 2005

Party president Simon Hughes will be taking to the River Thames with students for a boat trip

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Friday, April 15, 2005

Early end to Gateway inquiry after farce-like interruptions

THE man chairing the public inquiry into the Thames Gateway Bridge scheme is said to have fled a meeting in the face of seething protesters. - Greenwich

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