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

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

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.

 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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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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