Sunday, September 30, 2007

Spice Island becomes Old Salt Quay

The Spice Island pub in Londons Rotherhithe has been renamed Old Salt Quay.
The pub, built in 1995 to resemble a boathouse, stands on the site of the former Dinorwic Wharf alongside the old Surrey Basin Entrance. The interior is little changed but it is now describing itself as a ?Steak and Seafood Restaurant?.
Fish and chips […]

Cross River Tram completion moved back to 2020 - Transport Briefing

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Foot-and-mouth confirmed at farm


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Foot-and-mouth disease is confirmed at an eighth farm inside the existing protection zone in Surrey.

Climate march arrives in London


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Climate change campaigners marching across the UK arrive in London.

Climate march arrives in London


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Climate change campaigners marching across the UK arrive in London.

The amazing secrets of Eurostar - Guardian Unlimited

   

Saturday, September 29, 2007

Glorious Harleyford - Maidenhead Advertiser

   

Castle hydro project called off


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Plans for a £1m hydro-electric plant in the Thames to power Windsor Castle are abandoned.

World's Biggest Coffee Morning

The aroma of fresh coffee was wafting around Maidenhead today as organisations joined a national fundraising drive to hold the World's Biggest Coffee Morning.

Friday, September 28, 2007

No time for complacency over foot and mouth

Government experts have warned people living in the Royal Borough to remain
vigilant in the fight against the spread of foot and mouth.

Disease restrictions to be eased


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Restrictions over foot-and-mouth will be eased in some parts of the UK but not in Oxfordshire.

Riverside expansion for Bodleian library approved - Guardian Unlimited

   

Diversions in the Oxford area for works autumn/winter 2007

Diversions will be in place in several places on the Oxford section of the Pathover the autumn and winter for bank/lock work to be carried out. See the closures and diversions page for maps.

Thursday, September 27, 2007

Size is everything to a mayor consumed by edifice complex - Guardian Unlimited

   

Foot and mouth - negative results

Initial tests for foot and mouth disease on animals at a Fifield farm
have proved negative, the National Farmers' Union (NFU) has revealed.

'Aspirational' £1million for waterway scheme

A multi-million pound dream to rejuvenate the centre of Maidenhead by transforming it into a picturesque riverside scene has moved closer to a reality.

Downpours cause more flash floods

Torrential rainfall flooded  parts of Maidenhead and rendered sections of roadpractically impassable.

History of pier boats uncovered - Richmond and Twickenham Times

   

Homes in Gateway at serious risk of flooding - This is London

   

Call for Thames pollution warning


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Warnings must be given when the River Thames is contaminated by sewage, a survey suggests.

Suspected foot and mouth in Fifield

Diseased lambs on a Fifield farm were being tested for foot and mouth yesterday as fears grew the contagious virus had reached Maidenhead's doorstep.

Literary festival celebrates library revamp

Press Release - 26/09/2007 Book lovers are invited to three literary events being staged to celebrate the refurbishment of Hampton Wick Library.

Foot and Mouth restrictions on Thames - Motor Boats Monthly

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Brick Lane film pulled from Royal Gala

A ROYAL screening of the controversial film Brick Lane has been pulled ? because of diary clashes. But Bengali groups in the East End have welcomed the decision believing the film would have created controversy in the east End. It had been hoped the Prin

Environmentalists stop artist dumping plastic in river

AN ENVIRONMENTAL agency has condemned a stunt by a performance artist who planned to dump rubbish in the Thames as a protest against waste. Mark McGowan who is represented by the Guy Hilton Gallery in Fournier Street had planned to drop a van load of pla

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