Her sister in a phone call then advised her to leave but by that time she found her escape route blocked as flying embers had set fire to her building too. She was forced to climb out of a
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London Fashion Week: Trend round up
February 22, 2012 1 Comment 42 ViewsTrends count for everything in fashion and London is beginning to prove that it has a consensus of ideas. BY Lisa Armstrong and Luke Leitch 22 February 2012 A look from the Peter
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Late Nigerian-British Mayor Immortalised
February 20, 2012 Comment Off 1230 ViewsA late Nigerian-British Mayor, Tayo Shitu, who died in May 2011, was immortalised at the weekend in London with the launch of a foundation in his name to uphold his legacies. The
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East London transformed for Olympic games
January 30, 2012 Comment Off 35 ViewsIt was called "outcast London" for its squalid slums in Victorian times, has the dubious reputation as the haunt of Jack the Ripper, and one of Britain's most polluted rivers runs through its
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London to host cycling festival after Games
January 27, 2012 Comment Off 35 ViewsBoris Johnson, Mayor of LondonA two-day 'festival of cycling' will be the first large scale event to use the Olympic Park when it reopens in 2013 after this year's Games, London mayor and keen
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London looks to legacy 200 days from Games
January 9, 2012 Comment Off 258 ViewsLONDON (Reuters) - The London Olympics countdown entered its final 200 days on Monday with government and organizers talking up the legacy Britain can look forward to long after the last medal has
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Kate Middleton cried during ‘War Horse’ London premiere screening: Steven …
January 9, 2012 Comment Off 169 ViewsThough it's too early to handicap "War Horse's" Academy Award chances, Steven Spielberg's movie got an impressive royal seal of approval Sunday from Kate Middleton. On the eve of her 30th
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Pair convicted of Stephen Lawrence race murder in London
January 3, 2012 Comment Off 29 ViewsTwo men were found guilty in London Tuesday of the racist murder of black teenager Stephen Lawrence in 1993, London's Metropolitan Police said. Gary Dobson and David Norris were
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London to be top holiday destination for 2012
December 29, 2011 Comment Off 38 ViewsThe Olympic Games and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations are expected to make London one of the top holiday destinations for Britons in 2012, according to a report. An increasing
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British Library puts millions of historic newspaper pages online
December 1, 2011 Comment Off 69 ViewsCoverage of the event is found in 4 million pages of newspapers from the 18th and 19th centuries being made available online Tuesday by the British Library, in what head of newspapers Ed King
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