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Plinth blue cockerel 'inappropriate'
New York :: NY :: USA | 22 days ago
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Blue cockerel 'inappropriate' for Trafalgar Square Artist Katharina Fritsch says the ultramarine blue cockerel symbolises regeneration, awakening and strength A giant blue cockerel will be "inappropriate" for the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square, a
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Recession 'puts prostitutes at risk'
London :: United Kingdom | 1 month ago
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Saturated market 'putting prostitutes at risk' A task group hopes to overcome the problem of under-reporting of violence against sex workers A report says that sex workers in Westminster are at greater risk of violence because of a fall in demand and
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‘Gang of eight' on ivory probation
Bangkok :: Thailand | 2 months ago
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Gang of eight' on ivory probation Environment correspondent, BBC News, Bangkok The latest reports indicate that the illicit trade in ivory has doubled since 2007 The worst offending countries in the ivory trade have been given a strict deadline to
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Scram, serfs: Poor Londoners being booted from city
Liverpool :: United Kingdom | 3 months ago
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Under the UK government's austerity program millions of low income households are facing a hike in their council tax bills of up to 333% a year...Camden council has dropped the bombshell that it will displace 761 of its families. Many criticized the
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Westminster City Council in sex shops court battle
Brussels :: Belgium | 4 months ago
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A local authority is battling against a controversial ruling that stripped it of the right to use licence fee income to curb illegal sex shops in the capital. Westminster City Council, backed by 15 other councils from across the country, today
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Chef Blanc's liver dish banned
London :: United Kingdom | 6 months ago
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Raymond Blanc's lamb's liver off menu after poisonings Raymond Blanc is a director of the company that owns Brasserie Blanc Chef Raymond Blanc's Covent Garden restaurant has been banned from serving an "undercooked" liver dish which left two diners
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We should be protecting Soho's musical hotspots, not bringing in the bulldozers
Leeds :: United Kingdom | 9 months ago
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The recent Olympic ceremonies saw a mass celebration of Britain's music and culture, ceremonies seen by more than a billion people worldwide. Yet the place where so much of that culture was nurtured, Soho, is now in crisis. The heart of London's West
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Snow Patrol get late gig licence
London :: United Kingdom | 10 months ago
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Westminster Council called the curfew "exceptional" and said it was dictated by the Olympic TV broadcast, which is being shown on screens in the park. Snow Patrol will play alongside Stereophonics and Paolo Nutini at the BT London Live gig on 27 July.
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London 2012 crowds to bring Olympic challenge for CCTV team
London :: United Kingdom | 1 year ago
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When the Olympic bandwagon rolls into the UK, the eyes of the world will focus on the Olympic Park in east London . But as up to 4 billion people tune in to watch the world's best athletes, Dan Brown's team will have a very different focus. We are
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Disabled woman who is prisoner at home posts YouTube video slamming housing chiefs
Westminster :: CO :: USA | 1 year ago
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In the video posted on YouTube, titled 'Westminster Council's Shame', the former youth worker demonstrates how she moves around her flat by pulling herself along with her arms and sliding on her legs across the floor. Plight: Footage from disabled
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