The actor has driven a flock of sheep across the River Thames in homage to a centuries-old tradition.
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UK fans wonder if Taylor Swift will say ‘So long, London’ after Eras Tour
As Swift brings her blockbuster Eras Tour to London’s Wembley Stadium, some Swifties therefore are wondering if they are witnessing the beginning of an extended goodbye.
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Banksy has Welsh town ash-shamed
LONDON — Street artist and social commentator Banksy has apparently popped up in Wales, leaving a new artwork on a garage in Port Talbot that references the town’s air pollution. A video posted to his official Instagram account on Wednesday had close-ups of the piece. With the children’s song “Little Snowflake” as a soundtrack, the […]
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Secrets of the royal ravenmaster at the Tower of London
LONDON — There are some weird gigs associated with the British royal household. There’s a keeper of the queen’s stamps. Who knew? There’s a piper to the sovereign and a grand carver and a royal clock winder. And then there’s the ravenmaster, Christopher Skaife, charged with caring for the seven corvids that reside at the […]
Posted inNation / World, sj-web
Crash outside parliament in London treated as terrorism
LONDON (AP) — A car plowed into pedestrians and cyclists near the Houses of Parliament in London during the morning rush hour Tuesday, injuring three people in what police suspect is the latest in a string of attacks in the British capital that used vehicles as weapons. Armed police flooded the area after the incident […]
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Police search for suspect who made London subway bomb
Police and community support officers gather round a police vehicle near where an incident happened that police say they are investigating as a terrorist attack at Parsons Green subway station in London, Friday, Sept. 15, 2017.Fire brigade officers walk within a cordon near where an incident happened, that police say they are investigating as a […]
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Death toll in London tower fire rises to 12
LONDON (AP) — A fast-moving overnight fire engulfed a 24-story apartment tower in London on Wednesday, killing at least 12 people and injuring 74 others, police said. Desperately trying to avoid the flames, residents threw one baby and other small children from high windows to people down on the sidewalk, witnesses said. The inferno lit […]
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Police say terror attack in London, reports of fatalities
LONDON (AP) — Terrorism struck at the heart of London, police said Sunday, after a vehicle veered off the road and mowed down pedestrians on London Bridge and witnesses told of men with large knives stabbing passersby at nearby Borough Market. The violence turned a summery Saturday night in an area packed with bars and […]
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Marjorie L. Soucy
AUBURN — Marjorie L. Soucy, 72, a resident of Dixfield, passed away after a brief illness at the Hospice House of Androscoggin in Auburn on Wednesday, April 26. She was born the youngest of 10 to Albert and Geneva McKinnon on Oct. 19, 1944. She was a 1964 graduate of Mexico High School. On May […]
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IS group claims responsibility for London attack that killed 4
An attacker is treated by emergency services, as knives lie on the floor, with police looking on at the scene outside the Houses of Parliament London, Wednesday, March 22, 2017. London police say they are treating a gun and knife incident at Britain’s Parliament “as a terrorist incident until we know otherwise.” The Metropolitan Police […]