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Journal of a record collecting geek (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
I decided the other day that I was going to walk the Capital Ring, the 75 mile footpath that encircles Inner London. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_Ring Section One is from Woolwich to Falconwood and starts at the Woolwich Foot Tunnel This is the Northern end, I walked through the tunnel and after exiting on the Woolwich side the walk heads along the river towards the Thames...
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London software testing news UK (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
From Reuters Olympics minister Tessa Jowell has commissioned a viability test on the proposed equestrian venue at Greenwich Park, the shooting facilities at the Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich and the basketball venue on the main Olympic Park. “We have commissioned KPMG to do a report on the equestrian, shooting and basketball venues, looking at whether the Olympic [...]
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Ecademy: user blogs (Free subscription) | yesterday
More great news for Bristol mortgage clients and other clients around the country. Mortgage rate continue to come down! Fees are getting cheaper and more attractive too! Abbey are reducing their rates and fees. http://www.bestadvice.net/bastory.asp?id=14264 Woolwich are reducing their rates too! http://www.mortgagesolutions-online.com/public/showPage.html'page=811985 Hopefully things will start...
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Studio Living (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
And so it begins... three of the proposed 2012 Olympic venues are "being evaluated" to see if they deliver value for money. These are three of the temporary venues, in Greenwich Park*, Woolwich Barracks and a weird temporary basketball arena...
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Granny Buttons (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
John McEwan saw my post about NB Dover from a zillion years ago (in blog years) and asks: 1937 Town Class, large Woolwich motorboat Dover. My father is interested in building a model of this particular Harland and Wolff boat....
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Journal of a record collecting geek (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
...trudge, trudge, trudge. I enjoyed the weekend, stayed in on Sat and just watched football on the tv. On Sunday I walked from Woolwich to Falconwood, this was section one of the Capital Ring. I have decided to walk every section of the Capital Ring accompanied by my camera. I will do a full post on this later and for every subsequent section. On Monday we (Me, Hol, John, Larysa, Alex and Jen)...
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Reuters UK (Free subscription) | yesterday
LONDON (Reuters) - Barclays, said it has cut the repayment rates on some of its mortgages in response to lower wholesale borrowing costs and stiffer competition.Barclays said it was reducing from Friday the rate on its three-year fixed-rate loans, sold under its Woolwich mortgage brand, by 0.28 percentage points.That reduces the rate on loans of up to 60 percent of the value of the underlying...
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Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Olympics minister Tessa Jowell has called in accountants KPMG to carry out a viability test on the proposed equestrian venue at Greenwich Park, the shooting facilities at the Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich, and the basketball venue in the main ADVERTISEMENTOlympic Park.The three have been criticised by local groups and sporting bodies over their cost, impact and legacy."We have commissioned...
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Nothing To See Here (Free subscription) | yesterday
... of detail that paint vivid pictures of these tragic gothic scenes. Take David Selves, aged 12 of Woolwich who "supported his drowning playfellow and sank with him clasped in his arms", or William Donald of Bayswater who "drowned in the Lea trying to save a lad from a dangerous entanglement of weed". Fans of Edward Gorey or Lemony Snicket get yourself down here. At first they seem funny -...
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Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
Olympics minister Tessa Jowell has called in accountants KPMG to carry out a viability test on the proposed equestrian venue at Greenwich Park, the shooting facilities at the Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich and the basketball venue on the main Olympic Park.
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Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
Olympics minister Tessa Jowell has called in accountants KPMG to carry out a viability test on the proposed equestrian venue at Greenwich Park, the shooting facilities at the Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich and the basketball venue on the main Olympic Park.
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Daily Star (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
The direction from Mr Justice Calvert-Smith came as jurors were spending their 11th day considering verdicts following the four-and-a-half-month trial at the high-security Woolwich Crown Court in south east London.The eight Muslim men face two charges of conspiracy to murder between January 1 and August 11 2006, with one charge specifying that the attacks would involve the detonation of improvised...
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Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
Majority option for bomb plot juryThe jury in the trial of eight men accused of plotting to blow up transatlantic passenger jets has been given a majority instruction.The direction from Mr Justice Calvert-Smith came as jurors were spending their 11th day considering verdicts following the four-and-a-half-month trial at the high-security Woolwich Crown Court in south east London.The eight Muslim...
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icWales (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
Majority option for bomb plot juryThe jury in the trial of eight men accused of plotting to blow up transatlantic passenger jets has been given a majority instruction.The direction from Mr Justice Calvert-Smith came as jurors were spending their 11th day considering verdicts following the four-and-a-half-month trial at the high-security Woolwich Crown Court in south east London.The eight Muslim...
