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Royal Botanic Gardens director Richard Barley is sharing his knowledge with the restoration team.

Kew Gardens boss advises on Winter Gardens project

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A new artwork of swimming fish has appeared on a police box in the City of London, sparking speculation that it might be the latest Banksy.The elusive street artist has not yet claimed the piece, but if he does it would be his seventh artwork to be unveiled this week in various locations across the capital.The aquarium-like design on the police box differs from Banksy’s previous silhouette artworks in that the school of fish has been painted with more detail and tone.The artist has revealed a new animal artwork each day this week – including a goat, elephants, monkeys, a...

New swimming fish design on London police box thought to be latest Banksy

Baby beavers have been born in urban London for the first time in more than 400 years, a conservation project said. The family of Eurasian beavers were introduced to a nature reserve in Ealing, west London, in October as part of a project that aims to get the public to engage with nature, to study biodiversity improvements and to monitor flood mitigation effects.

First baby beavers born in urban London for 400 years

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A new piece of artwork at London Zoo has been confirmed as belonging to Banksy, marking his ninth artwork in the capital in nine days.The new piece, located on a shutter at the zoo’s entrance, shows a gorilla lifting it up allowing a number of birds to escape, while the eyes of other animals can be seen lurking in the darkness.The work, which the artist has posted on his official Instagram account, appears to tie in to previous pieces, with animals scattered around London outside of their natural habitat.The Zoological Society of London (ZSL) confirmed that it will protect the...

Banksy unveils ninth artwork at London Zoo

The artist Banksy has confirmed he is behind a new artwork of two pelicans above a fish and chip shop in north-east London. The birds are shown in silhouette, fishing, above the the shop on the corner of Pretoria Avenue and Northcote Road, Walthamstow. It is the fifth London image this week Banksy has confirmed is his work.

Fifth Banksy in five days appears in London

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It's been eight years since former TV child star Sawyer Sweeten, best known from Everybody Loves Raymond, died tragically by suicide at only 19 years old. Sawyer Sweeten, his twin brother Sullivan Sweeten, and their older sister Madylin, played Ray Romano's TV children on Everybody Loves Raymond, the Emmy-winning sitcom that originally aired on CBS 1996 to 2005.

The Tragic Suicide of Former TV Child Star Sawyer Sweeten ('Everybody Loves Raymond'): 9 Years Later

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An 18-year-old man has admitted being part of a group who left a police community support officer (PCSO) fearing for his life as they violently rocked a police van during the rioting in Rotherham.Footage of the CCTV van being rocked from side to side, with its rooftop mast swinging alarmingly, was one of many dramatic images of Sunday’s violence outside a Holiday Inn Express housing more than 200 asylum seekers.A neighbour of Kenzie Roughley, of Barnsley Road, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, contacted police with video footage of him punching and kicking the vehicle, and his fingerprints were later found on the...

Man, 18, admits to helping rock police van during Rotherham disorder

The daughter of BBC racing commentator John Hunt sent a text urging the recipient to call 999 after she was shot with a crossbow, an inquest heard. Hannah Hunt, 28, and her sister Louise, 26, both died from crossbow bolt injuries in an attack in Bushey earlier this month, Hertfordshire Coroner’s Court was told on Tuesday, while their mother Carol  died from stab wounds. When officers arrived they found Hannah alive in the main doorway of the home, with a crossbow bolt still in her chest, senior coroner for Hertfordshire Geoffrey Sullivan was told.Hannah had texted someone telling them...

Racing commentator John Hunt’s daughter ‘sent 999 text after she was shot with crossbow’

Christopher Taggart and Rhys McDonald were tracked down by police after the posts were spotted.

Pair who posted race hate messages on Facebook jailed

Staff from an animal sanctuary have rescued a cat and six kittens abandoned without water on the hottest day of the year so far. Hopefield Animal Sanctuary in Brentwood, Essex, said the animals were found nearby on Sawyers Hall Lane on Monday at about midday when the temperature had reached 32C (90F).

Kittens 'dumped' in box on hottest day of the year

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"They accidentally gave us 2 washers and a dryer when we only ordered 1 of each". Last month, Lowe’s experienced a glitch that lowered the price of its $2,300 Midea jumbo capacity refrigerator to just $169.

‘Lowe’s messed up’: Shopper says they got $2,300 fridge at Lowe’s for just $169

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HEARTBREAKING tributes have been paid to a “wonderful” Brit holidaymaker who died after allegedly being assaulted by a nightclub bouncer in Gran Canaria. Scott Lacey’s devastated “partner and friends” were said to have been partying with him when the doorman put him in a chokehold known as the ‘Lion Killer’ during a night out in […]

Tributes to ‘wonderful’ Brit tourist who died after ‘bouncer put him in horror Lion Killer chokehold’ in Gran Canaria

Coroner Paul Marks said the death was accidental with the cause confirmed as chest injuries.

Farmer dies after being run over by his own Range Rover

The former prime minister brings a speech to an abrupt end when the banner - which also reads "I crashed the economy" - appears.

Liz Truss leaves stage as lettuce banner unfurls

For 149 years, a Lake District town has played host to a Christian convention that has grown from a small affair in a vicar's garden to a big annual gathering, drawing crowds from all over the world. Keswick Convention now takes place over three weeks in the summer and this...

'Wrong time' for Christian convention as trade hit

A man in his 20s died after a "medical incident" at the Boomtown music festival, police have said. The festival-goer was transferred to hospital from the site near Winchester on Saturday evening and pronounced dead in the early hours of Sunday. Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary said the death...

Festival-goer dies after 'medical incident'

Stones were thrown at a man in parkland in Belfast in an incident which police are treating as a racially-motivated hate crime. It is the latest in a series of racially-motivated incidents since the start of August. Police said the man was walking in the parkland off Manse Road in...

Stones thrown at man in racially-motivated attack

Up to 500 mourners have attended the funeral service of teenager Jay Slater “who touched the lives of so many people”.Family and friends packed into the chapel at Accrington Crematorium to pay their respects to the 19-year-old from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, who died while on holiday in Tenerife.Many others watched in the drizzle outside as the proceedings were relayed on a specially erected big screen.At the wishes of his family, most wore the colour blue in his memory including his work colleagues from PH Build Group, where he was an apprentice bricklayer, who wore T-shirts with ‘Forever 19’ on the front.Funeral...

Jay Slater’s friends and family wear blue for funeral of ‘forever 19’ apprentice

Hannah Jacobs died within hours of sipping a Costa Coffee hot chocolate made with cows' milk.

Confusion may have led to Costa allergy death - inquest

Two more people are charged overnight in connection with the city centre violence.

Boy, 15, charged over violent disorder

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Chelsea Flower Show garden opens at city hospital

The garden was moved from London to Chapel Allerton Hospital in Leeds to help patients'...

Chelsea Flower Show garden opens at city hospital

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