Extra, Extra

Nelson gets a facelift, including the removal of a generation's-worth of pigeon shit.

Channel Tunnel train to be named after Dame Kelly Holmes. Apparently, 'The route's other trains will also be named after Britons famous for speed'. [Insert predictable celebrity drug-taking gag here.]

Bidding for the rights to distribute a free afternoon newspaper on the Tube has begun.

Fire at former Dickens home.

And finally, a rather upsetting story about gravestone health and safety regulations.

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