First female Beefeater takes up post at the Tower of London
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The first female Beefeater at the Tower of London overturned more than 500 years of tradition when she took up the post on Monday.
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A new animated version of Peter and the Wolf has its world premiere at London's Royal Albert Hall.
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Europe's first dedicated centre to tackle gangs who bring young women from abroad -- notably from Asia and eastern Europe -- and force them to work as prostitutes was to be opened in Britain.
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A female councillor who was born a man and fathered two children has been sworn in as Britain&#39;s first transsexual mayor.
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The humble pig will be traded for the first time on the London Stock Exchange on Wednesday following the launch of a new market segment for so-called Exchange Traded Commodities.
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London - Lincoln University in the east of England has appointed Britain&#39;s first professor of animal psychiatry, a report said on Tuesday.
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LONDON - A British performance artist has eaten part of a corgi - the breed of dog that is the favorite pet of Queen Elizabeth II - to protest the alleged mistreatment of animals by the royal family.
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Travel: Take your pick of places to see Le Tour's first visit to London.
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Overweight, awkward and anxiety-ridden Bridget Jones showed up on screen at a star-studded London premiere on Tuesday where thousands turned out to cheer the actress who plays pop culture&#39;s beloved antiheroine.
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An attack in which a woman was mauled by a dog in a city street leads to an appeal for help by a council.
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A rare species of robin settles in for its first winter in Scotland after being spotted on a reserve in Aberdeenshire.
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Bird lovers from all over the country have been flocking to Rutland to catch a brief glimpse of the first English-hatched osprey to breed in England for over 150 years.
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Two giant pandas were welcomed like heads of state when they arrived in Spain from China on Saturday to begin a new life in an air-conditioned pagoda and custom-built gardens at Madrid zoo.
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"The only witness who could have supported the version of events reported in some sections of the media refused to give a statement."  A British artist ate a corgi dog, famous for being Queen Elizabeth II's favourite breed, in protest Tuesday after a group including her husband Prince Philip allegedly killed a fox earlier this year. via Raw Story
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SEATTLE - A newly opened store catering to very pampered dogs, especially female dogs, is getting more than questioning looks for its name, High Maintenance Bitch.
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Retro Report May, 1991 - The first Briton into space blasted off yesterday - straight into the record books.   Helen Sharman, 27, was not only the first Briton in space, but also the first woman on a Soviet space mission since the 1984 voyage of Svetlana Savistskaya.
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth launches her own channel on the video-sharing website YouTube.