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• 22/08/07 05:47

  Notting Hill prepares for carnival weekend
  

  Final preparations are underway in West London for the Notting Hill Carnival, which takes place this weekend. The carnival has been a yearly fixture in the capital since 1965, with parades on both the Sunday and Monday of the August bank holiday weekend that each attract up to half a million people.....

  
  

• 21/08/07 03:34

  Wye Valley explored by ‘Great British Journeys’
  

  A BBC series highlighting notable British journeys continues tonight, exploring an influential river trip through western Britain. In the eighteenth century, William Gilpin travelled much of the River Wye, from its source in mid Wales to its confluence with the Severn Estuary.....

  
  

• 20/08/07 04:08

  Final countdown to Liverpool’s 800th birthday
  

  The City of Liverpool celebrates its 800th anniversary this week, with a string of events culminating in a huge birthday party. The city’s birthday celebrations don’t officially begin until Liverpool 800 Day, on 28 August, but this Wednesday marks the beginning of the Cavern Club’s International Beatles Week Festival.....

  
  

• 17/08/07 02:19

  Doncaster Racecourse reopens in good time for St Leger
  

  Doncaster Racecourse in South Yorkshire is open for a ‘trial day’ of racing, ahead of the prestigious St Leger Festival in four weeks’ time. The racecourse was closed in December 2005 to allow for the building of a £32 million, five-tier grandstand.....

  
  

• 16/08/07 11:55

  South Coast set for aerial spectacles
  

  Crowds on the south coast of England will have their eyes on the skies over the next few days, as several free aerial displays get off the ground. The Eastbourne International Airshow begins today, and is expected to draw 800,000 visitors.....

  
  

• 15/08/07 02:58

  Welsh Secretary enters Cardiff rugby travel “chaos”
  

  Welsh Secretary Peter Hain has become involved in discussions about travel arrangements for a Rugby World Cup game at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium. The tournament’s second quarter-final game is scheduled to start at 8pm on Saturday 6 October.....

  
  

• 14/08/07 03:17

  New rail operator for East Coast London-Scotland route
  

  National Express has won the contract to operate East Coast rail services between London and Scotland, the government has announced. The InterCity East Coast rail franchise consists of services connecting London to Scotland via Peterborough and the North of England.....

  
  

• 13/08/07 11:29

  Norfolk whisky distillery opens its doors
  

  The first whisky distillery to be built in England for over a hundred years opens to visitors this week. The St George’s Distillery at East Harling in Norfolk cost £1 million to build, and began production last December.....

  
  

• 10/08/07 12:41

  Football season ready for kickoff
  

  The English football season resumes this weekend after its three month summer break, with seven Premiership fixtures on Saturday alone. Sunderland and Tottenham get the season underway with a 12.....

  
  

• 09/08/07 05:50

  Train company hires platform poet
  

  A train company has taken the unusual step of hiring a poet to perform for its passengers. First Great Western has commissioned Sally Crabtree, “the pink wigged pocket Venus from Cornwall”, to perform from 14-17 August.....