This weekend celebrations are being held to mark the 800th anniversary of the completion of the first stone-built London Bridge. But why did the inhabited bridge fall out of favour?
Actress Shirley Anne Field this week unveiled a plaque in Waterloo's Exton Street to mark the 140th anniversary of the opening of Action for Children's first children's home.
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