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...Writing of this decay in 1972, the architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner and his colleague Jennifer Sherwood called it “one of the most depressing sights in the whole country”....
...The City was no longer synonymous only with the Square Mile district around the Bank of England, it now had two new offshoots to the west and east....
...The gathering’s official purpose is to raise money for worthy causes such as Great Ormond Street Hospital, the world-renowned children’s hospital in London’s Bloomsbury district....
...Private school fees have risen sharply in recent years, with day schools costing an average of £12,522 a year, boarding schools £30,369 and university tuition fees now £9,000 a year....
...“I ran for school board in a district that was 30 per cent white, and I was elected twice. I don’t want to say we are ever beyond that, but that it’s no longer the first lens that is looked through.”...
...Lilian de Menezes, professor of decision sciences at Cass Business School, says it is important to do as much research as possible when planning production....
...In a Victorian house in Maida Vale, the largely affluent west London district, Tina’s two young daughters are playing noisily with their indulgent grandparents. It is a comfortable family scene....
...About 850 schools were closed in Scotland....
...A grand old house in the historic districts or a condominium on the waterfront costs a fraction of what it would in other US cities....
...Conservative-run Gloucester is cutting street care contracts by £180,000, while Caerphilly, run by a coalition of Plaid Cymru and independents, aims to save £510,000 by cutting spending on catering for schools...
...Reporting by Brian Groom, Andrew Bounds, Chris Tighe, Jonathan Guthrie and Bob Sherwood...
...However, many of those properties will be occupied by public sector and not-for-profit bodies such as schools, meaning the number of companies excused will be lower than the 4,000 headline figure....
...Mr Cameron has also widened his net in traditional Labour areas, saying gleefully he wants a “Portillo moment” in Morley and Outwood, where schools minister Ed Balls looks vulnerable....
...As well as recently condemning the 1971-built, 1,700-pupil Thomas Tallis School and its own 1972-built headquarters building, the local council approved demolition of Greenwich District Hospital in 2006,...
...There will also be an arts academy and three new primary schools in the area....
...But a gleaming new academy school opened on the site in September, signalling that the original blueprint remains alive....
...“I hope kids coming out of school will be able to see a really exciting future in the marine industry on the south coast,” he said....
...The need for immigration has been widely recognised in the financial district, though....
...Sherwood Anderson, the famed author of short stories, lived there in the early 20th century....
...Everyone from Islington tries to get their kids into Camden schools.”...
...Official figures show improvements in school performance for whites and non-whites alike. But the diversity remains striking....
...At the Osmani Primary School polling station, Armin Miah, 34, who had switched from Labour to Mr Galloway, said: “Iraq is the important thing for Muslims here....
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