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• Virgin Trains complains after Manchester United scarf flushed down its toilets

  31-12-2018 12:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  Virgin Trains is launching a campaign to ask people to stop flushing strange things down their train toilets. It’s not a silly issue, as around four of their 484 train toilets are taken out of service each day as a result of “inappropriate use”.
  Anyone busting to use the loo (or suffering travel sickness on a Pendolino) isn’t going to appreciate a toilet being out of action on a long train journey.
  According to Virgin Trains, toilet blockages on its fleet currently equate
  
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• Tickets Alert: Occasional openings of Pope’s Grotto

  31-12-2018 11:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  An underground chamber only occasionally open to the public has announced a series of open days for 2019.
  Pope’s Grotto, built by, unsurprisingly, Alexander Pope is the last remaining part of his villa, which he built in 1720 on the banks of the Thames at Twickenham.
  In its time, the Grotto was an object both of admiration and envy, inspiring imitation throughout England. Even today, in its shabby condition, it draws students and enthusiasts from all over the world.Above ground today is a
  
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• London’s Alleys: Swedeland Court, EC2

  31-12-2018 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Swedeland Court is a very narrow passage that is very easy to miss, even as it sits right next to a landmark pub for the area opposite Liverpool Street station.
  Although relatively inconspicuous from the street, it encloses a restaurant and bar, which give it a vibrant character, in contrast with the other alleys in the area which are more often back-alleys, rich in a noisome atmosphere.Swedeland is the Early Modern English name for Sweden, but quite why the alley would have been named after tha
  
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