Acid attack model Katie Piper gets sight back - BBC News


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Acid attack model Katie Piper gets sight back
BBC News
She lost sight in one eye but doctors at the Queen Victoria Hospital, in East Grinstead, restored it. She said prior to her operation her sight was like "being underwater". Ms Piper, 28, has had nearly 100 operations to treat damage done to her face in ...

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PM congratulates Queen on 60th anniversary - Sydney Morning Herald


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PM congratulates Queen on 60th anniversary
Sydney Morning Herald
Monday marks 60 years since the 25-year-old Princess Elizabeth became the British monarch and Australia's head of state - a milestone achieved by only one other British monarch, Queen Victoria. "For today, it is enough to say we are marking a ...
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In the Thatcher Style - New York Times

In the Thatcher Style
New York Times
The book (has chapters on the actress Joan Collins, the novelist Barbara Cartland, Queen Victoria, the socialite Lady Rothermere and the Fleet Street pundit Janet Street-Porter, as well as on Mrs. Thatcher. Ms. Hamilton, an indomitable Thatcherite ...

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Governor-General sends greeting to Queen - Sydney Morning Herald

Governor-General sends greeting to Queen
Sydney Morning Herald
Ms Bryce noted the warmth and enthusiasm which greeted the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh when they visited Australia last year. It was a "reflection of the immense regard in which you continue to be held", she added. Monday marks 60 years since the ...

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Keep Vic falls, Zambia clean – Suba - Times of Zambia

Keep Vic falls, Zambia clean – Suba
Times of Zambia
By Times Reporter SOUTHERN Province permanent secretary In'utu Suba has challenged travellers and other people using the Victoria Falls border in Livingstone to ensure they keep the facility and surrounding areas clean. Ms Suba said Zambians should ...

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Victoria Town Hall stands tall after restoration - The Hindu


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Victoria Town Hall stands tall after restoration
The Hindu
The Victoria Town Hall, constructed in 1892 in honour of Queen Victoria, faced the threat of demolition in the early 1990s but has now been restored and hosts Corporation council meetings. Municipal council meetings were held in the hall till 1953.

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Learn about Queen Victoria's royal fashions - Wokingham Times

Learn about Queen Victoria's royal fashions
Wokingham Times
Queen Victoria's wedding dress and the gown she wore to open the exhibition have been recreated, entirely stitched by hand, to bring the presentation to life. Visitors are invited to listen to Ms Stapleton give her talk, entitled Queen Victoria in ...

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