There were those who said the city was seeking to prevent demonstrations against the Iraq war and those of a more nostalgic bent who simply remembered a time preregulation when the Great Lawn played host to Simon and Garfunkel concerts and large-scale papal Masses.

I was able to take the second trick with the queen of hearts.

International Rugby League winger Noel Pidding – Football's Bradman – piled up a cricket score, 34 points, against America yesterday.

My council have adopted the Private Street Works Act, 1892, and are about to make up as a private street a portion of an old manorway, which has never been dedicated to the public.