An elderly homeowner whose bungalow lost half of its value due to the spread of Japanese knotweed has now become?embroiled in a legal battle with Network Rail over who will pay to eradicate the plant.
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A huge diorama of the Battle of Waterloo has been restored to its spectacular
former glory after a painstaking cleaning operation to remove 40 years of
dust from 31,000 figures on it. Conservationists Kelvin and Mary Thatcher
spent five months blowing and sucking grime off the 21,500 toy soldiers and
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Picture: Phil Yeomans/BNPS