Recently by Carl Kirby
THE news that more than a third of Londoners have never visited a farm means an Isle of Dogs site is more important than ever.
Mudchute Park and Farm had been turning away school bookings because its popularity was overtaking capacity.
But the urban farm, the largest of its kind in Europe, was saved when US investment bank Lehman Brothers, based in Bank Street, donated #65,000 so it could build a new educational "living classroom".
MORE than 30 dragon boats will mark the start of the Chinese rainy season in the traditional way.
The battle of the paddles at the London Regatta Centre in Royal Docks is set to attract thousands of competitors and spectators.
The London Dragon Boat Festival 2007, which also marks the 10th anniversary of Hong Kong's handover to China, will be held on Sunday, July 1.
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