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Michael Portillo to
lead Sheep Drive
THE Worshipful Company of Woolmen has
announced that the Rt Hon Michael Portillo
will be leading the 2019 Sheep Drive over
London Bridge.
On 29 September, the former MP,
broadcaster and railway enthusiast will make
one of his greatest journeys as he leads the
flock of North of England Mules over London
Bridge, accompanied by the Lord Mayor and
Sheriffs.
The Great Sheep Drive is a British tradition
dating back hundreds of years, and will see
more than 600 Freemen of the City of London
take up their historic entitlement to drive their
sheep over what was once London’s only river
crossing and sole trading route. The tradition
is as ancient as the bridge itself and will raise
tens of thousands of pounds for the Lord
Mayor’s Appeal and the Woolmen’s Charity.
Spectacle
This year will also see the addition of a
Livery Fair, taking place around the nearby
Monument. This will provide visitors the
opportunity to learn more about the Livery
Companies of the City as well as specialist
British Wool Trades and the opportunity to
meet sheep.
Mr Portillo said: “The Sheep Drive is a
tradition and spectacle that’s always intrigued
me. I’m honoured to be invited to this
magnificently British ceremony.”
Lord Mayor Peter Estlin said: “I am
delighted to join the Worshipful Company of
Woolmen in taking part in this year’s Sheep
Drive over London Bridge. This event will
raise funds for charities Place2Be, OnSide
Youth Zones, and Samaritans, which are being
supported by The Lord Mayor’s Appeal, and
help people learn about the wool trade.”
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UNIQUE LORD MAYOR’S APPEAL FUNDRAISER HOTS UP
THE Game of Thrones series may have
come to a thrilling conclusion, but the City’s
love for dragons still endures long after John
Snow wandered away into the northern
wildlands.
On 28 September teams from City Livery
Companies, Square Mile corporates, and
charities will ride the crest of a wave to Fairlop
Waters, Barkingside, to take part in the Lord
Mayor’s Appeal’s second ever Dragon Boat
Race – suitably rebranded DragonFest for
2019.
Awareness
Last year’s inaugural edition pulled in more
than £10,000 for good causes, and organisers
are hoping to go even bigger and better this
time around, and conquer choppy waters in the
name of noble causes.
Entrants will compete in the hope of winning
the Lord Mayor’s Cup while raising awareness
of the mental health services available to
residents and workers operating in the Square
Mile.
The event, organised by Lady Lenzie, is
expected to generate thousands of pounds
for the appeal, which during Peter Estlin’s
time in office as Lord Mayor has raised funds
for Samaritans, Place2Be and OnSide Youth
Zones.
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Dragon Boat races
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making a splash: the Dragon Boat Races pulled in more than £10,000 for the LMA last year
Funding boost for security
at places of worship in UK
LONDON Assembly Member Unmesh Desai
has welcomed the government’s decision to boost
funding for the protection of places of worship to
£1.6million.
A new £5m fund has also been opened to
provide security training. Mr Desai wrote to the
government in April, following the Christchurch
and Colombo terrorist attacks, urging them to
increase protections for places of worship in the
UK.
Following the far-right terror attack in New
Zealand in April, which saw 50 worshippers
tragically murdered at their local mosques, Mr
Desai wrote to the then Home Secretary, Sajid
Javid MP, outlining several further measures the
government could take to improve security at
places of worship in the UK.
These included simplifying the bidding
process and ring-fencing the money allocated
to the fund. The simplification of the bidding
process has been addressed directly in the recent
announcement.
Mr Desai said: “I have joined others, such as
Kate Green MP, in calling for better protection for
our places of worship for some time and so this
increase in funding is very welcome.
“From speaking with members of the local
community, I know that increasing the funding
available alone is not going to provide full
reassurance that adequate security is going to be
provided for them, and I will continue to monitor
this situation closely.
“I sincerely hope that the new Home Secretary,
Priti Patel MP, continues to take heed of mine
and others’ calls, as there has undoubtedly been
an alarming rise in religious hate crimes and the
government must ensure that their policies take
account of this.”

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Your weekly puzzle challenge
CROSS CODE
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letters as you identify them.
MAGIC SQUARE
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Using all 16 letters of the phrase above, form
four words each of four letters which will fit in the
grid to form a magic square in which the words
can be read both horizontally and vertically.
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How many words of four
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Guidelines:
30 Good; 36 Very Good;
42 Excellent.
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same word (where another variant
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1. An area known as Poets’
Corner is in which London
building?
2. What is 0.125 as a fraction?
3. What is the American football
equivalent of a rugby try?
4. Who composed the score for
the musical West Side Story?
5. The three principal ingredients
of the dish kedgeree are rice,
smoked fish and what else?
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6. Entrepreneur Elon Musk is the
co-founder and CEO of which
car company?
7. Where might a ‘green room’ be
found?
8. Which sport can be Greco-
Roman or freestyle?
9. The Greek and Turkish
mainlands are separated by
which stretch of water ?
10. What was the name of the
German parliamentary building
which burned down in 1933?
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EQUALISER
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CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
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ACROSS
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8. Forest tree felled (7)
9. Won rich development in
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10. Ban this troublesome
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11. Metalworker who has
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14. Look out, timekeeper has
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outdated trousers (7)
20. Type of sport in which to
make an exit? (7)
21. One who arranges
commander (7)
22. George Dunn went round
the cell (7)
23. Delight a theologian in the
valley (7)
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QUICK CROSSWORD
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DOWN
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1. He does a lot without having
much of a vocabulary
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2. One gets in the rum at first in
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3. Fellow landed north of the
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4. An artist has come up from a
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SOLUTIONS
NONAGRAM:
aegis; ageism; ageist; agent; agin; angst;
easing; easting; eating; enigma; gain;
gait; game; gamiest; gamin; gamine;
gate; gean; gemma; gent; giant; gist;
gite; gnat; image; ingest; mage; magnet;
MAGNETISM; mange; mangiest; mating;
mega; meting; mintage; sage; sang;
sating; seaming; seating; sigma; sigmate;
sign; signet; sing; singe; smegma; snag;
stag; stage; steaming; stemming; stigma;
sting; taming; tang; teaming; teasing;
ting; tinge.
Across – Motor; Champ; Sieve.
Down – Mucus; Trace; Rupee.
Across – Shard; Adore; Glass.
Down – Slang; Aloha; Dregs.
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FIVE ALIVE:
(1)
QUICK CROSSWORD:
Across – 1 Sadism; 4 Thrust; 8 Loafed; 10 Marlin; 11 Tired; 12
Crèche; 14 Morsel; 16 Meet; 17 Onus; 19 Cast; 22 Crag; 26
Thirty; 27 Relate; 28 Argon; 29 Locate; 30 Pearls; 31 Crease; 32
Fester.
Down – 1 Splice; 2 Diadem; 3 Seethe; 5 Head-on; 6 Unless; 7
Tinkle; 9 Diet; 10 Memo; 13 Cedar; 15 Rural; 18 Italic; 19 Circle;
20 Status; 21 Tyre; 22 Crop; 23 Renege; 24 Garret; 25 Geyser.
CRYPTIC CROSSWORD:
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Founder; 12 Airless; 14 Watch it; 18 Hipster; 20 Outdoor; 21
Orderer; 22 Dungeon; 23 Gladden.
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Chasers; 6 Pounce; 7 In the short run; 13 Whooped; 15 Toting;
16 Throng; 17 Stored; 19 Padua.
WORD PYRAMID:
Peaches and cream.
EQUALISER:
Clockwise from top
left – add; subtract;
multiply; divide.
Total: 9.
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CROSS CODE
1 2 3
QUIZ CHALLENGE: 1 Westminster Abbey; 2 One-eighth; 3 A touchdown; 4 Leonard Bernstein; 5 Hard-boiled eggs; 6 Tesla; 7 In a theatre;
8 Wrestling; 9 The Aegean Sea; 10 The Reichstag.
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ACROSS
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4. Sudden lunge (6)
8. Lounged (6)
10. Large marine
fish (6)
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12. Nursery (6)
14. Tiny mouthful (6)
16. Encounter (4)
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19. Players (4)
22. Rugged rock (4)
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War (6)
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28. Inert gas (5)
29. Discover (6)
30. Jewels (6)
31. Fold (6)
32. Suppurate (6)
DOWN
1. Join (6)
2. Crown (6)
3. Boil (6)
5. In direct
opposition (4-2)
6. Except (6)
7. Small bell’s
sound (6)
9. Food regime (4)
10. Short note (4)
13. Evergreen tree (5)
15. Pastoral (5)
18. Slanting script (6)
19. Round shape (6)
20. Social position (6)
21. Wheel
covering (4)
22. Harvest (4)
23. Go back on (6)
24. Attic (6)
25. Hot water
spring (6)

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