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England's week in pictures

James Bond's Golden Gun

The £80,000 golden gun used in the 1974 James Bond film The Man With The Golden Gun was stolen from studios in Hertfordshire.

Accordia flats

Accordia in Cambridge - described as a housing estate for a "post-Thatcherite Britain" - has won the 2008 Stirling Prize for architecture.

Residents are in a flap over the cockerel

A campaign has begun to save a noisy cockerel that has been threatened with "eviction" from a Tyneside housing estate.

Fat Boy the pony

A pony drunk after gorging on fermented apples had to be rescued after falling into a swimming pool in Newquay in Cornwall.

Kingsway Tunnels

A secret network of tunnels under central London that housed up to 80 workers during the Cold War era has gone on sale for approximately £5m.

Queue at Currys store

Shoppers queuing for opening store bargains at Curry's caused long delays on the M5 and M6 in the West Midlands.

Parade in London

Thousands of fans gathered in London to greet Britain's Olympians and Paralympians for a parade to celebrate their Beijing success.




SEE ALSO
Beijing stars celebrate in London
16 Oct 08 |  Olympics
Store opening causes road delays
16 Oct 08 |  West Midlands
In pictures: Kingsway tunnels
15 Oct 08 |  In Pictures
Greedy pony's late night plunge
15 Oct 08 |  Cornwall
Estate wins Stirling design prize
11 Oct 08 |  Cambridgeshire
Bond assassin's golden gun stolen
11 Oct 08 |  Beds/Bucks/Herts


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