As noted, London Bridge was always wholly within the City and presumably City planners followed this precedent when the first Blackfriars Bridge was built in 1769. Image: Matt Brown ...

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A menace is lurking around – or rather, above – London's Blackfriars neighbourhood. Red-winged blackbirds have been dive-bombing Londoners trying to make their way across Blackfriars Bridge or ...