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Q How often does the Tower Bridge in London open? A The bridge operators say that, on average, it opens roughly 800 times a year. Captains of ships which require to pass through the bridge need to giv

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Six runners. Twenty-four hours. One wildly overambitious mission: to visit all of London’s most iconic landmarks on foot. But can they outrun the clock?

You’ll never forget your first sight of the bridge 100 feet above the Atlantic Ocean. It runs from the County Antrim clifftop to the rocky island of Carrick-a-Rede. Erected in 1775, the bridge enabled

The world’s biggest digital camera telescope has started ...