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| One in four Britons worries their finances are out of control, a survey shows. About 27 per cent said they sometimes or always felt they were not in control of their money, while eight per cent admitted they regulary spent more than they earned, according to financial services group GE Money. |
East End gets its own Hyde ParkPlans for the biggest public park to open in London for over a century were unveiled today. "We plan to create another world with wetland habitats and broad expanses of meadows in the centre of east London. This will be one of the great parks of London." The park will house a concert field with room for 50,000 people - in the style on the north London's Kenwood House lawn. Asphalt laid to withstand 4 million expected visitors during the Games will be torn up and replaced with wetlands and meadows. And a 120-metre wind turbine will tower over orchards and vegetable patches designed to encourage local food production. To help Londoners cut their carbon footprints, and eco-pavilion will demonstrate ways of living a low energy lifestyle; while a power station will generate energy using willow from the park's wetlands. Steep scrambles and jumps will be incorporated into fitness trails to challenge walkers and help fight obesity. Gyms, sports pitches, mountain bike trails, climbing walls and canoes for hire will encourage visitors to exercise. The £200m Olympic park will be built around the valley of the river Lea which runs from Stratford's Eurostar station to the Thames. |
