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The Migrants Resource Centre – helping those far from home

There is a tired building on the corner of a well-heeled London street where migrants are taught life and communication skills.

The building belongs to the Migrants Resource Centre (MRC) – an organisation that holds out an under-funded hand to some of London’s newest arrivals.  Its aim is to provide: “a range of free services to support migrants, refugees and asylum seekers to enable them to contribute to society in the UK”.

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Rates, racing, war and crime … and the size of bonnets

 

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All the drama and fretting from this week, April 5, 1879 as presented by The Graphic, an illustrated weekly newspaper from London. The text and illustrations are as produced in the original publication.  (Links to recent articles in today’s media on the same, or similar topics, have been added for interest.  These are marked by a different coloured font in the text.)

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High stakes and tragedy: the gutsy glory of the Grand National

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The sweat and thunder of the Grand National is on its way.

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