Williams defeated Elena Vesnina, 6-4, 6-2 in the opening round and Francesca Schiavone, 6-4, 7-5 in the next round. Meanwhile, Kirilenko won her opener against Jie Zheng, 7-5, 6-2 and ousted Urszula Radwanska, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2) in the Round of 32.

The veracity of Holls paintings is linked to the origin of many of them in the wood engravings he created for that extraordinary publication The Graphic. Founded in 1869 as a rival to the Illustrated London News, the weekly periodical employed fine artists like Holl, Hubert Herkomer and Luke Fildes to represent the destitute denizens of Londons streets and slums. Like Dickens on his "night walks" Holl tramped through highly dangerous areas of London including the East End, the Docks, and the notorious slum of St Giles to show readers scenes they may have read about in the books of Henry Mayhew and Dickens, but had never seen.

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The amendments to the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Bill, which is working its way through parliament after the conclusion of the , follow years of scandals and crises stemming from the City of London.

The police operation was an international affair, and involved co-operation between "the Brits, with the Germans, the French, the Turks [and] some wobbly co-operation from the Ukrainians," Glenny said.