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Thu May 16 2002 at 16:22:07 Londoners who can remember the state of London and of the Thames about thirty-five years ago, before those vast undertakings of the Metropolitan Board of Works, the system of main drainage and the magnificent Thames Embankment, which have contributed so much to sanitary improvement and to the convenience and stateliness of this immense city, will regret the death of the able official chief engineer, Sir Joseph Bazalgette.
Illustrated London News, March 1891.
Thus read the obituary of perhaps one of the greatest engineers of the 19
th century. Sir Joseph William Bazalgette (1819-1891) was responsible for public health works on an unprecedented scale in the largest city the world had ever known - London. As an engineer he was well known and respected by such contemporaries as Sir William Cubitt, George Parker Bidder, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Robert Stephenson and Thomas Hawksley. Yet he is now largely forgotten, and despite the key rôle he played i
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Posts on social media claim that people can eat and drink whatever they like and not exercise because the inventors of the treadmill and gymnastics and a successful footballer and bodybuilder all died young but the creators of KFC, Nutella, Winston cigarettes, opium and Hennessy lived long lives. Aside from the fact that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other scientists recommend heathy eating and regular exercise to reduce the risk of disease and increase life expectancy, many of the ages at which the post claims these people died also appear to be incorrect.
Patrick Peal on board one of the charity s helicopters.
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“When I took on the role of chief executive seven years ago EAAA was attending about 1,700 missions a year and raising £8 million annually. I’m proud to say both of these areas have significantly increased, by about 60%, with 2,700 missions attended in 2019 and over £14 million raised in the same year. That’s a huge testament to the community that keeps this charity flying and I’m really excited to see how EAAA continues to progress in order to help the East Anglian community even more.”
“I’m really proud to have seen all the years of planning come together over the last few months into a truly spectacular, world-class facility in Norwich.