Gareth Law, who manages the nearby Black Horse pub, said he had felt a lot of "tension" in the community as Rover veered towards collapse.

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About 20 people have invested money in a bid to purchase the freehold of the Black Buoy pub, in Wivenhoe, which closed about six weeks ago.

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For example, eight months ago, Lindland convinced the proprietors of the Black Horse pub, his favorite watering hole in San Francisco, to add Cordarounds as an item to its drink menu.

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The prince was asked for a donation to the mountain rescue charity by builder Ashley Gill, who found the collection box buried in silt while clearing the Black Bull pub in the town.

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The group met just outside the Black Friar, an ornately decorated pub built in 1905 on the site of an old Dominican friary near the Blackfriars Bridge.

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Sam was a front-seat passenger in a black Vauxhall Astra which left the A449 and hit a tree, near the Island Pool pub, at about 01:00 GMT.

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