We walked in a warm drizzle along Main Street, which was nearly deserted, with a few parked cars and no pedestrians.

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Shropshire's first Street Pastors have said they received a warm welcome on their first night out.

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On the way to the Holiday Inn, which was the main gathering place for the international press corps during the siege, both sides of the street were crowded with families walking under a warm afternoon sun.

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David Cameron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have held "open, warm and friendly" talks about the controversial EU budget, Downing Street says.

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But with the gentrification and subsequent zillionaireification of neighborhoods such as SoHo and TriBeCa, on warm spring and summer nights there's almost as much action up under the stars as on the street below.

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