"We only found out about 48 hours before, " says Lee Bennett, executive chef at London's Le Pont de la Tour, where in March last year, Gordon Brown ate one of his last meals out as prime minister.

位于伦敦的餐厅“Le Pont de la Tour”曾招待过戈登.布朗，他在去年三月，也就是他任英国首相的最后几天里曾在此用过餐。 李.贝内特是这家餐馆的老板。

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The Wiltshire-based explorer David Hempleman-Adams is out of the 56th Gordon Bennett Gas Balloon Race.

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BBC: Wiltshire