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British police have cordoned off an area outside the BBC’s Broadcasting House in central London after a man was spotted scaling the building and using a hammer to attack a statue by controversial sculptor Eric Gill.

London’s mayor has sent a message of support to Hong Kong residents fleeing China’s crackdown on democracy to seek new lives in the United Kingdom.

FILE - Author Maggie O'Farrell poses for the media at the Costa book awards in London on Jan. 25, 2011. O'Farrell's "Hamnet," an imagined take on the death of Shakespeare's son from the bubonic plague, has won the National Book Critics Circle prize for fiction. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)NEW YORK – Maggie O'Farrell's “Hamnet,” an imagined take on the death of Shakespeare's son from the bubonic plague, has won the National Book Critics Circle prize for fiction. “Hamnet,” an unfortunately well timed story for the current pandemic, explores the impact of the boy's illness and death on his family. The book critics circle was founded in 1974 and has hundreds of members around the country.

ROANOKE, Va. – In the Shakespeare world, this cat was a real Claudius but eventually showed his true colors as sweet Romeo. He has been with the Regional Center for Animal Care and Protection for about 3 months. When he first arrived at the shelter, 3-year-old Jam was unhappy and vocal of what he didn’t like. But after staff worked with him on a daily basis, his true personality started to show and the crabby attitude left. Soon enough, the staff learned that head bops and kisses are the way to his heart.