Admiralty Arch is 'not for sale'

LONDON - The British government is to retain the prestigious Admiralty Arch building in central London.

LONDON - The British government is to retain the prestigious Admiralty Arch building in central London.

The Admiral of the Fleet, Lord Hill Norton, who labelled the British Defence Secretary Mr Michael Portillo, "a little creep" over plans to sell the naval buildings, hailed the announcement.

"I'm delighted to have caused an uproar," he said. "By putting a ferret down the hole we appear to have squirted something out."

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