Removal of the Stone of Scone in 1950 I of England (Longshanks) in 1296 during the struggles against English invasion, which historians call the Scottish Wars of Independence as a spoil of war, kept in Westminster Abbey in London and fitted into King Edward's Chair. Subsequent English and then British monarchs were crowned sitting upon the chair and Stone. At the time, the Stone was viewed as a symbol of Scottish nationhood; by removing the Stone to London, Edward I was declaring himself 'King of the Scots'. In 1950, Ian Hamilton, a student at the University of Glasgow, approached Gavin Vernon with a plan to remove the Stone
The News Building (London) was built on the site of the demolished New London Bridge House, designed by Richard Seifert, and was completed in 2013. At its base is a new station that is part of London Bridge bus station. The building was opened on 16 September 2014 by the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson. In January 2017, Sky News opened its new Business Studio in the building. The studio houses "Ian King Live", Sky's flagship evening business programme, as well as business bulletins. The News Building (London) The News Building is a 17-storey office block in the London Bridge area of London that