By ED HARRIS LONDON'S newest tourist attraction made history at the Tower of London today. The first female Beefeater started work in full uniform for the first time and looked like a woman already in love with her work.

For this first time in history a female Yeoman Warder was posted up at the Tower of London in full uniform Monday. Moira Cameron, 42, said it was a great privilege to be a Beefeater, adding: This place is magical. It's just a wonderful job and I'm very, very lucky to have it.

The first woman to join the ranks of the Beefeaters in more than 500 years has mastered the Ceremony of the Keys, the nightly locking-up ritual of the Tower of London guards.

CROXTETH Hall has joined the Tower of London to hold a top education accolade for quarter of a century. The venue has won the Sandford Award for Heritage Education for the fifth time. Judges praised excellent educational programmes and resources for children at the hall and country park .

The Tower of London has decided to keep its famous ravens indoors to protect them from bird flu, it has emerged. Special aviaries have been created for the six birds within one of the towers of the fortress on the Thames as the deadly disease spreads across Europe.