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England on top of S. Africa despite Trescothick blow
NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) -- Swing bowler James Anderson captured five wickets on Saturday to dismiss South Africa for 362 but not before the tourists had reduced the first innings deficit to 83 runs in the third cricket test at Trent Bridge. England then lost opener Marcus Trescothick to the first ball of the second innings and stumps were drawn after an absorbing day's play. Facing the ...
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Unusual Smith dismissal lifts England vs. S. Africa
NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) -- England on Friday cheaply dismissed South Africa's record-breaking batsman Graeme Smith for the first time in the series to take control of the third cricket test at Trent Bridge. After England made 445 runs in its first innings, South Africa struggled to 84 for two by stumps on the second day, batting under pressure for the first time. England dismissed ...
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Smith eager for S. African series win in England
NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) -- Captain Graeme Smith said Wednesday his team needed to be relentless and ruthless to win South Africa's first series in England since 1965. The Proteas lead the five-test series 1-0, and Smith, 22, singled out the Thursday's third test at Trent Bridge as the most crucial for his young side. South Africa failed to win its two previous series here in ...
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Vaughans England at crossroads in South Africa series
By Charles Froggatt, CNN NOTTINGHAM (CNN) -- As South Africa reinforces its test-winning lineup with all-rounder Jacques Kallis, England and newly-appointed captain Michael Vaughan find themselves at a selection crossroads as they attempt to come back after last ...
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Newark gas explosion Four people rushed to hospital as house is destroyed
Four people were rushed to hospital after a massive gas blast reduced their home to rubble.Neighbours helped one injured man before firefighters scoured the remains of the three-bed terraced house and pulled three people to safety.There were reports on Sunday that another person could still be trapped.Isla McDonald, who lives opposite, said: "I was sat in my front room and suddenly there ...
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Ryanair profits and customers rise
Europe will dampen growth this year.The Dublin-based company, which operates on more than 1,600 routes, carried 79.3 million passengers in the year to 31 March, an increase of 5% on a year earlier as revenues improved 13% to EUR4.8bn (4.1bn).Post-tax profits rose to EUR569m and the airline is hopeful of another rise this year, albeit at a slower rate of growth as economic conditions put pressure ...
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High inflation here to stay says leading forecaster
inflation was here to stay.The Ernst & Young Item Club, which uses the Treasury's model of the UK economy for its forecasts, estimates that persistently high inflation has already knocked almost 3% off UK growth in the last three years.It expects inflationary pressures to peak over the summer and said it is unlikely the CPI measure will dip below 2.5% over the next four years.While the ...
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Briton arrested over deaths of his two children in Lyon say reports
A British man has been arrested after his two children were found with their throats cut in France, according to reports. The man was allegedly seen fleeing on rollerskates from his flat on the outskirts of Lyon.The bodies of the children, a girl aged five and her brother, 10, were found on Saturday in their father's second-floor flat at Saint-Priest, a south-eastern suburb of the ...
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Rolf Harris returns to stage for first time since arrest over sexual assault claims
first live show since his arrest , loyal fans gave him a standing ovation and displayed banners offering their support.The delighted 83-year-old told 1,800 supporters: "I would like to thank you. What would I do without you?"You've no idea what this means - for you all to turn up with such support and such enthusiasm."The return to stage for the Aussie favourite comes just ...
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Guildford Four case detectives cleared from the archive 20 May 1993
Gerard Conlon, one of the Guildford Four, outside the Old Bailey after his release in 1989. Three detectives were cleared of fabricating evidence in the case in 1993. Photograph: JOHN ...
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Independent Scotland open to Cyprus-style bank risks Britain
LONDON -- An independent Scotland would have a vastly oversized financial sector that would leave it vulnerable to a Cyprus-style banking crisis, Britain's finance ministry ...
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Britains Cameron faces party rebellion over gay marriage
Labour Party joins forces with Tory rebels in a vote on his bill. While Cameron, several senior party colleagues and his Liberal-Democrat coalition partners ...
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Church of Scotland to debate controversial subject of gay ministers
The institution's General Assembly will consider whether to allow people in same-sex relationships to be ordained as ministers.A theological commission was appointed two years ago to produce a report on the issue for the Kirk's annual gathering in Edinburgh.A Kirk spokesman said: "On one hand the report offers the Church a way of allowing the ordination of ministers in same-sex ...
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Abu Qatada launches fresh bid to be released from prison
The terror suspect, who recently pledged to voluntarily leave Britain after years of fighting deportation, was jailed in Belmarsh prison in March when his bail was revoked. Qatada will request bail at a Special Immigration Appeals Commission (Siac) hearing in London this morning but faces a challenge from the Government to keep him locked up. Earlier this month, it emerged the controversial ...
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Teenage pregnancies wont be stopped by shaming young mothers | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
Teenage pregnancy. The term still sends terror shooting through my veins, even now, seven years clear of my teens. It hung over me like a sceptre, whispering: "Whatever you do, don't get yourself pregnant." It was the worst thing. The end of everything.This idea, that teenage pregnancy destroys your entire future, that it kills it dead in a baby's heartbeat, has been ...
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Pornography risks should be taught to children as young as five say parents
internet , a survey suggests.It reveals that the majority of parents do not want it to be left to them alone to educate their youngsters about the issue, and a large proportion think pupils as young as five or six should be given lessons on the subject.Russell Hobby, general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT), which conducted the poll, said many young people were ...
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British dad admits killing kids
British national has been arrested in France," a Foreign Office spokesperson told AFP. "We are in contact with the French authorities and we await the outcome of their investigation." Several witnesses said the man fled on roller skates after his former wife encountered him on the stairwell of the building and saw him with bloodstained clothes. She immediately alerted the ...
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Police retain DNA from thousands of children
police and stored on the national database, campaigners say on Monday, citing new figures.Police have taken the DNA of 120,000 children in the last two years, according to figures obtained by ...
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David Cameron writes to Britains tax havens calling for transparency
David Cameron has written to the leaders of Britain's offshore tax havens stressing the need to "get our own houses in order" as he pushes for international action to tackle avoidance schemes.In a message to 10 crown dependencies and British overseas territories Cameron said he backed their right to be low tax jurisdictions but insisted that rules needed to be set and enforced ...
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The same-sex marriage bill does not live up to its aspiration of equality
marriage bill on Monday in parliament they will be discussing legislation that doesn't quite live up to its aspiration of equality. Instead of fully including lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) couples within the ambit of existing marriage law, some aspects of law remain different for gay and straight married couples. I tend to agree with the archbishop of Canterbury that the ...
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Britain weighing gasoline price-fixing probe of BP Shell Statoil
British investigators say they are "urgently reviewing" whether to join a European Union probe of three oil companies for alleged gasoline ...
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Shoppers get on their bike for transplant games
Dedicated charity supporters got on their bikes and cycled over 200 miles to Kent - without leaving Sheffield - to show their support for the Westfield Health British Transplant ...
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Foresters gives customers access to 247 GP consultation service
Foresters Friendly Society has launched a free GP consultation service that provides customers with access to medical advice around the ...
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How the FCA will assess insurer culture
Culture shapes judgments, ethics and behaviour displayed at those key moments, big or small, that matter to the performance and reputation of firms and the service that it provides to ...
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British Army Hiring While Firing Thousands
The Army is sticking the boot into those who think that cutbacks in military spending mean that recruitment has stopped. A new drive to get more young people to join the army has been launched with a short TV ad showing the life of a soldier through his or her boots. The campaign called Step Up is aimed at persuading up to 10,000 young men and women to sign up for army duty in the coming ...
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Edinburgh's tram of indefinite delays
The development of a new tram system for Edinburgh has not been without controversy. Since the project was first proposed as far back as 1999 it took until 2006 for work to actually begin. Since then, there has been one failing after another, with many Edinburgh residents now wondering whether the new tram system will ever see the light of day and, more to the point, whether it is in fact necessary.
Edinburgh had a tram system up until the 1950s and, like many developed cities, it did away with the network in favor of other forms of public transport, mainly buses. Increasingly heavy traffic jams in the capital, however, have prompted city leaders to reconsider and in 2006 two bills went through parliament and were approved. Read more
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