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Five men arrested over claims a child was sexually assaulted at a day nursery
Held: Five men have been arrested over an allegation of a child being sexually assaulted at a day nursery. Officers have been searching this premises in Bromsgrove as well as two ...
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Man arrested in England over south Armagh double murder
O'Hare (33) and his girlfriend Lisa McClatchey (21) died when they were attacked at their home at Tassagh, near Newtownhamilton, in November 2006.Petrol was poured around the house and set on fire.PSNI officers arrested the man in the Essex area on Wednesday with help ...
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Soldiers murder is attack on Britain betrayal of Islam David Cameron
David Cameron said on Thursday the brutal murder of a soldier by two suspected Islamists on a London street was an attack on Britain and a betrayal of Islam. "This was not just an attack on Britain and on the British way of life. It was also a betrayal of Islam and of ...
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David Cameron Murder of brave soldier in Woolwich will make Britain stronger
The brutal terrorist murder of a "brave soldier" on the streets of London will bring the UK together and "make us stronger", David Cameron ...
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Man charged over alleged racist Twitter comments at Northampton Towns Adebayo Akinfenwa and Clarke Carlisle
Ben Townsend, 25, of Norwich Drive in Cheltenham, was charged yesterday with two counts of sending by public communication network an offensive, indecent, obscene or menacing message.Townsend was arrested by officers from Gloucestershire Police on May 8 under the Malicious Communications Act, following an investigation by the force and Northamptonshire police.His arrest followed the allegation ...
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Ingrid Loyau-Kennett the mother-of-two hailed as a hero for confronting Woolwich attackers thought better me than a child
A mother-of-two hailed as a hero after confronting two alleged knife attackers in Woolwich has said she was not afraid as "better me than a ...
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UK immigration continuing to fall as overseas student numbers shrink
Immigration levels into Britain are continuing to fall following a sharp decline in numbers of overseas students coming to this country, the Office for National Statistics has ...
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FCA fines JPMorgan three million pounds
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said it has fined U.S. bank JPMorgan 3.08 million pounds for being unable to show it was giving clients the right advice. The FCA said on Thursday the failings were not corrected ...
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London attacker British of Nigerian origin source
LONDON (Reuters) - British authorities have established that one and possibly both of the men who hacked a soldier to death on a London street was born in Britain of Nigerian descent, a source with knowledge of the investigation said on ...
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United Kingdom GDP up by 0.3
Output rose by 0.3% q/q in Q1 2013 after falling by 0.3% the previous quarter. On year-on-year basis, GDP increased by 0.6%. The main contribution to growth was the changes in inventories (+0.4 pp). Household final consumption expenditure rose also further. Domestic demand had thus offset the negative contribution of net exports to the GDP growth (-0.1 ...
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Lib Dem opposition to communications data bill putting country at risk
After Woolwich attack, pressure is mounting on deputy prime minister Nick Clegg to reverse Lib Dem opposition to the communications data bill. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty ...
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The X Factor Louis Walsh to be paid less than Sharon Osbourne | Media Monkey
judges for the next series - despite being the longest-serving member of the panel. The Sun reports that Simon Cowell has lured Sharon Osbourne back with an offer of 1.5m plus 300,000 to cover flights and stays at London's Dorchester during filming on the series. Gary Barlow and Nicole Scherzinger will also earns 1.5m. Altogether the judges' paybill has risen from 3.7m last year to ...
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Pearson switches Financial Times into new business division
Pearson .As part of the organisation's restructure, the FT Group will disappear and the newspaper will become part of a unit called "professional". Its chief executive will be John Ridding, who is currently CEO of the FT group.Professional will also include Pearson's global English learning business and its electronic testing business. It is hard to see what these three very ...
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Flaws in fraud case show worrying lapses by judges and lawyers | Joshua Rozenberg
Appeal court judges failed to notice several problems with the indictment against White, according to James Richardson. Photograph: Graham Turner for the ...
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UK net migration shrinks further official figures show
The immigration minister, Mark Harper, claims the further fall in net migration is evidence that the government's immigration policy is working. Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the ...
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Ad break Peugeots Wacky Races Heineken add some Irish humour
For the second week running, we have a very silly film directed by ace US director Baker Smith. In last week's Ad Break, he presided over a sordid scene in a winery so it's a relief to see that his latest film is altogether more wholesome: the Aflac duck's recovery after an injury is improved by the peace of mind provided by the insurance company that gave it its nameand a ...
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Ad break Peugeot Heineken Getty Images - video
Two films from Brazil top and tail this week's review of new TV and internet adverts from around the world. One illustrates the emotional potency of the archive owned by the stock imaging company Getty while the other introduces us to live action versions of the Wacky Races characters. In between there's a wise-cracking dad in an online ad for Polycell; a duck which is receiving ...
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Britains Cameron says will never give in to terror
Prime Minister David Cameron said on Thursday the country would remain resolute in its opposition to terrorism after two men hacked to death a soldier in south London. "This country will be absolutely resolute in its stand against violent extremism and terror," he said, on the steps of his 10 Downing Street residence. "We will never give in to terror or terrorism in any of its ...
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British economy returns to growth in first quarter
Set up by Turner Broadcasting-promoted Cartoon Network’s former top official Jiggy George, this is the first time Dream Theatre will work on a local ...
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Modern life is so tough on the skin
Is modern life making you itch? Showers gels, perfumes, soaps and even furniture polish can all be found in our homes and can attribute to itching and skin irritations. Sufferers of skin rashes end up scratching at the effected troubled area causing the rash to get worse until real skin damage can be caused. As summer approaches skin problems tend to increase, Consultant ...
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Simplyhealth opens independent living centre in Bristol
Simplyhealth has opened a centre in the Galleries Shopping Centre in Bristol. The centre stocks a range of daily living and mobility aids designed to make life easier for people with impaired ...
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British PM Seeks Answers to Terrorist Attack
British Prime Minister David Cameron was meeting Thursday with his top security advisers, one day after a man was butchered to death in broad daylight on a south London street near an army ...
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Horrific ordeal of the girls who are victims of the sex gangs revealed in Dispatches investigation
The most striking thing about Sarah is her bright smile and sweet tendency to collapse into giggles.She chats animatedly so it's hard to believe that behind her sunny disposition lies a devastating secret - she is the victim of one of the most sickening crimes this country has ever seen."It was at least once a week, sometimes twice a week, and sometimes it was two in one day," she ...
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Woolwich attack Twitter users confuse EDL with energy firm EDF
Energy firm EDF was the talk of Twitter today after users confused the company with the English Defence League. The unfortunate mix-up occurred after the EDL staged a small protest following the terror attack. Furious Twitter users took to the social network to slam the group for turning up in Woolwich - but many aimed their anger at EDF by mistake. The firm were forced to tweet a number of ...
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Woolwich attack British suspects with Nigerian connections to be questioned by anti-terror police from hospital beds
Details of the two Islamic extremists' backgrounds began to emerge as David Cameron chaired an emergency Cobra meeting to discuss the "barbaric ...
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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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