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Should civil partnerships be extended to heterosexual couples | Poll
voting on amendments to the gay marriage bill including a proposal to extend civil partnerships to heterosexual couples . The government has hinted this could derail the law entirely. Do you think partnerships should be an option for ...
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Whats all this about the EUs democratic deficit | Peter Millar
One of the best arguments against referendums is that they are seldom fought on facts, and more often on buzz phrases or received wisdom, little of it wise. The most commonly heard buzz phrase circulating in Britain's soul-searching over our membership of the European Union is "democratic deficit". It is a phrase much-loved because a) it is alliterative, and b) only vaguely ...
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British Embassy in China establishes countdown clock for London Olympics
British Embassy in China established a countdown clock at the ambassador's residence here on Wednesday to mark the one-year countdown to the 2012 London Olympic Games. "The final countdown will begin. An exciting year of outstanding sporting and cultural events in Britain will set the stage for the greatest (sport) show on earth next summer," said ambassador Sebastian Wood. Zuo ...
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Lyon Divorced British dad slits throats of his two children and escapes on ROLLER SKATES
Police were called to the scene by his French ex-wife when she went to pick up the children and came across him in blood-soaked clothes in the lobby of his apartment ...
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Raheem Sterling Live updates as Liverpool footballer goes on trial for allegedly assaulting a woman
Our man Steve Graves from the Liverpool Post and ECHO is in court and will be bringing you all the latest from the trial as it happens.Sterling was not part of the Liverpool team who beat QPR at Anfield yesterday due to ...
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Hillsborough disaster Senior cop urged PC to make fix complaint
A former top cop who was slated over the Hillsborough disaster "encouraged" a PC to complain about two men who first investigated it. The constable - named on BBC tonight as PC Mark Lewis - made the complaint after talks with Sir Norman Bettison, then South Yorks superintendent. His officers policed the game in Sheffield in 1989 where 96 Liverpool fans were crushed to death. PC ...
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Chelsea Flower Show bankers network among the narcissi
Chelsea Flower Show is where the City hopes to cultivate new business.While the TV cameras will be trained on the Queen's visit and gardening royalty such as Alan Titchmarsh and Carol Klein for the horticultural event's centenary year, big corporates rule the rudbeckias after 7pm.The show's gala dinner attracts some of the top names in business, politics and banking, the highlight ...
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Empty Stores In Malls And Retail Parks Spread
A surge in shopping centre vacancies means almost one in every eight British stores is now empty, according to a new survey. Empty shops now account for 11.9% of retail space, after failures including Comet and Jessops knocked holes in the shopping hubs and out-of-town retail parks. The percentage of UK shop vacancies in April worsened from 10.9% in January and was the highest rate since ...
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Xbox 720 five key points about Microsofts new generation
Xbox machine, which still doesn't have a name - although Infinity is a frontrunner once again. Taking place at the Microsoft HQ in Redmond, the event will be live-streamed across the globe, and should ...
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Gay marriage bill at risk of collapse –No 10
civil partnerships to heterosexual couples.In the strongest indication yet that Downing Street will shelve the bill if "fundamental" changes are made, Miller warned that opponents were in danger of giving the government a "headache".The intervention by Miller, hours before MPs vote on a series of amendments to the marriage (same sex couples) bill, marks an intensification of ...
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Newark gas blast second body found
A second body has been found following a gas explosion that destroyed a terraced house, Nottinghamshire police said.The explosion seriously injured four others, including two children. Up to 100 neighbours had to be evacuated on Sunday night as firefighters were forced to clear debris brick by brick in their rescue attempts.The blast, which devastated a house on a street in Newark and severely ...
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British snowboarder plummets 3600 feet to his death in French Alps
A British snowboarder has plummeted 3,600 feet to his death in the French Alps. The man was desperately trying to make his way along a narrow, steep ridge while being battered by 60mph winds when he fell. He and a British skier he is thought to have met on an internet forum set off to descend the Valle Blanche, a famous off-piste descent, in the Mont Blanc Massif above Chamonix on Saturday. ...
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Michael Jacksons maid saw singer in shower with abuse claim boy
A man's claims that he was molested by Michael Jackson when he was a child have been backed up by the singer's former maid.Blanca Francia, 57, claimed she walked in on Jackson showering with Australian Wade Robson - and is willing to say so in a court battle Wade has launched.Blanca, whose son Jason also insists the King of Pop molested him at his Neverland ranch, said: "Michael ...
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Yoko Ono thanks Sir Paul McCartney for saying she had nothing to do with The Beatles split
Yoko Ono has thanked Sir Paul McCartney for saying that she had nothing to do with The Beatles breaking up. John Lennon's widow said McCartney had been brave to admit last year she "could not be blamed for anything" and John was "definitely going to leave the band in 1970". In a BBC interview, Yoko, 80, added: "Yes, I think he was sweet to say that and probably he ...
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Oscar Pistorius and Reeva Streenkamp cuddle up in last photo - four days before he shot her dead
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Watch the moment half-naked romeo jumps out of window after getting caught in the act by love rival
Dangling from a flat window 30ft high in just boxer shorts and a vest, this romeo makes a quick getaway after he gets caught in the act by his lover's partner. In a scene which could have come right out of a movie, the man escapes using a makeshift rope out of bedsheets. As he does, his lover and her man have a furious argument on the balcony. Crowds gathered below to watch the drama in ...
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Kate Middletons royal shop goes head-to-head with the Queens over royal babywear
Prince William and Kate on tour in Canada shortly after their 2011 wedding.It tells children: "In 2011 Prince William, now Duke of Cambridge, returned to his childhood home with his new wife Catherine."Kensington Palace is now their official London ...
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Coronation Street triumphs over EastEnders at British Soap Awards 2013
left the ceremony in Manchester almost empty handed, with just a Lifetime Achievement award for Adam Woodyatt, who has played Ian Beale since the soap began.ITV soap Corrie proved a hit with fans taking home three out of five of the public-voted awards.Alan Halsall accepted his Best Actor award just after the ceremony had paid tribute to Bill Tarmey, Corrie's Jack Duckworth, who died last ...
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Britains FTSE scales new 5-12 year peaks
Mon May 20, 2013 4:46am EDT * FTSE 100 up 0.2 percent * EasyJet buoyed by Citi target price hike * Bank, pharma sectors lead market higher By Tricia Wright LONDON, May 20 (Reuters) - Britain's top share index rose to fresh 5-1/2 year peaks on Monday, spurred on by robust economic data from the United States and Japan, with technical analysts anticipating further near-term gains. The FTSE 100 ...
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Nigel Farage moves to exploit Tory tensions over Europe with full-page newspaper advertisement
UK Independence Party (Ukip) leader Nigel Farage today moved to exploit unrest within the Conservative ranks, urging discontented Tories to defect to his ...
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Top Gears Jeremy Clarkson bawled out over Twitter baby jibe | Media Monkey
's comments offending one group or another. The Daily Star reports that this time the motormouth has upset the mothers of small children. "When will British Airways realise that babies belong in the hold?", he tweeted. "Mine didn't fly until they were old enough to behave." Cue the usual outrage, and a little support, across the Twittersphere. "I'd rather ...
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Imran Khan blames MQM leader Hussain for killing of activist
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, on Sunday blamed the killing of a political activist on the eve of a partial rerun of voting in Karachi on Altaf Hussain, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader, who runs his party from exile in London.Zahra Shahid Hussain, the vice-president of Khan's PTI party in the southern province of Sindh, was gunned down outside her home in the upmarket Defence ...
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No 10 asks Labour to save gay marriage bill
Labour party joins forces with Tory opponents to vote in favour of granting civil partnerships to heterosexual couples.As David Cameron was accused by the Conservative Grassroots group of showing "utter contempt" for party activists by pressing ahead with plans to equalise marriage, Labour sources voiced fears that No 10 appeared to be trying to find ways of killing the bill.The row ...
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MPs debate gay marriage Politics live blog
Rolling coverage of all the day's political developments as they happen, including MPs debating the gay marriage bill at report stage and latest developments in the 'swivel-eyed loons' ...
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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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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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