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Prince William excited about impending fatherhood
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge attend the UK premiere of "African Cats" at BFI Southbank in London on April 25, 2012. UPI/Paul ...
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Hartlepool Lad aged nine crashed stolen car moments after breaking into house to take keys
A boy aged just nine has admitted burgling a house and stealing the keys of a car that crashed moments later, police said. But the child was too young to be prosecuted because he was under the age of criminal responsibility. Cleveland Police investigated the break-in at a house in Miller Crescent, Hartlepool on May 16, after reports that a red Vauxhall Vectra had been taken and crashed soon ...
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Church of England Plans to Have Female Bishops by 2015
After about 20 years of a divisive debate on allowing women to be bishops, the Church of England published proposals on Friday to approve the ordination of female bishops by ...
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British Ad Campaign Uses Image Of Old Pregnant Woman To Scare Women Into Having Babies Younger
ad campaign in Britain is tackling the other side of the spectrum with an arresting image of a pregnant old woman. The campaign, sponsored by the pregnancy testing company First Response, purports to warn young women that their childbearing years are numbered. The average British woman bears her first child at age 30, 5 years later than American women. In the name of ';provok[ing] a debate ...
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‘My Reaction As a British Muslim to the Woolwich Attack’
Today is a very emotional and difficult day in London. Two days ago we witnessed an event of disgusting proportions. There are so many thoughts running through my head because there are so many aspects to this brutal killing. I feel horror at what has happened and shock that something so barbaric has taken place on our first world streets. I give my condolences for the families. I offer my ...
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England stutter after Cook Trott fall
Leeds – England lost Jonathan Trott and Alastair Cook to successive balls just before lunch as New Zealand rallied on the second day of the second and final Test at Headingley on ...
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Video British intelligence tried to recruit London killer friend says
How two extremists capable of such a gruesome attack were able to slip the net is just one of the questions facing British intelligence services. But now, as Charlie D'Agata reports, there's an astonishing claim that agents actually tried to recruit one of the men six months ...
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Lowestoft embedded car Audi TT driver who ploughed into side of house leaves hospital
A driver whose sports car flew through the air and ploughed into the side of this house has left hospital.Lewis Richardson, 21, was left fighting for life after the crash eight weeks ago in Lowestoft, Suffolk.He was taken to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge with head injuries following the incident in the early hours of March 24.He is thought to have crashed at speed when he lost control ...
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M5 crash Woman dies in motorway crash after driving the wrong way and colliding with four cars
She hit two cars in separate collisions as she drove north up the southbound carriageway from Weston-super-Mare towards Clevedon at 12.30am, Avon and Somerset Police ...
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David Beckham left out of final Paris St-Germain match of the season
Former England football captain David Beckham has played his last competitive match, having been dropped from the Paris St-Germain team to face ...
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BA Flight Fire Investigators Probe Cause
Air accident investigators are probing the reason why a British Airways passenger jet had to make an emergency landing at Heathrow on Friday. It comes amid reports that a technical fault in the aircraft could be to blame and that a part of the plane fell off soon after take off. Seventy five passengers and five crew were evacuated safely from Flight BA762 to Oslo, Norway, after it returned ...
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Boy nine steals keys and crashes car
A boy aged nine has admitted burgling a house and stealing the keys of a car that crashed moments later, police said.The child is too young to be prosecuted because he is under the age of criminal responsibility.Cleveland police investigated a break-in at a house in Hartlepool on 16 May, after reports that a red Vauxhall Vectra had been taken and crashed soon after with a parked white Renault ...
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England Stutter After Cook and Trott Fall
LEEDS, England ...
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Saif bin Zayed receives Director General of Dubai Customs HCT Chancellor
WAM ABU DHABI, May 25th, 2013 (WAM) -- H. H Lt. General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior has received in his office Ahmed bin Butti Al Muhairi, Director General of Dubai Customs and CEO of the Ports, Maritime and Free Zone Authority. Al Muhairi extended thanks and appreciation to Sheikh Saif for attending and participating at the WCO IT ...
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British police arrest man after spy claim in soldier case
Reuters © A woman sits close to the scene of the killing of Drummer Lee Rigby, of the British Army's 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, in Woolwich, southeast London May 24, 2013. REUTERS/ Paul ...
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Gnomes Crash Distinguished Garden Show In England
Decorated gnomes designed by celebrities, including Elton John (second from the right), are featured at the Chelsea Flower Show on Monday in ...
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British sailor is rescued off French coast after colleague raises alarm by phoning builders merchant in DEVON
A British yachtsman swept overboard off the French coast was saved by a firm hundreds of miles away in DEVON. The sailor fell into the sea off Ushant in north-west France on Thursday afternoon. His colleague was unable to understand the French coastguard and so rang his builders' merchant who contacted the UK coastguard. Chris Tucker, who took the call at Crediton builders' ...
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London Stansted Airport Pictured - the dramatic moment a Briton is arrested on tarmac over bomb threat to flight
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Woolwich attack Watch Drummer Lee Rigby grab a takeaway in poignant last known footage of him alive
Drummer Lee Rigby pops into his favourite kebab shop for a snack and a chat on his way back to barracks in the last footage of him alive.And his mate at Kebab Ye, Ali Ulu remembers regular Lee, in his Help for Heroes top, as a favourite customer.Ali, 32, said: "Lee was in here at least three times a week."He would always stop and chat. He would talk about his young son and once showed ...
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Return of the Jedi is 30 years old so celebrate with this bizarre Star Wars merchandise
Happy Birthday, Return of the Jedi! And if this doesn't make you feel old, nothing will: 30 years ago this week the iconic conclusion ...
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Kate Middleton isnt only thrifty royal in town - Prince Harry is pictured shopping at discount store TK Maxx
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Woolwich attack Suspect Michael Adebolajo listened to chilling tape to prepare for death
butchering Drummer Lee Rigby played a chilling tape in his car to prepare himself for death.Michael Adebolajo listened to Journey of the Soul after Death, possibly expecting to be killed after Lee's grisly murder.The tape was inside a battered orange Peugeot 106 Adebolajo had desperately been trying to sell for as little as 125 in the days leading up to the attack.He was shot by officers ...
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Woolwich attack Internet giant Google blasted for failing to remove extremist videos
the Woolwich attack .Thousands of radical videos relating to terror groups like Al-Shabaab were still available on its YouTube site yesterday.Vile messages praising the attack began to appear online just hours after Drummer Lee Rigby was hacked to death.Google said it relied on the public to flag up incendiary material but critics called for it to spend more on tackling the problem.YouTube said ...
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Three arrested ahead of EDL march over racist tweets
Northumbria Police said two people from Gateshead and a third from Stockton, Teesside, were held earlier. The EDL has planned their demonstration for months, but the horrific murder of Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich on Wednesday has heightened tensions in the local community.A counter demonstration by opponents of the EDL has been planned.Northumbria Police said it will "allow people the ...
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International child abduction cases up 81
Child abduction is a "growing problem" with the number of reported cases up by 81 per cent over the last nine years, ministers warned ...
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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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