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British Driver Says Shes Sorry In Twit And Run Case
A screen capture shows a tweet sent by Emma Way after she was involved in a collision Sunday. She has apologized for the incident. A British driver who struck a cyclist with her car -- and who then bragged about the incident on Twitter -- has issued an apology. The incident caused an uproar after the collision Sunday. "Definitely knocked a cyclist off his bike earlier - I have ...
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Nick Clegg tells voters to not get too hung up about MPs holidays
People should not get too hung up about how long MPs spend working at Westminster, said Nick Clegg today - as they started yet another two-week break. Top ministers have lectured voters on the need to work harder to help the economy recover but the Deputy PM brushed off suggestions politicians had an easy life. He said: "There has been a massive improvement in the quality and intensity of ...
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Woolwich attack Religious groups condemn beheading of soldier
Religious groups and charities came together tonight to condemn the attack.The Muslim Council of Britain said the killers' use of "Islamic slogans" indicated they were motivated by their faith.A statement from the council said: "This is a truly barbaric act that has no basis in Islam and we condemn this unreservedly. Our thoughts are with the victim and his family."We ...
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David Cameron humiliated after claim he raised tax in Google meeting is immediately rejected by firm
David Cameron was left humiliated tonight after his claim to have raised tax avoidance with Google was rejected out of hand by the web giant.Mr Cameron said he "raised very directly" tiny tax bills paid by corporate giants like Google with the company's chief Eric Schmidt at a business meeting on Monday.The Prime Minister's claim came ...
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IMF tells George Osborne austerity isnt working in damning verdict on UK economy
George Osborne was warned today that Britain faced years in the doldrums unless he changes economic course. In a withering verdict on the UK economy, international finance chiefs said austerity measures were a "drag on growth" and called for investment on schools, roads and housing. The International Monetary Fund said Britain was "still a long way from a strong an sustainable ...
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British soldier beheaded in Islamist machete attack
A man thought to be a serving British soldier was killed by two armed men in a frenzied attack on a London street Wednesday, in what the government is treating as a suspected act of terrorism. Witnesses told of a gruesome scene in which the man was hit by a car, then hacked with cleavers and his body dumped in the middle of the ...
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Woolwich attack meat cleaver knife and jihadist claims filmed on mobile
o British soldier dead in suspected terror attack in Londono Knife attack near barracks 'an eye for an eye', says suspect o Killing in street is 'absolutely sickening' says prime ...
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Woolwich attack Attackers shouted Allah Akbar before hacking British soldier to death
Further details of the Woolwich attack have emerged, and it is thought to be the first act of terrorism in the UK since the 2005 London ...
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Woolwich attack Reaction to soldier murder as David Cameron vows Britain will not buckle in face of terrorism
The Prime Minister called an emergency Cobra meeting after a man, believed to be a soldier, was hacked to death in broad daylight by two suspected ...
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Mayor pictured driving through Tesco supermarket front door
A town mayor accidentally drove through the front doors of his local supermarket - just five days after he was elected.Terry Buckle, 73, was trying to park in a disabled bay when his car suddenly lurched forwards through the Tesco Express store.The movement set off sensors which opened the automatic doors - allowing his vehicle to enter with only minor damage.Former bus driving instructor Terry ...
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Terror in Woolwich One woman was crying - ‘They killed him. They killed him’
Some described this part of south-east London as a peaceful and quiet place, while others said there was "always trouble". All were stunned by the cruelty that had bloodied their streets. Olu Peluola, 53, was one of the people who saw the sickening scene unfold. "I saw a man's body lying in the street. There was a man standing beside him holding a knife," he said. ...
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Woolwich killing horror on John Wilson Street
London .At about the same time, in the nearby Musgrave primary school, the headteacher David Dixon ordered a lockdown after seeing the body of a man - believed to be a young soldier - lying on John Wilson street.If there was any doubt why this young man, who witnesses said was aged in his early 20s and wearing a Help for Heroes T-shirt, had lost his life in such a brutal fashion, that was soon ...
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Letters Paying tax is absolutely a moral issue
Never mind morals, tax is all about the rules , 21 May). A great many ordinary people see payment - or rather non-payment - of tax as fundamentally a moral question. Perhaps it might be talked about as justice or fairness, but it boils down to the same thing. Christian Aid supporters have been campaigning on matters of tax justice for five years.At the heart of their concern is the moral ...
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Google boss calls for a rational and predictable international tax system
Google boss Eric Schmidt, explaining his firm's tax affairs, says: 'Virtually all the American companies have tax structures like this, and UK companies operating in the US do too.' Photograph: Olivia ...
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George Osborne warned by IMF that cuts pose headwinds to growth
George Osborne was on Wednesday urged by the International Monetary Fund to rethink his plans for a 10bn tax-and-spending squeeze this year, as part of a broad based attack on the coalition's economic policies.After a fortnight's fact-finding mission in London, the Washington-based lender warned that the planned package of spending cuts and tax rises would "pose headwinds" to ...
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One dead as police attend serious incident in Woolwich
Terror in Woolwich: Britain 'will not buckle' in the face of terrorist attacks, says David Cameron after soldier is murdered in the ...
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Wagner wants England ‘to hate him’
New Zealand's Neil Wagner, second left, said he wanted to make England's batsmen hate him and get in their face as the Black Caps look to square the Test series. (AP Photo/Kirsty ...
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Man jailed for smothering mother
police said today.Robert Archbold, 49, said he got into a row with retired vet Jane Archbold, 77, at their home in Ambleside, Cumbria, and put his hand over her mouth "to shut her up".He admitted her unlawful killing on the grounds of diminished responsibility but had denied murder in a trial at Preston crown court.Archbold, known to family and friends as Adam, was arrested in nearby ...
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Sharon Osbourne returns to X Factor panel
The X Factor judging panel to replace Tulisa Contostavlos, ITV has confirmed.She will join Louis Walsh, Gary Barlow and Nicole Scherzinger - who have all signed up - on the ITV series when it comes back to screens later this year.Osbourne, last on the show as a judge six years ago, had been widely expected to return after it emerged she had been in negotiation with programme chiefs. She said she ...
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Country diary Crook County Durham Ive often seen bees infested with mites but rarely one so heavily laden
, fell from a truss of flowers and landed almost at my feet, brushing her legs over her furry back as if to rid herself of some irritation.When I knelt to look closely I could see the source of her apparent torment - dense clusters of pink mites, clinging to her fur in crevices that were beyond the reach of grooming. I've often ...
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Googles Eric Schmidt believes one company is an island
he suggested at a public event that laws older than 50 years or so shouldn't apply to internet companies, and that it might be fun to have an island where Google could dabble in new ideas without all the silly meddling of governments. (That's only a slight paraphrase.) The only way he could have seemed more like a Bond villain would be if he had been stroking a cat while speaking.While ...
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Afghan interpreters risk being failed by bureaucracy
Downing Street has denied reports that its scheme is open only to interpreters who lose their jobs as troops are withdrawn. Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty ...
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Woolwich attack lone wolf and jihadist theories will occupy security forces
Police cordon off a road in Woolwich, London, after the incident in which one man was killed and two others seriously injured. Photograph: Carl Court/AFP/Getty ...
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Germany and Britain Push to List Hezbollah as a Terror Group
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Woolwich suspect believed to be involved in attack - video
Footage obtained by ITV which purports to show two men believed to be involved in a 'serious incident' in Woolwich, south east London, on Wednesday which has left one person dead and two others injured. The man, holding what appears to be a machete, talks to a passersby with the victim of the incident laying behind him in 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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