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Hollande Cameron condemn murder of British soldier
French President Francois Hollande and British Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday condemned the assassination of a British soldier in the suburbs of London after their meeting in ...
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Richard Branson first Virgin Galactic flight on Christmas Day
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James Moore The IMF is backing a plan B for Britain
And as with any of its statements there was a little something for everyone in there. But if you'd listened to yesterday's press conference you could hardly come away from it with any other conclusion than that the IMF is quietly endorsing those who argue that plan A (austerity and deficit reduction) is actually damaging the UK economy. The IMF, it's fair to say, is hardly ...
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Israel finds more hostility in Britain
(2 mins ago) A senior Israeli minister described the ';animosity'' shown towards the state by British media, non-governmental organizations and academics, as ';disguised anti-Semitism,’’ in an interview published in today's Daily Telegraph in London. Yuval Steinitz, Israel's intelligence and strategic affairs minister, said he was ...
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English Defence League protest after Woolwich attack – video
Protesters from the far-right English Defence League have clashed with police in Woolwich where a man was stabbed to death by assailants apparently acting on extreme Islamist views. About 100 men, some wearing balaclavas printed with the EDL logo, took part in running skirmishes with riot ...
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New hospital comparison website
A new comparison enables patients and GPs to directly compare nearly 200 independent hospitals on a range of quality of care indicators for the first ...
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Legal General says businesses need more insurance
Many business owners do not realise that director loan accounts are a debt to the estate, which has to be repaid to the family in the event of death. 70% of businesses have no plans in place to be able to do ...
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UK Ambassador Britain and San Diego benefit from special partnership
It is a real privilege to be visiting San Diego for the first time since I became the United Kingdom's ambassador to the United States last year. And it's appropriate to be here in the week leading up to Memorial Day, when attention is duly given to the sacrifices made in battle by military men and ...
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Woolwich beheading analysis MI5s worst nightmare has come true
this kind of attack does not come as a surprise . The next horrific fact we have to face is that it may not be a one-off as al-Qaeda loyalists strive for big, spectacular killings. In fact, MI5 and police Counter Terror Command have known that something as specific as a beheading - preferably in public - has been suggested before. In 2006, there was a plot by a Birmingham terror cell to ...
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Groom jailed for looting the club that hosted his wedding reception
A groom locked up for looting the club where his wedding was held will become a dad in jail.Christopher Richards, 25, usher George Taylor and two others stole booze, computers and DVDS worth nearly 23,000 and caused 24,000 in damage during the burglary.Just six months earlier, kind-hearted club boss Catherine Murphy gave him and partner Bridie Sparks a half-price champagne buffet as the couple ...
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Royal Troon golf club wants to build giant sand dune to hide caravan site from view
A posh golf club wants to build a massive mound of sand to hide a nearby caravan site from view. The bid by Royal Troon to create the 500ft-long 13ft-high dune between the course and Prestwick Holiday Park has been branded snobbish. Furious park owner Arthur McKay says it is designed to mask caravans from wealthy golfers and worldwide TV audiences during the 2016 Open and will block treasured ...
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Oklahoma tornado Inside the school that took full force of killer twister
Little more than 24 hours earlier the children of Tower Plaza Elementary school were sat at these desks eagerly waiting for the bell to signal the end of another day in class.As Oklahomans - or Okies as they are known - each and every one of them were not just taught how to read and write.On entering first grade aged five or six, pupils here are trained to look up, recognise the tint of green in ...
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Julian Stevenson Mum of two kids killed by their British dad in France inconsolable
the first photo of the pair was released .Mathew Stevenson, 10, and little sister Carla, five, were found dead on Saturday, by mum Stephanie Morlet at the home of ex-husband Julian, 47, in Lyon. The youngsters' throats had been slit.Ms Morlet, divorced from Stevenson after walking out of a violent marriage three years ago, hid her tears behind sunglasses at the ...
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Shih Tzu puppy swallows lolly stick almost as long as her entire body
A Shih Tzu puppy was saved by vets after she swallowed a lolly stick which was almost the length of her entire body Lady, who is 15 months old, refused to eat and began to act unusually after swallowing the four-and-a-half inch stick, which got stuck in her stomach. Her owner Sarah Anderson suspected something was wrong, and took Lady to the PDSA PetAid hospital in Old Trafford, Greater ...
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Gary Speeds dad comforted by sporting progress of tragic Wales managers sons
The heartbroken father of football star Gary Speed has told how backing the sporting ambitions of his grandsons has helped him cope.Speaking 18 months after the tragic Wales football manager hanged himself, Roger, 70, said that Gary's teenage boys, Ed and Tom, were "keeping me going".And he spoke of his pride when footballer Ed, 15, got his first cap for Wales Under-16s two weeks ...
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The King and Spy Edward VIIIs phone calls were bugged in abdication crisis top secret documents reveal
It shows an extraordinary breakdown of trust between Edward and his ministers as he decided whether he should give up his throne or the woman he ...
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British bill to legalize same-sex marriage passes another parliamentary hurdle
LONDON--A bill to legalise gay marriage in Britain passed a crucial hurdle in parliament on Tuesday, despite efforts by lawmakers from Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservative party to wreck the ...
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Briton 10 died minutes after injection in India
Gurkiren was killed by health workers in Punjab to illegally harvest her organs, stories of other such unexplained deaths of Britons in Punjab are coming out. The most-shocking case to emerge is that of 10-year-old Damien Herian from Wolverhampton, who complained of a stomach-ache while at a theme park in Jalandhar. The boy was given an injection. Minutes later he was dead, Birmingham labour ...
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British football scores an own goal
The sentimental subtext is clear enough: the words express the awestruck admiration of a grown man reduced, temporarily, to a schoolboy. Football is: gladiatorial heroism, a contest of spirit, technique, physicality and will, with the added spice of luck and (let's be fair here) a bit of acting skill to coax decisions from the referee. That night, this wonderful, heady mix of sport and ...
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Soldier beheaded in street as two shot in suspected terrorist attack outside Woolwich barracks
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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Fatal attack near barracks appears ‘terrorist-motivated’ says British government official
LONDON -- Two men attacked another man near a London military barracks Wednesday, in what British authorities were investigating as a possible terror act. One man is dead and two others were injured.While details were scant, Prime Minister David Cameron called the killing "truly shocking" and said he had asked Home Secretary Theresa May to call an urgent meeting of the ...
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National Briefing | New England Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor to Resign
The lieutenant governor of Massachusetts, Timothy P. Murray, said on Wednesday that he would resign on June 2, a move that surprised the political establishment there. Mr. Murray, who has played a prominent role in the administration of Gov. Deval Patrick since 2007, was once considered likely to try to succeed his boss, but his public image suffered from an early-morning accident in 2011 in ...
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British PM London Killing Appears to be Terrorism
British Prime Minister David Cameron says the daylight killing of a man on a south London street near an army barracks appears to be a terrorist ...
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London attack Britain probes possible Nigerian link
Britain is investigating a possible Nigerian link to attackers suspected of hacking a soldier to death in London while shouting Islamic slogans, two sources with knowledge of the investigation told Reuters on condition of ...
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British Litvinenko Coroner Goes Rogue
London coroner Robert Owen is fiercely pursuing a mission of his own. He wants to know who murdered Alexander Litvinenko. There's just one problem with his crusade. It's never been officially established that homicide was involved in the death. Litvinenko is the reputed Russian spy who died suspiciously in London in 2006. It is perhaps equally suspicious that now almost seven ...
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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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