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Woman who had eyes gouged out by partner is alleged victim of new attack
A woman who had her eyes gouged out in a horrific attack by her then boyfriend has allegedly been the victim of another assault by a different man.Tina Nash, 32, was blinded by her boyfriend Shane Jenkin as she slept at her home in Cornwall two years ago.He has been jailed for life while Nash has written a book about her experience and campaigned on the issue of domestic violence.It emerged on ...
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Guardian accused of surrendering to newspaper rivals over regulation
The Guardian has been accused of surrendering to "press corporations responsible for many of those abuses" that led to the establishment of the Leveson inquiry.Hacked Off, the lobby group that campaigns on behalf of victims of press intrusion has written to the paper asking it not to "bend to the powerful vested interests" it so "valiantly exposed".The group was ...
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Britains William and Kate do not know sex of royal baby
Britain's Prince William (L) and his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, (2nd L) arrive at Westminster Abbey in London, on June 4, 2013. William and Catherine do not know the sex of their baby, which is expected in mid-July and should be born by natural delivery, palace sources said ...
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Hernandez Home Searched New England Patriots Player Linked to Homicide
Police spent more than two hours Tuesday night searching the home of New England Patriot's tight end, Aaron Hernandez, in connection with a possible ...
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New England better on primary care than most of US
PLAINFIELD, Vt. - Ronald Pitkin, 84, remembers the day in the early 1960s when his brother Belmont got a gash in his leg while the two were cutting firewood. They went to the office of the town physician, Dr. Frank Corson.Corson worked alone, and Pitkin was drafted to be his assistant. "He told me 'You're going to have to scrub up.' I was the operating room nurse that ...
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British supreme court overturns sanctions on Iran bank
Britain's Supreme Court has eliminated sanctions against an Iranian bank, which was penalized over its alleged links to the nation's nuclear weapons ...
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Britain to pay more for power than Germany for a decade - Credit Suisse
Reuters © Power lines are reflected in a mirror at the Rio Tinto power station in Lynemouth, northern England July 2, 2009. REUTERS/Nigel ...
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RBS Lloyds Barclays account for most of UK capital gap - FT
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's financial regulator will on Thursday say capital holes at Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds Banking Group and Barclays account for more than 90 percent of a 25 billion-pound ($39 billion) shortfall, the Financial Times said.The shortfall was based on estimates at the end of 2012, and the Bank of England said in March about half the total amount it identified was ...
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Dale Cregans mum Anita fails to win bail after arrest on conspiracy charge
The mum of cop-killer Dale Cregan must stay behind bars after failing in a bid to win bail following her arrest last week. Anita Cregan, 56, was charged with conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office on Friday. The next day she was remanded in custody by magistrates and a judge sitting in chambers at Manchester Crown Court today refused to overturn the decision. Mrs Cregan, from ...
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Rabbit with overgrown teeth pictured as trader is fined for trying to sell it
A trader has been fined for trying to sell this rabbit with hugely overgrown teeth at a market. David Shipton admitted causing unnecessary suffering to the rabbit, which he was trying to sell at Stratford-upon-Avon livestock market. The rabbit had such long teeth that they restricted its ability to eat. Shipton was prosecuted by Warwickshire County Council trading standards after officers ...
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Slim Whitman dies aged 90 Country singer topped UK charts for 11 weeks
Yodelling country singer Slim Whitman, whose hit Rose Marie topped the British singles charts for 11 weeks, has died from heart failure aged 90. Whitman got to number one in 1955 and held the record as the longest-ever chart-topper until 1991 when Bryan Adams beat him with (Everything I Do) I Do It For You which was number one for 16 weeks. Whitman was born in Tampa, Florida, and started his ...
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Pensioners to finally marry after 40 years together and hundreds of proposals
It's hardly surprising that love-struck pensioner Chris Green had almost given up hope of convincing his other half Ann Turner to marry him. Since the couple bought an engagement ring almost 40 years ago, Chris had asked her hundreds of times to walk down the aisle - but she kept knocking him back. Retired miner Chris decided to give it one more go as he celebrated his 75th birthday in ...
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Ian Livingstons government career may be short-lived
Why does Livingston want to be an unpaid trade minister ? We will have to take him at his word: he regards the post as an honour and he is tempted by the chance to try something new. Fair enough. The interesting question is what he does after being trade minister, especially if he's out of job after the election in May 2015. He is 48 and clearly ambitious. A quiet life in ...
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England Ease Into Final as South Africa Choke Again
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New images of Canning Town sex attacker released
Five women have been sexually assaulted in a series of linked attacks in Canning Town, east London, in the last two years. In the most recent sexual assault, which happened last Wednesday, a 25-year-old woman was returning home to her flat in Western Gateway near Royal Victoria Dock at around 11.30pm. As she was waiting for the lift, a man, believed to be the one shown in the CCTV stills, ...
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Payday lender banned from sending irresponsible spam texts
A payday lender which sent "irresponsible" spam text messages which encouraged people to borrow money for a "night on the town" has been rapped by the Advertising Standards ...
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Bankers could face jail after report urges the Government to introduce new criminal offence for reckless management
Britain's banking bosses should face jail if their decisions force fresh bailouts, the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards says ...
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New England Patriots Aaron Hernandezs $1.3M home searched for hours in possible homicide probe
In this Dec. 10, 2012 file photo, New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez (81) holds his helmet as he steps onto the field before an NFL football game between the New England Patriots and the Houston Texans in Foxborough, Mass. State and local police spent hours at the home of Hernandez on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 as another group of officers searched an industrial park about a mile away ...
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Proteas wilt against England
Eoin Morgan of England bats during the ICC Champions Trophy Semi Final match between England and South Africa at The Oval on June 19, 2013 in London, England. (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty ...
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After Schmallenberg and Bluetongue expert warns of new diseases threatening Britains livestock and crops because of global warming
Britain faces a wave of deadly new animal and plant diseases that threaten to wipe out crops and livestock as a direct result of global warming, the World Bank's top agricultural expert has ...
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Kate Middleton to give birth in same hospital as Princess Diana
LONDON (Reuters) - The Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, will give birth to the future heir to the British throne in the same hospital where the late Princess Diana gave birth to Princes William and Harry, royal sources said on Wednesday. The new royal baby, who will become third in line to the throne behind grandfather Prince Charles and father Prince William, will be born in the private ...
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Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere four billion years ago
Scientists inferred the presence of oxygen in the atmosphere by comparing Martian meteorites with data from rocks examined by Nasa's Spirit Mars rover. Image: ...
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Unseen Lowry a new side of the matchstick master - in pictures
Girls in miniskirts, women in the stocks and is that a giant rat? A series of paintings and drawings were found at LS Lowry's home when he died in 1976, but have never been seen in public - until now. The unseen works are testament to Lowry's skill and sense of humour. See them ...
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NSA Prism program a game changer on web privacy says Sir Martin Sorrell
which allows the NSA to collect material including search history, the content of emails, file transfers and live chats , according to documents obtained by the Guardian from whistleblower Edward Snowden, is so important that even young people who often have a cavalier attitude to what they reveal online are likely to be concerned about privacy."I think Prism and what's happening in ...
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Premier League ticket prices which club charges the most
Football fans have marched to the Premier League headquarters to protest about rising ticket prices. But which clubs are the most expensive and which is 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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