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UK spy agencies defended over drummer soldier murder
LONDON - The British government has defended its spy agencies for failing to prevent murder of a soldier in London despite signs and revelations that the two suspects were well known to MI5. Communities Secretary Eric Pickles said it was impossible to control everyone all the time. "Peers and MPs will do a thorough investigation in terms of what the security forces knew but I've seen ...
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Becks dream of owning MLS team put on hold by Man City
Football legend David Beckham's dreams of owning a Major League Soccer (MLS) team has been put on hold by Manchester City. Although the former England captain and Manchester United midfielder had looked at the prospect of becoming the owner of an MLS club in the US, however, City's launch of New York City FC, in partnership with baseball giants the New York Yankees, has taken the quota of MLS ...
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Rooney will be playing next season says ex Man U chief David Gill
Former Old Traffor chief David Gill insisted that Wayne Rooney will be at Manchester United for the next season. In a report by Daily Star, David Gill who has been voted on UEFA's executive committee said that he was confident that Rooney is a great player and the club doesn't want to lose the star player. Rooney recently denied having put forth any official transfer request and speculations ...
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New Man U boss Moyes imprints identity by axing Fergies backroom staff
New Manchester United boss David Moyes has started to imprints his own identity on the club by wielding the axe on former boss Sir Alex Ferguson's backroom staff at United. The former Everton boss booted out No.2 Mike Phelan, who had been Ferguson's right-hand man since 2008, and goalkeeping coach Eric Steele, as he reportedly wants his own assistants in Old Trafford, the Mirror reports. The ...
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Wenger to smash through Arsenal wage structure to battle PSG Monaco for wantaway Rooney
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is ready to break through the club's wage structure to bring in a stellar signing like Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney. The Arsenal hierarchy will back Wenger not just in terms of big money for transfers but also for contracts and they are capable of competing to sign Rooney, the Mirror reports. According to the report, Wenger's top earner is Theo Walcott on ...
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RAF jets scrambled after suspects threaten to blow up Pak plane
Two British men have been arrested over an alleged bomb threat on a flight bound for Manchester. Two RAF Typhoon fighters were scrambled as the flight from Pakistan, with 297 passengers on board, was diverted to Stansted airport in Essex after two men reportedly tried to enter the pilot's cabin. According to the Mirror, with helicopters overhead, and the plane held a mile from the main ...
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Ive been offered work in exchange for sexual favours says Myleene Klass
UK singer Myleene Klass has said that sleaze is rife in show business. The 35-year-old pianist told the Mirror that in her opinion, there is not a single person in the entertainment industry who has not come across casting couch. She said that she hears stories all the time and since she's a boss now it happens less to her, but people still say sleazy things to her. Klass said that in this ...
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Exhausted Vettori faces black cloud over Test future after Leeds Test pull out
According to the New Zealand media, master spinner Daniel Vettori has a black cloud hovering over his Test-playing future after he pulled out of the second test against England at Leeds, fearing that his body cannot cope with the strenuous exertion in the five days that will follow. According to Stuff.co.nz, although the former captain was poised to overtake Stephen Fleming for a record 112th ...
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Woolwich attacker was radicalized in Britains youth jail at 17
One of the two suspected terrorists, who hacked a British soldier to death on a busy London street, was radicalized in Britain's most notorious youth jail. Michael Adebowale is believed to have developed his sick views while he was serving a sentence for drug-dealing in Feltham young offender institution. According to the Mirror, Madeleine Edwards, 49, a friend of the family, recalled how ...
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UK universities crack down on preachers of hatred following Woolwich attack
Universities in Britain have been asked to draw up guidelines on handling preachers who have a track record of inciting hatred in aftermath of the Woolwich attack. A soldier was murdered in Woolwich in the first terror-related incident on mainland Britain since the 7 July 2005 bombings. According to the Guardian, the universities launched the new campaign in an attempt to show students, unions ...
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British Security Services Scrutinized After Soldiers Murder
Britain's security services are facing questions over whether they could have done more to prevent the murder of a soldier hacked to death on a London street. Senior British officials have said the two men detained in connection with Wednesday's murder had been identified earlier by security teams investigating suspected Islamist extremists. Suspects Michael Adebolajo and Michael ...
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UAE OIC condemn killing of British soldier
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) have strongly condemned the killing of a British soldier in Woolwich, London. "This brutal act is rejected by all religions and deserves every condemnation and denunciation," UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan said. Sheikh Abdullah also expressed the UAE's solidarity with Britain in combating ...
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Matt Kvesics selection for England marks return of the specialist No7
England have found themselves at sixes and sevens in the back row in recent years, too many sixes and not enough out-and-out sevens. It was a legacy of how teams in the Premiership operated with the breakdown more a means of recycling the ball than a contest for possession, but that is changing.A number of clubs are now operating with an openside flanker in the scavenging, linking mould of ...
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Three fresh arrests over London soldier murder
Three men were arrested Saturday on suspicion of conspiracy to murder the British soldier who was hacked to death in a London street by two ...
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Root comes of age for England in familiar surroundings
Proud sons of Yorkshire have served England well with the bat in 136 years of Test cricket and Headingley rose as one today to acclaim a new home-grown hero in centurion Joe Root. The likes of Herbert Sutcliffe, Leonard Hutton, Geoffrey Boycott and Michael Vaughan have batted with distinction for England. Sutcliffe and Hutton's run-scoring feats have never been forgotten by proud ...
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Police arrest three more over killing of soldier
LONDON (Reuters) - Counter-terrorism police arrested three men on Saturday on suspicion of conspiracy to murder over the killing of a soldier near a barracks in London. Police arrested two men, aged 24 and 28, at a house in the south of the ...
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British police arrest three more suspects
British police on Saturday arrested three more suspects in connection with the savage killing of an off-duty soldier that has raised fresh concerns about terrorism. Scotland Yard said counter-terrorism officers arrested two men, aged 24 and 28, at a residential address in southeast London. A third man, 21, was arrested separately on a London street at the same time. Police said ...
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Britain resists EU bid to set new target on renewable energy
renewable energy target within the EU, in a move that could put at risk tens of billions of pounds of green investment and tens of thousands of new jobs.But in a sop to environment campaigners, ministers will agree to tough greenhouse gas emissions targets by 2030.The question of a renewable energy target for 2030 - to take over from the current goal, of generating 20% of energy in the EU from ...
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No Paris-London link at this stage
PRESIDENT Francois Hollande says there is "at this stage" no apparent link between a knife attack on a soldier in Paris and the murder of a soldier in London. His comment comes after a man armed with a box cutter attacked a French soldier patrolling the business district of Paris on Saturday evening and stabbed him in the neck. Police sources said the victim would survive the attack but ...
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Englands Nick Compton watches Joe Roots century with mixed feelings | Mike Selvey
England batsmen Joe Root, left, and Jonny Bairstow, celebrate during the second Test against New Zealand. Photograph: Lindsey Parnaby/AFP/Getty ...
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Collingwood errs on side of caution
Friday's awful weather changed the shape of this match, denying Durham the opportunity from a strong platform to bat Middlesex out of sight and instead requiring Paul Collingwood to make the right decision on when to declare, mindful of the last time he had needed to make a similar judgment, against Yorkshire in April, when it backfired. On that occasion, he gave Yorkshire 103 overs to ...
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Man stabs soldier in Paris no link at this stage to London murder
A man armed with a box cutter on Saturday attacked a French soldier patrolling the business district of Paris and stabbed him in the neck, police sources ...
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Root lifts England with maiden Test century
Joe Root hit a maiden Test century on his home ground at Headingley and county colleague Jonny Bairstow chipped in with 64 to leave England on top at 337 for seven in the second Test against New Zealand today. Root, in his sixth Test, punched the air and gleefully hugged fellow Yorkshireman Bairstow after steering Doug Bracewell to the third-man boundary to bring up his hundred. "It ...
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England grateful to Joe Root and Jonnie Bairstow against New Zealand
England's Jonny Bairstow, left, and Joe Root run between the wickets during the second Test match against New Zealand at Headingley. Photograph: Lindsey Parnaby/AFP/Getty ...
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Greg Rutherford London return could be better than Olympic night
Greg Rutherford is eagerly anticipating a return to the Olympic Stadium for the Anniversary Games this summer and believes the meeting "could be better" than London 2012.The Olympic long jump champion won gold last year on a memorable evening for Great Britain, when victories for Mo Farah and Jessica Ennis contributed to an electric atmosphere inside the stadium on "Super ...
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Britain losing interest in leading?
Britain was once the most powerful country in the world, it ran an empire that was the envy of every other colonial power, and gave the world a number of modern institutions that are still widely used today, most notable in the realm of political systems and democratic checks and balances. But Britain today is a shadow of what it once was, some might say it is just another country, nothing special.
Perhaps it’s a little harsh to say there’s nothing special about the UK. The United Kingdom remains an influential country in international politics, especially throughout the Commonwealth, and the capital city, London, is headquarters to some of the world’s biggest companies and home to one of the largest stock exchanges in the world. Read more
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