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Man dies and another person is still missing after gas explosion destroys terraced house in Newark
Neighbours spoke of their shock at the severity of the explosion in Newark, Nottinghamshire, which reduced the property to rubble and prompted police to warn local people to remain indoors.Fire crews found the man's body this morning during a search of the rubble after the house collapsed.The explosion happened just before 5.15pm yesterday at an address in Wright Street, Nottinghamshire ...
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Tangled Web calls for community support
By Rachel Bishop A Twickenham charity that supports victims of childhood sex abuse is calling on the community to help continue the vital support it provides. Survivor Coffee Mornings launched via This Tangled Web 14 months ago and take place every fortnight in Twickenham. However, due to the fast growing success of the unique service, the coffee mornings now have a waiting ...
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Victim of 77 bombings praised for her courage as she receives honorary degree
Victim of 7/7 bombings praised for her courage as she receives honorary degree The last woman to be pulled alive from the 7/7 bombing on the Picadilly Line has been given an honorary degree from Kingston University, writes Zia Weise. Gill Hicks, who lost both legs in the bombings, was made an honorary doctor of science this week. Kingston and St George's joint faculty of ...
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Parents launch petition to move needle exchange from health centre
Surbiton Health Centre Parents who say they were left in the dark about a needle exchange at Surbiton Health Centre are petitioning for the service to be moved. A petition has gathered more than 80 signatures, following a meeting with the NHS arranged by Clinton Pascoe, the headteacher of Lime Tree Primary school. The needle exchange service is part of the 9m health centre which ...
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Outstanding youngsters honoured by Surrey Police
Surrey Police have honoured the achievements and bravery of young people from Elmbridge in an awards ceremony. The Elmbridge Young Persons of Honour Awards were presented to the 19 winners on May 10, recognising their hard work and dedication. PC Phil Jebb, who co-organised the ceremony, said: "The awards gave us all an opportunity to celebrate the excellent examples of bravery, ...
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Richmond College media students pick up film awards
By Amy Dyduch Three talented media production students from Richmond College have snatched up stellar prizes at an inaugural Twickenham Film Festival. Isaac Whittingham, Dias Mussirov and Ben Elagar successfully submitted short films to the Alive Film Festival which attracted entries from as far as Japan, Brazil, the US and India. The trio's submissions were chosen along with ...
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England boss Roy Hodgsons plea to fans no provocative chants during Wembley game with Republic of Ireland
Roy Hodgson will make a personal plea to supporters attending next week's international against the Republic of Ireland not to sing inflammatory songs about the ...
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The Incredible Inman Louis Gossett Jr. was threatening force in ’84 movie ‘The Guardian’
uestion: I saw a movie maybe 20 to 30 years ago that I'd like to see again. It was about a group of people living in a New York City apartment building who paid a guy to guard their building, but he ended up being a more threatening figure than a help. Can you tell me the title and if it's on ...
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Bank of England’s King to Carney It’s not a ‘one-man show’
Bank of England Governor Mervyn King praised his successor but stressed his opposition to a change he is expected to make - signalling how long interest rates will remain low. (Yui ...
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Human brains are wired to make music-color connections
When listening to music, human brains are wired to make music-color connections depending on how the melodies make people feel, U.S. researchers say. Vision scientist Stephen Palmer of the University of California, Berkeley, and colleagues found people in both the United States and Mexico linked the same pieces of classical orchestral music with the same colors suggesting humans share a common ...
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Privatised service puts patients at risk with lack of out-of-hours GPs
Mid Staffs scandal: NHS managers will be blacklisted for failure and patients will rate hospitals in major shake-up, announces Jeremy ...
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England Wales Bishops Host Scripture Conference
Bishop Brignoll: Giving People Confidence in the Word So As to Proclaim ItBy Ann SchneibleROME, April 29, 2013 (Zenit.org) - A conference aiming to promote a deeper understanding of sacred Scripture among the Catholic community in England and Wales concluded last week in Durham, England."The Word of the Lord" sponsored by the Bishops' Conference for England and Wales, focused ...
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Broad best as England thrash NZ at Lords
Man-of-the-match Stuart Broad routed New Zealand on Sunday but insisted "attack leader" James Anderson was the man behind England's thumping 170-run first Test win at Lord's.Fast-medium bowler Broad took a Test-best 7-44 as New Zealand were dismissed for just 68 in pursuit of a target of 239 to give the home side victory with more than a day to spare.Anderson, set to be ...
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Independent Scotland might not be able to guarantee savers deposits
An independent Scotland might find itself unable to guarantee the deposits of savers in the event of another financial crisis, the Treasury warns ...
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The ‘Beverly Hills’ of Surrey pays more income tax than big cities of the North
A small leafy enclave to the south-west of London, where Elton John, Cliff Richard, Ringo Starr and Jenson Button live, has been revealed as the biggest payer of income tax in the ...
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Stuart Broads best burst sets up key England win but all is not yet rosy
England won the opening Test of the summer on Sunday with a compelling exhibition of fast bowling. They dismissed New Zealand for a total of 68 to secure a 1-0 lead in the Investec series by 170 ...
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Tory co-chairman Feldman to face meeting over swivel-eyed loons claim
The Tory co-chairman, Lord Feldman, will meet with the party board over claims allegedly made about party activists. Photograph: Steve Back/Rex ...
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Sean Riggs death must be the catalyst for a reform in policing | Observer editorial
police custody. The IPCC has come in for severe criticism on many occasions but never more so than in last week's independent review of its investigation into the death ...
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Broad leads England rout of New Zealand
England Stuart Broad bowled England to victory in the first Test as New Zealand suffered a dramatic fourth-day collapse at Lord's on Monday morning.New Zealand, chasing 239 for victory, was dismissed for just 68 in under two hours, with Broad taking 7 for 44 runs in a mere 11 overs.South Africa born duo BJ Watling (13) and Neil Wagner (17), who got to 10 with a six off Broad, were the ...
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Former Google exec says he has 100000 emails showing how immoral company avoids paying UK tax
A former Google executive-turned-whistleblower says he has 100,000 emails that expose an "immoral" tax avoidance scheme used by his former employer, that has "cheated" British taxpayers out of hundreds of millions of ...
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G8 summit will put Northern Ireland in security lockdown
Belfast-born David McKittrick has been reporting on Northern Ireland since 1971, He has written for the East Antrim Times, the Irish Times and was The Independent's Irish correspondent for many years. He is the author of several books including Making Sense of the Troubles (2000) and Lost Lives ...
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England march on Broads way past New Zealand
New Zealand, 2nd innings Fulton c Prior b Broad 1 Rutherford b Broad 9 Williamson c Finn b Broad 6 Taylor c Cook b Broad Brownlie c Cook b Anderson 5 McCullum lbw b Broad 8 Watling c Trott b Anderson 13 Southee c Root b Broad 7 Wagner run out Brstow/Andrsn 17 Martin b Broad 1 ...
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Cameron had the chance to defy the swivel-eyed loons and remake his party. He failed | Steve Richards
parts of its membership as "swivel-eyed loons" . Equally, it is not exactly sensational news that party members are far from thrilled to be viewed in such terms.Relations between the leadership of the party and its activists are more strained and complex than at any point since the removal of Margaret Thatcher in 1990. Focus on the policy trail rather than the Harold Macmillan-like ...
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Arsenal wins race for fourth Fergie bows out
England Arsenal won the race for fourth place in the Premier League with a 1-0 victory at Newcastle, while Alex Ferguson's extraordinary career ended in remarkable fashion as Manchester United drew 5-5 at West Bromwich Albion on Monday morning.Arsene Wenger's side needed three points to guarantee a spot in next season's Champions League qualification rounds ahead of north London ...
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Letters Europe and the fight for fair wages
Exit Europe from the left , 18 May), but he is mistaken to imagine we can improve matters by leaving. Should we do so we will then be out in the cold and easily picked off by big business and finance demanding lower wages in order for the UK to receive investment or prevent relocation.Instead, the answer has to be to align the public anger about austerity and businesses anxiety about declining ...
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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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