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Woolwich attack video TV broadcasts prompt 800 complaints
Dramatic footage showing a suspect carrying bloodied knives in the aftermath of the murder of a soldier in Woolwich on Wednesday has so far prompted relatively few complaints to broadcasters, despite attracting millions of viewers around the world.The chilling video, which was first broadcast ...
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Woolwich witness describes how soldier was killed in broad daylight – video
Graham Wilders tells how he initially thought there had been a car accident when he saw a victim lying on the ground in Woolwich, south-east London, on Wednesday, but called to his wife to come and join him as he noticed a man with a handgun. A soldier from Woolwich army barracks was killed in the attack. Two suspects are in hospital after being shot by ...
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Mayor of London launches fund to carbon emissions in schools
Mayor of London launches fund to carbon emissions in schools Mayor of London Boris Johnson is offering schools part of 32million pot to help cut carbon emissions. The RE:FIT Schools Energy Efficiency Programme is offering schools and academies in Harrow the opportunity to see where energy savings could be made, free technical support to make these changes. The programme will also ...
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Comedian Frank Skinner spotted in Wimbledon at concert for babies
Frank Skinner at the Polka Theatre in Wimbledon. Photo by Chris O'Kelly Comedian Frank Skinner was spotted in Wimbledon today. The stand up comic, writer and actor was taking his one-year-old son to watch the Polka Theatre's production Lullaby - a musical performance created specifically for parents and babies under the age of one. Skinner, welcomed his first child Buzz, ...
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WaterWorks campsite open for bookings
, Reporter The camping ground at the WaterWorks site off Lea Bridge Road is now taking bookings for the summer. Visitors can book their pitches for four selected weekends over summer at the WaterWorks Centre campsite, which is the closest campsite to Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Run by the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority (LVRPA), the opening of the campsite coincides with a busy ...
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Lewisham fire cuts meeting sparks anger and call to value residents lives
A HEATED meeting into proposed fire station closures in Lewisham exploded with heckling, shouts and cries to value residents' lives over cuts. There will be 56 fewer firefighters in Lewisham with New Cross and Downham fire stations axed if the Draft Fifth London Safety Plan - which aims to save 29m across the capital - goes ahead. With two station closures, Lewisham could be the ...
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Nightclub allowed to remain open after fine tuning
By Chris Hewett A Whetstone nightclub has been allowed to continue trading after cleaning up its act on the advice of police. The Stone Marquee, in High Road, was made the subject of a license review at Barnet Council following a complaint by Sergeant Mark Altman at Barnet Police. Sergeant Altman said in his report to the local authority that, following 12 assaults at the bar in ...
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Swanley pedestrian killed by lorry on M25 named
A PEDESTRIAN from Swanley killed after being hit by a lorry on the M25 has been named as 42-year-old Jamie Carter. He was hit by the DAF truck on the clockwise stretch of the motorway between Junction 3 at the Swanley Interchange and Junction 4, Orpington, just after 3.30am on May 15. He was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics. The clockwise carriageway of the M25 between J3 and ...
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VIDEO Police arrest nine in Croydon as part of Operation Bigwing
Police swooped on Croydon today in co-ordinated raids as part of a London wide operation to catch more criminals. Operation Big Wing returned for another day of co-ordinated police action across the capital and police took to the streets of Croydon from the early hours of the ...
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Campaigners urge UCKG to sell former EMD cinema after appeal rejected
Bill Hodgson, left, and Stella Creasy celebrate with campaigners after government rejects UCKG's EMD cinema appeal Campaigners who want to bring the former EMD cinema back into use have called on its religious owners to sell it, after a bid to overturn a decision blocking it from being turned into a church failed. The government today dismissed an appeal from the United Church for ...
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VIDEO Gun-toting robbers terrorise Blackfen supermarket worker
THIS shocking CCTV footage captures the terrifying moment a female shopkeeper came under attack from gun and knife wielding robbers in Blackfen. Mother-of-two Pemawathie Rajapaksa was working behind the counter of Sidcup Supermarket in Blackfen Road when she was confronted by two masked men at about 10pm on Friday evening. (May 17) The footage, released exclusively to News Shopper, ...
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Travels with the Queen
The Queen might be best known for travelling in a chauffeur-driven Bentley - or even a horse-drawn carriage - but she still likes to keep in touch with how the ordinary people get around, as she proved when she arrived on a suspiciously clean bus when visiting a medical research laboratory in ...
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Warmer weather set to return for Bank Holiday weekend...but its hardly a scorcher
The coming Bank Holiday weekend, however, is likely to much more May-like in appearance, with warmer temperatures making a welcome return.British Airways is set to carry more than 463,000 customers over the bank holiday weekend, with 128,000 travelling tomorrow and 116,000 flying on Bank Holiday Monday as Britons head to warmer climes. The most popular long-haul destinations for BA customers ...
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Press regulation six select committee MPs oppose alternative for watchdog
In opposition Ben Bradshaw is one of the signatories on a letter to Maria Miller from six members of the media select committee. Photograph: Pa ...
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Mark Bridger tells Mold Crown Court he cant remember where he put April Jones body
The man accused of abducting and murdering schoolgirl April Jones in a sexually motivated attack today told a jury he put her body "somewhere where it has not been ...
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Some government efforts on domestic violence are virtually meaningless
Michael Gove, whose education department was criticised for failing to support government efforts to tackle domestic abuse. Photograph: Joe ...
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Nick Clegg isnt helping | John Redwood
Nick Clegg's lecture to Conservative MPs was far from helpful. His instruction that we should stop playing games about the EU and concentrate on "boosting business, creating jobs, helping with the cost of living" is especially rich coming from a Lib Dem who has promoted policies of dear energy for years.The coalition rightly stated at its outset that the overriding objective was ...
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Video Prince Harrys green thumb on display at Chelsea Flower Show
CBS News' Elizabeth Palmer reports on London's famous Chelsea Flower Show, which is expecting tens of thousands visitors, and has already attracted members of the royal ...
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Al-Qaida ally takes responsibility for Niger attack
Security officials in Niger are on the lookout for assailants tied to the bombing Thursday of a military camp, Niger Defense Minister Mahamadou Karidjo said. Karidjo said a car bomb was detonated at a military base in Agadez in central Niger, near the site of a French mining operation. Authorities in Niger told the BBC that several attackers died in the attack, though a fifth insurgent was ...
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Woolwich attack videos Footage of soldier murder crime scene
A soldier was killed in a suspected terrorist attack in Woolwich VIEW our gallery of videos related to the Woolwich terrorist attack in which a soldier was murdered in broad daylight. Use the carousel below to view each ...
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Replacement for St Helier AE could open just 12 hours a day
A 24-hour urgent care centre (UCC) proposed to replace St Helier's under-threat accident and emergency department could in reality open for only 12 hours a day, it has emerged. In ...
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Children encouraged to go green and walk to school
Cllr Ann Waters, cabinet member for children, with children from Stroud Green Primary School and the Walk to School Week mascot Mr Croc Children have been encouraged to swap horsepower for something greener as part of a campaign to get kids walking to school. Students from the Stroud Green Primary School, in Woodstock Road, Stroud Green, took part in the Walk to School Week which runs ...
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Lines reopen after Lewisham station disruption
News ALL lines have reopened following a reported suspect package found at Lewisham station. Southeastern says services running through this station are returning to normal but some services may still be delayed by up to 10 mins at short ...
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MP presents petition opposing relocation of Avanti House School
Matthew Offord MP presents the petition An MP has presented a petition into the House of Commons opposing the relocation of a Hindu free school. MP for Hendon Matthew Offord yesterday handed in the petition, sighed by more than 1000 people, opposing the relocation of Harrow-based Hindu Free School Avanti House to a piece of land between Hartland Drive and Broadfields Primary School. ...
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Pensioner pleads not guilty to indecent assault charges
By Joe Curtis A pensioner has pleaded not guilty to three counts of indecent assault. Ibrahim Doldur, 70, of Hampton Road in Chingford, entered his plea at Thames Magistrates Court yesterday after three women told police they had been sexually assaulted in parks between December last year and February this year. A 50-year-old woman claimed she was assaulted in Chase Lane Park, ...
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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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