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No risk of measles outbreak despite drive for more vaccinations
, Reporter Parents in the Olympic boroughs are being encouraged to have their children vaccinated through a health drive aiming to increase the coverage of MMR vaccine in the capital's children. GP practices will send birthday cards to parents of newborns and children aged one and four years to promote health checks and vaccinations in a move to mirror a similar successful scheme ...
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Illegally working Gravesend ice cream man faces deportation
By Alan Woods AN ICE cream man faces deportation after being detained by immigration officials in Gravesend. Following up intelligence, immigration enforcement officers visited Sam's ice cream van in Dashwood Road on Friday (MAY 17). They arrested a 25-year-old Indian man who had not left the UK when his visa expired and he was subsequently placed in immigration ...
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Ex-soldier completes world record attempt by spending 24 hours in stocks
An ex-army officer believes he has set a new world record after spending 24 hours in stocks to raise money for children who have lost parents in the services. Nigel Potter raised 800 over the weekend after completing the outdoors feat for the Forces Children's Trust, based in Shawley Way, Epsom Downs. The trust helps children whose mother or father has died or sustained ...
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Cobham free secondary school given the go-ahead
Cobham Free School has been granted permission to run a secondary school A 'free' primary school which is still teaching pupils in temporary accomodation has been given permission to open a secondary school in September 2014. Cobham Free School was given the green-light by the Department for Education today which would make it the first secondary school in the town since the ...
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Teens robbed at knifepoint in Hackbridge
The muggers stole the teens' wallets and mobile phones. Three teenage boys were robbed in what police have called a "nasty, unprovoked" attack last week. The three boys, all 16, were in Watercress park, Hackbridge, when two men approached them and said they had a knife shortly before 10pm on Friday, May 17. One of the victims was attacked, leaving him with swelling ...
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Firefighter warn people over tackling oil fires
Firefighter warn people over tackling oil fires The Fire Brigade has issued a public warning following a wok fire which nearly destroyed a home. Firefighters are urging people to never pour water on hot oil following a fire in Nightingale Avenue, Harrow on Sunday. Crews attended the scene and believed the woman at the property left the wok unattended with oil in it on the stove and ...
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Bank Of England Split On QE Kings Stimulus Call Defeated For Fourth Month
Bank of England Chief Mervyn King maintained his call for more stimulus for the fourth month and was defeated again by a majority of six members as in previous months who cited faster-than-expected growth and pipeline impact from previous stimulus.At his penultimate meeting, King along with Paul Fisher and David Miles sought an increase in quantitative easing by GBP 25 billion to a total of GBP ...
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England want redemption - Corbisiero
England prop Alex Corbisiero admits the national side are looking to get back on track in South America next month. After their Six Nations campaign ended in disaster with a heavy 30-3 loss against Wales, Stuart Lancaster's side face the Barbarians at Twickenham on Sunday before taking on a South American XV in Uruguay and two Test matches against Argentina.Corbisiero has endured a ...
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Google tax avoidance is wrong insists Ed Miliband
Ed Miliband has said Google is "wrong" to avoid paying taxes on UK revenues, citing its founders' 2004 promise to forgo short-term gains in order to do good things.At an event hosted by the search giant near London, Miliband also pledged that a future Labour government would change laws unilaterally to stop "transfer pricing" by which companies such as Amazon shift ...
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Suffolk mayor Terry Buckle drives car into Tesco Express store in Moreton Hall
Shoppers watched in amazement as Mr Buckle, mayor of St Edmundsbury, drove his silver Vauxhall Vectra through the doors of the supermarket in Lawson Place, Bury St Edmunds, yesterday.He was taken to West Suffolk Hospital suffering from minor injuries and shock but was later released.Suffolk Police said noone was injured and no serious damage was caused.Mr Buckle's wife Pam told the East ...
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Puppy survives after swallowing a four-and-a-half-inch lolly stick
Lady, a 15-month-old shih tzu, fell ill after eating the wooden stick but was saved after owner Sarah Anderson rushed her to a vet.Ms Anderson, 26, from Openshaw, Manchester, said: "I noticed she had started sitting in a funny position, with her body slightly twisted. Then she went off her food and squealed when we picked her up."We couldn't believe it when they told us ...
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Reforms to teachers pay ‘will mean bigger class sizes’
Children will face larger class sizes as a result of the plan to let heads award higher pay rises to good teachers, the chief schools inspector has ...
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IMF puts pressure on George Osborne to find a Plan B Chancellors pace of austerity cuts criticised
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) today put pressure on George Osborne to change economic course in a critical assessment of the state of the British ...
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Proud PM stands by gay marriage Bill despite rebellion by 130 Tory MPs
David Cameron insists he is proud of legislation to introduce gay marriage, despite a Commons rebellion that saw 130 of his own MPs oppose the change last ...
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IMF warns UK faces slow recovery - live
The economic data shows an uptickwe acknowledge that and welcome that but it's modest so far The output gap remains substantial and likely to remain so for some time, so we continue to see areas for further ...
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Google tackled by Nick Clegg on tax avoidance at No10 meeeting
Google chief Eric Schmidt arrives at 10 Downing Street. Nick Clegg he directly told Schmidt that it is in all multinationals' interests to pay their fair share of tax. Photograph: Suzanne ...
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Nick Clegg urges Tory MPs to end infighting – video
The deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg, says the Tories must end the infighting of the past two weeks. Clegg condemns Conservative MPs for rebellions over Europe and the gay marriage bill. In a speech that aims to reaffirm the strength of the coalition government, Clegg urges parliament to concentrate on what matters to ...
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What responsible capitalism is all about | Ed Miliband
very critical of Google in the last few days .And the fourth is Google, along with your founding slogan: "Don't be evil".So, as they say on "Have I Got News from You?", I'd like people to tell me who is the odd one out.Well, I'll tell you my answer.My answer is that it is my dad.Because he's the only one who thought that the route to a fair society was not ...
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Full list of free schools approved for 2014 opening
Free schools for 2014 opening have been approved by education secretary Michael Gove, seen here at the Woodpecker Hall Primary Academy. Photograph: Eddie Mulholland/Rex ...
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UK provided more support for CIA rendition flights than thought – study
rendition programme after the September 11 terrorist attacks on the US was far more substantial than has previously been recognised, according to a new research project that draws on a vast number of publicly available data and documentation.Evidence gathered by The Rendition Project - ...
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Lawyers protest outside parliament against legal aid cuts
legal aid ," hundreds of lawyers - many in wigs and gowns - protested outside parliament on Wednesday.The demonstration was to oppose government plans to cut 220m from the annual budget for criminal legal aid and remove defendants' rights to choose their solicitor.Sadiq Khan, a former solicitor and Labour's justice spokesman, condemned the justice secretary, Chris Grayling, for ...
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Cigarette causes house fire which kills woman
The scene of the fire A cigarette not properly put out caused a fire which killed a pensioner, police confirm. The body of Noreen O'Brien, 76, was found in her home in Hove Avenue, Walthamstow, last Tuesday after a fire engulfed the house. Police arrested a man after the London Fire Brigade found the woman's corpse at about 5.55am but he was released with no further action ...
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Just who are Boe Irony
They've been cropping up all over London. A giant blue pigeon. An enormous raven. A fantastically-large fox. And now, a super-sized squirrel. No blank space is safe in Enfield and Tottenham. Just like Banksy and Blek Le Rat, under the cover of darkness, street artists Boe and Irony are creating artworks on the sides of buildings for the general public to enjoy. Who are they? Why ...
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Full speed ahead with launch of Surrey-wide superfast project
News Work has begun to roll out superfast internet speeds across Surrey. Surrey County Council has this week announced the start of the massive operation to roll out high-quality broadband across the county, with Pixham village near Dorking the first community set to benefit. The council said that by September, 15,000 more homes and businesses in the county will have access to the ...
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Parents host golf tournament for schools new IT suite
Golfers who took part in the fifth annual Society Golf Day for Our Lady of Lourdes school A parent teacher association swapped pens and paper for putters and a driving iron to raise money for a school's new IT suite. The Association of Parents and Friends for Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, in Limes Avenue, Arnos Grove, hosted the fifth annual Society Golf Day on Friday ...
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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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