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Multinational CEOs tell David Cameron to rein in tax avoidance rhetoric
Sir Roger Carr, CBI chairman, said at an earlier meeting that tax avoidance "cannot be about morality - there are no absolutes". Photograph: Will Oliver/AFP/Getty ...
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Letters The tube is a great public institution
150th anniversary of the tube , hardly a word has been said about another important date: the 80th anniversary of public ownership, inaugurated on 1 July 1933, when the underground became part of ...
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Letters More social housing needed not sell-offs and mortgage subsidy
Housing for Women's experience is that increasingly local authorities are placing women and their children who are victims of domestic violence in inappropriate private accommodation due to the lack of affordable housing. This is often outside the area where they have established support networks and children's schools and is particularly detrimental to their recovery and resettlement. ...
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Gay couple beaten in park urge MPs to moderate language on gay marriage
A gay couple who were beaten by a gang of youths in a suspected homphobic robbery last weekend - leaving one with head injuries - have urged politicians to moderate their language when debating same-sex ...
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Labour MP Tom Watson urges Theresa May to investigate suppressed Leveson evidence
The Home Secretary has been asked to investigate whether vital reports and documents in the possession of Scotland Yard were seen in full by Lord Justice Leveson before he reached key conclusions in his report on the ...
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Academy chains decide where children go to school
What can you do if you are told your child must move to a different school eight miles away? Not a lot, it seems, if the school is part of an academy ...
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Senior Tories warn of waning confidence in PM
David Cameron, who could face a confidence vote if the chairman of the Tory 1922 committee receives enough letters demanding one. Photograph: Oli ...
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Council admits mistakes over Ukip foster parents storm
children away from their Ukip-supporting foster parents has apologised over its handling of the case after a review concluded that mistakes were made but the decision was taken in the children's best ...
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Education in brief Is the DfE trying to rig the teacher-education market
The education department seems desperate to teach more teachers; Newham local authority refuses to release a report's findings; parents give up on battle against academy ...
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Politics needs mavericks not just the same old chumocracy and groupthink | Jenni Russell
Suddenly there are new faces on our television screens, and new, agitated, indignant voices on the airwaves. Some are old or plummy-toned, some have grey hair, some are young and working class, some are anxious suburban commuters. Many of them are women. It is the raging rows over Ukip, gay marriage, Europe and swivel-eyed loons that have given these people a political presence.They are ...
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Man stabbed in chest in Lee has life-threatening injuries
Man stabbed in chest in Lee has life-threatening injuries A 35-YEAR-old man is in hospital with life threatening injuries after he was stabbed in the chest this morning in Lee. Police were called at 10.15am to reports of an assault near Lee station. The victim is believed to have called an ambulance from nearby hairdressers Hair Deco, in Manor Lane. He was taken to hospital ...
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Two charged after cocaine seizure at Gatwick
News Two people have been charged after cocaine with a potential street value of 1 million was seized at Gatwick Airport. The two from the West Midlands, British nationals Kris Millwood, 29, of Beacon View Road, West Bromwich, and Sherelle Burke, 22, of Bridge Street, Coseley, Bilston, were arrested by Border Force officers at the airport's South Terminal. The pair had just ...
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Burnt Oak fun day
, Reporter A Burnt Oak church will be hosting a community fun day this bank holiday Monday. Pentecostal church The Burnt Oak Christain Fellowship will be treating residents of the North Road Estate to a free barbeque, bouncy castle, a jumbe sale as well as face painting and children's activities. Youth worker Marcus Ottaviani who is helping organise the event said: "The ...
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Tickets running out for Crystal Palace beer festival at Selhurst Park
The Cronx brewers Mark Russell and Simon Dale with the Crystals. The Crystal Palace Beer Festival is back for a third time this year and it is expected to be bigger than ever this weekend. In the space of three years, the Palace Beer Festival has become one of the biggest celebrations of ale and cider in the south of England. There will be more than 150 different beers and ciders on ...
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VIDEO Balloon release marks 10th anniversary of Erith schoolgirl Gemma Rolfes unsolved death
AS SHE let the first balloon go in the evening sunshine, the mother of an Erith schoolgirl killed 10 years ago said simply: "Love you, Gemma". Janet Robey's daughter Gemma Rolfe was just 12 when she died in a car crash after the 4x4 she was travelling in was hit by a stolen van near the junction between Slade Green Road and Canada Road in Slade Green. The driver fled the ...
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Police chase in Twickenham following fight over a girl
Police in Water Lane, Twickenham A fight over a girl sparked a police chase through Twickenham this afternoon. Police were seen chasing a male on foot in the Water Lane/Church Street area at about 5pm today. A Twickenham police officer said: "It was a scuffle between a couple of males in their twenties over a girl." Police issued a section five public order offence ...
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Teenager acquitted of Burger King murder
Victim: Pelivan Zekaj A teenager who stabbed a man to death in a mass brawl at a Wood Green burger restaurant was cleared of all charges today after claiming self defence. Daniel Lewis, 19, of Gurney Close, Barking, Essex, was said to have murdered 23-year-old Pelivan Zekaj in Burger King in the Mall, Wood Green after a clash with a rival group of Albanians that started in the shopping ...
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Sleep walkers raise thousands of pounds for charity
Hundreds of walkers donned their pyjamas as they pounded the streets of Enfield under the cover of darkness to raise money for charity. The streets were filled with more than 600 volunteers taking part in the third Enfield Night Hike last Friday. Arranged by Enfield Council in conjunction with The Nightingale Cancer Support Centre and Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals Trust, the annual ...
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Department for Education gives backing to East Finchley free school
The Archer Academy governors and Carmel who will be one of the first pupils to attend the school Parents are celebrating after the Department for Education formally backed plans for a free school to be built in East Finchley. The Archer Academy's chair of governors Avis Johns has signed the Funding Agreement with the department, meaning plans to open the school in September will go ...
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Evicted Kingston market traders secure meeting with town centre managers Kingstonfirst
Evicted Kingston market traders secure meeting with town centre managers Kingstonfirst Two traders kicked out of Kingston Market Place will be given the chance to present their case at a hearing this week. David Wilson and Angela Lassiter will meet with town centre managers Kingstonfirst on Thursday to argue against being booted out of the market ahead of a planned revamp. The pair ...
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Second arrest made in shop worker murder case
Murdered: James Sweeney A second man has been arrested in connection with the murder of a 30-year-old shop worker. Detectives have arrested a 22-year-old on suspicion of killing James Sweeney in Clapton on Saturday, May 4. Jeremy Lewis, 29, of 16 Collinson Court inGenerals Walk in Enfield was previously charged with the murder on Wednesday, May 8. He appeared in custody at ...
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Pupils take a stroll as part of walk to school campaign
By Bruce Thain Primary school pupils put one foot in front of the other today as part of a national day of action to highlight the benefits of walking to school. Pupils, staff, and parents from all years at Whitchurch First School, in Wemborough Road, Stanmore, took on the circuit round the school as part of national Walk to School Week. Headteacher Ann Winstrom said: "It was ...
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Fantastic Jewish food festival attracts hundreds of visitors
Gefiltefest, held at the London Jewish Cultural Centre attracted hundreds of visitors for a day of cooking demonstrations and tasty ...
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Mice infestation drives Sydenham family to desperation
A SYDENHAM woman is a 'prisoner' in her own home due to a 16-month-long mice infestation which the housing association has refused to treat. Ola Bakare and her four children - one of whom has autism - have been living in two rooms of their three bedroom flat because the situation has got so desperate despite repeated visits from pest control. She said the company described ...
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College students chosen for business rebrand
Mark Woodman and Kusu Biti from Freeformers, freelancer Dumisani Kopotsha, and Project Manager Kofi Oppong with students A group of college students were chosen develop the advertising and branding for a social enterprise supported by Prince Charles. The pupils from the College of Haringey, Enfield and North London worked for Circle Sport, which helps young people into employment. ...
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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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