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Unhappy Mondays Its the day of the week when muggers steal the most phones
It is the most miserable day of the week, a return to reality from the elation of the weekend. To compound Monday's reputation problem, new figures indicate it is also the day when people are most likely to have their mobile phone stolen - with skint thieves who have spent their funds over the weekend to ...
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Don’t forget about my rights says Julian Assange ‘sex victim’
A lawyer for one of the women who have accused Julian Assange of sex crimes has called for more pressure to be placed on Ecuador to allow the WikiLeaks founder to face Swedish ...
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GP leaders clash with Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt over AE crisis
Jeremy Laurance is Health Editor of The Independent and the i and has covered the specialism for more than 20 years. He thinks the harm medicine does is under-appreciated, the harm it prevents over-rated, and that cycling works better than most drugs. He was named Specialist Journalist of the Year in the 2011 British Press ...
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Attacks on Muslims spike after Woolwich killing
Tell Mama hotline for recording Islamaphobic crimes and incidents recorded 38 incidents overnight on Wednesday, including attacks on three mosques, with more reported on Thursday.The Metropolitan police put 1,200 more officers on the street on Thursday, with extra patrols deployed to mosques and religious sites as far-right groups reacted to the tragedy.The Tell Mama co-ordinator Fiyaz Mughal, ...
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Andy McSmiths Diary Woolwich Twitter witness Boya Dee refuses to sell story
Andy McSmith is a senior reporter at The Independent. He has vast experience in political journalism and has also appeared on documentaries for BBC Radio ...
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No 10’s new energy adviser is a former British Gas lobbyist
Tara Singh, whose previous role as public affairs manager at British-Gas owner Centrica involved frequent contact with the Conservative Party, took up her newly-created role at Number 10 this week.She is responsible for briefing the prime minister on a day-to-day basis on issues relating to energy and climate change.This is a crucial role as the government works furiously to complete the Energy ...
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Leading headteacher Michael Gove chickening out on return of grammar schools
One of the country's leading headteachers is to accuse Education Secretary Michael Gove of "chickening out" of bringing back a return to grammar ...
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National archives reveal MI5 bugged Edward VIII’s phone calls
Cahal Milmo is the chief reporter of The Independent and has been with the paper since 2000. He was born in London and previously worked at the Press Association news agency. He has reported on assignment at home and abroad, including Rwanda, Sudan and Burkina Faso, the phone hacking scandal and the London Olympics. In his spare time he is a keen runner and cyclist, and keeps an ...
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Woolwich killing residents reflect on murder of Lee Rigby
People gather outside the Royal Artillery barracks in Woolwich, close to the scene where Lee Rigby was killed on Wednesday. Photograph: Facundo ...
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David Cameron honours woman who kept Woolwich suspect talking
London , sitting on the bottom deck of a bus bound for Victoria coach station as it passed along John Wilson street in Woolwich, south-east London.When she looked through the window and spotted someone lying in the road near a crashed car, she decided to leave the bus and see if she could offer first aid. She could not have known that she was walking into a terrorist attack, nor that her ...
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George Osborne puts his pride before the national interest | Ed Balls
Link to video: George Osborne: GDP figures show we are 'making progress' The International Monetary Fund is not usually known for racy language and dramatic press releases. When IMF chiefs come to national capitals, diplomacy is normally the order of the day. So no one should be surprised that in London this week there was no public repeat of the IMF's previous comments that ...
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Cameron attack will only make us stronger
David Cameron has issued a defiant message after the murder of a British soldier in London, vowing to bring those responsible to justice and insisting such attacks on "the British way of life" serve only to unite people."What happened in Woolwich yesterday has sickened us all," the prime minister said on Thursday. "The people who did this were trying to divide us. They ...
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Insight In attackers argot Londoners shocked to hear one of their own
LONDON (Reuters) - In the lurid scene of the red-handed knifeman describing his motives for hacking to death a British soldier in broad daylight, perhaps the most chilling aspect for Londoners was the man's unmistakably familiar ...
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Delays after Claygate crash
, Chief Reporter Drivers face delays after a crash in Claygate this afternoon. Manor Road South was partially blocked after a Silver Renault Clio and a Smart car crashed near the junction with Oaken Lane in Claygate at about 4.30pm. Surrey police and two South East Coast Ambulances were at the scene and the road was partially blocked with queuing traffic. Police said the ...
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Alzheimers Society needs nurturing hands
By Chris Hewett Members of Barnet's Alzheimer's Society can get their hands dirty with a bit of therapeutic gardening. The charity is looking for members to help develop and grow an allotment patch near its offices at the Edgware Community Hospital, in Burnt Oak Broadway. The society is hoping to grow vegetables, herbs, fruit and flowers and organisers say anyone wanting ...
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Firefighters and police called to crash in Dartford
By Sam Christie A CRASH between two cars and a van has closed a street in Dartford. Police and firefighters were called to the collision in Lowfield Street at about 4.30pm. One person is currently being cut out of a car. More to ...
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Man to cycle nearly 1000 miles to raise money for his own charity
Bijou Kalayil A man will be cycling the length of the UK to raise money for the charity he runs with his wife. Bijou Kalayil, from South Harrow will be setting off on bike ride from John o'Groats to Lands end on Saturday, hoping to finish the near 1000 mile cycle in seven days. Mr Kalayil and his wife, Alka, founded the charity Kujali, three years ago to help people living in ...
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Message of hate daubed on bridge in wake of Woolwich slaughter
The offensive graffiti appeared overnight outside Mitcham Junction station and has since been removed A message of hate was painted near Mitcham Junction station in the aftermath of yesterdays brutal murder of a soldier in Woolwich. While English Defence League supporters were rioting in Woolwich, it appears the graffiti, which read "Hell 2 Muslims EDL" appeared overnight in ...
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Five people arrested and jewellery recovered in New Malden
News Five people have been arrested following a police chase in New Malden this afternoon. Police were called at 3.22pm to reports of "suspects on premises" at a property in Bodley Road. It is understood the men were arrested in St James' Close, on the other side of Malden Road. Witnesses reported seeing police combing the nearby area, including Burlington Road, ...
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Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall make emergency landing
The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall were forced to make an emergency helicopter landing as they flew to the Hay literary festival in ...
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England in good hands with Root and Compton says Cook
LEEDS, England (Reuters) - England have emerged from a "changing of the guard" with their batting line-up and captain Alastair Cook has backed the likes of Joe Root and Nick Compton to make their names in the test ...
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Call for hotline serving grown-up victims of child abuse
Yet the wave of adults now beginning to re-open long supressed memories of sexual exploitation from decades before has led charities and lawyers to advocate a dedicated 24-hour national hotline to support fully-grown victims deal with their own issues.The move, backed the National Association for People Abused in Childhood, the NSPCC and abuse victim lawyers, should help prosecute paedophiles in ...
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Theresa May keen to revive snoopers charter in wake of Woolwich attack
The Woolwich murder will be used by Theresa May, the Home Secretary, to revive plans for a "snoopers' charter" allowing the police and the security services to monitor internet use, Conservative sources ...
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Falling investment poses another problem for Osborne
Ed Balls and Chuka Umunna chose their moment well. On the day that official figures showed that capital spending fell by 0.8% in the first three months of 2013, Labour released figures showing that Britain devotes a smaller share of national income to investment than any other G8 country. What's more, only Italy has seen a bigger fall in the investment share of GDP since 2010.George Osborne ...
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Cricket Southees blooming adds rosier tinge to England showing
Tim Southee's coming of age as leader of New Zealand's test attack was one of the rosier elements of the first test against England. Set aside the final-day capitulation a moment, and Southee's 10 for 108 off 47.2 overs shone in a highly impressive collective bowling performance. Remember, last year Southee wasn't picked for three successive tests - four out of five - because of his ordinary ...
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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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