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Former England skipper Illingworth says Fiery Fred Trueman better than Anderson
Former England captain Ray Illingworth has said that although bowling star James Anderson is the best swing bowler in the world now, but his former teammate and Yorkshire legend Fred Trueman was far better. Illingworth's statement comes on the backdrop of the second Test against New Zealand starting at Headingley, where Lancashire cricketer Anderson, on 305 wickets, is expected to cruise past ...
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Airline disturbance not terror-related British authorities say
LONDON (AP) — A British security official said Friday's situation on board a commercial airliner from Pakistan to England does not appear to be terror-related, although police are still investigating.The British military scrambled fighter jets to intercept the plane, diverting it to an isolated runway at an airport on the outskirts of London. Two British passengers were arrested on ...
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April Jones murder trial Mum leaves courtroom in tears as accused fails to say what happened to girls body
of April Jones fled a courtroom in tears after the man accused of her murder failed to say what he had done with the body.Coral Jones, 43, who was sitting in the public gallery with husband Paul, 41, sobbed as Mark Bridger said: "I don't know, I don't know."Prosecutor Elwen Evans QC questioned him during a third and final day in the witness box at Mold crown court.She said: ...
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BBC apologises for tagging John O’Dowd as Sinn FeinIRA on Question Time seating plan
The BBC today apologised for a Question Time gaffe that saw a Stormont minister labelled a member of "Sinn Fein/IRA".John O'Dowd, who was a panellist on last night's show from Belfast, was given the label in a seating plan attached to a studio camera.It was not screened, but an audience member tweeted a photograph of the plan.Mr O'Dowd said the "SF/IRA tag" had ...
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Pakistan Plane Forced Down in London 2 Arrested
British police arrested two men on Friday after they reportedly tried to get into the cockpit of a Pakistani passenger plane, forcing the flight to be diverted under military escort to a London ...
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Plantwatch The battle for the ancient British bluebell woods
A great blue wave has spread across the country in one of our greatest natural spectacles, as carpets of bluebells have come into flower. But the bluebells were some four or five weeks later this spring than last year, and the cold spring made their appearance more patchy than usual. Britain has around half the world's population of bluebells, and they are also a truly national plant, ...
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Britains paradise has been lost – but theres still hope for our wildlife | Chris Packham
I never imagined being 52. As I grew up catching lizards and newts, rummaging through hedges to find birds' nests, or prodding flattened hedgehogs with my scuffed Clarks lace-ups, the world was ripe with natural riches. Every scrap of wasteland revealed yet more gems: tadpoles, fox cubs and a confetti of butterflies. And when at the weekends the family Ford Anglia trundled off to the ...
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Knife-Wielding Man Robs Manchester NH Store
MANCHESTER, NH (CBS) – A knife-wielding suspect threatened a clerk and a customer at a store in Manchester, New Hampshire. It happened Thursday night at the Manchester Mart on Hooksett Road. ';At first it almost sounded like a joke but when I saw the knife I knew it wasn’t a joke,'; said clerk Bob Hogan, 65. The suspect was wearing a surgical mask and latex gloves, and ...
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Suffragette Emily Davison The woman who would not be silenced
She has been described as the most misunderstood woman of the 20th century. For the ruling establishment of post-Edwardian Britain she was undoubtedly one of the most ...
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Andy McSmiths Diary The Professor’s backing Bayern Munich to beat Borussia Dortmund
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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Tory minister will be left holding the baby – but don’t tell Vince Cable
While legislation to encourage fathers to take a bigger share in the care of very young children is being prepared, the youngest Tory minister in the relevant department is going to practise what the government preaches by taking two months' paternity ...
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Men arrested after RAF jet is scrambled to escort Pakistan Airlines passenger plane to London Stansted Airport
Two men have been arrested at Stansted today after a passenger plane heading to Manchester airport was diverted to Stansted by an RAF Typhoon jet following reports of threats on ...
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Woolwich murder Muslims pray for soldier Lee Rigbys family – and for peace
In a converted pub on the Old Kent Road in south-east London afternoon, a few dozen Nigerian Muslims gathered for their usual Friday ...
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Family of soldier killed on London street hold emotional press conference
23/05/2013 08:04 CET The family of the soldier killed on the streets of South London on Wednesday say they had come to terms with the possibility of losing him while he served in Afghanistan – but never expected him to be killed on their ';doorstep';. Lee Rigby’s relatives held an emotional press conference at the regimental headquarters of his unit in Bury, near ...
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Granta Why has Britain’s grandest literary magazine begun to lose the plot
Boyd Tonkin is Literary Editor at The Independent. An award-winning journalist, he was formerly Social Policy Editor of the New Statesman and has broadcast extensively for BBC arts and current affairs programmes. He has judged the Booker Prize, the Whitbread biography award, the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the David Cohen Prize for a lifetime's achievement in ...
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British Soldier Hacked To Death Was Our Hero Family Says
As Ian Rigby spoke Friday about his stepson Lee, a British soldier who was murdered on a south London street this week, the young man's widow, Rebecca (right), and his mother, Lyn, reached ...
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UK Bank Holiday weekend weather Sun to set to shine at end of miserable May
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Dale Cregan injured as prison van involved in crash on motorway
Cop killer Dale Cregan is believed to have been injured when his jail van hit another vehicle today - the second incident in eight days.Greater Manchester Police said: "Four prison officers suffered minor injuries. One prisoner was injured."One-eyed Cregan, 29, failed to appear at Preston crown court - but police would not confirm if he was the prisoner hurt.He was en route from a jail ...
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Britain within six hours of running out gas after cold snap and fault drained reserves
Britain came within just six hours of running out gas, it was claimed today. An alarming report by the Crown Estate revealed the country was on the verge of serious disruption in March. ob Hastings, the Estate's energy director, said: "We really had only six hours' worth of gas left in storage as a buffer. "If it had run any lower, it would have meant interruptions to ...
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Woolwich attack Man arrested in malicious Facebook comments probe after soldier murder
A 22-year-old man has been charged on suspicion of making malicious comments on Facebook following the murder of British soldier Lee Rigby. Benjamin Flatters, of Lincoln, was arrested last night after complaints were made to Lincolnshire Police about comments made on Facebook, which were allegedly of a racist or anti-religious nature. He was charged with an offence of malicious communications ...
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Sally Bercow libelled Lord McAlpine on Twitter with innocent face tweet High Court rules
Mrs Bercow said she was "surprised and disappointed" by the ruling, but lawyers for Lord McAlpine said the judgment should serve as a warning that those using the internet were not above the ...
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Punched police horse returns to Newcastle to face EDL protesters and counter-demo
The police horse punched by a football thug will be back on patrol in the city where he was attacked. Bud will be on duty tomorrow at an English Defence League march and a demo by their opponents called Newcastle Unites. A 45-year-old man was arrested and bailed after Bud was hit following Newcastle United's defeat to Sunderland last month. Northumbria Police specifically asked for Bud, ...
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South Lakes Wild Animal Park Zoo keeper mauled by tiger in Cumbria
A zoo-keeper was savaged by a tiger at an animal park today.The 24-year old was seriously injured when the animal mauled her at the South Lakes Wild Animal Park, at Dalton in Furness in Cumbria.Police said members of the public were not at any risk during the incident.The wildlife park closed early and all visitors have left the park.The injured woman was airlifted to the Preston Royal Infirmary ...
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Liverpool magistrates court was centre of six-year penalty points scam
A magistrates court was the centre of a six-year scam to scrub penalty points from driving licences at 100 a time. Between 2004 and 2011, drivers faced with disqualifications paid cash to middle men with forms sent from the court to the DVLA in Swansea illegally requesting convictions be deleted. Allegedly pocketing thousands by running the scheme was David Kelly, on the staff at Liverpool ...
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Woolwich attack live The latest updates on the killing of Drummer Lee Rigby and the aftermath
The Metropolitan Police have released an update on the arrests in connection with Wednesday's attack. They say: "A 29-year-old woman arrested yesterday as part of the investigation into the murder of Lee Rigby was released without charge at this morning."A 31-year old woman was arrested at a residential address in south London at 11:50pm last night on suspicion of conspiracy to ...
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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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