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British spy services under pressure over soldier’s murder
Britain’s intelligence services came under pressure on Friday to explain how they let two Islamic extremists suspected of hacking a soldier to death in London slip through their ...
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Shoppers get on their bike for transplant games
Dedicated charity supporters got on their bikes and cycled over 200 miles to Kent - without leaving Sheffield - to show their support for the Westfield Health British Transplant ...
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Foresters gives customers access to 247 GP consultation service
Foresters Friendly Society has launched a free GP consultation service that provides customers with access to medical advice around the ...
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How the FCA will assess insurer culture
Culture shapes judgments, ethics and behaviour displayed at those key moments, big or small, that matter to the performance and reputation of firms and the service that it provides to ...
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Zoo employee killed by tiger in northern England
An employee at a zoo in northern England died Friday hours after she entered a tiger enclosure and was attacked. The tiger at South Lakes Wild Animal Park near Dalton-in-Furness inflicted severe head and neck injuries on Sarah McClay, 24, the BBC reported. She was transported to Royal Preston Hospital. David Gill, the owner of the park, said he had no idea why McClay entered a tiger enclosure ...
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MI5 tried to recruit London suspect
A man claiming to be a friend of Michael Adebolajo has been arrested after telling the BBC that MI5 had tried to recruit the Woolwich murder ...
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Old museum in Britain displays master drawings to
The Ashmolean Museum, one of the world's oldest public museums, launched an exhibition of master drawings to mark its founding in 1683.The exhibition will run from Saturday to August 18, bringing together 70 pieces of works on paper, including those from Michelangelo, Da Vinci, Raphael, Durer, Rubens, Titian, Rembrandt and Turner, among others."Looking closely at drawings is an ...
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Aussies bow out of British Open squash
Australia's chances of winning the British Open ended on Friday when Kasey Brown and Cameron Pilley bowed out of squash's showpiece event in the English city of Hull.Brown met her match against a red-hot Alison Waters and a badly cramping Pilley fell short in a five-game 107-minute marathon against third seeded Englishman James Willstrop.A day after completing a superb comeback to beat ...
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Slain British soldier’s family thought he was safe in U.K.
Lyn Rigby ,the mother of murdered soldier Lee Rigby, holds a teddy bear bought by Lee for his son, Jack, during a press conference at the Regimental HQ of his unit, the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers at Bury in Greater Manchester on May 24, 2013. Drummer Lee Rigby was hacked to death in a brazen attack in broad daylight by two men wielding knives and a cleaver who later launched into a tirade ...
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Cardiff hit-and-run Van driver Matthew Tvrdon admits killing Karina Menzies as she walked her kids home from school
A van driver yesterday admitted killing a mum as she walked two of her children home from school.Matthew Tvrdon, aged 32, also pleaded guilty to attempting to murder seven other people during a series of hit-and-run incidents in which 13 people were injured in Cardiff last year.Tvrdon mowed down mum-of-three Karina Menzies, 31, in a white van.He admitted Karina's manslaughter on the grounds ...
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Aguero Im happy at Manchester City
Manchester City Sergio Aguero insists he is happy at Manchester City amid reports he is set to leave the club.Aguero, 24, has been linked with Real Madrid, ...
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Sheik Mansour Hand Behind Manchester City Is Content to Stay in Background in New York
The setting was modest, the mood jovial, the dignitaries on hand pretty impressive. In the school cafeteria of P. S. 72 in East Harlem on Wednesday morning, professional soccer was nudged forward in New York City, with talk of a new team with prestigious owners and a new stadium designed specifically for the sport. At a news conference in the cafeteria, Mayor Michael ...
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Perry shares lead at Senior PGA Championship
Kenny Perry , hoping to ignite his over-50 career with a major title, seized a share of the lead Friday after two rounds of the Senior PGA Championship. Perry shot a 5-under 66 at the Bellerive Golf Club to ...
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Sixth night of Stockholm riots as Britain U.S. issue travel warnings
Firemen extinguish a burning car in the suburb of Rinkeby after youths rioted in several different suburbs around Stockholm May 23, 2013. (REUTERS/Fredrik Sandberg/Scanpix) STOCKHOLM - Stockholm experienced a sixth straight night of riots early Saturday, with cars torched in several immigrant-dominated suburbs, as Britain and the United States warned against travelling to the hotspots. Nearly a ...
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Harry Hankinson Britains most convicted man clocks up offences 500 and 501
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British wrestling legends Whatever happened to the lords of the ring
Mick McManus died on Wednesda y aged 93.With a fanbase of millions as a long-term star of ITV's World of Sport in the 1960s and 1970s, McManus was a true star of the era.Such was his popularity that he counted The Beatles, former Prime Minister Sir John Major and even the Duke of Edinburgh among his friends.Along with Big Daddy and Giant Haystacks, he was a household name when the sport had ...
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Labour should prepare for Lib Dem coalition in 2015 former minister Lord Adonis warns
Labour should prepare now for a possible joint government with the Lib Dems, ex-Cabinet minister Lord Adonis has warned.The former Transport Secretary suggested another hung parliament was likely and added that preparing for an alliance was "part and parcel of being serious about power".Speaking at the launch of his book, Five Days in May, on the formation of the Coalition in 2010, he ...
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Proof Michael Gove is bottom of the class
Aha! Here it is: the proof that Michael Gove is definitely dunce material with his constant spouting that literacy standards slipped over the Labour years.Here's what Man Utd legend Ryan Giggs wrote when he was asked to describe a game in which he thought he played badly: "I got marked out the game and I must of kicked the ball about twice".Giggs, around 18 at the time, must ...
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Woolwich attack opinion Angel who was shining light amid darkness
As a young girl I was proud to be a Brownie. And not just any old Brownie. After years of pledging 'my duty to God, to Brown Owl and to others' every Tuesday night, I was appointed a Sixer.Which meant I was a leader Brownie. Leader of the Pixies, as it happens, with aspirations to be Tawny Owl one day. Ahem. And then, when I was 11, I progressed to the Girl Guides, before, rather ...
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Woolwich soldier killing suspects Michael Adebowale and Michael Adebolajo attended Greenwich University together
Ingrid Loyau-Kennett, the mother-of-two hailed as a hero for confronting Woolwich attackers, thought: 'better me than a ...
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British zoo worker mauled to death by tiger
File picture of a Sumatran tiger. A British zoo worker was mauled to death by a tiger at South Lakes Wild Animal Park in Dalton-in-Furness, northwest England. (AFP PHOTO/CARL ...
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Champions League final Bayern Munich face Borussia Dortmund as London prepares for biggest German invasion since the fifth century
Outgoing Manchester United chief executive David Gill expects Wayne Rooney to start the 2013-14 season with the Barclays Premier League ...
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Thousands of Muslims gather in London to condemn murder of soldier Lee Rigby
25 May 2013 Around five thousand Muslims gathered at Morden mosque yesterday to condemn the murder of soldier Lee Rigby in Woolwich on ...
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Two Arrested After Gun Threat At Hospital
Two people have been arrested following reports of a man with a gun at Salford Royal Hospital in Greater Manchester. Officers said they were called to the hospital at around 9.20pm on Friday. When they arrived they found a man who had made threats to staff. No one was injured during the incident. In a statement, police said: "The man was detained and a firearm was recovered. "A ...
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Another scare in Britain
british soldier killed in that act of terrorism on a london street. lee rigby's anguished family members including his widow described him as a devoted son and father. the two murder suspects shot after rushing at police remain hospitalized. two women who were arrested on suspicion to commit murder have been released without charge. and another scare in britain today aboard a flight from ...
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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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