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Joss Stone feeling fine again now men who plotted to behead her are in jail
Soul singer Joss Stone yesterday said she was feeling fine again after the "odd" plot by two men to rob her of 1million, decapitate her and throw her body in a river.The star was targeted by "cannabis- smoking layabouts" Kevin Liverpool and Junior Bradshaw, who were convicted of the bizarre conspiracy at their trial in April.But Joss, 26, has put the ordeal behind her. She ...
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New Asbo rules could let yobs off the hook as theyre too expensive police chief warns
Police may be forced to stop punishing anti-social thugs because Government reforms now make it too expensive.Yobs who breach Crime Prevention Injunctions - the new-style Asbos - are dealt with under contempt of court laws, but that can cost 1,500 a time.And Gavin Thomas, the Vice President of the Superintendents' Association, told MPs the bill could deter forces from pursuing yobs who ...
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Devendra Singh murder trial Husband bludgeoned wife to death with elephant statue
A husband battered his wife to death with a 4lb ornamental elephant after she asked him for a divorce, a court heard yesterday.Devendra Singh, 33, hit Charlotte Smith, 42, around the face and head with force that was "off the scale".Philip Bennetts QC, prosecuting, said: "Bone was smashed and shattered."After the attack in September, Singh cleaned the house, near Leek, ...
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Tina Nash attacked by new boyfriend two years after her enraged ex gouged out her eyes
Mum-of-two Tina Nash was left permanently blind by Shane Jenkin in April 2011, in a brutal attack that lasted 12 hours.Tina, 33, had hoped to rebuild her life after 18-stone Jenkin, 34, was jailed for life in a mental health unit last year.However, Tina was the victim of another assault in her home of Penzance, Cornwall, on Sunday, it is claimed.Roland Alli, 32, appeared before magistrates in ...
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Model born with no womb on her dreams of being a mum
When the news broke that the world's first successful womb transplant patient, a Turkish woman called Derya Sert, was pregnant, model Tabitha Taya felt like her emotions were all over the place.Even more so when, weeks later, it was announced that five women were to have womb transplants next year.From the age of 15, 26-year-old Tabitha has known that she will never be able to bear her own ...
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Amanda Knox pictured back in ex-boyfriend’s arms as they face Meredith Kercher murder retrial
student Meredith Kercher .Italy's top judges ruled the possibility that the 21-year-old died during a sex game that went wrong needed to be re-examined.And the move immediately cast doubt on whether the couple should be allowed to be in contact now they have been formally recalled.The pair, along with Knox's mother, spent Tuesday visiting New York together - sparking rumours they have ...
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Environment Secretary urges UK to adopt use of GM crop technology
Owen Paterson, the Environment Secretary, will officially kick off his campaign to bring genetically modified crops to the UK today by calling on the government, industry and scientists to join forces to convert the public in the face of widespread fear and ...
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Ofsted chief calls for troubleshooters in schools failing poor children
schools ", the chief inspector of schools in England will say in a radical speech on Thursday, as part of a drive to improve education for poor children "unseen" by the current system.Sir Michael Wilshaw will also spell out a tougher approach ...
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Tackling poverty needs radical action not more economic failure says Oxfam
Poverty is a creation of society and - if we work together and have the will - we have ample resources to end it. But the first step on that journey needs to be a radical transformation of the economy so it provides prosperity for all, not just a ...
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Hugh Muirs diary Cracks blight the assault in the Lords against gay marriage
o In the titanic battle in the Lords against gay marriage, many have witnessed the apparent union between Lord Dear, the former chief ...
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Children given antibiotics in first year more likely to develop eczema
eczema , according to a new study by British researchers."One potential explanation is that broad-spectrum antibiotics alter the gut microflora and that this in turn affects the maturing immune system in a way that prompts allergic disease development," said researcher Dr Teresa Tsakok, who works at St Thomas's hospital in London.The findings, published in the British Journal of ...
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Long-term transport plan urgently needed say engineers
Engineers have warned that a lack of strategy, patchy maintenance and uncertain funding is undermining Britain's infrastructure, and have called for an independent commission to create a long-term transport plan.The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) said that the short-term political cycle and spending decisions were leaving necessary work undone and delaying big projects.ICE said ...
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Champions Trophy Jonathan Trott’s style is made to measure as England get an easy ride
England swept aside South Africa today to reach the final of the Champions Trophy. It was in every sense a formality, almost from first ball to last, a point that arrived with 75 balls ...
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All aboard the New Bus for London
Boris Johnson's grand replacement for the bendy bus, which will run from Hampstead to Pimlico, was billed as the greenest, cleanest in the world but does it live up to its ...
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Slim Whitman dies of heart failure at the age of 90
Country music star Slim Whitman has died at age 90 of heart failure at Orange Park medical centre in Florida.The singer, whose tenor falsetto and ebony moustache and sideburns became global trademarks, recorded more than 65 albums and sold millions of records. His 1955 version of Rose Marie, the title song from the venerable operetta that spawned Indian Love Call, was No 1 for 11 weeks in ...
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UPDATE 2-Britain to look at RBS split start Lloyds sale soon
Wed Jun 19, 2013 6:48pm EDT By Matt Scuffham and David Milliken LONDON, June 19 (Reuters) - Britain is ready to start selling its shares in Lloyds Banking Group and will examine whether to break up Royal Bank of Scotland, Finance Minister George Osborne said on Wednesday, after acknowledging the re-privatisation of RBS remains a long way off. The government is keen to show Britain's ...
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England beat Proteas to reach final
Jonathan Trott hit 82 not out from 84 deliveries on Wednesday as England beat South Africa to reach the final of the ICC Champions Trophy.Joe Root added 48 before being bowled by Jean-Paul Duminy, as England easily chased down their target of 176.Earlier in the day, the England bowlers had torn through the South Africa attack, restricting them to 8-80 in the 23rd over.But they were frustrated by ...
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Mars had oxygen-rich atmosphere a BILLION years before Earth say scientists`
Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere more than a billion years before the Earth, scientists believe.Specimens of surface rock nearly four billion years old have been examined by Nasa's Spirit rover and show the effects of oxygen.In contrast, rocks flung into space from the interior of the planet by volcanoes have reached Earth as meteorites and show no such effects.This suggests oxygen in the ...
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NHS baby deaths cover-up scandal Jeremy Hunt blasted for not naming culprits
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt was blasted today for not naming the NHS inspectors who covered up a botched probe into hospital baby deaths. Grieving families are demanding that the staff responsible for the conspiracy are brought to book. But no one involved in the scandal at the Care Quality Commission has been named or sacked. Mr Hunt talked tough after a damning independent report slammed ...
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Next government will have to cut 50 faster to meet deficit target
The next government will have to increase the pace of spending cuts by 50% in the two years after the 2015 election if it is to meet the current deficit target, new research by the Resolution Foundation thinktank shows.The report finds that if the next government decides instead to stick with the current - already punishing - pace of cuts, the deficit target will only be met by raising taxes by ...
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Britain fails to put Hezbollah on EU terror list
Britain failed to put Hezbollah's militant branch on the European Union's (EU) terror list on Wednesday, as several goverments expressed fears over the move fuelling more violence in the Middle East, diplomats told Reuters. Following an inconclusive meeting on June 4, when the UK pushed for the blacklisting of the Lebanese ...
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Three out of four on work scheme haven’t found a job yet
Three out of four of the long-term unemployed taking part in the Government's 5bn Work Programme have not yet started a job, according to figures published ...
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Davis hits two more homers as Os pound Tigers
Chris Davis hit two more home runs and drove in five runs as Baltimore crushed Detroit. (AP) Less than two years ago, Chris Davis was a prospect who hadn’t panned out, a trade chip whom the Rangers used to acquire a reliever for their stretch run. Now he’s found a home in Baltimore, and with every passing day, he continues to cement his place among the game’s top sluggers, ...
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Boro bridge on New Westminsters agenda
Auckland example: The Wynard pedestrian crossing bridge in Auckland, New Zealand may be what a proposed bridge linking Quayside and Queensborough could look like. The drawbridge cost $5 million in ...
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PHOTOS UPDATED Mad hats at England’s Royal Ascot
Members of The Tootsie Rolls, a retro girl band, pose for pictures during the second day of Royal Ascot, in Berkshire, west of London, on June 19, 2013. The five-day meeting is one of the highlights of the horse racing calendar. Horse racing has been held at the famous Berkshire course since 1711 and tradition is a hallmark of the meeting. Top hats and tails remain compulsory in parts of the ...
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Scotland's waterways seeing revival
Scotland’s waterways, the canals used to transport bulky goods and vast quantities of coal in the days before the development of the railways, are of great significance in terms of their role in the development of the country, new projects are making sure they remain so.
Scotland recently began investing heavily in its canal system with the introduction of the Millennium Link, a project to restore the Union Canal and Forth and Clyde Canals for use by recreational boaters, tourists and to encourage investment in the tourism, retail and commercial sectors. Read more
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