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April Jones trial Live updates from day 14 of Mark Bridgers murder trial
Follow the latest news and live updates from WalesOnline in Mold Crown Court as Mark Bridger stands trial accused of murdering the ...
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Government weighs in on British amateur boxing row
May 20 - Britain's Sports Minister Hugh Robertson has come out fighting in the punch-up between British amateur boxing's governing bodies, warning of Government intervention with the sport in serious danger of losing more than 10 million ($15 million/EUR12 million) of its Olympic funding. "We are keeping a watching brief but will ring-fence the funding if the governance ...
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Abu Qatada expects to be acquitted of terror charges in Jordan lawyers say
Jordan , his lawyers have told a court hearing.Danny Friedman, for Abu Qatada, told the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (Siac) on Monday that the new treaty between Britain and Jordan ensuring he will not face a trial based on evidence obtained ...
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Fresh evidence challenges Angel of Death nurse Colin Norriss conviction
Fresh medical and scientific evidence is being published this week that campaigners hope will lead to the release of Colin Norris, the former nurse and so-called "Angel of Death" serving life for the murder or attempted murder of five elderly women.The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) has confirmed it is undertaking an active re-examination of the case.Norris, 37, originally ...
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Briton to be charged in France with childrens murder
A British man who has reportedly admitted killing his two children by slitting their throats is due to appear in court in Lyon charged with their murder."He has recognised the facts, he has given factual elements of what happened, but he has not gone into details about the motive and hasn't shown much remorse," the French prosecutors' office reportedly said.Investigators are ...
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British business says Brexit will cost UK $140bn annually
UK As the question of the UK's EU membership has taken the center stage of British politics, some of the UK's leading business heavyweights argue that political interests should not be placed before the economics. Some of the UK's leading business heavyweights including Sir Richard Branson and Sir Martin Sorrell as well as the current and next presidents of the Confederation of ...
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For WRVS read RVS Charity drops Women from its title to woo more male volunteers
A charity established during the Second World War will be dropping the 'W' from its name, in a move to attract more male volunteers and reach the ageing ...
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Former Whitehall police station confirmed as new Scotland Yard HQ
Scotland Yard has confirmed the location for its new headquarters as the force prepares to sell off its current landmark site amid budget ...
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Neville Neville father of ex-Premier League and England footballers Gary and Phil charged with sexual assault
Neville Neville, the father of former footballers Gary and Phil Neville, is to be charged with sexually assaulting a 46-year-old woman the Crown Prosecution Service said ...
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Britains FTSE scales new 5-12 year peaks
* FTSE 100 flat at 6,724.49 points, near 5-1/2 year highs* Broker upgrades help Easyjet and Royal Bank of Scotland* Some traders see profit-taking around 6,760-6,800 levelBy Sudip Kar-GuptaLONDON, May 20 (Reuters) - Britain's benchmark equity ...
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England ponder top-order problems ahead of Ashes
LONDON (Reuters) - England secured the convincing victory over New Zealand they demanded in the first test at Lord's but question marks remain over the make-up of their team for the Ashes series against Australia starting in ...
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Chelsea Flower Show 100th birthday Incredible black and white photos reveal how event has changed through the years
As Queen Mary admires the wonderful display at the Chelsea Flower Show in 1913, little does she or anyone else know how iconic the event will go on to become.Dressed in a fine suit and elegant hat with her umbrella and her entourage in tow, the grandmother of our current Queen surveys the scene at the first show at Chelsea Hospital.One hundred years on, the Royal Family still attend every year, ...
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Dan Dare Dreams Big British Astronaut Tim Peake To Visit Space Station in 2015
UK Space Agency . (Yes, apparently we have one - who knew?). If the mission goes ahead as planned, Peake will be the first Briton to fly in space without a private contract or American Citizenship. So, for the only country to have given up ...
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Eurovision contest on song for BBC1
Eurovision Song Contest averaged 7.7 million viewers and a 35.3% audience share over three and a half hours from 8pm.The annual cheesefest was overshadowed by ITV's Britain's Got Talent (7.30pm-8.45pm: 9.2 million/40.1%) early on, but otherwise ruled the roost ratings-wise on Saturday evening, reaching a five-minute peak of 9.3 million viewers.ITV competition later in the evening ...
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Labour should cut its ties with the illiberal Henry Jackson Society | James Bloodworth
Former foreign secretary Margaret Beckett in 2007. She is one of 11 Labour MPs to sit on the Henry Jackson Society's advisory council. Photograph: Dimitri ...
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Phoenix fly-by-night Man accused of posing as Peter Kays brother
Peter Kay in order to con pub landlords has been charged with fraud.Peter Stead, 50, claimed he was called Danny Kay and was the brother of the well-known Bolton comic when he offered to put ...
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Actor Morgan Freeman received the Doctor of Humane Letters award on graduation day at Boston University this weekend. Photograph: Nicolaus Czarnecki/ZUMA ...
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Scientific Research and the European Union | Jon Butterworth | Life Physics
CERN Council European Strategy Group (our draft strategy will hopefully be adopted in Brussels next week). So we both had things to say about each others topic.I know from experience that applying for, and spending, EU research funds used to be very bureaucratic and arguably not worth the effort. Most initiatives were not primarily targetted at research excellence, but at training, or at ...
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Should civil partnerships be extended to heterosexual couples | Poll
voting on amendments to the gay marriage bill including a proposal to extend civil partnerships to heterosexual couples . The government has hinted this could derail the law entirely. Do you think partnerships should be an option for ...
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Whats all this about the EUs democratic deficit | Peter Millar
One of the best arguments against referendums is that they are seldom fought on facts, and more often on buzz phrases or received wisdom, little of it wise. The most commonly heard buzz phrase circulating in Britain's soul-searching over our membership of the European Union is "democratic deficit". It is a phrase much-loved because a) it is alliterative, and b) only vaguely ...
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British Embassy in China establishes countdown clock for London Olympics
British Embassy in China established a countdown clock at the ambassador's residence here on Wednesday to mark the one-year countdown to the 2012 London Olympic Games. "The final countdown will begin. An exciting year of outstanding sporting and cultural events in Britain will set the stage for the greatest (sport) show on earth next summer," said ambassador Sebastian Wood. Zuo ...
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Lyon Divorced British dad slits throats of his two children and escapes on ROLLER SKATES
Police were called to the scene by his French ex-wife when she went to pick up the children and came across him in blood-soaked clothes in the lobby of his apartment ...
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Hillsborough disaster Senior cop urged PC to make fix complaint
A former top cop who was slated over the Hillsborough disaster "encouraged" a PC to complain about two men who first investigated it. The constable - named on BBC tonight as PC Mark Lewis - made the complaint after talks with Sir Norman Bettison, then South Yorks superintendent. His officers policed the game in Sheffield in 1989 where 96 Liverpool fans were crushed to death. PC ...
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Chelsea Flower Show bankers network among the narcissi
Chelsea Flower Show is where the City hopes to cultivate new business.While the TV cameras will be trained on the Queen's visit and gardening royalty such as Alan Titchmarsh and Carol Klein for the horticultural event's centenary year, big corporates rule the rudbeckias after 7pm.The show's gala dinner attracts some of the top names in business, politics and banking, the highlight ...
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Ground control to Major Tim Former helicopter pilot to be first UK astronaut for more than 20 years
A former helicopter pilot is to become the first British astronaut to visit the International Space Station (ISS), it was confirmed ...
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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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