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600 interpreters will be allowed to move to UK as reward for assisting British forces in Afghanistan
About 600 Afghan interpreters that put themselves in danger for British forces are to be given settlement rights in the UK, it was ...
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Further Space Oddity Jeremy Paxman grills British astronaut Major Tim Peake in weirdly aggressive Newsnight interview
Space Race: Astronauts break record for quickest journey to International Space Station - making trip in less time than standard flight from London to New ...
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Most UK species in decline wildlife stocktake shows
wildlife has revealed that most species are struggling and that one in three have halved in number in the past half century. The unique report, based on scientific analysis of tens of millions of observations from volunteers, shows that from woodland to farmland and from freshwater streams to the sea, ...
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Xbox One Microsoft unveils new console that changes everything
Xbox console on Tuesday that not only integrates TV, internet and gaming, but also will measure your heartbeat and recognise your voice.The company said the Xbox One will revolutionise its users' lifestyles by integrating the cloud, voice control and gesture technology into a simple, intuitive machine."It changes everything," Marc Whitten, an Xbox executive, told a packed hall of ...
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Legal highs increase four-fold in Britain
The number of people dying from banned synthetic drugs such as meow meow quadrupled in the past five years, British health officials say. The recreational drugs, popular on the club scene, include GHB, more commonly referred to as a "date rape" drug, cathinones such as meow meow and other stimulants, The Daily Telegraph reported. Cathinone is structurally related to methcathinone, in ...
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Injured Carroll Ruled Out of England Friendlies
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Woman arrested after trying to drive through House of Commons gates to speak to MP
A woman was arrested tonight after trying to drive through the main gates of the House of Commons. The red Volkswagen came a few metres on to the parliamentary estate at around 7.15pm before being stopped by a security ramp. Witnesses said the driver, aged around 40, demanded to see an MP as she was wrestled out of the vehicle by police officers. The incident took place ...
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IMF urges Treasury to speed up sale of Lloyds and RBS
Lloyds Banking Group was escalating on Tuesday night amid reports that the International Monetary Fund is urging the Treasury to accelerate its disposal of the 65bn stakes in the two bailed-out banks.As part of its annual health check on the UK economy, the Washington-based fund is said to be telling the government that disposal of the share stakes should be a priority.Hopes of a sell-off of the ...
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Andy Carroll ruled out of England friendlies through injury
Andy Carroll's withdrawal for the friendlies against Republic of Ireland and Brazil was confirmed in an FA statement. Photograph: Jan Kruger/The FA via Getty ...
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Hugh Muirs diary The anti-gay marriage MP who raced against time. And lost
Gay marriage is a worry for Lord Tebbit. We might see a "lesbian queen giving birth to a future monarch by artificial insemination". Photograph: Dan Chung for the ...
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Gay marriage bill passes Britains House of Commons
England A bill to legalise gay marriage in Britain has passed the country's parliament and will now go the country's upper house, the House of Lords, for consideration.Members of the House of Commons broke out in applause as the result was read out but the bill is likely to face stiff opposition when it is debated in the House of Lords next month.MPs voted 366 to 161 in favour of the ...
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ECSU Chancellor Willie Gilchrist Resigns Amid State Investigation Into Campus Crime Reporting
Elizabeth City State University Chancellor Willie Gilchrist announced Friday that he will resign from his post. His resignation comes as the university is being scrutinized for alleged failures to investigate and report campus crime incidents. (Image via ...
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Trevor Bolder bass player for David Bowies 70s backing band dies aged 62
Trevor Bolder, left, and Mick Woodmansey -two of the Spiders from Mars -pose in 2012 before a poster featuring the album art of the 1972 Ziggy Stardust LP. Photograph: David ...
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Some Afghan interpreters to be allowed to settle in Britain
About half the Afghan interpreters risking their lives for British troops are to be given settlement rights in the UK under a reworked package prepared by the coalition government.The package represents a climbdown from earlier suggestions that most interpreters would have to risk reprisals as collaborators by the Taliban after coalition forces leave a still unstable country at the end of ...
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IMF to urge Britain to dump shares in Lloyds and RBS
International Monetary Fund (IMF) is set to tell the British government to dump its stakes in Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds following their bail-out during the financial crisis, The Times reported on Tuesday. An IMF report on the state of the ...
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Sir Bruce Keogh report aims to tackle the cosmetic crisis
The Review of the Regulations of Cosmetic Interventions was recently released by a committee headed up by NHS Medical Director SirBruce Keogh. The findings of this review call for tougher controls on increasingly popular cosmetic surgery procedures. The review, prompted by the considerable concernssurrounding PIP silicone breast implants, also addresses the wider issues about the ...
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Britain asks EU to put Hezbollah military on terrorist list
Hezbollah 's military sector a terrorist organization. The request, which is scheduled to be informally discussed at an EU meeting in Brussels Wednesday, and officially taken up on June 4, could open the way for sanctions to curtail Hezbollah activity in Europe if successful, the British newspaper The Financial Times reported Tuesday. Motivated by an investigation that blamed Hezbollah ...
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TV picks for May 22 900-Pound Man Criminal Minds Nashville
Financial considerations "Criminal Minds" (8 p.m., WCCO, Ch. 4) ends the season with an intense two-hour episode, but don't expect any of the regular cast members to go down in a blaze of glory. The actors came to a last-minute agreement on their contracts and all are expected to return next season. Crash diet In "900-Pound Man: The Race Against Time" (8 p.m., TLC), ...
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Britains gay marriage bill to pass hurdle
A bill to legalise gay marriage in Britain has passed a crucial hurdle in parliament, despite efforts by MPs from Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservative party to wreck the plans.Members of the House of Commons voted by 366 to 161 in favour of the same sex marriage bill, a majority of 205, and it will now go to the unelected House of Lords for consideration.There was applause as the ...
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Notre Dame Cathedral suicide Campaigner shoots himself dead in front of horrified visitors
A campaigner opposed to gay marriage shot himself dead in front of hundreds of visitors at Notre Dame cathedral in Paris today.Dominique Venner, 78, walked up to the altar, put a Herstal automatic pistol in his mouth and fired at about 4pm.Visitors screamed in horror, before emergency crews arrived and the building was ...
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Chris Huhne and Vicky Pryce should have spent longer in jail Chris Grayling says
Speeding points swappers Chris Huhne and Vicky Price should have spent longer in jail, the Justice Secretary said today.Chris Grayling told the Commons he sympathised with people who thought the pair should have served more than two months of their eight-month sentences.In response to a question on the case by Tory right-winger Philip Davies, Mr Grayling hinted that jailed criminals may have to ...
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Next generation gaming Xbox One launch features first glimpse of Call of Duty Ghosts
Xbox One launch earlier this evening . The publisher announced earlier this month that the game will hit shelves in November. And it was handed an early debut in front of the world ...
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Job security is a thing of the past - so millions need a better welfare system | Guy Standing
Skills and Employment Survey , published on Monday? The national survey, carried out every six years, shows that more employees feel insecure than at any time in 20 years; that work is being intensified, with people being asked to do more and work longer; and that for the first time people working in the public sector feel more insecure than those in the private sector.The reasons for this are ...
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Country diary Cotehele Tamar Valley Sid Coombe No 1 among this years thick and gorgeous apple blossoms
Cotehele 's formal gardens from the old orchard. The apple is particularly thick and gorgeous this year. It obscures mistletoe, and clothes limbs that until a few weeks ago were bare apart from lichen and moss. Most spectacular is the luminous Sid Coombe No 1 - a spreading tree planted here 25 years ago. Genetic testing has proved this variety to be unique, so it goes by the name of the ...
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Bipolar pregnant woman tells court I’ll kill myself if I’m denied an abortion
A pregnant woman with severe mental health problems told a High Court judge that she would kill herself and her unborn daughter if he did not allow her to have an ...
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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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