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Being gay in the finance industry | Joris Luyendijk
A product control worker tells Joris he doesn't face real homophobia, but that he doesn't see gay people in front-office trading positions. Join him in the ...
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Mother of two tried to talk down London attackers
LONDON: A mother of two is being hailed for her bravery after it emerged she attempted to talk down the two Islamic extremists who killed a British soldier in a gruesome machete attack on the streets of ...
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Nissan recalls 800000 cars with potentially faulty steering wheels
The recall affects 133,869 Nissan Micras made between December 2002 and May 2006 and is part of a worldwide recall of 841,000 Micras. The required repairs are expected to take approximately fifteen minutes to complete. A Nissan Motor GB spokesman said: "Over time, the nut that holds on the steering wheel can become loose."Drivers could start notice some wobbling of the wheel and if ...
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Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt attacked for being childishly superficial and misleading by leading doctor
The Health Secretary was today attacked for making childish, superficial and misleading claims about the role of GPs in exacerbating problems at overstretched accident and emergency ...
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Woolwich attack lets try a bit of keeping calm
Another murder in London. Floral tributes are left outside the military barracks, near the scene where a soldier was killed in the Woolwich attack. Photograph: Neil ...
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Warmer weather to return over bank holiday weekend
weather will make a welcome return over the bank holiday weekend, with temperatures expected to reach 19C (66F).Some roadworks on motorways and major A-roads have been lifted for the holiday period but works remain on some busy roads, including the M25 and the M4.On the railways, there will be engineering work on some routes, including the west coast main line, and major development work ...
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Woolwich attack Eyewitness accounts
police have sealed off a flat in connection to the attack? Do you have any information, video footage or pictures from yesterday's incident? Or have you witnessed ...
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Woolwich attack security forces will look at lone wolf and jihadist theories
Link to video: Woolwich police investigate meat cleaver attack Counter-terrorism officers and security officials will doubtless fear that Woolwich fits into the category ...
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Woolwich attack horror on John Wilson Street
Link to video: Woolwich police investigate meat cleaver attack A meat cleaver is clasped in his blood-smeared left hand; the other - also stained red with human blood - waves manically as he shouts at the camera, ranting his justification for the atrocity on the streets of ...
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Woolwich police investigate meat cleaver attack - video
Police cordon off the scene of the murder of a British soldier in Woolwich, south-east London, on Wednesday evening. Two men have been arrested following the attack in which witnesses say a meat cleaver was used to hack at the victim. Following the incident dozens of English Defence League protesters gather near the scene on Wednesday ...
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Pound slips on BOE comments
FX Market Overview The grotesqueness of the actions of those two Neanderthals who butchered an off duty soldier yesterday is only matched by the obscenity of their pathetic delusional attempts to claim some kind of political morality for their barbarism. There is no excuse and can be no excuse for their actions. Thankfully, their depravity will do nothing but add to the resolve of the Great ...
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Shameless star to play Tommy Cooper in ITV film
Just like that! Shameless star David Threlfall will play Tommy Cooper in an ITV biopic of the comedian scripted by Men Behaving Badly writer Simon Nye.New Tricks star Amanda Redman will play Cooper's wife Gwen in the two-hour film to be made by independent producer Left Bank Pictures (Wallander, The Damned United).The film will focus on the dilemma faced by Cooper when he fell in love with ...
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Woolwich attack - why editors were right to publish horrific pictures
Answer: yes. There are all sorts of arguments in favour. Practical and technological first - pictures and film clips of the incident were across social media within minutes. Newspapers (and TV) would have looked completely daft to ignore what was already in the public domain.The man wasn't trying to hide from the spotlight. He was aware he was "speaking to camera" in order to ...
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Nigeria British Prime Minister Describes London Attack As a Terrorist Incident Foreign
British Prime Minister, David Cameron, on Wednesday described the attack on a man near a military barracks in Woolwich, South East London which resulted in his death, as a terrorist incident. Mr. Cameron, who cut short his trip to Paris, said the attack was "absolutely sickening, a most appalling crime; we have had these sorts of attacks before in our country, and we will never buckle in ...
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British Security Chiefs Meet After Killing
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Bupa offers more choice on Bupa By You
You can also choose NHS Cancer Cover Plus instead of full cancer cover, to reduce the cost. This means that the NHS provides cancer treatment unless they are unable to provide the particular drug or treatment required, in which case Bupa will step in. You have the peace of mind that if you need a drug or treatment as not available on the NHS, you can get ...
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BMI The London Independent Hospital consultant recognised for outstanding contribution at prestigious healthcare awards
2013 Independent Healthcare Award . The annual awards recognise outstanding quality and innovation in the independent healthcare sector and rewards teams and individuals whose dedication and commitment helps make the UK independent healthcare sector truly ...
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Lydia Davis wins Man Booker International PrizeAmerican writer Lydia Davis edged past Indian literary veteran U R Ananthamurthy to win the Man Booker International Prize 2013 on Wednesday night.
edition of the award at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. She was chosen from a list of 10 eminent contenders, including Kannada writer Ananthamurthy. The prize, worth 60,000, is awarded for an achievement in fiction on the world stage. It is presented once every two years to a living author for a body of work published either originally in English or available in translation in English. ...
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Muslim Council of Britain condemns Woolwich attack
A representative from the Muslim Council of Britain has condemned a machete attack in Woolwich, south-east London, in which one man was ...
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Britain better off in EU - Miliband
Former British foreign secretary David Miliband has said he could not envisage Britain pulling out of the European Union. Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, Mr Miliband said the argument that being a member of the EU was "an intolerable burden" on the British economy does not make sense. British Prime Minister David Cameron has called a referendum on Britain's ...
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Terrorists butcher British soldier in broad daylight in London
International News: The British Prime Minister David Cameron will meet his top advisers to urgently address potential security implications following Wednesday's murder in Woolwich. The government's emergency response committee, Cobra, will reconvene on Thursday morning to discuss security measures after a man was butchered in broad daylight on the streets of ...
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UK emergency committee meets after London attack we will never buckle says Cameron
David Cameron says there are strong indications it was an act of terrorism, and his top advisers will be examining the potential security implications of the attack, which took place near a London military barracks. One of the attackers went on video to explain the crime -- shouting political statements, gesturing with bloodied hands and waving a meat cleaver. Police shot and wounded the ...
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Video Woolwich attack - man with bloodied hands and knife addresses camera
Amateur footage has captured one of the suspected killers in the Woolwich attack directly addressing an onlooker, who was at the scene and had a camera. The video obtained by ITV News shows a man with bloody hands and a knife, saying: 'You will never be safe, remove your government. They don't care about ...
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Cross-dressing spy embarrassed UK newly released records claim
Lieutenant Colonel Dudley Clarke, a key figure in British intelligence in the Middle East in the Second World War, set alarm bells ringing in Whitehall when he was arrested in Madrid dressed as a woman. Files released by the National Archives show that Lt Col Clarke - who was supposed to maintain a low profile, travelling under cover as a war correspondent for The Times - had stopped off in ...
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Woolwich attacker was known to banned Islamist organisation
Anjem Choudary, the former leader of the group, Al Muhajiroun, confirmed that he had known the man who was seen on video in the immediate aftermath of yesterday's horrific killing waving a cleaver with bloodied hands and making political statements.Mr Choudary said Mujahid, who he said had converted to Islam in 2003 and was a British-born Nigerian, had stopped attending meetings of Al ...
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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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