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April Jones trial I could have burnt the body says Mark Bridger
Mark Bridger, 47, also said he would have been "lynched" if he had been seen taking the five-year-old out of his car, Mold Crown Court heard. The jury in Bridger's trial were hearing transcripts of his police interviews for a third day, read to the court by Paul Hobson, prosecuting, and interviewing officer Detective Constable Louise Thomas. Mr Hobson also read a statement from ...
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Tories reject Feldman probe calls over swivel-eyed loons row
The Conservative Party board has rejected a call for an investigation into whether Tory co-chairman Lord Feldman described grassroots activists as "swivel-eyed ...
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Labour in bid to rescue gay marriage bill amid fears over wrecking amendment
Labour today launched a bid to save a Government bill to legalise gay marriage, amid fears that a "wrecking amendment" extending civil partnerships to heterosexual couples could stall the ...
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April Jones Bridger Denies Sexual Assault
The man accused of murdering schoolgirl April Jones told police he "most certainly did not" sexual assault her, a court has heard. The jury in the trial of Mark Bridger has been hearing transcripts of interviews he had with police after he was arrested for April's murder. When asked whether he had acted with a sexual motive, Bridger said that "this was not the case at ...
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Rochelle Humes Saturdays Singer Has Baby Girl
The Saturdays singer Rochelle Humes and her JLS husband Marvin have become parents for the first time after she gave birth to a baby girl. Alaia-Mai was born on Monday morning with Marvin announcing the new arrival on Twitter. He said: "Mum is doing great & baby is amazing. We are both overjoyed." The couple married last year in a ceremony at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire ...
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G8 summit sparks biggest police operation in Northern Irelands history
Police put up a security fence at the Lough Erne golf resort in Fermanagh before the G8 summit starts. Photograph: Police Service of Northern ...
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Giant 1950s robot Gygan up for sale
YouTube video of Gygan Gygan, launched decades before the first home computer, was regarded as sophisticated for its day, capable of responding to spoken or light ray commands. It could pick up objects, and at its equally successful appearance at a fair at Olympia in London, it danced jerkily with a model - who clearly hadn't seen the crushed base of the tin can it had just picked ...
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Civil partnerships and marriage predicting impact
Heterosexual civil partnerships are on the cards for the UK, thanks to a tabled amendment to government plans on gay marriage. Is there any evidence as to how many people want them?Read the reality ...
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Tim Peake to become first British astronaut to visit International Space Station - video
A former army test pilot is to become the first British astronaut to visit the International Space Station. Major Tim Peake will live and work on the space station for six months in November 2015. At a news conference at the Science Museum in London, where he was announced as the first UK astronaut in space for 20 years, he said it is a great ...
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Letters To Fiesta – New Band Up North 27
Letters To Fiesta are making electro-pop with streams of hysteria running through its veins. Anna-Louisa Etherington fronts the band, and it's her energetic, urgent, volatile vocal range that makes you stop and listen. Going from beautiful, slow melodies to rapid yelps and gasps just to prove how hard it is to sing that fast and move up and down octaves the way she does.Etherington's ...
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Haroon Mirza vinyl UFOs and the patter of tiny feet
Haroon Mirza's exhibition at the Lisson Gallery - though the whumffs and thuds beating around a circle of eight speakers in the upstairs gallery, all pointing inward, proved almost irresistible.A column of sound rose in the centre of the space. I wanted to be there, surrounded, but there was too much stuff in the way: the foam sound-baffles on the walls, the speakers on the floor, the ...
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British flower show in full bloom
Flowers are displayed during the Chelsea Flower Show in London, May 20, 2013. The Chelsea Flower Show, run by the Royal Horticultural Society, celebrates its 100th birthday this ...
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New genetic sequencing lab creates tipping point for personalised cancer care in UK
A new genetic profiling laboratory that will pioneer a quick and cost-effective new tumour test will give doctors a better chance of identifying the right treatment for UK cancer patients and increase access to clinical trials for the latest therapies. The London-based laboratory introduces new techniques that allow doctors to discover the gene alterations which drive cancer and to ...
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Oscar Pistorius Olympic athlete wont race again this year
Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius won't race again this year, his agent said today.The 26-year-old 'Blade Runner' is on bail after being accused of the murder of his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.But a court has ruled that he can compete while he waits for his trial to start.His agent, Peet van Zyl, said the athlete wasn't mentally ready for a return to to the ...
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Deputy speakers offices searched by police investigating rape claims
House of Commons Nigel Evans have searched his parliamentary offices, it has emerged.Lancashire police officers entered parliament on Sunday to examine rooms occupied by Evans, 55, and his staff. He was arrested on 4 May after claims that he raped one man and sexually assaulted another between 2009 and 2013 - accusations he said were "completely false". A third man has come forward ...
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David Cameron told to stop moralising to multinationals over tax
David Cameron , calling on him to stop "moralising" on how multinational corporations should be taxed.Roger Carr, flanked by some of the country's most powerful global business leaders, trooped into Downing Street on Monday for a 3pm meeting of the prime minister's business advisory group. Around the table were chief executives of the UK ...
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Gandhi blood sample up for auction in London
LONDON (Reuters) - Two microscope slides bearing the blood of former Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi are to go on sale in London on Tuesday and are expected to fetch from 10,000 pounds to 15,000 pounds ($15,200-$22,800). The slides were obtained in ...
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Measles surges in United Kingdom
MORE than a decade ago, British parents refused to give measles shots to at least a million children because of a vaccine scare that raised the specter of autism. Now, health officials are scrambling to catch up and stop a growing epidemic of the contagious ...
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April Jones accused may have burned her body court hears
Mark Bridger , 47, also said he would have been "lynched" if he had been seen taking the five-year-old out of his car, Mold crown court heard.The jury in Bridger's trial were hearing transcripts of his police interviews for a third day, read to the court by Paul Hobson, prosecuting, and the interviewing officer, DC Louise Thomas.Hobson also read a statement from detention officer ...
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HMRC targets 2000 direct sellers as part of tax dodging crackdown
HMRC ) is sending out about 2,000 letters to people it believes are involved in direct selling and who did not take advantage of its recent opportunity to pay the tax they owe. They are being given one last chance to either get in touch or face being hit with much higher penalties and, potentially, a criminal investigation.The Revenue has not named any particular companies, but well-known ...
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My uncle was able to have a dignified death – as he lived in Switzerland | Rosie Harper
I've studied ethics as a branch of philosophy - it's fun. The theory, that is. But it is also vacuous. Worthwhile ethics can only be done with real people in front of you. You only know you've got it right when you would be happy to apply your theory to those you love.Notionally, I was convinced that a loving and compassionate God would not demand of a person extreme and prolonged ...
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Francis Meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel
According to a communique released by the Holy See, Pope Francis and Chancellor Merkel discussed several topics of mutual interest, especially the current socio-political, economic, and religious situation in Europe and the world. ';In particular,'; the communique stated, ';the protection of human rights, the persecution of Christians, religious freedom, and international ...
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Britain denies bail to radical cleric who faces deportation
Radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada is seen arriving back at his home after being released on bail, in London in this November 13, 2012 file ...
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L.A. mayoral candidates Eric Garcetti Wendy Greuel pound the pavement
The two candidates vying to become Los Angeles' next mayor made the most of Sunday with a frenzy of appearances across the city as they headed into the final stretch of a race that shows they are nearly neck in neck with voters. City Councilman Eric Garcetti and City Controller Wendy Greuel worked their message from dusk until dawn on Sunday, hitting key battleground neighborhoods such as ...
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No options off table over Syria Britains Hague
Bashar al-Assad must realize that "no option is off table" if his government fails to negotiate seriously at peace talks in Geneva, Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Monday. "We must make clear that if the regime does not negotiate seriously at the Geneva conference, no option is off the table. There remains a serious risk that the Assad regime will not ...
Scotland Feature
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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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