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Angelina Jolies stunt double Eunice Huthart in phone hacking claim
News Corp is being sued by a former Hollywood stunt double over claims they hacked her phone.Eunice Huthart, who has doubled for Angelina Jolie is several movies, has filed the suit from America - the first such claim to come from the ...
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Morning news headlines for June 18 2013
ART collector Charles Saatchi has admitted assaulting his wife, Nigella Lawson, during an argument outside a London restaurant, it is understood. Saatchi is believed to have accepted a caution for assault after going to a police station in the capital yesterday afternoon. In a statement last night the Metropolitan Police refused to name him, but said: "Officers from the Community Safety ...
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The days news in pictures June 17 2013
Prime Minister David Cameron attends a news conference with US President Barack Obama and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (centre) at the G8 summit in Enniskillen, Northern ...
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Manchester City’s Scouting Database Compromised
75% of the UK's Premier League football clubs, and 50% of clubs in the major European leagues use the services of Scout7 to provide solutions in player scouting, recruitment and information management. Manchester City's private database has been ...
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Pizza portraits are a tasty twist on classic artworks
Art lovers have been given a tasty treat as some of their favourite paintings have been recreated - on pizzas. The unusual Love Your Summer collection, is the work of celebrated food artist Prudence Staite. She has recreated some of the art world's most beloved paintings on dough including Sunflowers by Vincent van Gough, Edvard Munch's The Scream and 'Oh Jeff I love you too ...
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Gallery Rossendale school proms
School's almost out for summer and prom season is here. We want to see pictures of the most glamorous school leavers dressed to the nines for our special Leavers Ball photo gallery. Send them to us using the form below, and we'll include them online and in the paper. Alternatively email them ...
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Metrolink expansion delays ongoing
Expansion plans for Manchester’s Metrolink seem shrouded in continual controversy or bureaucracy, from spending cuts and revisions, environmental concerns and claims that not enough is being done to ensure that the local workforce is employed in expanding the tram system. It seems that just as the benefits to be reaped from the tram line expansion are significant, so too are the problems associated with seeing it through.
It was way back in the 1980s that Manchester news media first reported that local government were considering expanding the tram system, but it wasn’t until 2001 that concrete action was taken in the form of half a billion pounds being set aside by the national government to expand the tram lines from Manchester’s city centre out into the Greater Manchester region. Read more
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