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South Africa want to reverse the ball to swing it like England
AB de Villiers is prepared to give England the benefit of the doubt over accusations that the Champions Trophy hosts have been guilty of ball-tampering. Ashley Giles, ...
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Champions Trophy England two games away from one day title
Bowlers James Anderson, left, and Stuart Broad, centre, will hope to deliver for their captain Alastair Cook, right, as England gear up for the remaining two matches to a possible maiden world title. Michael Steele / Getty ...
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British Irish Lions ACT Brumbies spring a surprise as Australia waits
British & Irish Lions had been given "a reality check" after they lost their unbeaten Australia tour record on Tuesday. The Lions went down 14-12 to ACT Brumbies at Canberra Stadium, and there could be few complaints from a team outgunned upfront for an hour before head coach Gatland summoned reinforcements from the bench. The injury-hit Lions, who dominated the first five games ...
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Wales stun Baby Boks
The Baby Boks suffered the heartbreak of conceding a last-minute try to be edged out of the Junior World Championships by Wales. Inspired by talented back Jordan Williams, Wales produced a stunning fightback with time running out to send South Africa home.South Africa had twice come from behind to hold the lead in the final quarter and looked on course for a place in Sunday's final and a ...
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Video G8 shows Northern Ireland is open for business
David Cameron said you ';couldn’t put a value'; on the free advertising for Northern Ireland as a result of the G8 summit. The Prime Minister said his fellow G8 leaders had been impressed and added that he hoped it would help people realise how "magnificent" Northern Ireland is.Mr Cameron used the summit's closing press conference to say he hoped the G8 had shown ...
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British Leader Trendsetter Or A Bit Too Casual
The G-8 leaders speaking at this news conference in Northern Ireland all lost their ties, but British Prime Minister David Cameron (right) went a step further by ditching his jacket and rolling up his ...
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Franck Ribery and Karim Benzema face jail over underage prostitute claims
French international football stars Franck Ribery and Karim Benzema are facing jail - accused of sleeping with an underage prostitute.But the lawyer for Ribery, who plays for Bayern Munich, claimed she was "not a vulnerable person" in court today.Carlo-Alberto Bruso was speaking on the first day of a criminal trial.The pair are accused of having slept with Zahia Dehar, a ...
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April Jones and Tia Sharps parents unite to demand crackdown on internet child abuse
Tia Sharp united today to demand ministers do more to crack down on vile internet child abuse. April's parents Paul and Coral Jones and 12-year-old Tia's father Steven Carter said their children's killers were spurred on by sick images found online. Devastated mum Coral said: "I just want it stopped and I think the Government should put more pressure and get it done ...
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America and Taliban set for direct talks this week over Afghanistan peace deal
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Three museums in north threatened with closure saved after promise on funding cuts
Ministers today climbed down over plans to close one of the country's leading museums.The Science Museum said either the National Rail Museum in York, or the National Media Museum in Bradford or Manchester's Museum of Science and Industry would have to shut because of Government cutsThe plan, first revealed in the Daily Mirror, provoked a storm of protest and saw rallies and ...
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Jeremy Forrest trial Schoolgirls mum thought she was dead when she vanished with married maths teacher
Jeremy Forrest, 30, and his 15-year-old pupil fled to France after their relationship was about to be exposed in September last year.Forrest booked a cross-Channel ferry from Dover to Calais with the schoolgirl, from Bishop Bell C of E School in Eastbourne, East Sussex, before spending seven days on the run.Scots-born Forrest, of Chislehurst Road, Petts Wood, Kent, denies child abduction.The ...
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Nigella Lawson photos Husband Charles Saatchi pictured in public for first time since accepting caution for attacking wife
since accepting a caution for attacking wife Nigella Lawson. The millionaire art collector and advertising guru, 70, stepped out of his Chelsea home this morning and smiled at the amassed cameras but refused to speak to reporters.It was the first time he had ventured out after spending five hours in a police station yesterday ...
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Andy McSmiths Diary Dear Leader Dave dips his toe into the macho political pool
Andy McSmith is a senior reporter at The Independent. He has vast experience in political journalism and has also appeared on documentaries for BBC Radio ...
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British military stock left over from Afghan war being moved out
The details of what has been happening to Britain's military equipment in Afghanistan were given today as the government there assumed responsibility for security across the country and international forces embarked on the final part of their exit strategy from the ...
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Al Kazeem can foil Camelot in Prince Of Waless Stakes at Royal Ascot
They race on Wednesday at Royal Ascot, above, where Al Kazeem appeals as the best bet of the day in the Prince of Wales's Stakes. Photograph: John ...
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Burberrys London homecoming pays homage to Hockney and Bennett
London after a decade on the Milan menswear catwalks was always going to be a blockbuster show - but in the event, it was also an emotional homecoming. Designer Christopher Bailey created a subtle, nuanced collection which moved beyond the obvious pole stars of British menswear (Savile Row, punk, Bond, country gent) to celebrate instead the more eccentric, colourful, offbeat style of David ...
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Bank of England appoints woman as first chief operating officer
Bank of England governor, has appointed Charlotte Hogg, a senior executive at Santander and the scion of one of Britain's most blue-blooded political dynasties, to become the Bank's first chief operating officer.Hogg, who heads Santander's high street operations, will start at the Bank on 1 July - the day that Carney takes over from Sir Mervyn King. The 41-year-old will head all ...
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Royal Bank of Scotland Group Non-cumulative Guaranteed Trust Preferred Securities Shares Cross 7 Yield Mark
NYSE: RBS.PRI ) were yielding above the 7% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.5625), with shares changing hands as low as $22.32 on the day. This compares to an average yield of 6.23% in the "Banking & Savings" preferred stock category, according ...
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The world has seen the new Northern Ireland says David Cameron at the end of a successful G8
An online article ('Protestant-Catholic gap narrows as census results revealed', posted December 11, 2012) reported on the publication of data from the 2011 Census by the Northern Ireland Statistics Agency and stated that the percentage of Protestants and Catholics in the Northern Ireland population stood at 48% and 45% ...
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Julian Assange will not leave Ecuadorian Embassy in London even if sex charges are dropped
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says he will not leave the Ecuadorian Embassy in London even if sex charges against him are dropped, as he fears moves are already under way to extradite him to the ...
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New book claims child-catchers kidnapped boys for the Elizabethan stage
Child-catchers stalked the streets of Elizabethan England seeking out boys they could force on to the stage, an Oxford academic has claimed in a new ...
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‘Call Centre’ boss’s firms fined over nuisance calls
Two companies owned by the BBC's new reality star Neville "Big Nev" Wilshire - who appears in the fly-on-the-wall documentary The Call Centre - have been fined 225,000 for making nuisance ...
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Buckinghamshire village up in arms over location of new Sikh secondary school
A Buckinghamshire village is threatening legal action over plans to set up an 850-pupil Sikh secondary school in its midst. Residents of Stoke Poges have warned they will seek a judicial review of the proposal after Department for Education {DfE) bought an office block in the village for the school for a reputed ...
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G8 summit David Cameron hails landmark deal to rewrite global rules to stamp out tax evasion
David Cameron has hailed a landmark deal to rewrite global rules to stamp out tax evasion and stop companies shifting profits between countries to limit their tax ...
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Syria crisis World leaders appeal to allies of Bashar al-Assad to force the Syrian President to surrender power
World leaders appealed to allies of Bashar al-Assad to force the Syrian President to surrender power at the close of their two-day summit in Northern ...
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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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