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Scotlands top policeman pleads for the force to keep seized proceeds of crime
he needs to save 58 million this year, and similar amounts in the next two, warning that cuts could cause "irreparable" damage to policing.He said: "I've been continually pleading with government to revisit money seized through proceeds of crime."We all know we are not a special case, but we are seizing millions of pounds every year from organised criminals for the ...
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Woolwich terror attack Lee Rigbys step-father recalls how he first learnt of incident from television
Ingrid Loyau-Kennett, the mother-of-two hailed as a hero for confronting Woolwich attackers, thought: 'better me than a ...
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Woolwich soldier killing suspects attended Greenwich University together
The second suspect in the killing of British army Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich has been identified as a former London schoolboy who attended Greenwich University along with his alleged ...
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Video Woolwich attack suspect was completely normal says friend
The Hangover actor Zach Galifianakis's date for his movie premieres isn't arm candy - it's his 87-year-old friend who he saved from ...
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Woolwich Attack Familys Emotional Tribute
The family of Drummer Lee Rigby have told how they frantically tried to contact him after watching his brutal murder unfold on television Drummer Rigby's stepfather Ian said that as they watched the news of the attack his "heart skipped a beat". Speaking at a press conference, Mr Rigby said they tried to get hold of him but couldn't reach him. He said: "Really ...
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Footballers Cleared Of Brighton Sex Assault
Four footballers have been cleared today of sexually assaulting a 19-year-old woman in a hotel room. Jurors at the Old Bailey also found them not guilty of voyeurism at a retrial. Brighton and Hove Albion players Anton Rodgers, 20, Lewis Dunk, 21, and George Barker, 21, and former team-mate Steve Cook, 22, who now plays for Bournemouth, had maintained their innocence. They were given ...
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British Airways Heathrow incident causes travel chaos on one of the busiest weekends of the year
Simon Calder is Travel Editor at Large for The Independent, writing a weekly column, various articles and features as well as filming a weekly video diary. Every Sunday afternoon, Simon presents the UK's only radio travel phone-in programme called The LBC Travel Show with Simon Calder (97.3 FM). He is a regular guest on national TV, often seen on BBC Breakfast, Daybreak, ITV News and Sky ...
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Chief executive Ferran Soriano predicts success at Manchester City if vision of City players is followed
Ferran Soriano is sitting at the top of the world - in the vast, airy "SoHi" room at the peak of a New York hotel with views across the place he calls "the greatest city in the world," having momentarily left Manchester out of the mental ...
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The London art audit how well are female artists represented
How likely are you to see a piece of art in a London gallery created by a woman? An art audit by the East London Fawcett Group has attempted to find ...
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Cannes Stars Forced to Rearrange Flights to LA Amid London Runway Closures
LONDON - A British Airways plane had to return to Heathrow Airport to make an emergency landing after black smoke was seen coming from an ...
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London soldier slaying New video of police shooting and of suspects at rallies with radical London cleric
This story contains video that some viewers may find graphic. (CBS News) LONDON -- Detectives in London were to question two people arrested over the murder ...
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Video Miller on London attack Weve never seen anything like this
CBS News' senior correspondent John Miller, a former assistant FBI director, discusses the London attack and what is now known about the suspects and their alleged ...
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Video British Airways plane makes emergency landing
A British Airways plane headed to Oslo made an emergency landing at London's Heathrow airport. The emergency slides were deployed and smoke could be seen coming out of an engine of the Airbus A-319. All 75 passengers exited the plane safely. Gayle King ...
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504MW wind farm OKd for British coast
The British government announced Friday it gave consent to the construction of a 504-megawatt wind farm planned for the coast of Suffolk. The British Department of Energy and Climate Change granted permission to Galloper Wind Farm Ltd. to build a 140-turbine development in Suffolk. The department estimates that as many as 500,000 households will get energy from the wind farm when it's ...
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Manchester United To Redeem Bonds Via New Loan Facility
Merrill Lynch has provided a new committed facility to fund the bond redemption, the company said. The facility pays L+150-275, the football club added. The company has been repurchasing the bonds in the open market, and during the nine months it had repurchased and retired £62.6 million ($101.7 million) of the secured notes, for a total consideration of £67.9 million. For the ...
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Dale Cregans police van in collision on the way to court
The van was travelling to Preston Crown Court, where Cregan has been on trial, according to the Press Association.Four prison officers suffered minor injuries and have been taken to hospital for treatment, while one prisoner was injured, Greater Manchester Police ...
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TV review The Hunt for Britains Sex Gangs Channel 4
On the screen you saw blurred mug shots tiled on a wall, while on the soundtrack you heard a montage of survivor accounts of the abuse, the recordings hollow and echoey. The visual blurring was tactful expedience, a need to protect the identities of girls who had already been through far too much. The acoustic blurring was something else, an implication of traumatic memory, of events being ...
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AXA PPP cancer expert in live chat
During the clinic, visitors are invited to ask questions on the prevention and treatment of bowel cancer, and will receive a live response from a medical ...
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UK Government advisor calls for obstructive sleep apnoea testing to reduce road deaths in the Middle East
Middle East Update in Otolaryngology last week in Dubai. Mr Oko presented data on the morbidity of OSA, and revealed his experience of how treating it can reduce fatal car accidents, as evidenced in Lincolnshire, UK: "Because of a prolonged campaign about the condition and the better treatment options available after the Sleeping Disorders Centres were established, we have ...
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England team to face Barbarians to be led by Bath hooker Rob Webber
Rob Webber will be joined in the England front row by London Irish's Alex Corbisiero and Bath team-mate David Wilson. Photograph: David Rogers/Getty ...
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Progress made with Northern Ireland hardship payments
FARMERS in Northern Ireland have welcomed details of the release of 6m to help those affected by the severe snow. President of the Ulster Farmers' Union, Harry Sinclair, said he was pleased progress on the hardship package had been made 'quickly' after it was agreed by the NI Executive onMarch 28. Mr Sinclair said: "Almost 1,300 farmers in the affected areas who had fallen ...
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Tributes pour in for slain British soldier
>Are you from the area affected, or London in general? What is your reaction to the incident? Send us your images, video and experiences. London (CNN) -- Flowers stand in a pair of black army boots. On them is pinned a note remembering the British soldier killed in a brutal daylight slaying on a street in southeast London. The poignant tribute is just one of many pouring in Friday for Drummer ...
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British FM Denounces Terrorism Settlements
JERUSALEM, Israel -- British Foreign Minister William Hague said Wednesday's horrific murder in London by Islamists in his country reminded him of what Israelis have lived with for decades. "We know the importance of defeating terror, something that is well understood here in Israel as well," Hague told reporters in Jerusalem Thursday, standing alongside Israeli Prime Minister ...
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Twitter libel Sally Bercows tweet about Lord McAlpine ruled libellous
Sally Bercow says she is "surprised and disappointed" by the High Court ruling that her tweet about Tory peer Lord McAlpine was ...
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Woolwich attack Murdered soldier Lee Rigby cause of death unconfirmed
Murdered soldier Lee Rigby has been formally identified but the cause of his death was not confirmed by a post-mortem examination, police said ...
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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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