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UK delays award of prison privatisation contract - FT
Ministry of Justice following an investigation into whether it was overcharged on two contracts with private-sector companies, the Financial Times reported. The winning bidders for the privatisation of HMP Northumberland and South Yorkshire, which together total five prisons, had expected to be told this week, the paper said. The decision has been delayed partly because the personnel ...
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UPDATE 1-NBC News looks to Britain for its new president
Mon May 20, 2013 3:24pm EDT By Liana B. Baker May 20 (Reuters) - Deborah Turness, a former top TV news editor in Britain, will take over as NBC News president in August, at a time when it is looking to turn around the fortunes of its news division. Turness will replace Steve Capus, who left the network in February. She will report to Patricia Fili-Krushel, chairman of NBCUniversal News Group, ...
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Warning issued as number of fire deaths in Northern Ireland revealed
Five people were killed in fires caused by smoking materials during the last year, the Northern Ireland Fire Service revealed today. Crews were called to 811 accidental house fires - 66 of which were a direct result of the careless disposal of cigarettes, matches or other smoking related materials.Smoking in the home while drowsy or drunk was also another major factor in fatal house fires.Dale ...
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Newark gas explosion Survivors heartbreaking cry for wife and dad killed in blast
of a huge suspected gas blast kept asking for his wife and father who were killed.Nick Rourke was pulled alive from the rubble seconds after the explosion, but the bodies of his dad Leslie, 71, and wife Jeanette, 40, were not found until hours later.Jeanette Dixon, 34, who helped haul Nick to safety after spotting his bloodied hand sticking out of the debris, revealed: "He kept saying, ...
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Prince William jokes about sleepless nights when wife Kate Middleton gives birth
the Duke of Cambridge looked every inch the proud father today as he was handed a babygrow with "My daddy's a hero" emblazoned on the front.With two months to go until the arrival of his first child, William laughed with other parents about the sleepless nights ahead.The father-to-be was handed the outfit and a Help for Heroes teddy bear as he toured the charity's Tedworth ...
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After hunting a serial killer in Belfast Gillian takes aim at deadly robots in Donaghadee
By AMANDA POOLE KILLER robots are to launch a bid for world domination in a Northern Ireland seaside town -- with only Scully from The X-Files and a bunch of schoolchildren standing in their way. The invasion starts next month when Hollywood stars Sir Ben Kingsley and Gillian Anderson start filming -- in Donaghadee. The Pounds 14m Our Robot Overlords, due for release in summer 2014, focuses on a ...
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Top AE doctors warn We cannot guarantee safe care for patients anymore
The Accident & Emergency crisis is now so severe that doctors can no longer guarantee safe care for patients, NHS officials have warned in a leaked letter seen by The ...
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The Great Gatsbys world is every bit as unequal as Britain under the coalition | Aditya Chakrabortty
The Great Gatsby 3D Production year: 2013 Country: Rest of the world Cert (UK): 12A Runtime: 143 mins Directors: Baz Luhrmann Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Callan McAuliffe, Carey Mulligan, Elizabeth Debicki, Isla Fisher, Jason Clarke, Joel Edgerton, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey ...
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Michael Gove suggests Wales and Northern Ireland split off school exams
GCSEs and A-levels are currently set to the same standard in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, but Michael Gove said it was hard to see how this could continue. Photograph: Chris ...
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Lost in space why it has taken so long to put a British astronaut into orbit
Helen Sharman, Britain's first cosmonaut, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in 1991. Her journey aboard the Mir space station was not supported by the British government. Photograph: Sipa Press/Rex ...
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Tim Peake one giant leap for Britains first man in space
Major Tim Peake will make history when he joins the crew of the International Space Station in 2015. So what can Britain's first official astronaut expect of life ...
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Chinese wineries seeking acceptance at London fair
cto r of the fair. "We also have a dozen Chinese exhibitors and hopefully we could see more next year," he told Xinhua, adding that Chinese wines were becoming more popular. One of the Chinese exhibitor was ...
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Belfast high schools suspension of teacher shambolic court hears
A Belfast high school's handling of a complaint against a teacher suspended from some duties has been shambolic and unfair, the High Court heard ...
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BREAKING Civil partnerships face axe as price of ensuring David Camerons gay marriage plans become law
Civil partnerships could be abolished as the price of ensuring David Cameron's plans to legalise gay marriage become law, it emerged last ...
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Chelsea Flower Show A blooming century lit up by tweed and Pimm’s
Joanna Lumley, the Queen and Ringo Starr were among the Great British institutions to wish a happy 100th birthday to another one - the Chelsea Flower ...
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Briton Julian Stevenson under formal investigation in Lyon over murder of own children
A divorced British father with a history of drunkenness and domestic violence was formally accused of the murder of his two children, who were found with their throats cut in his apartment in southern ...
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Attacks from dissident republicans likely during G8 summit
The head of the policing operation for next month's G8 summit said that attacks from dissident republicans were likely to continue in Northern Ireland despite thousands of extra police officers being brought ...
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Pregnant woman begs court to let her abort baby
A pregnant woman suffering from "severe" mental health problems has made an impassioned plea to a High Court judge, asking that she be granted an ...
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City’s Rodwell gets England call up
London - Manchester City midfielder Jack Rodwell was called up to the England squad on Monday for their friendlies against Ireland and Brazil despite playing in only 11 league games all ...
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Measles uptick in Britain Blame Andrew Wakefields autism-vaccine study
Ellen Christensen poses for a photograph with her six-week-old son Remy at the Ann Tayler Children Centre in east London May 9, 2012. 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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Rodwell called up by England
Manchester City's Jack Rodwell has been called up by England for the international matches against Republic of Ireland and Brazil.The 22-year-old midfielder was added to his country's squad by manager Roy Hodgson on Monday as a potential replacement for Tom ...
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Britains Cameron tells Google and others to play fair on tax
LONDON | Mon May 20, 2013 2:02pm EDT LONDON May 20 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday told Google's Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt and other business leaders that he expected their companies to pay their taxes in exchange for benefiting from low tax rates. Cameron's intervention came days after British lawmakers accused Google of using "smoke and ...
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City Midfielder Rodwell Called Into England Squad
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David Cameron fails to challenge Google boss Eric Schmidt over companys tax bill
David Cameron today refused to challenge Google boss Eric Schmidt over the internet giant's tiny tax bill - despite hosting the business chief at a special Downing Street meeting over corporate tax avoidance.The Prime Minister briefed leading business leaders on his plans for tackling global tax dodging.Mr Schmidt attended the top level Business Advisory Council at Number 10 - but was not ...
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Wind in the Willows nature reserve becomes gay sex hotspot
Families have complained that a nature reserve said to have inspired The Wind in the Willows has become a hotspot for gay sex.Police said patrols may be stepped up to stop the car park being hogged by couples.Hogmoor Copse, near Pangbourne, Berks, where author Kenneth Grahame lived, gets four out of five on the Gay Cruising in Berkshire website.But one walker said police should "give it ...
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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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