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Wagner wants England ‘to hate him’
New Zealand's Neil Wagner, second left, said he wanted to make England's batsmen hate him and get in their face as the Black Caps look to square the Test series. (AP Photo/Kirsty ...
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Man killed in terrorist attack in London street
One person has died and at least two others have been wounded in a violent attack near a military training barracks in London. Police have not commented on whether it is terror-related but there are reports in the British media that the attack was being treated as an act of Islamic extremism. According to eyewitnesses being quoted by Sky News, two men hacked the victim, a soldier, to death with ...
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London mayor Overwhelmingly likely killing was terror attack
Boris Johnson said on Wednesday it was "overwhelmingly likely" an attack in south London in which a man was hacked to death was an act of terror. "Obviously it's early to have all the facts I am afraid it is overwhelmingly likely now to be a terrorist attack, the kind the city has seen before," he said in televised remarks. (Reporting By Maria Golovnina Editing by ...
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Shocking attack in England
Police forensics tents and officers are seen in Woolwich, east London, May 22, 2013. British police shot and wounded two men after a man thought to be a serving soldier was killed outside a London barracks, in an attack Prime Minister David Cameron called "truly shocking." In a dramatic move, the government's emergency response committee was being summoned following the killing ...
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Watch Man Killed in Suspected London Terrorist Attack
When Dan -- New York with this ABC news digital special reports police in London investigating a suspected terror attack a man killed. On a street corner ABC's -- Schiffer is in London with ...
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U.K. soldier killed in London attack terrorism suspected
A man was killed with a sharp instrument and London police shot and wounded two alleged attackers in what officials said appeared to be a terrorist attack. Eyewitnesses said two men called out "Allahu Akbar [God is Great]" before attacking the victim as he walked along a street in east London, and waved weapons as they dumped his body in the middle of the road, the BBC reported. The ...
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Report highlights species decline in Britain
Conservationists say 60 percent of animal and plant species studied in Britain have declined in the past 50 years with bees and wildflowers the most vulnerable. A State of Nature report put together by 25 British wildlife organizations and assessing 3,148 species said reasons for species decline are "many and varied" but include rising temperatures and habitat degradation, the BBC ...
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Cameron Indications Suggest London Killing was Terror-related
British forensic officers attend the scene of an apparent attack which has left one man confirmed dead and two people wounded near Woolwich barracks in London, May, 22, ...
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Memo to David Moyes If it is not broke at Manchester United do not fix it
Manchester United's Rio Ferdinand recently retired from international football so he can concentrate on Manchester United, a club he has played for the last 11 years. Kirsty Wigglesworth / AP ...
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Fiat Industrial aims to shift tax home to Britain
Fiat Industrial disputed as "absolutely false" reports Wednesday that Italy would lose 500 million euros ($646 million) in tax revenues if it moves its tax base to Britain after it completes a merger with its U.S.-based subsidiary CNH Global ...
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Cameron Brutal attack in London could be terrorism
A brazen, brutal attack near a military barracks in London on Wednesday afternoon left one man dead and two suspects in the hospital. British Prime Minister David Cameron said the attack appeared to be ...
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Woolwich attack in pictures Shocking scenes as man is beheaded in street
two suspected terrorists murdered the man in broad daylight .Some eyewitnesses said this attackers tried to behead him, before charging at police when they arrived on the scene in Woolwich, south east London.Metropolitan Police Commander Simon Letchford confirmed tonight that the two attackers were shot by armed officers.Prime Minister David Cameron called a crisis meeting , describing the ...
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Mount Everest Picture of bottleneck as climbers queue up to tackle worlds highest peak
This was the chaotic scene on Everest the day four climbers lost their lives in a stop-start traffic jam. Hundreds of climbers were stuck in the deadly tailback near the top of the world's highest mountain, losing body heat and using up precious oxygen supplies. Sixty years after the 29,029ft peak was first conquered by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, overcrowding regularly puts ...
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April Jones trial Mark Bridger accidentally found child abuse images while looking for Spongebob Squarepants cartoon
April Jones murder accused Mark Bridger accidentally stumbled upon child abuse images while looking for Spongebob Squarepants cartoons for his daughter on the internet, a court heard today.When confronted about the stash of child porn allegedly found by police on his hard drive, the former slaughterman claimed he was amassing the sick images so he could write to foreign companies responsible for ...
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We face new type of terror threat after Woolwich attack says former Flying Squad commander
Terror experts said that the murder is a "departure" from previous attacks and represents a "new round of terror threats in this ...
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Eyewitnesses describe crazed attackers hacking victim by Woolwich barracks
Eyewitnesses today described seeing the "crazed" Woolwich attackers "hacking" at their victim and posing for pictures before charging at police wielding meat ...
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Terrorism suspected in attack in Londons Woolwich area
The assault took place about 2:20 p.m. near a British military barracks. Witnesses called police to say two men carrying various weapons, including machetes and possibly a firearm, had attacked a young man in the community of Woolwich in south London. Unconfirmed reports said the attackers used a car to hit the victim and knock him down before setting on him with bladed weapons. Officers rushed ...
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Durham cut the Mustard for title challenge
This is a momentous year for Durham, who host an Ashes Test in August in a ground that will, by then, have a new stand occupying the vacant area overlooked by Lumley Castle, which will not be good news for the ice cream man if he happens to enjoy watching cricket while not dispensing 99s but will give the club the satisfaction at last of having permanent seating all around the ...
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Leics left deflated after Allenby ton
Jim Allenby hit an unbeaten 138 against his old county as Glamorgan totally dominated the second day against Leicestershire at Grace Road. Glamorgan declared 442 for 9 and by the close their battery of seam bowlers had routed Leicestershire for ...
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Richardson best rips out Gloucs
Worcestershire's evergreen paceman Alan Richardson continued his rich vein of form with a career-best 8 for 37 against Gloucestershire at New Road. He ripped through the visitors who were all out for 234 and, at the close, the hosts' reply was 65 without loss with skipper Daryl Mitchell unbeaten on ...
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Napier hauls Essex out of latest hole
Once again runs from Graham Napier rescued Essex from a precarious position, as he and captain James Foster ensured the hosts posted a modest yet acceptable first innings ...
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Bank of England remains divided on whether to continue with stimulus
LONDON--Bank of England policymakers remain divided on whether to provide more stimulus to the flat-lining economy, according to the minutes of their meeting in ...
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Europes main markets decline on British data
LONDON/HONG KONG--Europe's main stock markets fell on Wednesday, with London and sterling in focus following Bank of England minutes and mixed British data, and ahead of key testimony by U.S. Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke later in the ...
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High Court rules that billionaire fraudster should lose three luxury properties
Kazakh businessman Mukhtar Ablyazov fled the UK on a Europe-bound coach last year after he was sentenced to 22 months imprisonment for contempt over failing to declare the full extent of his wealth.It is alleged that he embezzled more than $6bn during his time as chairman of BTA Bank between 2005 and 2009, which he denies. The bank is now pursuing Mr Ablyazov in the High Court over 11 separate ...
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Anonymity order lifted for triple child killer David McGreavy jailed in 1973
A sadistic killer, who murdered three children he was babysitting before impaling them on railings, could be given a new identity if the parole board agrees to transfer him to an open ...
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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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