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Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers footballer son and teammates cleared of sexual assault
Anton Rodgers, 20, and Brighton teammates Lewis Dunk, 21, George Barker, 21, and Steve Cook, 22, now with Bournemouth, had faced a retrial after a jury failed to reach a verdict in ...
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Stansted Airport Two men arrested after repeatedly trying to get into cockpit on Pakistan plane bound for Britain
Two men have been arrested after 'repeatedly trying to get into the cockpit of a passenger plane in mid-air and making threats' as it prepared to land at Manchester Airport. RAF Typhoon jets were scrambled after an emergency signal was sent out from the plane as the duo attempted to gain access to the cockpit 10 minutes before the flight was due to land. Within minutes the jets were ...
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Cockroaches mutate to beat humans traps by losing their taste for sugar
Nature's ultimate survivor has just got that little bit tougher.Experts have found cockroaches are losing their sweet tooth - and it is going to make it much harder for us to deal with infestations.A global strain of the bugs has evolved to be repelled by the sugar we use in poisoned bait.Entomologist Jules Silverman, of North Carolina State University, said: "Cockroaches are highly ...
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Woolwich attack video Watch shocking footage of terrorists charging at police car in attempt to kill WPC
The footage obtained by the Daily Mirror reveals how, after beheading the soldier, they hatched a plot to ambush and murder the first police officers to come to his ...
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British fighter jets escort diverted Pakistani plane
LONDON — British fighter jets were scrambled to escort a Pakistan International Airlines plane to a London airport on Friday after an incident onboard, officials said. Police said the plane, which was en route from the Pakistani city of Lahore to Manchester in northwest England, landed safely at Stansted airport outside London after being diverted. ';The plane diverted to Stansted ...
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Woolwich terror aftermath Murdered Drummer Lee Rigbys stepfather recalls how he first learnt of attack on television
Mr Rigby's wife, Rebecca, and stepfather Ian Rigby spoke of their pride for him as they fought back tears and spoke on behalf of the 25-year-old's whole family, at a press conference at the Regimental HQ of his unit, the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers at Bury in Greater Manchester.Mr Rigby said he first learnt about the incident from television, and recalled calling his step-son ...
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Agathangelou gets support he needed
It sounded rather more like a plea for help than a genuine vote of confidence. But Andrea Agathangelou was absolutely right last night to back Simon Kerrigan's ability with the bat as he contemplated finding another seven runs to complete a maiden Championship ...
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Beanies to the fore as rain ruins Glamorgan hopes
Glamorgan 442 for 9 dec (Allenby 138*, North 68, Wagg 58, Goodwin 57) drew with Leicestershire 142 (Hogan 4-25, Glover 4-51) and 182 for 2 (Smith ...
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Belfast care home fall had role in pensioner death
Losing one of three connections from Belfast to Gatwick Airport is a "major disappointment" which could affect prices for passengers, an industry insider has ...
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Fire in British Airways flight from Heathrow shuts down both its runways
LONDON: Air traffic in one of the world's busiest airports - Heathrow was completely thrown into chaos after a flight that took off for Oslo made a quick U-turn back following an engine fire. As many as 75 passengers had a close shave when a British Airways jet was forced to perform an emergency landing at Heathrow with smoke and flames pouring out from one of its engines. Eye-witnesses saw ...
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Two women held in connection with London attack released
A 29-year-old was arrested yesterday in connection with the killing and today the force revealed that another woman, aged 31, had been held at a home in south London around 11.50pm last night and later ...
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High Court calls for new system to investigate claims of abuse by British soldiers on Iraqis
Terri Judd is a reporter with The Independent, who writes regularly on defence issues, having repeatedly embedded with British troops in Iraq and ...
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Pioneering method of treating Alzheimer’s discredited by scientists
A drug hailed as a pioneering method of treating Alzheimer's has been discredited by scientists, after experts were unable to replicate its results this ...
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Burning bottle thrown at mosque in Bletchley
Thames Valley Police said a bottle containing flammable liquid was set alight and thrown on to the roof of the Zainabia Islamic Centre, commonly known as the Granby Mosque, in Bletchley at about 11.30pm last night.The attack comes in the wake of the brutal murder of soldier Lee Rigby outside Woolwich Barracks in south-east London.Members of the mosque in Peverel Drive quickly extinguished the ...
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Cardiff Hit-And-Run Driver Pleads Guilty
A man who went on a hit-and-run rampage in Cardiff has admitted the manslaughter of a woman. Matthew Tvrdon denied that he had murdered Karina Menzies in October last year but admitted killing her on the grounds of diminished responsibility. Tvrdon, 32, was wearing a khaki green shirt as he appeared via videolink at Cardiff Crown Court to enter a series of pleas. The van driver also ...
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Matthew Tvrdon admits running down and killing mother-of-three Karina Menzies during hit-and-run rampage in Cardiff
Matthew Tvrdon, 32, was accused of deliberately targeting parents and young children with a white Iveco van in the Ely and Leckwith areas of Cardiff on October 19.As well as the manslaughter charge, which was on the grounds of diminished responsibility, the van driver admitted seven counts of attempted murder, and other lesser charges, but denied seven other counts of attempted murder.The Crown ...
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ITV News Twitter account hacked by Syrian Electronic Army
LONDON (Reuters) - Broadcaster ITV on Friday became the latest media outlet to have one of its Twitter feeds hacked by anonymous supporters of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, just days after Twitter beefed up security to prevent ...
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Nigel Farage bombed in Edinburgh – what does that really tell us about Scottish antipathy to the English | Ian Jack
struggling with his student opponents in an Edinburgh street recently. They see Farage as a racist who should go back to England. Farage sees them as fascists who represent the ugly side of Scottish nationalism. On the one hand, the students' antagonism towards Farage might be highly specific, and no more characteristic of a general tendency than the football chant "Bobby Moore, ...
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Croatian president urges Britain to remain in the EU
Croatia's president, right, with David Cameron during a visit to London. Ivo Josipovic says the UK has an important economy. Photograph: Alastair ...
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RIL British Petroleum make huge gas discovery in KG-D6 block
Fifteen touch-screen smartphones to consider below Rs 15,000 Within the huge list, we take a look at fifteen touch-screen smartphones that have been ...
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NGO Monitor Church of Scotland Fails to Correct a Terrible Wrong
PRESS RELEASE May 19, 2013 Contact: Lenny Ben-David NGO Monitor 054-216-8155 lenny.bendavid@ngo-monitor.org Church of Scotland's "revision" is no step forward Church should cut ties with religiously intolerant Sabeel organization Jerusalem - The Church of Scotland's "revision" of its April report "The Inheritance Of Abraham? A Report On The ...
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British Police Arrest Two on Diverted Pakistani Airliner
British police have arrested two men on board a Pakistan International Airlines plane that was diverted to an airport near London. A Royal Air Force fighter jet intercepted the airliner - which was en route from Lahore to Manchester - and escorted it to Stansted Airport. Authorities said there had been "an incident" on board the plane. They said the two men were arrested on ...
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April Jones trial Mark Bridger tells jurors I had no reason to abduct April
Mark Bridger has denied having a sexual interest in children, and denied lying about the circumstances of April Jones' death in the final day of his ...
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Townsend and Shaw out of England party
Winger Andros Townsend and left-back Luke Shaw have been replaced in the England squad for next month's finals by uncapped Nathan Redmond and Jack ...
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FA honoured to welcome UEFA to London
The XXXVII Ordinary UEFA Congress will take place on Friday 24 May 2013 at the Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane in London,The main items on the agenda are:o The annual reports of the UEFA President and the UEFA Executive Committee, and the annual report of the UEFA administration for 2011/12;o Reports on the activities of UEFA's committees;o Financial matters including the annual UEFA ...
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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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