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Bristol tandem hit-and-run deaths Banned driver high on drugs jailed for ten-and-a-half years
A banned driver high on drugs was today given a maximum ten-and-a-half year jail sentence after he killed a married couple taking a Sunday afternoon tandem bike ride.Ross Simmons, aged 34, and wife Clare, 30, were mown down the day after they began fertility treatment to start a family.They bought the tandem bike for Christmas and were riding to a family party a month later after buying a ...
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Kate Middleton live Pregnant Duchess attends Queens summer garden party at Buckingham Palace
More than 270,000 cups of tea will be consumed along with 20,000 sandwiches and slices of cake at the event which a highlight of the Queen's ...
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Brighton footballers sex assault retrial Jury considers verdict
A jury retired today to consider verdicts in the retrial of four footballers accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl.The 19-year-old was photographed with the top of her pink dress pulled down so the players could show their friends, it is alleged.She said she passed out after a night out drinking in Brighton and woke to find herself in bed in a hotel in July 2011.The four members of ...
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Naked man chops off his penis with kitchen knife in street
A naked man chopped off his penis with a kitchen knife in the street in front of horrified onlookers.The distressed 43-year-old ran down a road before he cut himself and went back into a property.Police said: "Officers gained entry and found it necessary to restrain him to carry out first aid."The man, of Penryn, Cornwall, was taken to hospital on Friday evening with serious injuries ...
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Woolwich attack Eyewitnesses describe crazed attackers hacking victim
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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Brian Greenhoff former Manchester United and England defender dies
Greenhoff subsequently moved to Leeds United , where he stayed three years. He ended his career at Rochdale, where he was living after returning to England from Spain.A statement released to the Manchester Evening News by Greenhoff's family said: "We regret to inform of Brian's passing this morning, Wednesday 22nd May at the age of 60."Brian was a proud and much loved ...
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Two men shot in London after suspected terrorist machete attack
One man is dead and two men shot by police after what appears to be a deadly attack with a machete that authorities are calling an act of ...
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Root to the rescue for Yorkshires coffers
Joe Root is not just the most exciting young England batsman around, this week he is also a marketing executive's dream. England's batting tyro can't stop scoring runs and he is about to play his first Test at Headingley. That should be enough for Root to become all misty-eyed and for the Yorkshire public to turn up in droves. Except this is Yorkshire. People don't often ...
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Police suspect two terrorists in London beheading
A major police operation was launched today after two suspected terrorists murdered a man in the street in broad daylight.Eyewitnesses said the victim was hacked to death, with some suggesting his attackers tried to behead him, before charging at police when they arrived on the scene in Woolwich, south east London.A local MP said the victim was believed to be a British soldier.British Prime ...
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Man murdered in London terrorist attack
Picture taken from Twitter with permission of @Yusuf_Kayalar of the scene in Woolwich, south London where a man was killed and two others were taken to hospital with gunshot wounds following a "serious incident" understood to have involved a serving soldier. Photograph: @Yusuf_Kayalar/PA ...
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Andy McSmiths Diary Those hacked off Ukip councillors
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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Gay marriage opponents warn David Cameron of long battle ahead for Bill to become law
Opponents of gay marriage warned of a "long, protracted battle" ahead as they prepare for a last-ditch attempt by peers to scupper the ...
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Video Man beheaded in Woolwich
British driver was fascinating man whose epic duel with Niki Lauda in 1976 was typical of an era of glamour and glory - but also the ever-present threat of ...
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Soldier beheaded in suspected act of terrorism outside Woolwich barracks
The Government is reported to be treating it as a suspected terrorist incident. Mrs May tonight confirmed she has been briefed by the Director General of the Security Service MI5 and the Met commissioner Sir Barnard Hogan-Howe on the "sickening and barbaric'' incident in ...
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Woolwich Attackers Filmed Each Other
Two attackers filmed their deadly assault on a man in Woolwich, according to Sky sources. Senior Whitehall sources said the attackers had also asked passers-by to film them, and they shouted "Allahu Akbar" (Allah is great). Footage shows the men saying: "We swear by almighty Allah we will never stop fighting you". A meeting of Cobra - the government-level national ...
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Soldier killed in London street lawmaker
London: A man thought to be a serving soldier has been killed near a barracks in London, while two alleged suspects are in a serious condition in hospital after police responded to reports of an incident, the local lawmaker said on Wednesday.The incident took place in a street near the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich.London Ambulance Service confirmed a man was found dead at the scene, ...
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Cameron calls emergency meeting after man killed in London
LONDON (Reuters) - David Cameron has called a meeting of his government's emergency Cobra security committee after the killing of a man in south London, his office said on Wednesday. Britain's government convenes Cobra meetings only to deal ...
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Colour footage of London in the 1920s allows us to be tourists in our own past
London looks itself and other in this footage. For a 21st-century viewer it is like watching a science-fiction film in which almost everything is the same until you notice little differences that betray a completely alien quality. The past is another country, but ...
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Britain offers visas to its Afghan interpreters
LONDON (Reuters) - Around 600 interpreters who serve alongside British soldiers in Afghanistan are to be offered visas to live in the UK, in a softening of the government's previous policy of encouraging them to stay in the country after British troops ...
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Keane free to face England
Skipper Robbie Keane will be able to face England next week after the Los Angeles Galaxy granted him permission to join up with the Republic of Ireland squad.The 32-year-old striker was ruled out of the friendly clashes with Roy Hodgson's men at Wembley next Wednesday evening and Georgia at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin the following Sunday after the MLS club initially declined to release him ...
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British govt weighs options for Syrian rebels
World leaders need to consider "every way" possible to increase the pressure on the Syrian president, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said Wednesday. 2012 file photo. UPI/Monika ...
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London Attack Could Be Terror-Related Official Says
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London killing a suspected terror attack
>Are you there? Send us your photos, videos(CNN) -- The British government is treating the gruesome killing of a man in London's Woolwich area as a suspected terrorist attack, the British Prime Minister's office said Wednesday. The man is believed to be a serving soldier who was based at a nearby barracks, Nick Raynsford, a member of Parliament, told CNN. The UK government has called a ...
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Live updates April Jones trial sees Mark Bridger make first appearance in witness box
Legendary rocker Brian May has attacked TV show 'The Voice', calling it vile, and saying that he 'hates' seeing Tom Jones involved in the ...
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England lose Unitt for finals
England will be without left-back Rachel Unitt for UEFA Women's EURO 2013 after the Birmingham City LFC defender joined Claire Rafferty in being ruled out with an ACL ...
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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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