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Pulling Wales out of EU not an option - Carwyn Jones
PULLING Wales out of the EU was not an option - the stakes were far too high and if it happened it would kill the Welsh farming industry overnight, according to the Welsh Government's First Minister, Carwyn Jones. Opening the first of what he described as Welsh farming's annual meeting, he said being part of Europe was worth some 350 million a year to farmers in Wales."But if ...
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British Killer Was From A Devote Christian Home
Friends recall what Michael Adebolajo was like at Marshall Fields School (left) and after the brutal murder When his old school friends saw him on the television drenched in blood, waving a cleaver and declaring jihad, they nearly fell off their chairs. There was no mistaking Michael Adebolajo, their ‘bright and witty’ classmate from a devoutly Christian family. They remembered his ...
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British Airways jet turns back to Heathrow airport after technical fault
Heathrow on Friday after a technical fault in an engine. "The BA762, Heathrow to Oslo service, returned back to Heathrow shortly after take-off due to a technical fault," BA parent company IAG said. ...
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Ferran Soriano predicts success if Manchester City vision 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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Extra police deployed in tense London
London - Britain is bracing for clashes with right-wing extremists and possible copycat terror attacks after the slaying of a young soldier, adding 1 200 police to potential trouble ...
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Britain braces for possible copycat attacks after gruesome slaying of soldier
LONDON - Britain is bracing for clashes with right-wing extremists and possible copycat terror attacks after the brutal slaying of a young soldier. London's Metropolitan Police said more than 1,000 officers will be sent to potential trouble spots with armed response units. Only a fraction of Britain's police officers are armed. Wednesday's bloody attack was captured on video by ...
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London killers are Britons of Nigerian originBritain experienced a communal backlash against Muslims within 24 hours of a young serving soldier being butchered with stone age savagery in Woolwich by two radical British Nigerians who had chang
Woolwich by two radical British Nigerians who had changed from being "devout Christians to Muslims" recently. Mobs calling themselves English Defence League clashed with riot police after Wednesday's "terror attack" . Mosques in Woolwich, Braintree in Essex and Gillingham in Kent were attacked with bricks and bottles. Fearing such backlash could intensify and affect all ...
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UK soldier killed in London in reprisal for Afghanistan and Iraq wars
The killing of drummer Lee Rigby, 2nd Battalion Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, near London's Woolwich army barracks on Wednesday was a horrific act. Rigby was first run down by two men in a car, who then set about him with knives and a cleaver.One of the men who carried out the killing was identified as Michael Adebolajo, a 28-year-old British citizen of Nigerian descent. The other has only ...
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British prince visits Nashville
Prince Edward, one of Queen Elizabeth's sons, is in Nashville promoting one of the royal family's major charities for youth, the Duke of Edinburgh's Award. The award honors teens who showcase outstanding community service, skills, fitness and character-building. Governor Haslam hosted the prince at a private ceremony at the governor's mansion to honor this year's ...
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No Vettori for Kiwis as they bid to hold England
LEEDS, United Kingdom (AFP) - Daniel Vettori's hopes of making a return to Test cricket in New Zealand's series finale with England in Leeds ultimately came to nothing after he was ruled out on Thursday.Former captain Vettori hasn't played a Test for nearly a year, mainly because of Achilles trouble, and was only originally selected for the one-day leg of this tour.But a calf ...
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Co-op Bank stops lending to new corporate clients
LONDON (Reuters) - Co-operative Bank said on Friday it had stopped offering loans to new business customers, in a move designed to quell growing concerns over its capital position.A spokesman for Britain's biggest customer-owned financial services business said it would continue to provide lending to existing customers. The freeze does not apply to individual retail customers."We are ...
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Londons Heathrow airport runways closed after BA flight makes emergency landing
LONDON // Both runways were closed at London's Heathrow airport today, a spokeswoman said, after a British Airways Airbus A319 plane reportedly had to make an emergency landing. "Both runways are currently closed," the spokeswoman said. "All passengers and crew have been safely evacuated from an aircraft which is on the northern runway. "The incident involved one ...
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The London attack the day after
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron visits an army barracks near the scene of a killing in Woolwich, southeast London May 23, 2013. British authorities believe that two men accused of hacking a soldier to death on a London street in revenge for wars in Muslim countries are British of Nigerian descent, a source close to the investigation said Thursday.(LUKE ...
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In London an act of brutality but is it terrorism
Police forensics officers investigate a crime scene where one man was killed in Woolwich, southeast London May 22, 2013. British Prime Minister 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. (STEFAN ...
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Extra police in London after brutal killing
An extra 1200 police officers have been deployed to the streets of London to reassure the public after the brazen murder of soldier Lee ...
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Was the London killing of a British soldier terrorism
a horrific act of violence on the streets of London by using what appeared to be a meat cleaver to hack to death a British soldier. In the wake of claims that the assailants shouted "Allahu Akbar" during the killing, ...
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Though U.K. No Stranger to Terrorism London Killing Seen as New Style of Attack
Two British men of Nigerian descent have been arrested for hacking to death British soldier Lee Rigby. Judy Woodruff talks with Vikram Dodd, senior reporter at The Guardian in London, about what is known about the 22-year-old and 28-year-old suspects and whether any one else is ...
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British Authorities Characterize Brutal Slaying of Soldier as Terrorism
British investigators continue to search for answers after the brutal murder of Lee Rigby, a 25-year-old British soldier who served in Afghanistan. Rigby was hacked to death by two men armed with knives in broad daylight. Lucy Manning of Independent Television News ...
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Jihad spiral of London savage
The knife-wielding Islamist who beheaded a British soldier on a London street had been a soccer-loving, churchgoing schoolboy before his descent into jihad. Michael Adebolajo, 28, was born to devout Christian parents of Nigerian descent but fell in with a blade-wielding gang of fellow teens, joined Muslim extremists, and changed his name to "Mujahid" - or "holy ...
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Paint attack at Belfast Islamic centre
An Islamic centre in Belfast has been doused with a paint bomb in what police are treating as a hate crime. The centre in the Wellington Park area of the city was targeted at about 10pm last night.A milk bottle filled with paint was thrown at the building and two teenage boys were seen running away from the area.A number of mosques have been attacked in England in the wake of the murder on ...
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One Of London Attack Suspects Had Troubled Past
Copyright © 2013 NPR. For personal, noncommercial use only. See Terms of Use. For other uses, prior permission required. ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: For more on this story, we turn now to Sandra Laville, a reporter for The Guardian newspaper in London. Thanks for joining us today. SANDRA LAVILLE: Hi. SIEGEL: You've done quite a bit of reporting on at least one of the suspects, the young man ...
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Woolwich attack Two arrested after racist and anti-religious comments about death of Lee Rigby posted on Twitter
The men, aged 22 and 23, were held under the Public Order Act on suspicion of inciting racial or religious hatred after outraged Twitter users alerted ...
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Jeremy Hunt ‘using GPs as whipping boy over AE crisis’
The British Medical Association's Dr Laurence Buckman accused him of "childishly superficial and misleading" claims A&E services were taking too much ...
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Google team treks across the Galapagos islands to add them to Street View
Google has mapped the remote volcanic islands of the Galapagosfor use on its Street View.The search engine sent trekkers with 42lbs backpacks containing cameras mounted on towers to wander the beaten paths of the Pacific archipelago.Divers have also worked with Google to get 360 degree views of underwater areas around the islands that sparked Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.The ...
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Mum attacked by the gentleman she met online after asking why he was still using dating website
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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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