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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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Man murdered in London in suspected terror attack
A man thought to be a serving soldier has been killed near a barracks in Londonin what Prime Minister David Cameron said appeared to be a terrorist ...
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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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National archives Edward VIII’s phone calls - and how MI5 bugged them
Cahal Milmo is the chief reporter of The Independent and has been with the paper since 2000. He was born in London and previously worked at the Press Association news agency. He has reported on assignment at home and abroad, including Rwanda, Sudan and Burkina Faso, the phone hacking scandal and the London Olympics. In his spare time he is a keen runner and cyclist, and keeps an ...
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Rommel plot revealed Plan to assassinate the Desert Fox – and why MI6 abandoned it
Britain flirted with the idea of launching a wave of assassinations of senior Nazis, from Field Marshal Rommel to railway chiefs, to coincide with the D-Day landings, according to newly released ...
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Video Police statement on Woolwich
'Soldier beheaded' in street as two shot in suspected terrorist attack near Woolwich barracks - 'attacker' shown in video saying 'We will never stop fighting ...
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Google boss Eric Schmidt hits back at Ed Miliband and vows to invest in UK even if it has to pay more tax
Google will continue to invest in UK even if the company is forced by law to pay more tax, the company's chairman Eric Schmidt said yesterday, claiming "we love you guys too ...
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Time for Plan B IMF tells George Osborne to ease pace of spending cuts
George Osborne has been urged to put his austerity programme on hold by the International Monetary Fund in order to support the anaemic ...
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Killing near London barracks probed as terror act
A British official says a violent attack near a London barracks is being investigated as a possible terrorist act. Police said two men attacked another man on Wednesday. One man is dead and two others were injured. A British government official who requested anonymity because he was not authorized to speak about the investigation said details had emerged that were indicative of a ...
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Violent attack in London kills one man could be terror related official
Artillery Place road is closed in Woolwich southeast London near the scene where British officials said one person has died and at least two people have been wounded in an attack on Wednesday May 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Nick Ansell/PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ...
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Terror at Woolwich barracks Attacker tried to behead and disembowel British soldier
Security has been stepped up around military bases and other sensitive sites after a British soldier was murdered by suspected Islamists who attempted to behead and disembowel him as he left his barracks in the first mainland terror attack since the 2005 London ...
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Mick McManus Wrestler who revelled in his status as the man the British public loved to hate
Mick McManus was one of the greatest British wrestlers. An enormously popular figure who delighted in the nicknames of "The Man You Love to Hate" and "The Dulwich Destroyer", he was renowned for pushing the rules of the sport to their limits and for deliberately turning the crowds against him for theatrical ...
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Man cut down on London street
A tent is erected near the scene of an attack in Woolwich southeast London Wednesday, May, 22, 2013. A British official says a violent attack near a London barracks is being investigated as a possible terrorist act. Police said two men attacked another man on Wednesday. One man is dead and two others were injured. (AP Photo/Alastair ...
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Two UK men chanting Allah O Akbar kill a British soldier in London hacking him chopping him cutting him
In a suspected terror attack, a person believed to be British soldier was on Wednesday beheaded here by two men, who were shot and wounded by the police.British police shot and wounded two men, a senior officer said, after reports that a soldier was killed in a Woolwich street near a London army barracks."Two men, who we believe from early reports to have been carrying weapons, were shot by ...
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IMF says Britain long way from recovery
THE International Monetary Fund says Britain is a long way from a "sustainable recovery" and called for the government to boost infrastructure spending in order to accelerate economic growth and offset ...
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Bank of England remains split along familiar lines
The minutes of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting held on May 8 and 9, were released today and continued to reveal a story of a committee with the battle lines still drawn in the same ways as previously.The Dovish camp, The Governor, Paul Fisher and David Miles, would have liked to increase 'the stock of asset purchases financed by the issuance of central ...
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Strong indications deadly London attack was terror-related British PM Cameron says
May 22, 2013: Police close the road on Artillery Place, Woolwich southeast London near the scene where British officials said one person has died and at least two people have been wounded in an ...
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Truly shocking London attack leaves 1 dead 2 injured
Police officers man a cordoned-off area in Woolwich, southeast London, May 22, 2013, following an incident in which a man was killed and two others were seriously ...
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Leaking acetylene tank explodes in car in Vancouver British Columbia minor injuries
VANCOUVER - A leaking acetylene tank is blamed for a blast early Wednesday that tore apart a car parked on a street in Vancouver, British Columbia. Fire and Rescue Services Capt. Gabe Roder says the explosion was triggered when the car owner used a remote key fob to unlock the car door. The owner is a plumber who had stored the tank in his vehicle, The resulting fireball shredded the vehicle ...
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Cable Wireless to relocate from London to South Florida report says
Cable & Wireless Communications CEO Tony Rice. Cable & Wireless Communications will relocate its operational headquarters to South Florida from London, where it has been located for more than 140 years, the Financial Times reports. The move, which will be to Miami or Fort Lauderdale, comes as the telecommunications company looks to focus more on the Caribbean and Latin America ...
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Beheading in London likely terrorism PM says
Artillery Place road is closed in Woolwich southeast London near the scene where British officials said one person has died and at least two people have been wounded in an attack on Wednesday May 22, 2013. UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ...
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Officials Meet After Brutal Attack in Southeast London
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