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UK Bank Holiday weekend weather Sun to set to shine at end of miserable May
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Dale Cregan injured as prison van involved in crash on motorway
Cop killer Dale Cregan is believed to have been injured when his jail van hit another vehicle today - the second incident in eight days.Greater Manchester Police said: "Four prison officers suffered minor injuries. One prisoner was injured."One-eyed Cregan, 29, failed to appear at Preston crown court - but police would not confirm if he was the prisoner hurt.He was en route from a jail ...
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Britain within six hours of running out gas after cold snap and fault drained reserves
Britain came within just six hours of running out gas, it was claimed today. An alarming report by the Crown Estate revealed the country was on the verge of serious disruption in March. ob Hastings, the Estate's energy director, said: "We really had only six hours' worth of gas left in storage as a buffer. "If it had run any lower, it would have meant interruptions to ...
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Woolwich attack Man arrested in malicious Facebook comments probe after soldier murder
A 22-year-old man has been charged on suspicion of making malicious comments on Facebook following the murder of British soldier Lee Rigby. Benjamin Flatters, of Lincoln, was arrested last night after complaints were made to Lincolnshire Police about comments made on Facebook, which were allegedly of a racist or anti-religious nature. He was charged with an offence of malicious communications ...
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Sally Bercow libelled Lord McAlpine on Twitter with innocent face tweet High Court rules
Mrs Bercow said she was "surprised and disappointed" by the ruling, but lawyers for Lord McAlpine said the judgment should serve as a warning that those using the internet were not above the ...
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Punched police horse returns to Newcastle to face EDL protesters and counter-demo
The police horse punched by a football thug will be back on patrol in the city where he was attacked. Bud will be on duty tomorrow at an English Defence League march and a demo by their opponents called Newcastle Unites. A 45-year-old man was arrested and bailed after Bud was hit following Newcastle United's defeat to Sunderland last month. Northumbria Police specifically asked for Bud, ...
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South Lakes Wild Animal Park Zoo keeper mauled by tiger in Cumbria
A zoo-keeper was savaged by a tiger at an animal park today.The 24-year old was seriously injured when the animal mauled her at the South Lakes Wild Animal Park, at Dalton in Furness in Cumbria.Police said members of the public were not at any risk during the incident.The wildlife park closed early and all visitors have left the park.The injured woman was airlifted to the Preston Royal Infirmary ...
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Liverpool magistrates court was centre of six-year penalty points scam
A magistrates court was the centre of a six-year scam to scrub penalty points from driving licences at 100 a time. Between 2004 and 2011, drivers faced with disqualifications paid cash to middle men with forms sent from the court to the DVLA in Swansea illegally requesting convictions be deleted. Allegedly pocketing thousands by running the scheme was David Kelly, on the staff at Liverpool ...
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Woolwich attack live The latest updates on the killing of Drummer Lee Rigby and the aftermath
The Metropolitan Police have released an update on the arrests in connection with Wednesday's attack. They say: "A 29-year-old woman arrested yesterday as part of the investigation into the murder of Lee Rigby was released without charge at this morning."A 31-year old woman was arrested at a residential address in south London at 11:50pm last night on suspicion of conspiracy to ...
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Woolwich attack video Watch full extended footage of terrorists charging at police car in attempt to kill WPC
The film of the terrifying attack shows how suspect Michael Adebolajo got within two feet of the WPC who was driving the armed response BMW ...
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Woolwich soldier Lee Rigby formally identified but cause of death not confirmed by post mortem
Drummer Rigby , 25, from 2nd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, was mown down in a car before being brutally butchered with knives and meat cleavers in front of horrified witnesses in the brazen broad daylight attack.A post-mortem examination was carried out on his body yesterday but no cause of death has been confirmed, Scotland Yard said.An inquest into his death will be opened in due ...
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London attack puts pressure on spooks
Tributes are seen near the scene of the attack on a British soldier in Woolwich, south-east London. The soldier was hacked to death on Wednesday by two men shouting Islamic slogans, in what Prime Minister David Cameron said appeared to be a terrorist ...
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Stuart Lancaster says England must choose moments to attack Barbarians
Stuart Lancaster says his England side 'have always had a licence to play running rugby' despite a dearth of Six Nations tries. Photograph: David ...
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British leader calls for probe into tracking of attack suspects
LONDON, UK - Britain continued to sort through the pieces Friday of the brutal public murder of a soldier identified yesterday as Drummer Lee Rigby, a 25-year-old married father of one. In an emotional news conference on Friday, his wife Rebecca Rigby said she expected her husband to be safe in Britain. "You don't expect it to happen when he's in the UK," she said. Media ...
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Stoneman starting to repay the faith
Durham think so highly of Mark Stoneman that allowing him the time to find consistent form at the top of their batting line-up has always been considered worth the wait, even though there have been long periods of frustration to endure since the elegant left-hander made his debut in 2007. He recorded his maiden first-class century in the same season, yet it took him four years to make his ...
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Prolific Richardson has Gloucestershire in a mess
Gloucestershire 234 and 87 for 5 (Richardson 3-34) trail Worcestershire 457 (Moeen 123, Pardoe 89, Andrew 66, Mitchell 63, Miles 6-99) by 136 ...
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London attacker Muslim from Nigerian Christian family
LONDON -- When Michael Adebolajo was filmed clutching the bloodied knives he apparently used to butcher a soldier, Britons were chilled by the strong London accent in which he spoke of his Islamist motives. How could one of their own have become so ...
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British spy services under pressure over soldiers murder
Britain's intelligence services came under pressure on Friday to explain how they let two Islamic extremists suspected of hacking a soldier to death in London slip through their ...
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Not just a bunch of swivel-eyed idiots The true Tories who want a new direction
There are Tory heartlands and there is Shefford, a small town in the middle of Bedfordshire, in the middle of England, at the centre of one of the safest Conservative seats on the electoral map. "There's a saying around here," says a man outside Saint Michael and All Angels church (he did not want to be named). "If you painted a cockroach blue it would get elected in ...
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Lord Oakeshott calls for an end to standby job contracts as it is revealed Parliament uses them too
The Government is under pressure to outlaw "zero hours" contracts in which workers are put on standby without a guaranteed minimum amount of work or ...
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Three men remain under arrest as two women bailed over Woolwich attack
Three men, including the two suspects shot by police at the scene of the murder of the soldier Lee Rigby, remained under arrest in connection with the ...
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Suspected fuel thieves close stretch of M6 motorway
Suspected fuel thieves closed a 12-mile stretch of one of the country's busiest motorways today after police were called to reports of a "suspicious ...
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England to bid for Euro 2020 final
English Football Association vice-chairman David Gill on Friday admitted his organisation are set to bid for the right to host the Euro 2020 final. PHOTO BY STEVE ...
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Londons Heathrow airport runway re-opened after brief shutdown over emergency landing of British Airways plane
London: A British Airways plane was forced to make an emergency landing at London's Heathrow airport on Friday with smoke billowing from one of its engines, causing heavy disruption to flights.The 75 passengers on board had to evacuate the plane by emergency slides while amateur footage shot from the ground showed black smoke spewing from the right engine shortly after takeoff.Heathrow was ...
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Driver admits killing mother in Cardiff hit-and-run
A van driver with paranoid schizophrenia has admitted running down and killing a mother during a hit-and-run incident that left 13 other people injured.Matthew Tvrdon, 32, mowed down parents and young children, including mother-of-three Karina Menzies who was knocked over and killed. He denied her murder on Friday but admitted manslaughter with diminished responsibility.Tvrdon appeared via ...
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