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Former England skipper Illingworth says Fiery Fred Trueman better than Anderson
Former England captain Ray Illingworth has said that although bowling star James Anderson is the best swing bowler in the world now, but his former teammate and Yorkshire legend Fred Trueman was far better. Illingworth's statement comes on the backdrop of the second Test against New Zealand starting at Headingley, where Lancashire cricketer Anderson, on 305 wickets, is expected to cruise past ...
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Video Britain braces for possible copycat terror attacks
Britain is bracing for clashes with right-wing activists and possible copycat terror attacks by Islamic extremists after the savage slaying of a young soldier. His grieving widow spoke Friday of their ...
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London 2012 Paralympic star Dias smashes world record ahead of World Championships
The World Class Swimming Programme, one of the five aquatic disciplines, within British Swimming is seeking a successful leader to strategically manage the Sports Science and Sports Medicine (SSSM) ...
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Stockholm police get reinforcements as Britain US warn over riots
Stockholm police called in reinforcements from across Sweden on Friday to quell a possible sixth straight night of riots in the capital's immigrant-dominated suburbs as Britain and the United States warned against travelling to the ...
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Rain forces abandonment of second England-NZ Tests first day
England Play was abandoned without a ball being bowled on the opening day of the second and final Test between England and New Zealand at Headingley due to persistent rain.The downpours left the outfield saturated on a chilly day.A better forecast is in prospect for the weekend with sunny spells and warmer temperatures.England won the first Test by 170 runs at ...
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Did MI5 blunder over Woolwich killers We will never know
The full story of whether MI5 blundered by failing to act on suspicions about the suspected Woolwich killers - which is to be investigated by MPs and peers - will never be shared with the ...
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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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British Fighter Jets Scrambled to Intercept Passenger Plane
British fighter jets scrambled to intercept a passenger plane after reports of an incident on a flight from Pakistan. The plane was diverted and two passengers were arrested. But British police say the incident is not being treated as terrorism. Britain is on full alert two days after the brutal killing of a soldier on the streets of London, by men shouting Islamist slogans. Anchor Marco ...
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Dr Stephen Hamilton Paedophile doctor who raped 10-year-old girl jailed for 18 years
A paedophile doctor who repeatedly raped a 10-year-old girl in a campaign to "control her" has been jailed for 18 years.Stephen Hamilton, 45, sexually assaulted the youngster while secretly medicating her with a course of adult antidepressants.She suffered in silence since the 2006 attacks, had "repeated nightmares" and was admitted to hospital for being suicidal. But in ...
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British Village Protests Plan for Shale Gas Drilling
Balcombe, England ...
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Bahrain Condemns Crime That Claimed Life of British Soldier in London
Manama, May 24 (BNA)--Bahrain strongly condemned the crime which claimed the life of a British soldier in London, the UK, yesterday. Meanwhile, it expressed full support to the British government in confronting terrorism. The Foreign Ministry stressed in a statement Bahrain's call to prevent the extremists and terrorists from using the land of any country to receive funding and exploit ...
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Britain’s Eton College asks teenage candidates to justify shooting protesters
UK UK's elite school asked 13-year old boys to pretend to be Prime Minister and justify the army shooting dead 25 protesters in a speech to win a scholarship it is revealed. The question, which was put to students applying for the King's Scholarship, worth one tenth of Eton's 32,000 a year fees, is entitled "Concerning Cruelty, Clemency and Whether It Is better To Be ...
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Bahrains Rights Britains Failure
, claimed that "so-called human rights organisations" are "largely administered by ex-ideologists and even terrorists". It continued: "As much as beasts cannot be left to roam freely, so in human society the feral element’s freedom should be under control." In fact, it is well documented ...
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Airline disturbance not terror-related British authorities say
LONDON (AP) — A British security official said Friday's situation on board a commercial airliner from Pakistan to England does not appear to be terror-related, although police are still investigating.The British military scrambled fighter jets to intercept the plane, diverting it to an isolated runway at an airport on the outskirts of London. Two British passengers were arrested on ...
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Hero of London terrorist attack lived in Auckland
The heroic woman who confronted one of the terrorists in Thursday's savage attack in London lived in New Zealand for some time and both her children call Auckland their hometown. Ingrid Loyau-Kennett's son, Basil Baradaran, who went to Mt Albert Grammar, said he was "totally awestruck" by her actions. The 48-year-old mother was on a bus when she spotted the butchered body of a soldier on the ...
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April Jones murder trial Mum leaves courtroom in tears as accused fails to say what happened to girls body
of April Jones fled a courtroom in tears after the man accused of her murder failed to say what he had done with the body.Coral Jones, 43, who was sitting in the public gallery with husband Paul, 41, sobbed as Mark Bridger said: "I don't know, I don't know."Prosecutor Elwen Evans QC questioned him during a third and final day in the witness box at Mold crown court.She said: ...
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BBC apologises for tagging John O’Dowd as Sinn FeinIRA on Question Time seating plan
The BBC today apologised for a Question Time gaffe that saw a Stormont minister labelled a member of "Sinn Fein/IRA".John O'Dowd, who was a panellist on last night's show from Belfast, was given the label in a seating plan attached to a studio camera.It was not screened, but an audience member tweeted a photograph of the plan.Mr O'Dowd said the "SF/IRA tag" had ...
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Pakistan Plane Forced Down in London 2 Arrested
British police arrested two men on Friday after they reportedly tried to get into the cockpit of a Pakistani passenger plane, forcing the flight to be diverted under military escort to a London ...
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Plantwatch The battle for the ancient British bluebell woods
A great blue wave has spread across the country in one of our greatest natural spectacles, as carpets of bluebells have come into flower. But the bluebells were some four or five weeks later this spring than last year, and the cold spring made their appearance more patchy than usual. Britain has around half the world's population of bluebells, and they are also a truly national plant, ...
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Britains paradise has been lost – but theres still hope for our wildlife | Chris Packham
I never imagined being 52. As I grew up catching lizards and newts, rummaging through hedges to find birds' nests, or prodding flattened hedgehogs with my scuffed Clarks lace-ups, the world was ripe with natural riches. Every scrap of wasteland revealed yet more gems: tadpoles, fox cubs and a confetti of butterflies. And when at the weekends the family Ford Anglia trundled off to the ...
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Knife-Wielding Man Robs Manchester NH Store
MANCHESTER, NH (CBS) – A knife-wielding suspect threatened a clerk and a customer at a store in Manchester, New Hampshire. It happened Thursday night at the Manchester Mart on Hooksett Road. ';At first it almost sounded like a joke but when I saw the knife I knew it wasn’t a joke,'; said clerk Bob Hogan, 65. The suspect was wearing a surgical mask and latex gloves, and ...
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Suffragette Emily Davison The woman who would not be silenced
She has been described as the most misunderstood woman of the 20th century. For the ruling establishment of post-Edwardian Britain she was undoubtedly one of the most ...
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Andy McSmiths Diary The Professor’s backing Bayern Munich to beat Borussia Dortmund
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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Tory minister will be left holding the baby – but don’t tell Vince Cable
While legislation to encourage fathers to take a bigger share in the care of very young children is being prepared, the youngest Tory minister in the relevant department is going to practise what the government preaches by taking two months' paternity ...
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Men arrested after RAF jet is scrambled to escort Pakistan Airlines passenger plane to London Stansted Airport
Two men have been arrested at Stansted today after a passenger plane heading to Manchester airport was diverted to Stansted by an RAF Typhoon jet following reports of threats on ...
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