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Mervyn Kings housing warning is too little too late | Polly Toynbee
George Osborne, Britain's chancellor, and Mervyn King, the governor of the Bank of England, at the G7 finance ministers and central bank governors summit on 11 May 2013 Photograph: Yui ...
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Public fear legal aid cuts will lead to wrongful convictions poll finds
legal aid could result in innocent people being convicted of crimes they did not commit, according to an opinion poll released by the Bar Council.The survey, commissioned by the organisation which ...
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Marine Harvest agrees to limit pesticides and seal killings
One of the world's largest fish farm companies, Marine Harvest, has voluntarily agreed to much tougher limits on its pesticides use and seal killing by joining a strict new environment scheme.Marine Harvest will join ...
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British PM survives gay vote
British Prime Minister David Cameron headed off another Conservative rebellion on Monday after the opposition Labour Party helped him see off a "wrecking amendment" which had threatened his gay marriage bill. Tory MP Tim Loughton had proposed the amendment saying that if gay couples were allowed to marry, then heterosexual couples should also be able to have civil partnerships. But ...
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British P.M. Cameron gets an assist from Labor on gay marriage
Ed Miliband . Miliband agreed to have Labor members of Parliament vote against an amendment that would have extended civil unions to heterosexual couples, The Guardian reported. The amendment, backed by opponents of gay marriage, would have reduced the bill's chance of parliamentary approval, and Miliband had been planning to abstain. Cameron has also been trying to damp down a story that ...
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Looted Irish treasures recovered in England
They include three 'gun money' coins, the emergency war money coined by James II from 1689-91 to pay his forces to fight William of Orange.The items, including a Bronze Age axe and spearhead and hundreds of medieval coins, will go on display today, then be stored for research.They were recovered after a tip-off from ...
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Former British flagship leaves Portsmouth for Turkish scrap yard
The Ark Royal, the aircraft carrier that was for many years the flagship of the British navy, left Portsmouth for the last time Monday for a Turkish scrap yard. Former members of the vessel's crew, some wearing black armbands, joined a crowd of onlookers who watched as the Ark Royal was towed out of the harbor, the Daily Mirror reported. Towing the ship to Turkey saves money on fuel. The ...
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No option is off the table if Assad doesnt take Syrian peace seriously - British FM
British Foreign Minister William Hague Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must realize that "no option is off table" if his government fails to negotiate seriously at peace talks in ...
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Rugby Rewards re-launches with focus on British Irish Lions Tour
Australian Rugby is set to launch a Facebook-based Rugby Rewards program which aims to foster team advocacy ahead of the British & Irish Lions Tour. Rugby Rewards is a digital engagement program which recognises and rewards fans for their support for Australian Rugby and the Qantas Wallabies. It was first launched in 2011 as an initiative to capture the support for the Qantas Wallabies ...
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Public did have right to know about Boris Johnsons secret love child court confirms
Voters did have a right to know that Boris Johnson fathered a secret love-child after cheating on his wife, a court confirmed yesterday.The Appeal Court rejected claims of his mistress Helen Macintyre that the birth of their daughter remain secret.Last July a judge said reports of the birth in 2009 were justified because of the politician's "recklessness" while serving in public ...
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Injured Wilshere eyes England captaincy
Jack Wilshere has seven caps for England Wilshere, 21, is set to miss upcoming international friendlies against Republic of Ireland and Brazil due to an ongoing ankle injury. However, the midfielder remains eager to develop his all-round contribution to the cause as the 2014 World Cup looms.He told The Sun: "I want to captain Arsenal and I want to captain England. That definitely appeals to ...
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Andy McSmiths Diary Send away the clown - Ukip sorry for unsuitable councillor
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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One giant leap for Britain UKs first official astronaut Tim Peake on tweeting like Chris Hadfield and missing his wife and sons
Ground control to Major Tim: former Apache helicopter pilot Tim Peake to be Britain's first official astronaut for 20 years with International Space Station ...
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Tom Hiddleston heads new Donmar Warehouse season as Hollywood stars make way for British talent
Hollywood imports are no longer required to make a buzz on the West End stage, the head of the Donmar Warehouse said, after unveiling a new Autumn season starring Tom Hiddleston and Jessica ...
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The death of Maria Stubbings
Maria Stubbings called for help many times, long before she was strangled with a dog lead by her ex-boyfriend and left under a pile of coats in the downstairs toilet. Her killer, Marc Chivers, had already been arrested for assaulting her and breaking into her home when he opened the door to the police and told them all was well. They believed him and left a card for the mother-of-two, asking her ...
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4 Americans to qualify for British Open in Texas
PLANO, Texas -; Americans Josh Teater, Scott Brown Johnson Wagner and Bud Cauley qualified for the British Open on Monday at the international final qualifying at Gleneagles Country Club Queens ...
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British man Julian Stevenson appears in court after confessing to slitting childrens throats
A 48-year-old British man has appeared in a French court today after allegedly confessing to killing his two children by slitting their ...
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Labour saves David Camerons gay marriage bill
Labour's move meant the amendment, tabled by the anti-gay marriage Tory Tim Loughton, was defeated by 375 to 70 votes, a majority of 305. Photograph: Facundo ...
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New insurance for cosmetic surgery
In the wake of the findings from the government enquiry into cosmetic surgery, the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons has a new insurance scheme for ...
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Large waists increase risk of diabetes
The research, commissioned by Diabetes UK and Bupa, shows that just 37 % are aware that having a large waist is a risk factor for Type 2 diabetes, despite strong evidence that this is the case. Diabetes UK defines a large waist as 31.5 inches or over for women and 35 inches and over for ...
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Game Hunting in Englands Premier League
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, England ...
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Governments flagship Work Programme not helping long-term unemployed find jobs
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Google faces new pressure over tax claims
Google's data centre in Dublin: by booking all UK sales through Ireland, the internet company handed HMRC only about 10m in corporation tax over the period 2006-11. Photograph: Niall ...
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i Assistant Editors Letter A British crack at The Final Frontier
Ever since I was a little boy, I have been fascinated with space. I would spend hours looking through books on the Apollo missions, idolising Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin for their lunar landing in 1969. I would lie in my bed dreaming of hurtling through space, trying to imagine what it was like for Michael Collins, the forgotten man of that mission who was left in the module orbiting the Moon ...
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Maria Stubbings case Call for inquiry after murdered woman was failed by police
The family of a woman murdered by a convicted killer has called for a public inquiry into the handling of domestic violence cases, following a second damning report into police failures over her ...
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London bike sharing a success
London in July of 2010 became one of over 44 cities in the world to introduce an aspect of communal consumerism into its public transport system with the implementation of a bike-sharing network and just ten weeks later had recorded over 1 million trips taken, proving the initiative to be feasible and sustainable.
Bike-sharing has been around since as early as the 1960s when the first community bike-sharing scheme was introduced in the Netherlands, but it lacked formal sharing systems and was overly-reliant on the good nature of the public, leading to mass theft, which ultimately destroyed the system. Read more
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