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Woolwich attack Internet giant Google blasted for failing to remove extremist videos
the Woolwich attack .Thousands of radical videos relating to terror groups like Al-Shabaab were still available on its YouTube site yesterday.Vile messages praising the attack began to appear online just hours after Drummer Lee Rigby was hacked to death.Google said it relied on the public to flag up incendiary material but critics called for it to spend more on tackling the problem.YouTube said ...
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Three arrested ahead of EDL march over racist tweets
Northumbria Police said two people from Gateshead and a third from Stockton, Teesside, were held earlier. The EDL has planned their demonstration for months, but the horrific murder of Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich on Wednesday has heightened tensions in the local community.A counter demonstration by opponents of the EDL has been planned.Northumbria Police said it will "allow people the ...
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International child abduction cases up 81
Child abduction is a "growing problem" with the number of reported cases up by 81 per cent over the last nine years, ministers warned ...
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HS2 benefit cap and broadband roll-out Government flagship projects are unachievable
More than 30 of the Government's flagship projects are at serious risk of failure with some classed as unachievable, Whitehall documents have ...
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BNP and EDL accused of attempt to fuel racial hatred after Woolwich terror attack
Michael Adebowale and Michael Adebolajo: The two polite young men that met at university who would become known as the bloodied Woolwich murder ...
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Friend of suspect in London attack arrested after BBC interview
LONDON: Counter-terrorism police are questioning a friend of Michael Adebolajo, one of two men suspected of the savage killing of a British ...
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British Embassy in China establishes countdown clock for London Olympics
British Embassy in China established a countdown clock at the ambassador's residence here on Wednesday to mark the one-year countdown to the 2012 London Olympic Games. "The final countdown will begin. An exciting year of outstanding sporting and cultural events in Britain will set the stage for the greatest (sport) show on earth next summer," said ambassador Sebastian Wood. Zuo ...
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England Win Toss Bat First v New Zealand
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Attacks on Muslims soar in wake of Woolwich murder
Anti-Muslim attacks in Britain have soared since Wednesday's murder of Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich.Faith Matters, an organisation that works to reduce extremism, said it had been told of about 150 incidents in the last few days, compared to between four to eight cases before Wednesday.Fiyaz Mughal, the director of Faith Matters, said incidents were happening on the streets and online. ...
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Live updates Black Caps v England second test
Live updates of day two of the second test between the Black Caps and England at Headingley Carnegie. Follow live updates of the action. England have decided to bat after winning the toss in the second test against New Zealand at Headingley. The ground is bathed in sunshine after the first day was abandoned due to ...
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Zoo keeper mauled by tiger broke safety rules
A zoo keeper who was mauled to death by a tiger had no reason to be in its enclosure, according to the animal park's owner.Sarah McClay, 24, was attacked by a Sumatran tiger at South Lakes Wild Animal Park, in Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria, on Friday afternoon. She was taken by air ambulance to Royal Preston Hospital but died later from her injuries.Cumbria police said the tiger was locked in ...
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England on top of S. Africa despite Trescothick blow
NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) -- Swing bowler James Anderson captured five wickets on Saturday to dismiss South Africa for 362 but not before the tourists had reduced the first innings deficit to 83 runs in the third cricket test at Trent Bridge. England then lost opener Marcus Trescothick to the first ball of the second innings and stumps were drawn after an absorbing day's play. Facing the ...
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Unusual Smith dismissal lifts England vs. S. Africa
NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) -- England on Friday cheaply dismissed South Africa's record-breaking batsman Graeme Smith for the first time in the series to take control of the third cricket test at Trent Bridge. After England made 445 runs in its first innings, South Africa struggled to 84 for two by stumps on the second day, batting under pressure for the first time. England dismissed ...
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Smith eager for S. African series win in England
NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) -- Captain Graeme Smith said Wednesday his team needed to be relentless and ruthless to win South Africa's first series in England since 1965. The Proteas lead the five-test series 1-0, and Smith, 22, singled out the Thursday's third test at Trent Bridge as the most crucial for his young side. South Africa failed to win its two previous series here in ...
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Vaughans England at crossroads in South Africa series
By Charles Froggatt, CNN NOTTINGHAM (CNN) -- As South Africa reinforces its test-winning lineup with all-rounder Jacques Kallis, England and newly-appointed captain Michael Vaughan find themselves at a selection crossroads as they attempt to come back after last ...
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Tim Peake Next stop Mars | Aida Edemariam
European Astronaut Centre , where Peake is being trained, and where we meet, is in the far corner of a huge lot on the outskirts of Cologne, Germany, which is also home to the German Space Agency, where that future-past tension persists. The long, low prefab buildings, set among birch trees and wild flowers, feel like a throwback to the 60s. It has, however, been a valued part of the German ...
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Why marathon productions are big among the YouTube generation | Kirsty Lang
Berlin Alexanderplatz , Fassbinder's 15-and-a-half-hour adaptation of one of Germany's best-loved novels. Ticket sales for both events have been ...
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Clark doubtful for England tour
England flanker Calum Clark is a doubt for the tour of South America after an ankle injury ruled him out of Saturday's Premiership final. Clark sustained the injury during Northampton's semi-final win over Saracens and he has failed to recover in time for the Saints' clash with Leicester at Twickenham.he will be assessed by the England's medical staff on Sunday and a ...
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Conservative Nut Case Michelle Malkin Says British Progressives Are To Blame For Beheading Of Soldier
Michelle Malkin The tragic murder of a British soldier stunned the world this week, but Michelle Malkin used the opportunity to blame progressives for ‘bringing on themselves.’ It’s never surprising to ...
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First class rail travel – without breaking the bank
It is widely seen as an unaffordable luxury where - to the irritation of vexed commuters - supply still seems to outstrip demand.Canny regular travellers already know that at the first sign of major overcrowding on peak-time trains, perhaps due to the cancellation of other services, the train manager is likely to "declassify" one or two first class coaches to standard.Now first class ...
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Sifting the facts from the fiction about contactless cards
The reports of contactless charging errors on buses and in stores will have left some people nervous - and have prompted a flurry of theories about what's wrong with the technology and how you can protect yourself. But are people just peddling scare stories? We rounded up some comments attached to one of this week's Guardian articles and put them to two experts: Dave Birch of Consult ...
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Why contactless cards can leave you with a losing deal
If you keep your Oyster card in the same wallet as your contactless payment card you could unwittingly have money taken off both. Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty ...
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Car insurance one bump and your old car could be on the scrapheap
car insurance following a minor bump. The warning comes after one London motorist had her vehicle written off following the smallest of accidents, in which just the side light on her ageing Toyota was broken.Lesley Hall, who lives in London, was told by her insurer, Cova, that it would send her a cheque for just 40 for her perfectly usable and very reliable L-registration Corolla, after an ...
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Tiger kills zoo worker in Cumbrian park
A zoo worker has died after a tiger attack at an animal park. The 24-year-old woman was in the big cats' enclosure when she was mauled at South Lakes Wild Animal Park in Dalton-in-Furness.The woman, named as Sarah McClay, from the Barrow area, was taken by ambulance to Preston Royal Infirmary and the park has been closed. Cumbria police said they were investigating.A spokesman for the park ...
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Britain to investigate previous handling of attack suspects
LONDON - A government minister said Friday that police and security services would face inquiries into their previous handling of two men accused of hacking a British soldier to death on a busy London street two days ago.British security officials confirmed Thursday that the suspects were known to MI5, the domestic security agency, in the years before the attack.Eric Pickles, the communities ...
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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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