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BT says CEO Livingston to step down to join government
LONDON (Reuters) - Telecom company BT said on Wednesday chief executive Ian Livingston would step down in September to take up a role as Minister for Trade and Investment in the British government. BT said that the head of its retail business, ...
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The Times retreats from the north by making reporter redundant
The Times , is abandoning "the north". Its northern correspondent, Russell Jenkins, is one of the 20 people who has been made redundant by the paper in its recent editorial cull. It is claimed that he will not be replaced. ...
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NSA surveillance is an attack on American citizens says Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky has praised the Guardian's revelations about the activities of the National Security Agency. Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the ...
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NHS regulator apologises after report accuses CQC of cover-up – video
David Prior, chairman of NHS regulator the Care Quality Commission, says an independent report published on Wednesday shows past failings of the CQC. Prior agrees the regulator, under previous management, let down patients after the deaths of a number of mothers and babies before 2010. The University Hospitals Morcambe Bay NHS Foundation trust faces more than 30 compensation claims over the ...
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Nigel Evans arrested on suspicion of three further counts of indecent assault
House of Commons deputy speaker already under arrest for alleged rape and sexual assault, has been arrested on suspicion of three further counts of indecent assault, it has emerged.The MP for Ribble Valley, 55, answered bail following his initial arrests in May, and was informed that he faced the additional allegations.A Lancashire Constabulary spokesman said: "A 55-year-old man from ...
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Ryder Architecture - in pictures
Newcastle's Ryder Architecture celebrates 60 years of modernism Its founders trained with Lubetkin and Le Corbusier. But while some of the company's important early buildings are protected, some are being pulled down to make way for new ...
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Newcastles Ryder Architecture celebrates 60 years of modernism
Norgas House in Killingworth, built in 1965 by Ryder & Yates, was empty for more than five years and suffered from criminal damage before its demolition. Photograph: Kristen McCluskie/Ryder ...
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Reckless bankers risk prison in Britain lawmakers
LONDON (AFP) - Bankers found guilty of "reckless misconduct" in Britain could end up in prison and be stripped of bonuses, under draconian proposals on Wednesday to clean up London's scandal-hit financial sector.The Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards, established by the government after the Libor rate-rigging scandal last year, made the recommendations in a final report ...
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Ofcom to probe BSkyB over sports channel supply
LONDON (Reuters) - Ofcom said on Wednesday that it would launch an investigation into satellite TV firm BSkyB over the wholesale supply of its sports channels after a complaint by Sky's increasingly bitter rival BT.Ofcom said the probe would centre on BT's claims that the terms on which Sky offered its sports channels, Sky Sports 1 and Sky Sports 2, to BT's YouView platform ...
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FCA fines property agent one million pounds
Reuters © The logo of the new Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is seen at the agency's headquarters in the Canary Wharf business district of London April 1, 2013. REUTERS/Chris ...
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Bank of England chief out-voted in swan song meeting
LONDON (AFP) - Bank of England governor Mervyn King called for more easy-money stimulus at his final meeting in June, but was out-voted by fellow policymakers for the fifth month in a row, minutes showed on Wednesday.The details were published shortly before the US Federal Reserve central bank announces its latest position on easy-money stimulus.Former Canadian central bank chief Mark Carney ...
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Internet giants and Westminster agree approach to tackle online child abuse images
A new approach to tackling online child abuse images has been agreed between technology giants and the Government. Senior figures from internet, communications and computing firms were summoned to Parliament for a meeting with Maria Miller to decide what action to take on the issue. The Culture Secretary said they had agreed a "fundamental change" to the way the Internet Watch ...
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Tulisa cracks a SMILE as she is reunited with N-Dubz after drugs arrest shame
cocaine deal for an undercover reporter after footage emerged of her reportedly bragging about being able to get drugs through a dealer.The star has obviously started fighting back against her critics - sharing a picture of her kicking a punch bag in a garden.Tulisa shared a picture of herself showing off her karate kick on Instagram with the caption: "Watch the face ahahahahahaha ...
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Labour politician Simon Parkes fathered child with alien and extra terrestrial sex is ruining his marriage
Simon Parkes, town councillor for Stakesby in Whitby, says he has sex with the alien, who he refers to as the Cat Queen, around four times a ...
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Nigella Lawson photos Charles Saatchi reveals why he accepted police caution but makes no public apology
wife Nigella Lawson - but made NO public apology for grabbing her throat four times during a row.Saatchi, 70, said he agreed to be cautioned because it was better than the alternative of being investigated by police for weeks.But in his new statement he did not offer any sympathy or apology to his TV chef wife, who has moved out of the family home.Friends and family close to Nigella, 53 are said ...
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London 2012 manager takes on new operational delivery role at British Paralympic Association
This position will lead the sponsorship new business acquisition process for the NBA for Africa. The focus will be on new partner development - prospecting, pitching, negotiating and securing new corporate ...
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Families of soldiers killed in Iraq can bring claim against UK government
Soldiers going into battle abroad are protected by human rights legislation, the supreme court has ruled in a landmark judgment.The decision by the UK's highest court will have far-reaching implications for the way ...
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Police arrest second man after fire at Gloucester mosque
A second man has been arrested by detectives investigating a fire at a mosque.The fire service was called to the Ryecroft Street mosque in Gloucester at 12.50am on Tuesday after reports of a small blaze.Police attended and watched CCTV footage that showed a man pouring petrol around the door of the building before setting a rag on fire and using it to ignite the fuel. The man returned to a dark ...
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Mervyn King outvoted on QE in his 194th and final MPC meeting
Bank of England rate-setting meeting.Minutes of the monetary policy committee (MPC) confirmed that the governor bowed out with one last call for another 25bn ...
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Britains soft power is greater than Gangnam Style – so appreciate it | Dorian Lynskey
'Last year, Monocle magazine's annual soft power survey placed Britain in the top spot, overtaking the US largely thanks to the Olympics and its opening ceremony, but the current government's lukewarm attitude does not bode well.' Photograph: Chamussy/Nivere/SIPA /Rex ...
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Berkeley reports 26 jump in profits
property market in London and the south-east.Berkeley reported revenues of 1.4bn for the year ending April 2013, up more than 30% on last year, helped by advance sales of its riverside flats and detached houses.The housebuilder said activity outside the south-east had not recovered since the 2008 downturn, but was likely to pick up as a result of the government's "help to buy" ...
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Families Can Sue Govt Over Iraq Troop Deaths
Families of British soldiers killed fighting in Iraq can bring damages claims against the Government, the Supreme Court has ruled. Relatives want to sue for negligence and to make claims under human rights legislation. Supreme Court justices announced today that they can do both. Families started legal action as a result of the deaths of a number of British soldiers following the American-led ...
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Police seek extra powers over criminals who flee country to avoid paying back ill-gotten gains
Police are seeking greater powers to pursue wealthy criminals across Europe who skip the country to avoid jail without paying back millions of pounds of criminal ...
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The €200 note - favourite for money-launderers and high-rollers - to be taken out of UK circulation
Eurotrash mourn. The EUR200 note - the cash of choice for casino high-rollers, the ostentatiously rich and drug dealers with very small hiding places to fill - is set to be taken out of circulation in ...
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North boost for British Lions
Powerful wing George North is fit to face the Wallabies in the opening Test on Saturday and help the British and Irish Lions forget their first non-Test ...
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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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