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Incoming BBC news director promises action for more on-air female journalists
James Harding, the incoming Director of News at the BBC, has admitted his discomfort at the lack of women broadcasters on the BBC's bulletins and has promised to address the issue as a ...
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Ministers hold emergency meeting after fatal attack in London street
Link to video: Woolwich shooting: aftermath of 'serious incident' which left one dead and two injured The home secretary, Theresa May, has called a meeting of the government's emergency committee Cobra in response to a "serious incident" in Woolwich, ...
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Royal Mail workers balloted on privatisation plans
The results from the ballot, which also asks whether Royal Mail workers would support a boycott of competitors' mail, are due on 19 June. Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the ...
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Woolwich two shot in police incident – live coverage
BST The Ministry of Defence is pretty livid with MP Nick Raynsforth, who has been quoted in reports saying that a soldier from the barracks at Woolwich is the victim of this attack, reports my ...
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Google chief rejects Ed Milibands call for responsible capitalism
Google chief Eric Schmidt has said his company follows international tax law in response to criticism by Ed Miliband. Photograph: Olivia ...
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Plant and vegetable growing workshop tonight
, Reporter Learn how to grow vegetables and salad plants in your own home at a container growing skillshare tonight at 8pm at the Hornbeam Cafe. Find out how to grow plants in a pot on your windowsill and which tasty foods can be propagated in containers. Looking at soil and compost types and discussing draining and watering budding gardeners can share planting tips, learn how to ...
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Meeting to discuss future of NHS
The panellists Over a hundred people packed a North Finchley community hall last night to hear a heated debate on the future of the NHS in Barnet and across the country. Chaired by Nick Goldberg of the Save Barnet NHS campaign, the meeting at the Greek Cypriot Centre in Britannia Road drew together campaigners and members of the public to hear panellists David Lawrence and Anne Summers ...
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Permission granted for Turing House School
Free school: Organisers would like to go to NPL A new free school has been given the green light to open next year. The Department for Education approved the bid for Turing House School that was submitted by a group of parents partnered with charity Russell Education Trust (RET), which hopes to meet the demand for secondary school places. The co-educational school, for children aged ...
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Worcester Park third least hygenic place to eat in UK survey finds
The Food Standards Agency's star ratings scheme was launched in Sutton in 2011 Wallington and Worcester Park are two of the least hygienic places to eat out in the UK, it has been revealed. One in every three eateries in Wallington and almost half of those in Worcester Park are not considered to be 'generally satisfactory' by the Food Standards Agency. Worcester Park ...
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Dopey thug books minicab from home on way to armed robbery
Derron Brown of south Croydon was jailed for 42 months Two youths who robbed a convenience store armed with a large knife have been jailed. A 17-year-old who cannot be named for legal reason, and his 20-year-old Derron Brown, 20, of Harewood Gardens, South Croydon, robbed a Londis Shop in Limpsfield Road, Sanderstead on January 31. The pair who were both wearing masks entered the ...
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London Labour attacks new cabinet
By Bruce Thain The London Labour Party has claimed a group of Independent Labour councillors have put personal ambition ahead of the needs of the community. The statement follows the appointment of a new cabinet by the authority's leader Councillor Thaya Idaikkadar with members of his new Independent Labour group and two Conservatives in non executive roles. The Independent ...
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Ben Fogles country travels the Prince Harry effect
The event was thrust into the public gaze thanks to our very own Prince Harry. If anyone ever doubts the power, influence and importance of our Royal family, you need look no further than the "Harry effect" on the Games. Here, however, he was known as Captain Wales; even his Private Secretary, Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton, wore army ...
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Former England centre Hipkiss retires
England's Dan Hipkiss (2nd R) is challenged by New Zealand's Ma'a Nonu during their international rugby union match at Twickenham Stadium in London November 21, 2009. REUTERS/Russell ...
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Police respond to serious incident in Woolwich south London
London .Officers were called to John Wilson Street at around 2.20pm on Wednesday and the immediate area was shut down.One source said police had opened fire during the incident, but there was no confirmation of this.Pictures posted on Twitter showed at least one person lying on the ground.On its Twitter account, the Metropolitan police helicopter team described the incident as serious.A Scotland ...
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Boriss Bus Part 39 Next Stop The Treasury
reasons not hard to guess - may have had a restraining effect, though a more likely explanation is that an appearance of statesmanlike sobriety will cut more ice than the usual chortling with ministers at the treasury. The outcome of the comprehensive spending review is due in just over a month, and fears that the GLA group faces a giant funding chop are rife. Transport grant, in particular, is ...
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Letters judge development models by their strengths not philosophies
Let us know what you think of stories, interviews and comments on the Guardian's global development professionals network. Photograph: Shaun Curry/AFP/Getty ...
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Why do these Tories think they can rule on marriage | Zoe Williams
Boris Johnson, father of another lovechild , out of his own wedlock and that of his babymother, is a prominent member of a party that openly and loudly decries both feckless, absentee fathers and single mothers. Johnson himself was once an enemy ...
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Paolo Di Canio – The Sunderland manager who would be Tory leader | Marina Hyde
Paolo Di Canio's diatribe after the Spurs defeat 'sounded like football management for people who don't like football'. Photograph: Lindsey Parnaby/AFP/Getty ...
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New England economy seen improving but unevenly
By STEPHEN SINGERAP Business Writer HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A group of economists says New England is recovering from the worst recession in decades, with the strongest gains in Massachusetts and Vermont, while Rhode Island and Maine lag. The New England Economic Partnership said Wednesday that external factors such as Europe's recession and federal spending cuts made in Washington are ...
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Police called to Woolwich shooting
Police called to Woolwich 'shooting' POLICE and ambulances have been called to Woolwich this afternoon (May 22) to deal with a reported shooting. Wellington Steet is reportedly being sealed off and the air ambulance has arrived on the scene. John Wilson Street is currently shut in both directions between Artillery Place and New Ferry Approach. Traffic is heavy in the ...
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Bluewater car park death trial Swanley woman Dawn Chedds car sounded like it was driven by boy racer
Dawn Chedd. A PEOPLE carrier which reversed over and killed a pensioner in a Bluewater car park sounded like it was being driven by a "boy racer", a court heard. Dawn Chedd, 50, is charged with causing the death by careless driving of 71-year-old Claire Bishop on January 4 last year in level one of the Blue area car park at the Greenhithe shopping centre. The Cranleigh ...
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Waltham Forest Green Party show support in NHS protest march
Waltham Forest and Redbridge Green Party members Mark Dawes and David Hamilton on the demonstration. Members of Waltham Forest and Redbridge Green Party joined thousands of campaigners in a march last Saturday to protect the NHS in London. In line with local campaigns to save Whipps Cross Hospital, Green party members showed the NHS support by marching from Jubilee Gardens to the ...
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Residents associations concerned about 20mph speed limit
By Jaber Mohamed Residents associations are concered about Haringey Borough Council's plans to introduce a borough-wide 20mile-per-hour speed limit. The Muswell Hill and Fortis Green Association and the HOBA and South Tottenham Association both said they would prefer a more targeted approach to stop speeding. The proposed limit, which has previously been rejected twice by the ...
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Hospice heroes awarded for going the extra mile
Nurses Kym Owen, Louise Henderson, Barbara Vacher and Anne-Marie Hammond with patient Eleni Robb. Nursing heroes were showered with flowers, tea and cake as a special thank you for the work they do caring for terminally ill patients in Barnet and Enfield. North London Hospice organised the tea party yesterday as part of the global celebrations marking International Nurses Day. The ...
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Fundraising walkers complete historic journey from London to Epsom Downs
The Derby Walk re-enacts a historic walk from London to Epsom Downs Racecourse Fundraising enthusiasts put on their walking boots and re-enacted a historic journey made by thousands from London to Epsom Downs on Sunday. Thousands of pounds were raised for a number of different charities by 40 people who participated in the Derby Walk, a re-enactment of the journey made by Londoners in ...
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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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