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Anti-terror police search Lincolnshire property as part of Woolwich soldier killing investigation
While the two suspected killers were under armed guard in different London hospitals, detectives swooped on an address in Saxilby. There were also reports of addresses in the London area being searched by police. Scotland Yard refused to comment, but Lincolnshire Police said: "We can confirm that the Metropolitan Police executed a search warrant under PACE (Police and Criminal Evidence Act) ...
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Lieutenant Colonel Dudley Clarke The cross-dressing spy who was arrested on a secret mission
Lieutenant Colonel Dudley Clarke, a 'key figure in British intelligence' in the Middle East in the Second World War, set alarm bells ringing in Whitehall when he was arrested dressed as a woman.Files released publicly by the National Archives reveal that Lt Col Clarke told Spanish police he was a novelist and had "wanted to study the reactions of men to women in the streets" ...
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Woolwich murder aerial footage shows police search – video
Aerial images show police officers combing the ground in Woolwich on Thursday after a man was murdered in broad daylight. The area has been cordoned off following the attack, in which witnesses say the victim, a British soldier, was hacked to death with a meat cleaver. It has been confirmed the two suspects, who are in hospital after being shot at by police, were known to the security ...
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Woolwich attack victim was serving soldier police confirm
Link to video: Woolwich police investigate meat cleaver attack Scotland Yard has confirmed that the victim of the Woolwich machete attack was a serving soldier.Though he has not yet been formally named, the Guardian understands he had undertaken one six-month tour of Afghanistan and was stationed at the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich. A postmortem would be conducted on Thursday ...
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Woolwich attack David Camerons full statement
What happened yesterday in Woolwich has sickened us all.On our televisions last night - and in our newspapers this morning - we have all seen images that are deeply shocking.The people who did this were trying to divide us.They should know: something like this will only bring us together and make us stronger.Today our thoughts are with the victim - and with his family. They are grieving for ...
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Woolwich attack will only make us stronger says Cameron
David Cameron has issued a defiant message after the murder of a British soldier in London, vowing to bring those responsible to justice and insisting such attacks on "the British way of life" serve only to unite people."What happened in Woolwich yesterday has sickened us all," the prime minister said on Thursday. "The people who did this were trying to divide us. They ...
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Cumbria police staff cleared over crime commissioners expenses leak
police staff suspended last month, after details of their chauffeur-driven police and crime commissioner's travel expenses were leaked to the media, have been cleared of any wrongdoing and will return to work.A 47-year-old man who was arrested on 10 April on suspicion of data protection offences and misconduct in public office will face no criminal action and has had his suspension ...
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Great-grandmother given 105 reasons to celebrate
She has seen 19 different Prime Ministers enter Downing Street, 24 summer Olympic Games take place and watched the sun set an unbelievable 38,325 times. And as Hannah Cripps celebrated her 105th birthday with family and friends yesterday afternoon, the charismatic and sprightly centenarian said she can't quite believe she has reached the incredible milestone. The great-grandmother ...
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Armed Forces Day agenda announced
, Reporter The Chingford branch of the Royal British Legion has announced the agenda for their Armed Forces Day event. The family fun day on Chingford Green will begin with a parade beginning at Chingford Plains, with 200-300 people already set to take part. Highlights include an inspection of the parade by guest VIPs, an inter cadet forces tug o'war contest, a field gun run ...
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Surrey police chief insists hes not giving up
Police and Crime Commissioner Kevin Hurley and his deputy Jeff Harris, "Baldrick and Blackadder'" Surrey's outspoken new police commissioner wrote his own headline this week when he called out to the press: "The headline is 'police and crime commissioner is not giving up'." At a meeting on Tuesday night with Mole Valley councillors Kevin Hurley ...
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Former soldier from Twickenham flies flag half-mast for Woolwich murder victim
An ex-serviceman from Twickenham is flying a flag at half mast in memory of the soldier murdered in Woolwich. Derek Sturdy, former group tactical support officer in the Royal Air Force Regiment 2, hoisted the royal standard flag above his mechanic garage in Edwin Road, Twickenham. The owner of Phoenix car repair said he would leave the flag at half mast until the funeral of the soldier ...
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Scotland Yard hits back over Woolwich response time
Scotland Yard has hit back after questions were raised about how long it took officers to reach the scene of the terrorist murder in ...
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Woolwich attack – suspect named reaction and latest developments
o Cameron: it was attack on Britain and 'betrayal of Islam'oPM seems to say suspects were known to security serviceso Murdered man was a soldier who had served in Afghanistano Two men under arrest in ...
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The Woolwich attack will not break London – or its unity | Ken Livingstone
murder of a British soldier in Woolwich on Wednesday should be unreservedly condemned. My thoughts and condolences go out to his family and friends following this brutal murder. I fully support the police in their efforts to discover whether the two individuals acted alone or whether an extremist group or cell is involved.As mayor of London, I served this city when it withstood the worst ...
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Post Office workers to strike for fifth time since Easter over closure plans
Customers encounter locked doors at a Post Office in Newport during a strike on the Tuesday after the first May bank holiday. Photograph: Tim ...
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Man arrested in England over south Armagh double murder
O'Hare (33) and his girlfriend Lisa McClatchey (21) died when they were attacked at their home at Tassagh, near Newtownhamilton, in November 2006.Petrol was poured around the house and set on fire.PSNI officers arrested the man in the Essex area on Wednesday with help ...
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David Cameron Murder of brave soldier in Woolwich will make Britain stronger
The brutal terrorist murder of a "brave soldier" on the streets of London will bring the UK together and "make us stronger", David Cameron ...
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Man charged over alleged racist Twitter comments at Northampton Towns Adebayo Akinfenwa and Clarke Carlisle
Ben Townsend, 25, of Norwich Drive in Cheltenham, was charged yesterday with two counts of sending by public communication network an offensive, indecent, obscene or menacing message.Townsend was arrested by officers from Gloucestershire Police on May 8 under the Malicious Communications Act, following an investigation by the force and Northamptonshire police.His arrest followed the allegation ...
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Ingrid Loyau-Kennett the mother-of-two hailed as a hero for confronting Woolwich attackers thought better me than a child
A mother-of-two hailed as a hero after confronting two alleged knife attackers in Woolwich has said she was not afraid as "better me than a ...
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UK immigration continuing to fall as overseas student numbers shrink
Immigration levels into Britain are continuing to fall following a sharp decline in numbers of overseas students coming to this country, the Office for National Statistics has ...
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Lib Dem opposition to communications data bill putting country at risk
After Woolwich attack, pressure is mounting on deputy prime minister Nick Clegg to reverse Lib Dem opposition to the communications data bill. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty ...
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King Edward VIIIs phones were bugged by the government records reveal
Ministers ordered the bugging of Edward VIII's telephones in Buckingham Palace and in his Windsor retreat at the height of the 1936 abdication crisis, hitherto secret papers reveal.The extraordinary move, reflecting a growing and deep distrust between the king and his ministers, is disclosed in a unique cache of intelligence files hidden until now in a basement at the Cabinet Office in the ...
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UK net migration shrinks further official figures show
The immigration minister, Mark Harper, claims the further fall in net migration is evidence that the government's immigration policy is working. Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the ...
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Woolwich stands strong after soldier murder Your messages of support for town
Our editor Andrew Parkes says: "THESE insane, disgusting, evil fanatics will never beat us. "But even as these maniacs, covered in the blood of this brave soldier, stood in the street ranting the real spirit of Woolwich showed itself. "The killers cried for jihad but one brave woman defied them to comfort the dying soldier. "Whatever brutality is committed ...
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MP for Enfield North opens store for mobility aids
MP Nick de Bois speaks to customers at Fortuna Mobility The MP for Enfield North officially opened a showroom offering mobility aids for the elderly and people with disabilities. Nick de Bois cut a blue ribbon before welcoming customers into Fortuna Mobility in Crown Road, Enfield, yesterday. The showroom offers a range of mobility aids including power-chairs, mobility scooters, ...
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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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