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Bank of England ranks cyber attacks above Eurozone crisis as biggest threat
Cyber attacks have risen to the top of the list of threats for UK banks according to Bank of England's director of financial stability, Andrew Haldane, but understanding and management of the risk is still at an "early stage". Speaking at a Treasury select committee last week, Haldane said that during recent meetings with the five top banks in the UK, four of the banks had ...
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Second man held over Gloucester mosque fire
The fire service was called to the Ryecroft Street mosque in Gloucester at 12.50am yesterday after reports of a small fire at the building.Police attended and viewed CCTV 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 car, believed to be a BMW or Mercedes, and was driven away by a second ...
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NHS regulator exposed as not fit for purpose by maternity deaths
Care Quality Commission head says previous management was 'totally dysfunctional' after report reveals 'cover-up' over deaths of mothers and babies at NHS foundation trust in ...
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G8 what did it achieve | The panel
Natalia Antonova, acting editor-in-chief of the Moscow News Fundamental disagreements between Vladimir Putin and the rest of the G8 leaders on Syria have resulted in a sense of alienation for Russia at the summit.During a visibly uncomfortable encounter with US president Barack ...
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PMQs and statement on CQC cover-up and G8 Politics live blog
Rolling coverage of all the day's political developments as they happen, including David Cameron and Ed Miliband at PMQs, Jeremy Hunt's statement on the CQC cover-up scandal and Cameron's statement on the G8 ...
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Community music and art festival promotes local talent
By Jaber Mohamed A community creative arts centre is to host a music and art festival to promote the work to talented people in the Alexandra Palace area. Everyone's Climbing Tree has organised its third AP and Beyond Art and Music Festival in Avenue Garden's, in Station Road. The two day event will take place on Saturday June 22 and Sunday June 23. There will be ...
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Jessie J Tinie Tempah and Ed Sheeran to perform at Stephen Lawrence concert
Stars including Jessie J, Tinie Tempah and Ed Sheeran to perform at Stephen Lawrence concert A LINE-UP of stars will perform at a concert for Stephen Lawrence in Greenwich. The show called Unity will be held at the O2 on September 29, to mark 20 years after the murder of teenager Stephen Lawrence in Eltham and champion youth and social empowerment. Artists including Emile Sande, ...
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Pupils get new sports kit for school trip to Ireland
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School pupils School pupils have been donated a new sports kit from a contractor for an exchange trip to Ireland. Harrow Borough Council contractor Keepmoat donated the new GAA football kits to St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, in Dobbin Close, Belmont. The new kits were worn by pupils from the school who took part in a GAA Football ...
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A12 footbridges to be improved in 201314 in Leytonstone to cut anti-social behaviour
, Senior reporter Footbridges to help people cross a main road more safely are being refurbished following pressure from Waltham Forest Council to make the work a priority. The authority said it is thanks to its pressure on TfL that the works, originally scheduled for 2017, are being brought forward to 2013/14. The 2 million project will see three footbridges over the A12 ...
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Rock transvestite in house fire plea
A former rock band front man, turned transvestite performer, is relying on help from friends both famous and less so after his home was devastated by a fire. Rock fans might recognise Nicky Watkinson, 57, as the lead singer of The Jags - who burst onto the music scene with hit Back of my Hand in 1979 and counted Cliff Richard as a fan. These days the father-of-three earns a living as a ...
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Palace kick off Premier League season with Spurs at home
Crystal Palace players celebrate their play-off final victory over Watford Crystal Palace will face Tottenham Hotspur at home on the opening game of the season after the Premier League fixtures were announced today. The 2013/14 season is one of the most eagerly-anticipated in recent memory, with Palace fans looking forward to a Premier League return after an eight-year absence following ...
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Health Trust rejects MPs call for public consultation on stroke rehabilitation cuts
, Senior reporter A health trust has rejected an MP's call for a public consultation on cuts to stroke rehabilitation services at Whipps Cross Hospital. Leyton and Wanstead MP John Cryer has written to the Barts Health NHS Trust urging them to abandon plans to cut the number of beds set aside for stroke rehabilitation patients at the hospital from 12 to seven. The changes have ...
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Parliamentary commission on banking standards reaction in full
major report from the parliamentary commission on banking standards calling for a new law to jail bankers for reckless misconduct, the deferral of bonuses and more measures to foster ...
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Major supermarkets launch traffic light food labelling system
A new front-of-pack food label that has the support of health groups and all the major supermarkets has been launched to help tackle the obesity ...
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Southgate favourite to take England U21 role
Gareth Southgate is the overwhelming bookmakers' favourite to replace Stuart Pearce as England Under-21s manager.Pearce was yesterday informed by the Football Association that his six years at the Young Lions helm would come to an end when his contract expires at the end of the month.Former international team-mate Southgate is expected to fill the void, with bookmakers pricing the former ...
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Proud Bonner beaming about England inclusion
Terming her call-up to England's UEFA Women's EURO 2013 squad as a "massive achievement", uncapped Gemma Bonner will go to Sweden eager to "make the most of the ...
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Woman who fell from Heart feared she was under attack inquest hears
Missed: Frances Murray A woman with mental health problems fell from her balcony after fearing police and family members outside her front door were trying to attack her, an inquest heard. Frances Murray, 57, who lived in the Heart, Walton, suffered from bipolar disorder and mania for 20 years. On the day she fell, November 13, 2011, she had made 66 phone calls to mental health ...
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Sunbathing weather on hottest day of year so far
Sunbathing weather on hottest day of year so far VAST parts of the UK are expected to bask in the hottest day of the year so far. Forecasters said temperatures could reach highs of 26C - 27C today, particularly in the south and east. The sunshine struggled to break through the cloud on Tuesday, and the highest temperature recorded was 24C in Manchester - slightly below the high of ...
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Popular teen died on school trip after complication from brain tumour treatment
A talented schoolboy died on his way home from a school trip after suffering a "rare complication" from treatment he had for a brain tumour, an inquest has heard. Billy Belderson, 15, of Woodstone Avenue, Stoneleigh, was discovered unconscious on a coach in Calais on the way back from a skiing trip in Austria, in April this year. Westminster Coroner's Court, sitting ...
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Jeremy Forrests wife gives tearful evidence at schoolgirl abduction trial
Jeremy Forrest from Petts Wood is on trial at Lewes Crown Court The wife of a teacher who allegedly abducted a schoolgirl to France has broken down in tears as she told a court how their marriage was falling apart. Lewes Crown Court has heard how the pupil was aged 15 when she started a sexual relationship with Jeremy Forrest, 30, of Chislehurst Road, Petts Wood, after developing a crush ...
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Sex entertainment licence application for Norbiton pub
The Sir Robert Peel. Picture: Google Councillors will decide next week whether to grant a Norbiton pub a new licence allowing it to put on striptease, pole dance and lap dancing shows. The Sir Robert Peel, in Hampden Road, has applied for a sex establishment licence to operate a sexual entertainment venue - which permits live performances involving nudity. The pub has offered such ...
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Pregnant Gypsy forced to live without toilet and shower block
The plumbing under Tom Eastwood's shed which replaced the utility block A pregnant Gypsy says she is being forced to urinate behind her caravan on a council site because no toilet and shower block has been provided. Tina Price, who is pregnant with twins due in under a month, said she washes her two-year-old son in a basin at the caravan site in Kiln Lane, Epsom. Ms Price said: ...
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WWI signallers diaries tell of trench warfare and shell shock
By Henry McMorrow The diaries of a former First World War signaller who survived the horrors of trench warfare before spending years recovering from shell shock in Epsom have been published for the first time. At the outbreak of World War One, Bernard Brookes, just 21, he volunteered for the Queen's Westminster Rifles. After his basic training, he was sent to France as a ...
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Abandoned horse causes concern
SUTT: YELLOW: 'Abandoned' horse causing concern The RSPCA have been investigating what appears to be an abandoned horse close to a busy road. The horse, near Tescos supermarket on the Kempton Factory estate, has no shelter and residents fear it is only being fed by concerned members of the public. One resident, who did not want to be named, said: "This horse is ...
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Treasury told send reckless bankers to jail
George Osborne is facing pressure to radically overhaul Britain's banks by introducing a new law to jail bankers for "reckless misconduct" and force bankers to wait up to 10 years to receive their bonuses.The proposals, among the key measures recommended 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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