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Rioting violence and shame – memories of Ireland v England in 1995
England fans making Nazi salutes, leering, jeering and sneering. He heard the boos and the goading battle cries: "No Surrender to the IRA", "Judas! Judas!" And then, when David Kelly ...
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Generations are divided on feelings about Muslims after London attack | Matthew Goodwin
Events such as the brutal murder of Drummer Lee Rigby can often act as lightning rods in society, triggering a sharp shift in public attitudes and fuelling prejudice against minorities.Many have suggested that the events in Woolwich have fuelled a wave of public hostility towards British Muslims and Islam more generally. But our findings, based on a YouGov survey undertaken within 24 hours of ...
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Root century boosts England
Joe Root's maiden Test century helped England post a healthy first innings total against New Zealand on day two at Headingley on Saturday.Root came to the crease with England in trouble at 67-3 but solid partnerships with Ian Bell and Jonny Bairstow helped pull his side back into the match and leave the New Zealand bowlers toiling in the Leeds sunshine.The 22-year-old's 104 saw him ...
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Englands Roy Hodgson hails Irelands Giovanni Trapattoni as a legend
Republic of Ireland's Giovanni Trapattoni, above, is 'one of the world's outstanding coaches', according to England's Roy Hodgson. Photograph: Peter ...
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England on top in second NZ Test after Joe Roots maiden century
England Joe Root's maiden Test century, on his Yorkshire home ground, left England well-placed in the second and final Test against New Zealand at Headingley on Saturday.England was 7 for 337 at stumps on the second day after Root made 104, having come in with the hosts in trouble on 3 for 67 following Friday's first day wash-out.Together with Yorkshire colleague Jonny Bairstow (64), ...
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David Cameron isnt even among friends in his own cabinet now | Andrew Rawnsley
David Cameron as he travelled with Franois Hollande from an EU summit in Brussels to Paris. By the time they reached Gare du Nord, the prime minister had decided to curtail his planned talks with the French president in order to get himself back to Britain. By the time they swept up to the Elyse Palace, he had crafted a simple but resolute message for the audience back home: "Live your life ...
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Matt Kvesics selection for England marks return of the specialist No7
England have found themselves at sixes and sevens in the back row in recent years, too many sixes and not enough out-and-out sevens. It was a legacy of how teams in the Premiership operated with the breakdown more a means of recycling the ball than a contest for possession, but that is changing.A number of clubs are now operating with an openside flanker in the scavenging, linking mould of ...
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Root comes of age for England in familiar surroundings
Proud sons of Yorkshire have served England well with the bat in 136 years of Test cricket and Headingley rose as one today to acclaim a new home-grown hero in centurion Joe Root. The likes of Herbert Sutcliffe, Leonard Hutton, Geoffrey Boycott and Michael Vaughan have batted with distinction for England. Sutcliffe and Hutton's run-scoring feats have never been forgotten by proud ...
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Britain resists EU bid to set new target on renewable energy
renewable energy target within the EU, in a move that could put at risk tens of billions of pounds of green investment and tens of thousands of new jobs.But in a sop to environment campaigners, ministers will agree to tough greenhouse gas emissions targets by 2030.The question of a renewable energy target for 2030 - to take over from the current goal, of generating 20% of energy in the EU from ...
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Englands Nick Compton watches Joe Roots century with mixed feelings | Mike Selvey
England batsmen Joe Root, left, and Jonny Bairstow, celebrate during the second Test against New Zealand. Photograph: Lindsey Parnaby/AFP/Getty ...
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Woolwich attack coalition failing to tackle extremism says Hazel Blears
A man weeps outside the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich as he looks at floral tributes left following an attack that left Lee Rigby, a soldier in the 2nd Battalion the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, dead. Photograph: Gareth ...
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England grateful to Joe Root and Jonnie Bairstow against New Zealand
England's Jonny Bairstow, left, and Joe Root run between the wickets during the second Test match against New Zealand at Headingley. Photograph: Lindsey Parnaby/AFP/Getty ...
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England v Black Caps second Test scoreboard
Root lifts England with maiden Test century Scoreboard on the second day of the second Test between England and New Zealand at Headingley. England first innings A.Cook c Brownlie b Bracewell 34 N.Compton c Brownlie b Southee 1 J.Trott c McCullum b Wagner 28 I.Bell c McCullum b Williamson 30 J.Root c McCullum b Boult 104 J.Bairstow c McCullum b Boult ...
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Root hits maiden England century
94th over: England 337-7 (Prior 38 Swann 21) Doug Bracewell is knacked with cramp. He's strolling around the boundary back to the pavilion, pursued by a young autograph hunter whose pleas the bowler is pretending not to hear. Prior has belted one more four, past cover point, to raise the fifty partnership. A little fun in all the late afternoon sun, this. But it's all over now. This ...
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Cricket Root ton puts England in control
Stumps day two - England 337/7The standing ovation said much for the hope England batsman Joe Root generates in his home county of Yorkshireand that was just for the half-century. The Headingley crowd oozed parochialism - and it was deserved - as Root reached his maiden test hundred steering a ball through vacant third slip for four. The 22-year-old became the first Yorkshireman to achieve ...
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VIDEO Bikers pay tribute to Drummer Lee Rigby
Bikers pay tribute to Drummer Lee Rigby HUNDREDS of bikers rode to Woolwich Barracks this afternoon (May 25) to pay their respects to murdered soldier Drummer Lee Rigby. They shared a moments silence and the Ode of Remembrance was then recited in tribute to the young father. He was hacked to death in John Wilson Street on Wednesday as he was returning to the barracks after spending ...
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Enfield businesses terrorised by gangs of school children
Enfield businesses terrorised by gangs of school children Enfield shopkeepers say "something must be done" after Enfield Town was brought to a standstill by gangs of school children yesterday. Three 16-your-olds were arrested, two of them for assaulting a police constable, and three police officers received minor injuries yesterday when a gang of between 80 and 100 young people ...
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Serious police incident in Morden
The scene in Morden today. Picture by Kevin Whincup A police cordon was put up in Morden today after a serious incident. The incident took place in Aberconway Road, at the one-way system around Merton Civic Centre, and there is a police cordon around Morden police office and Ladbrokes bookmakers. Two independent residents have said they heard the incident was a "stabbing", ...
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Best-selling author Cressida Cowell launches young writers contest
Cressida Cowell Budding young writers could win a trip to Disneyland Paris if their words impress a top author. Best-selling author Cressida Cowell will judge the competition, which is open to children aged five to 14 who must pen a 500 word story on the theme around the world. The author, who is the creator of the How To Train Your Dragon series, will present the winner with a ...
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Punters say cheers as pub reopens
, Reporter Beer drinkers said cheers last week as they welcomed the reopening of a refurbished Epsom pub. The Rifleman in East Street opened on Saturday, May 18, and now serves six cask ales on tap including beers from local microbreweries. The pub's licensee Mo Ismail has promised punters top notch food and booze and drinkers can sample its beer in small tasting glasses. ...
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48 rescued as tourist boat runs aground of Welsh coast
sent out a mayday call just before 1pm saying it had run aground at Little Sound, part of Skomer Island off the Pembrokeshire coast and was taking on ...
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Cricket-Roots composed half-century steadies England
video Joe Root's composed half-century steadied England after lunch on day two of the second and final test against New Zealand at Headingley on ...
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Hate attacks on Muslims increase tenfold since murder of Woolwich soldier
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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Root steadies England innings
Leeds, England – Joe Root's composed half-century steadied England after lunch on day two of the second and final Test against New Zealand at Headingley on ...
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Peers rumble Sunday newspapers sting operation
Peers have been warned to beware a newspaper sting operation. The whips of all three main parties were informers earlier this week that journalists from "a prominent Sunday newspaper" had approached members of ...
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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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