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Lord Black the Tory peer at the heart of medias biggest battle
Those who might think that the era of the press baron is over haven't heard of Lord Black. He may not be a household name but the Conservative peer, director of the company behind the Daily Telegraph and consummate insider is ...
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Phone-hacking victims reject newspapers charter proposal
Maria Miller , urging her to reject the royal charter proposed by the press industry, saying that it is unacceptable for "those responsible for the damage to our lives and the lives of others [to] seek to shrug off responsibility and once again write their own rulebook".Miller is holding a consultation on whether the press industry's royal charter should be considered formally ...
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The War on Drugs the Observer debate – as it happened
Live coverage of a panel discussion on drug laws with David Simon, writer of The Wire, documentary maker Eugene Jarecki, Rachel Seifert, the director of the documentary Cocaine Unwrapped and others at the Royal Institution of Great Britain. The debate was chaired by Observer editor John ...
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Suspects journey from schoolboy football to phonejacking and jihad
London in an attempt to remove him from the influence of a gang.But Michael Adebolajo returned to the capital to go to university and it was while he was a student that he appears to have set foot on the path that took him from being a schoolboy to an alleged extremist intent on jihad. His tutor, it is claimed, was Omar Bakri Mohammed, leader of the now banned al-Muhajiroun."He was on our ...
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Hugh Muirs diary Buckles has bolted but still the millions roll in for G4S
G4S's chief executive Nick Buckles is stepping down, while the company continues to win government contracts. Photograph: Ben ...
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The far right BNP and EDL mobilise as mainstream leaders strive to contain backlash
David Cameron was among the politicians and community leaders who spoke out to describe the killing of Drummer Lee Rigby as a "betrayal of Islam" as much as it was an attack on the British way of life. But the shocking brutality of the soldier's death has been seized upon by far-right groups as justification for their anti-immigrant and anti-Islam views. Those hoping to stoke ...
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The family A strict and loving upbringing – but then the teenage Michael Adebolajo went off the rails
Every Sunday Michael Adebolajo's mother Tana would don traditional West African dress and depart from her neat semi in London's Essex suburbs to attend church with her ...
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The community I dont want to stay out late. You dont know what will happen
Emily Dugan is social affairs correspondent for The Independent, i and Independent on Sunday, covering Sarah Cassidy's maternity leave. She was previously a news reporter for The Independent on Sunday. Her investigations into human trafficking have twice been awarded Best Investigative Article at the Anti-Slavery Day Media Awards and her human rights journalism was shortlisted for the Gaby ...
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The response Powers to monitor internet use back on Cabinets agenda
The Woolwich murder will be used by Theresa May, the Home Secretary, to revive plans for a "snooper's charter", allowing police and security services to monitor internet use, Conservative sources indicated ...
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Prince Edward presents Edinburghs awards in Tenn.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Queen Elizabeth's youngest son, Prince Edward, is visiting Tennessee to promote one of the British royal family's charities, the Duke of Edinburgh's ...
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Steve Bell on David Camerons response to the Woolwich killing – cartoon
Woolwich attack highlights power of mobile technology as a news source Breaking news is no longer the preserve of established broadcasters, thanks to the camera phone and social media, ...
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Council cabinet confirmed despite attempt to remove leader
By Bruce Thain Harrow Borough Council's new cabinet was confirmed this evening despite an attempt to remove the leader by the Labour group. The new cabinet, made up of six members of the new Independent Labour group, was appointed with the backing of the Conservative group. However Labour councillor Sachin Shah tabled a motion to remove Councillor Thaya Idaikkadar as leader ...
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Woolwich attack highlights power of mobile technology as a news source
Mobile technology enables the public to witness events such as the Woolwich killing with the filter of time and geography removed. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty ...
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Woolwich killing a life lost – and more
Woolwich attack was something pretty exceptional, an extraordinarily foul deed for which there are few, if any, precise precedents. The victim was unknown to his killers except as a soldier. That much is familiar from Northern Ireland. But what followed was something even the IRA would never do. The killers ran him down and carved him up in full view of onlookers. They were willing, even eager, ...
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Letters Orwellian changes to legal aid provision
Chris Grayling is disinterested in any contribution from the profession. It is beyond doubt that the tendering out of legal aid to private business will herald a decline in standards in a legal system that has been a model of justice for centuries. There is no provision whatsoever in the proposals to ensure standards are maintained when individuals are unable to choose their representation. Once ...
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Muslim reaction Outrage sorrow and frustration of Muslims forced to condemn atrocity
British Muslims emphatically condemned the actions of the Woolwich killers, as thousands used social media to express their outrage and ...
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Letters Uniting to help Ed Miliband transform Britain
o Perhaps Progress should be flattered by Len McCluskey's ongoing attention, but perspective is required. We understand it is daunting, difficult and time-consuming for people putting themselves forward for parliamentary selection, particularly when they don't come from the political class of advisers or full-time union officials. That is why our work around selections, overseen by our ...
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Government ready to hit football with bill to push through reforms
The government has issued a stark final warning to football, making it clear that it is already drawing up legislation in an effort to force the game into long overdue reforms, including becoming more diverse and involving fans in the running of clubs.In a letter to the culture, media and sport select committee, which published its initial report on the game's governance failings in July ...
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Lee Rigby an ordinary soldier who died in extraordinary circumstances
A picture of Drummer Lee Rigby is displayed with flowers left by mourners outside an army barracks near the scene of his killing in Woolwich. Photograph: Toby ...
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Jeremy Hunts blundering blaming of GPs makes for bad politics | Polly Toynbee
Jeremy Hunt, the secretary of state for health: his 'attempt to blame the GP contract is, even by his standards, an eye-watering, breathtaking economy with the truth'. Photograph: Stefan ...
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High street blight are pound shops better than empty shops
The north-west of England has the highest number of empty shop units in the UK, and as big retailers leave our town centres, the kind of businesses that thrive in hard times are moving in.Town centres across the region are becoming swamped with payday lenders, pawnbrokers and pound shops. As our high streets become increasingly geared towards making money from people who don't have any, ...
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Nissan recalls 800000 Micras over fears of steering failure
Nissan has been forced to recall 841,000 vehicles across the globe - including 133,869 models of the Micra in the UK - after discovering a glitch in the steering wheel of one of its ...
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Titanic struggle to prove violin’s authenticity resolved
The violin thought to have been played by the band leader on the Titanic as the ship sank has been declared genuine following a computerised scan at a ...
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Exclusive Suspect was inspired by cleric banned from UK after urging followers to behead enemies of Islam
One of the suspected killers who attempted to behead and disembowel a young soldier in the horrific Woolwich attack had listened to the preachings of a radical Muslim cleric banned from Britain over extremist activities, including alleged links to ...
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Woolwich attack police seeking source of suspects extremism
Among the questions for counter-terrorism officials after the Woolwich attacks is how the alleged attackers became radicalised to the point where they decided to carry out violence on Britain's streets.Part of that radicalisation can be tracked to extremist groups such as the now-banned al-Muhijaroun. Its former UK head, Omar Bakri Mohammad told the Guardian that he had known Michael ...
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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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