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BNP leader Nick Griffin in Woolwich after provocative tweets about Lee Rigby soldier attack
By BNP leader Nick Griffin has visited Woolwich after a series of provocative tweets claiming the attack on a soldier was the result of "mass immigration". Muslim groups have been queuing up to condemn the brutal killing of Drummer Lee Rigby by suspected Islamic extremists as 'anti-Islamic'. Yet Nick Griffin has called for a protest United Against Muslim terror ...
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Troublesome teens prompt new police powers in Erith
The new dispersal zone in Erith A NEW dispersal zone is being brought into force around part of Erith plagued by troublesome teenagers. From Tuesday (May 28). police officers and Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) have powers to disperse groups of two or more people who are causing anti-social behaviour around Arthur Street. Children under 16 are not allowed in the zone ...
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College picks up Epilepsy Action award
By Natalie O'Neill A college has been awarded for its work to support students who suffer with epilepsy. Barnet and Southgate was handed the Epilepsy Action education award earlier today as part of National Epilepsy Week. The award aims to recognise educational establishments which demonstrate good practice in supporting pupils and students with the neurological ...
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Grab a slice of the action with The Big Lunch
By Heloise Wood PECKISH people in Bromley are set to inspire community spirit through The Big Lunch. The initiative is designed to bring residents together so they are more involved with their neighbourhoods. Bromley Council is encouraging people to get involved in the scheme, which takes place on June 2, in the hope it will encourage active citizenship. Volunteer champion ...
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Indoor market date in Horley
News An indoor market, selling a variety of baby and children's clothing and accessories, will be held in Horley town centre on Thursday, May 30. Faith's Indoor Market will be held in the Albert Rooms at 92 Albert Road from 10am to 1.30pm. For more details call 07513 449329 or visit: Facebook / Faith baby-accessories ...
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Gang of six steals thousands of pounds worth of jewellery in daylight smash-and-grab
Six people on scooters stole thousands of pounds worth of jewellery during a daylight smash-and-grab raid in Temple Fortune. The gang used a hammer to smash to smash a glass front door and threaten staff at D&M Cohen jeweller's, in Temple Fortune Parade, in Finchley Road, at 10.30am yesterday. Three of the raiders wearing bike helmets entered the shop and managed to steal a ...
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VIDEO Gospel choir serenades shoppers in support of foodbank
, Chief Reporter An African Gospel Choir serenaded shoppers in support of the Wimbledon Foodbank. In what was their first performance outside of South Africa, The Now Generation, Namibia's leading gospel choir, helped the Wimbledon Foodbank drum up donatations from shoppers at Waitrose in Raynes Park on May ...
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Hay Festival 2013 Charles and Camilla open festival
They endured a lengthy car journey of around four hours, before arriving in Hay-on-Wye nearly three hours behind schedule. In heavy rain and hailstones, the Prince and Duchess immediately spoke to local businesses owners and apologised for keeping them waiting. They were greeted by several hundred well-wishers, including classes of schoolchildren who were seeing members of the Royal ...
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First-day washout in England-NZ cricket
Rain meant there was no play on the first day of the second and final cricket Test between England and New Zealand at Headingley on Friday.Heavy overnight and early morning rain meant the square was still fully covered when the captains should have been tossing the coin at 10.30am.And after several showers, the umpires abandoned play for the day shortly before 4pm.England lead the series 1-0 ...
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Preview England v Barbarians
Rob Webber captains England for the first time against the Barbarians at Twickenham Stadium on Sunday. The Bath hooker leads a youthful side with 21-year-olds Matt Kvesic (Worcester Warriors) and Marland Yarde (London Irish) pulling on a senior shirt for the first time. England's starting line-up contains nine players aged 24 or under.The replacements for the non-cap game include five ...
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Woolwich Powers to monitor internet use back on 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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The community I dont feel safe staying out late
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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Woolwich Suspect was known to banned Islamist group and MI5
It was also reported today that the alleged killers, who are under armed guard in different London hospitals, were both known to security services.Anjem Choudary, the former leader of the group, Al Muhajiroun, confirmed that he had known the man who was seen on video in the immediate aftermath of yesterday's horrific killing waving a cleaver with bloodied hands and making political ...
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He was always smiling Lee Rigby named as Woolwich victim
A man and a woman, both 29, have been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder in relation to the Woolwich terror killing of Drummer Lee Rigby, according to Scotland ...
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Book reviews roundup Edmund Burke Inferno and Five Days in May
What the critics thought of Edmund Burke: Philosopher, Politician, Prophet by Jesse Norman, Inferno by Dan Brown and Five Days in May: The Coalition and Beyond by Andrew ...
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In pictures British Airways plane lands at Heathrow Airport
A British Airways plane was forced to make an emergency landing at Heathrow as eyewitnesses reported seeing the aircraft "on fire" flying over central ...
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Domestic violence victim seeks bedroom tax judicial review
bedroom tax .Lawyers for the woman have issued a claim against Iain Duncan Smith, the work and pensions secretary, after council officials told her she would be charged for having a spare bedroom.The woman, who is in her forties and lives in the East Midlands, has had her bedroom door and the surrounding frame strengthened to provide protection against an ex-partner who has threatened to kill ...
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Cole not fit for England captaincy
LONDON - He is seen as the type of player who gives footballers a bad name. Someone who typifies all the perceived negatives about the modern-day player. Ashley Cole is the snarling face of the beautiful game, someone who disputes every decision made by a referee or an assistant, someone who seems to thrive on his unpopularity. Greedy, unfaithful, ungrateful with a grudge against the media to ...
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Nick Clegg Woolwich attackers wanted to spread fear - video
Nick Clegg emphasises the importance of community cohesion in the wake of the murder of Lee Rigby, a soldier from the Royal Fusiliers, killed in Woolwich, south-east London, on Wednesday. Speaking at a multi-faith event in London on Friday, the deputy prime minister urges Londoners to unite and send out a message of hope over ...
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Prince Charles helicopter makes emergency landing
Britain’s Prince Charles was involved in a mid-air drama on Thursday when his helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing due to a technical issue. The heir to the throne was on his way to the Hay Literary Festival in Powys, Wales with his wife, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, when the pilot had to land after discovering a problem. The royal couple touched down at Denham Aerodrome ...
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Why we pedalled on the Scottish parliament
"Big Ride" on parliament just before the mayoral election . It seemed as if cycle campaigning was finally taking off south of the border and cyclists' voices were being heard, while here in Scotland the cycling and walking budget was actually declining despite the government's target of 10% of journeys being undertaken on a bike by 2020.So when David Brennan, a helmet-camera ...
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George Galloways finest moments - now available on iTunes
Galloway v Hitchens , while mouthing along to such vintage lines as: "If you ask that question again, I'm going."Galloway is the only serving MP with the rhetorical chops to inspire such an odd enterprise. John F Kennedy's assassination prompted the vinyl release ...
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Church of England leaders propose female bishops by 2015
The bishops of the Church of England have published a plan to consecrate female bishops by 2015, after the defeat of legislation last autumn. It would end 20 years of bitter struggle with a clear decision in favour of progress.The proposals, published on Friday and backed by both archbishops, offer a nearly complete victory for the female clergy and their supporters outraged by the failure of ...
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UK fighter jet scrambled to divert civilian plane travelling from Pakistan to England
LONDON - Two men have been arrested on suspicion of endangerment of an aircraft after an incident on a plane flying from Pakistan to Britain, officials said, rattling the U.K. just days a British soldier was killed on a London street in a suspected terror attack. A fighter jet was launched to divert the Pakistan International Airlines plane carrying nearly 300 passengers to Britain's ...
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Video Eye Opener at 8 British Airways flight makes emergency landing
Smoke poured out of a British Airways flight, forcing it to make an emergency landing. Also, a bridge in Washington State collapsed and closed one of the nation's biggest highways. A look at what we've been covering on "CBS This ...
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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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