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Children make farewell cards for policeman who helped make Stoneleigh safe
Children make farewell cards for policeman who helped make Stoneleigh safe Schoolchildren have made farewell cards for a popular policeman who has helped make Stoneleigh one of the safest places in the country. PC Dan Doherty, 42, left his post as neighbourhood officer for Stoneleigh, Auriol and Cuddington wards this month after seven and a half years to join Reigate CID. In ...
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Pauline Quirke Academy youngsters get a taste of the limelight
The youngsters performing in Fright Night Talented youngsters at the Pauline Quirke Academy of Performing Arts have starred in their very own West End show. The pupils from Sutton took part in Fright Night - a performance at Her Majesty's Theatre in London on Sunday, June 9. The show was the culmination of months of hard work for the students. The academy is based at Wallington ...
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National Briefing | New England Condoms Approved for Schools in Massachusetts
The Boston School Committee on Wednesday approved making condoms available in the ...
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Sports Briefing | Cricket England Advances to Champions Trophy Final
Host England sauntered into the Champions Trophy final after South Africa was bowled out for 175 in fairly benign conditions. England will play the winner of a semifinal between India and Sri Lanka in ...
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Baldwin-Whitehall School Board meeting turns into political arena
Lingering effects of the primary in May boiled over at the Baldwin-Whitehall School Board meeting on June 12, when Whitehall resident Tom Barchfeld challenged a political ...
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Kerry calls Karzai twice to smooth waters over Taliban talks
Hamid Karzai twice to try to mend fences over the U.S. outreach to the Taliban. The phone diplomacy occurred after Karzai said the Afghan government had suspended security talks with the United States in Kabul "in view of the contradiction between acts and the statements made by the United States of America in regard to the peace process." "The secretary spoke with President ...
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Environment Secretary Owen Paterson urges UK to adopt use of GM crop technology
Environment Secretary, Owen Paterson, will officially kick off his campaign to bring genetically modified crops to the UK today by calling on the government, industry and scientists to join forces to convert the public in the face of widespread fear and ...
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Baldwin-Whitehall superintendent honored with JA award
Lutz grew up in Baldwin Borough and has held many roles in the school district as teacher, principal and coach. Superintendent for one year, Lutz said his goals are closely related to student growth and high academic ...
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Baldwin-Whitehall School District bus drivers to use two-way radios
Two-way radios might seem like a regression in technology to some people. But for the Baldwin-Whitehall School District, it's the better option, school officials ...
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Tell Sid Public will be offered shares in Lloyds Bank
The prospect of an eventual "tell Sid"-style sale of shares in Lloyds Bank was raised by George Osborne as he claimed Britain's economy had emerged from "intensive ...
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Theres something quite unpleasant going on Nigel Farage confronted for second time on visit to Scotland
Ukip leader Nigel Farage said there is "something quite unpleasant going on" in Scotland after his Ukip team was sprayed by a protester with a fizzy ...
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BT chief Ian Livingston quits to take on role as Government trade minister
BT vs Sky: Ofcom launches investigation into BSkyB's alleged refusal to share Sky Sports channels on 'fair terms' with ...
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Scotland must do more to tackle poverty warns Oxfam
Scotland 's poorest neighbourhoods.The charity has accused ministers in successive Scottish and UK governments of failing to combat poverty effectively by putting wealth-creation, consumption and economic growth ahead of ...
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Steve Bell on Barack Obamas Berlin speech – cartoon
Australia's dreaded cost of living - manacle or myth? George Negus: Tony Abbott is keen to lower the cost of living faced by ordinary families. But there is a significant difference between cost of living and cost of ...
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Australia’s dreaded cost of living – manacle or myth | George Negus
Tony Abbott is keen to lower the cost of living faced by ordinary families. But there is a significant difference between cost of living and cost of ...
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Explosions under London sidewalks investigated
At least five pedestrians have been injured by electrical equipment exploding under London sidewalks since January 2012, officials say. In the most serious case, a woman was burned over about 20 percent of her body by an explosion in the Edgeware Road last year, the Evening Standard reported. Two other women suffered less serious burns in the same blast. Indran Sivarajah told CNN he had a near ...
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Ofsted chief calls for troubleshooters in schools failing poor children
schools ", the chief inspector of schools in England will say in a radical speech on Thursday, as part of a drive to improve education for poor children "unseen" by the current system.Sir Michael Wilshaw will also spell out a tougher approach ...
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Hugh Muirs diary Cracks blight the assault in the Lords against gay marriage
o In the titanic battle in the Lords against gay marriage, many have witnessed the apparent union between Lord Dear, the former chief ...
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Long-term transport plan urgently needed say engineers
Engineers have warned that a lack of strategy, patchy maintenance and uncertain funding is undermining Britain's infrastructure, and have called for an independent commission to create a long-term transport plan.The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) said that the short-term political cycle and spending decisions were leaving necessary work undone and delaying big projects.ICE said ...
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Champions Trophy Jonathan Trott’s style is made to measure as England get an easy ride
England swept aside South Africa today to reach the final of the Champions Trophy. It was in every sense a formality, almost from first ball to last, a point that arrived with 75 balls ...
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All aboard the New Bus for London
Boris Johnson's grand replacement for the bendy bus, which will run from Hampstead to Pimlico, was billed as the greenest, cleanest in the world but does it live up to its ...
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England beat Proteas to reach final
Jonathan Trott hit 82 not out from 84 deliveries on Wednesday as England beat South Africa to reach the final of the ICC Champions Trophy.Joe Root added 48 before being bowled by Jean-Paul Duminy, as England easily chased down their target of 176.Earlier in the day, the England bowlers had torn through the South Africa attack, restricting them to 8-80 in the 23rd over.But they were frustrated by ...
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Next government will have to cut 50 faster to meet deficit target
The next government will have to increase the pace of spending cuts by 50% in the two years after the 2015 election if it is to meet the current deficit target, new research by the Resolution Foundation thinktank shows.The report finds that if the next government decides instead to stick with the current - already punishing - pace of cuts, the deficit target will only be met by raising taxes by ...
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Three out of four on work scheme haven’t found a job yet
Three out of four of the long-term unemployed taking part in the Government's 5bn Work Programme have not yet started a job, according to figures published ...
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Boro bridge on New Westminsters agenda
Auckland example: The Wynard pedestrian crossing bridge in Auckland, New Zealand may be what a proposed bridge linking Quayside and Queensborough could look like. The drawbridge cost $5 million 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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