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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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G8 and tax avoidance QA
The leaders of the G8 stand for a family group shot during the summit at Lough Erne in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty ...
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Greece ABC and Putin The Mini Roast - video
In the Mini Roast today, a Greek court demands the return of state television, and Putin allegedly steals a $25,000 ring - such a shame, he'd been so nice up until ...
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Minutes from the June Bank of England meeting
FOMC meeting: In addition to the normal statement, the Fed will publish FOMC members' projections for growth and the Fed funds rate, followed by a press conference with Chairman Ben Bernanke. He is likely to once again stress that QE tapering is not a tightening of monetary policy but rather a reduction in monetary easing and that QE tapering will not imply that the Fed has moved the timing ...
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Why Australians deserve a universal minimum income | Godfrey Moase
I once worked in a call centre where a few of the interviewers would be regularly rostered to do phone surveys about female incontinence products. Asking strangers whether they lost a teaspoon, a tablespoon or more in volume per occasion is a tough gig. Then again, the horror of the role was somewhat less visceral than that experienced by a worker I’d once represented who had to manually ...
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Heathrow unveils runway report
Just say no: Much of Richmond opposes a new runway Building a third runway at Heathrow would be cheaper and better for the economy, a report published by the airport argued. The document, titled Best Placed for Britain, estimated expansion could be completed by 2025 - nine years quicker than a hub airport in the Thames Estuary. But the report said the airport may need a subsidy from ...
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Gardening fund gets Twickenham blooming
Good gardening: Pupils from two Twickenham schools got involved Children put their gardening hats on last week, planting a vegetable patch in Radnor Gardens. Twenty pupils aged eight to 12 from Radnor House and St Catherine's School, Twickenham, volunteered for the project, which is part of the Incredible Edibles themed Britain in Bloom campaign. Having won London in Bloom ...
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England set up all-British final
England secured their place in the IRB Junior World Championship final after claiming a thrilling 33-21 semi-final victory over New Zealand in France on Tuesday. The win sets up an all-British final against Wales, who had earlier beaten defending champions South Africa 18-17 in their semi-final.Four-times champions New Zealand started the game well with an early try from hooker Epalahame ...
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Britains response to the NSA story Back off and shut up | Simon Jenkins
British intelligence had spied on delegates at two G20 summits , those chaired by Gordon Brown in 2009. Laptops and mobile phones had been hacked, and internet cafes installed and bugged. With many of the same heads of government gathering for ...
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Ministers consider ban on face-down restraint in mental hospitals
Ministers will consider a ban on the use of face-down restraint in English mental health hospitals after new figures that show nearly 40,000 incidents of physical restraint were recorded in just one ...
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England S. Africa face off in Champions Trophy semis
England's Joe Root (2nd R) celebrates during the Champions Trophy match against New Zealand on June 16, 2013. England were lucky the weather favoured them on Sunday as the hosts squeezed out a 10-run win over New Zealand in a game reduced to 24-overs-a-side due to ...
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Richmond Theatre group founder in honours list
Theatrical: Howard Panter founded Ambassador Theatre Group One of the founding members of the theatre group that owns Richmond Theatre has been knighted in the Queen's Birthday Honours List. Howard Panter, co-founder and joint CEO of the Ambassador Theatre Group ltd (ATG), received a knighthood for services to theatre in recognition of his role in theatre for the past 40 years. ...
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Sports day delights youngsters at Montessori Nursery
Children took part in a "mini-Olympics" at an East Molesey nursery on Friday. Children were split into four houses, Lion, Crocodile, Whale and Dinosaur, for a sports day at Roselita Edwards Montessori Nursery that included sprints and wheelbarrow races. School founder Roselita Edwards said: "All the parents said they had a wonderful time - the event was well-organised ...
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Retired Wimbledon guitarist beats Pet Shop Boys in indie chart debut
A retired guitarist is thrilled his band's charity single stormed to number 17 in the indie charts - beating Vampire Weekend and the Pet Shop Boys. Anchor Community Band musician and singer Victor Haywood, 68, who lives in Louie Black House in Elm Grove, Wimbledon was stunned when his song, See Yourself, debuted at 17 in the Official Indie Charts on June 8. Mr Haywood, who has ...
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Why did DIY store employees row to France and back
Staff at a Kingston DIY store rowed to France and back in a day as part of a national charity fundraiser. Workers at Wickes in London Road took part in a rowing challenge which saw every UK branch of the hardware firm row. the distance from Dover to Calais and back in eight hours, to raise money for blood cancer charity Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research. Staff in Kingston raised a ...
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Police van driver who parked on double yellow lines between 999 calls given words of advice
Police van driver who parked on double yellow lines between 999 calls given "words of advice" A police officer who parked a van on double yellow lines has been given "words of advice", according to Kingston police. The officer pulled up outside McDonald's in Eden Street last week and hopped out for breakfast in between 999 calls. The van was spotted by a ...
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Table tennis comes to Clapham Common
A pair of table tennis tables have been set up on Clapham Common for people to practise their top spin smash. The tables were unveiled on Friday with the help of a Sport England grant. It is hoped the new equipment will encourage people to take up the sport and exercise. Battersea MP Jane Ellison and ouncillor Shirley Cosgrave came to celebrate the launch. Coun Cosgrave said: ...
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Pupils get a taste of new sixth form
Totally Radnor: The new sixth form opens in September Year 10 students at Radnor House School got a taste of being a sixth former this month, when they tested out different AS and A-level subjects. The school, in Cross Deep, will open a new sixth form next year, admitting 60 pupils. Director of sixth form Patrick Crossley said: "We will work with our pupils on an individual ...
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Purley pupils design posters to mark National Care Home Day
The pupils from Cumnor House School with their posters Creative pupils from a Purley school showed of their art skills in a competition to design a poster reflecting what 'care' means to them. The students from Cumnor House School are participating in Sunrise Senior Living of Purley's celebrations for National Care Home Open Day on Friday. The care home will open its ...
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Carshalton Village welcomes first village market
Tansy Honey from EcoLocal A new village market opens this weekend. The first Carshalton Village Market will be held on Saturday June 22 in Grove Park by the Ponds between 10am and 4pm. Flowers, jewellery, cakes and pastries will be on offer, and children can have fun painting their own mug. All the businesses at the market are from the Carshalton area. The market is run by ...
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Ashes Fawad Ahmed still in the frame to face England despite being named in Australia A squad
Australia Pakistan-born spinner Fawad Ahmed is being sent to Africa on an Australia A tour at the same time as the Ashes series.But Ahmed remains in contention for the Ashes should his Australian citizenship be approved in time.Ahmed and fellow tweaker Ashton Agar were on Wednesday named in a 15-man Australia A squad for an African tour next month.Ahmed's citizenship is expected to be ...
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Face-down restraint ban considered
Ministers will consider a ban on the use of face-down restraint in English mental health hospitals after new figures that show nearly 40,000 incidents of physical restraint were recorded in just one ...
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Universities urged to sponsor free schools specialising in maths
mathematics , in a plan supported by the Office for Fair Access (Offa) to encourage talented students from disadvantaged backgrounds to study maths at degree level.As an incentive to open the new schools, universities will be allowed to fund them using budgets otherwise reserved for improving access ...
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The Buckinghamshire village that could scupper Michael Goves free school revolution
A Buckinghamshire village is threatening legal action over plans to set up an 850-pupil Sikh secondary school in its midst. Residents of Stoke Poges have warned they will seek a judicial review of the proposal after Department for Education {DfE) bought an office block in the village for the school for a reputed ...
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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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