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Suspects are left dangling on bail for too long says top police chief as he calls for a six month limit
Andy Trotter, Chief Constable of the British Transport Police, has joined calls for limits on the length of time people are left on bail before they are charged or ...
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MS customers pay twice on contactless payment cards - despite standing a foot from the till
Marks & Spencer customers are unwittingly having money taken from their accounts through contactless payment cards – despite standing a foot from the ...
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Far-right French politician Marine Le Pen is seriously injured after fracturing her spine in swimming pool fall
Le Pen, who is leader of the National Front (FN), is one of the most high-profile right-wing politicians on the continent, with her hardline anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim agenda regularly winning a huge number of votes at ...
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Is this nurse serving 30 years for murders that never happened Compelling new evidence suggests Angel of Death is innocent
For his crime he was sentenced to a minimum of 30 years in jail. He is serving his sentence in the forbidding, maximum-security jail HMP Frankland, near Durham, alongside Soham murderer Ian ...
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Telescope catches the moment a 40kg rock hits the moon and creates a giant ball of light which could be seen from Earth
The explosion on March 17 was the biggest seen since NASA began watching the moon for meteoroid impacts about eight years ago. So far, more than 300 strikes have been ...
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Dont go breaking my gnome As the Chelsea Flower Show finally allows the tiny figures see how Elton John and other stars decorated theirs
It's a big week for the little people. For a 100 years, gnomes have been banned from the Chelsea Flower Show – but this year not only have they been allowed into the gardens, they have been actively embraced by the esteemed gatekeepers of the Royal Horticultural ...
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My Google glimpse of the future... or am I making a spectacle of myself The revolutionary smartphone in your glasses which fans admit makes you look stupid
It's 4pm and I need a caffeine fix on the unfamiliar streets of San Francisco. I would normally whip out my phone, go online to find the nearest coffee shop and put the address into its navigational ...
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LIZ JONES Old women are great with cakes - but far too prickly for TV news
But with their loud cries for comebacks, Angela Rippon, Joan Bakewell and Selina Scott, who surely landed their TV careers due to their good looks (and, in the case of Rippon, great legs), remind me why this particular sort of older woman is a ...
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BLACK DOG Skiing accident MP Graham Stuart a victim of power politics as officials reject expenses claim for electric wheelchair
'My doctor told them that to carry out my MPs' duties, I probably needed an electric wheelchair. The expenses officials said that since I only 'probably' needed an electric one, I'd have to make do with a manual one. I ask ...
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How Jill Dandos death convinced me everything you know about crime is wrong NICK ROSS tells the shocking truth about the murder of his friend and the real cause of crime
Rather than punishing the miscreants, it might have been better had he put the forbidden fruit higher up the tree. We have been too slow to realise how strongly crime levels are dictated by temptation and ...
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King of Swaziland wants to make me his virgin bride... so you must let me stay in the UK Womans plea for asylum after fleeing African monarch
Tintswalo Ngobeni, 22, fled to England from the southern African nation as a teenager after she caught the attention of the millionaire monarch, a notoriously oppressive ruler known for his lavish ...
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The pyjama-clad hero robbed of Everest glory The bizarre story of the genius who helped Hillary to the summit 60 years ago... wearing his night clothes
Today, the name of this pioneering physiologist is barely known. Yet without his tireless devotion and extraordinary eye for detail, the conquest of Mount Everest in May 1953 could never have taken ...
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Put babies in the baggage hold Clarksons latest gaffe causes outrage as he claims that children should not be able to sit in an aeroplane cabin
Clarkson, 53, has a long history of talking himself into trouble. He has joked about the deaths of 23 Chinese cockle-pickers in Morecambe, suggested striking public sector workers should be shot, mocked Korean automobile workers for eating dogs and branded BMW ...
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Support for UKIP reaches a record 19 as the party steals supporters from Labour and Tories
Despite a week of controversy, in which UKIP leader Nigel Farage visited Edinburgh and was locked in a pub by angry protestors, public backing for the party has never been ...
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Family of British tourist who drowned in rough seas off Italian coast question why authorities did not raise red flag warning against swimming in the area
The family of a British tourist who drowned in strong currents off the Italian coast have questioned why a red flag was not raised to warn against swimming in that ...
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Pictured Two teenage girls killed after car crashes into ditch... just A WEEK after one of their friends was killed on the same stretch of road
who died on same road last week She had 'liked' the 20-year-old's Facebook tribute page on Thursday 'My heart is about to burst with the pain I feel' said family member of victim ...
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Great-great Grandmother celebrates 99th birthday with abseil down 110ft building
A great-great grandmother has proven it really is never to late to dream a new dream, as she fearlessly abseiled down a 110ft building to mark her 99th ...
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UK weather Flooding hits north east as one months rainfall of nearly TWO INCHES falls in just 24 hours
The elusive spring weather is still showing no signs of appearing in Britain, with the north of the country hit by torrential rain and flooding ...
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J.K. Rowlings personal copy of the first Harry Potter book - complete with handwritten notes - is put up for charity auction
Fans who have long wondered what went through author J.K. Rowling's mind when she wrote the first Harry Potter novel now have their chance to find ...
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The daredevil climber who took on the worlds tallest outdoor elevator WITHOUT safety gear
It took the French climber 68 minutes and 26 seconds to complete the 564ft challenge, shunning protective gear to wear only trainers, a vest top and jogging ...
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Michael Goves education reforms Headteachers pass vote of no confidence
Michael Gove today faced the wrath of headteachers over the state of the education system, just hours after they passed a landmark vote of no confidence in the Government's school ...
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Chapel St Leonards Skinny dipper lucky to be alive after going missing during early hours dash into 7C sea
A young woman is lucky to be alive after going missing when she stripped off in front of two male friends yesterday and ran naked into the sea, coastguards ...
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Zizzi restaurant staff refused to blend up pasta for disabled 17-year-old who cannot eat solid food... due to health and safety
Bemused: Chris and Paula King said the actions of the restaurant could stop other families with disabled children like Ryan going out to eat in the ...
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Dogs of war The four-legged army recruits who detect hidden Taliban bombs and weapons
*"they are cheaper to replasce than expensive explosives finding robots. Then when the troops are pulled out, they will be killed as it's not financially worth bringing them home. As a breeeder I would NEVER sell my puppies to any of the forces. - Fenwoman , Wisbech, United Kingdom, 18/5/2013 20:42"* You are an idiotic fool who knows nothing about the Forces or their dogs. They ...
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Chinese tourists told to be more polite by Communist Party official who says they are harming the countrys image abroad
Wang Yang, one of the country's four vice-prime ministers, said holidaymakers should be more polite, singling out talking loudly and spitting as poor behaviour by his fellow ...
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Silicon Valley's Expo ambitions
Moffet Field, a fairly unknown former military airbase in Silicon Valley near Mountain View and Sunnyvale, may become the centerpiece of the 2020 World Expo if Governor Schwarzenegger and other advocated of a California bid get their way.
California wants one of its cities to host the 2020 World Expo, the event is a seminal one on the world calendar and is expected to draw in over 70 million visitors to Shanghai, the city currently hosting the exhibition, which last six months. Read more
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