published : 2011-07-07 22:51:17.601426
Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai and British Prime Minister David Cameron arrive at the Presidential Palace in Kabul. As Cameron talked about prospects for peace, violence was reported across eastern Afghanistan. The U.S.-led international military coalition said four foreign troops were killed Tuesday — three by a roadside bomb and another in an insurgent attack. No other details were disclosed about the deaths, which raised the total death toll so far this year to 280. An ...
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The widening of possible hacking victims comes after allegations emerged that murdered teen Milly Dowler's voicemail was hacked by the News of the World (NoW). It comes after claims were made that messages on the mobile phone of Milly, who was then missing, were listened to and some were deleted. "We have had it confirmed that the parents had been contacted by police several months ago," Sky News senior correspondent Michelle Clifford said. The Soham ...
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And he has since announced that the 20,000 apprentices target laid down by the government has been met three months early. Indeed, more than 28,000 individuals have in fact been taken on by firms with Within a year, this means the capital has advanced its share of apprenticeship starts from five per cent to 8.5 per cent, which Mr Johnson said represented the largest growth across the country. Prestigious organisations that have welcomed young employees ...
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Famous naturalist Sir David Attenborough holds 'Little Bee', a baby Asian otter, during an event by the river Thames near Windsor. A skull found in Sir David Attenborough’s garden belonged to the victim of a gruesome Victorian murder, a coroner ruled on Tuesday. Julia Martha Thomas, a 55-year-old widow, was attacked in 1879 by her maid Kate Webster. She pushed her down the stairs, strangled her, chopped up her body, boiled it and gave the ...
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We are always looking to improve the site and your opinions count. Do you have a few minutes to tell us what you think about this site? Find a representative or topic, or words spoken in our video coverage Minister for Local Government and Communities announced plans for major changes to the government's Communities First programme on 5 July 2011. The aim of the programme, launched in 2001, is to involve local people in the ...
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FELLOW comrades paid tribute to a Scottish soldier whose body was found after he went missing in southern Afghanistan. Highlander Scott McLaren of 4th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland was described as a man of “true grit” with a “heart of gold”. The 20-year-old who disappeared from a Nato checkpoint in central Helmand province, was found dead with gunshot wounds after a 17-hour hunt. Tributes were paid to the soldier, from the Sighthill area ...
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Find out more about one of the new Capital Fringe Festival productions, put together by an angry young woman and her band. Jen Chaney writes this must-bookmark blog that provides a daily dose of entertainment news, pop culture buzz and irreverent celebrity analysis. » Continue Reading By Sarah Anne Hughes ‘Harry Potter’ fans prepare to join lines to enter Trafalgar Square, London, a day before Thursday’s world premiere of the final ‘Harry Potter’ film. (Joel ...
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You need to have javascript enabled to view this page correctly To read this article in you must have registered and have a Premium Content Subscription with the To read this article in full you must be registered with the site. FEARS that businesses in Scotland could fail to capitalise on the London Olympics were raised yesterday when a survey suggested that more than half of Scottish companies admit they are behind in their preparations ...
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News International's Chief Executive Rebekah Brooks was confronted by police in 2002 over allegations News of the World put a senior Metropolitan police detective under surveillance, according to Channel 4. At the time, Detective Dave Cook was investigating the murder of Daniel Morgan, a private investigator, found in the car park of a south London pub in 1987 with an axe buried in his head. After becoming aware that he was under surveillance, Detective Cook ...
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Trial follows jailing of three innocent men for the 1988 murder of the 20-year-old Cardiff woman, who was working as a prostitute Eight former officers fabricated a case against three men wrongly convicted of the brutal murder of a woman working as a prostitute, a jury was told on Wednesday. The officers "acted corruptly together" to manufacture the case against the men they suspected killing of Lynette White in Cardiff in 1988. Nicholas Dean QC, ...
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A man in Britain was arrested after building an electric chair in his garage and attempting to murder his wife in it. According to the Telegraph, Andrew Castle hooked up a metal armchair to an electric cable before planning to lure his wife into it, knock her out with a club, and flip the switch. She struggled, however, before he could knock her unconscious. She escaped through a side door with minor head injuries. Police ...
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The News of the World owner had been due to get the go-ahead tomorrow. But the Government may put off the decision after more grieving families were revealed as possible hacking victims. Labour leader Ed Miliband said: “It must be delayed.” George Osborne has been told he too may have been hacked. A spokesman for the Chancellor said last night: "The Metropolitan police met with Mr Osborne this evening to notify him his name and ...
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To view this content you need Flash and Javascript enabled in your browser. from the Adobe download website. The latest revelation in the widening scandal comes as MPs prepare for an emergency debate on the issue in Parliament. More hacking allegations against the tabloid have emerged in recent days, with claims the parents of murdered Soham girls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman were targeted, as well as Milly Dowler and her parents. Graham Foulkes, father ...
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Inside the house where William and Kate will be staying in Los Angeles They'll be guests at the residence of Dame Barbara Hay, the British Consul-General Set sail with ex-boyfriend Angelo Vita in Italy 'The kind of dresses you dream about': Valentino unveils new couture collection Pale nudes and soft metallic prints from the romantic Italian label We've seen that dress before, Kate... on Sarah Jessica Parker in 2006! Actress wore navy version of the ...
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Mitt Romney met with former Prime Minister Tony Blair and with Defense Minister Liam Fox as part of his London fundraising swing. Romney’s set to meet with National Security Adviser Peter Ricketts on international issues important to Britain and America on the second day of his overseas trip. According to Helen Bower, a spokeswoman for No. 10 Downing St., “The Prime Minister may pop in, depending on his diary commitments.” But Bower emphasized that any ...
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the government’s case for its benefit caps and cuts. The likely impact of the reforms on Londoners described by this new evidence isn’t surprising. Academics and campaigners have been warning about hundreds of families having to take their children out of their schools, tens of thousands of households becoming homeless, and the bill to the Treasury rising ever since the reforms were announced. What is surprising is where this new evidence comes from – champions ...
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Arianna Huffington is taking a huge gamble by launching the Huffington Post outside North America; although the site will be using the same recipe to replicate its success in the UK and in mainland Europe, things are slightly different once you cross the US frontiers. The Canadian version of the Huffington Post, which was launched at the end of May 2011, is currently listed amongst the first 300 websites in the country with roughly 70,000 ...
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London is the easiest city in Europe to get around, according to a new study - not that you would know it from being stuck in traffic jams or held up on the Tube. The capital was also voted the most exciting European city and the most overpriced, factors which have to feature in any search for cheaper travel insurance A TripAdvisor survey of 3,523 European travellers - including 778 Britons - also found that ...
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A man has been arrested in connection with a suspect package found in a betting shop in County Durham. Parts of Annfield Plain, near Stanley, were cordoned off when a suspect package was found in the premises of Coral Racing on Front Street. The roads were re-opened after the package was safely destroyed by army experts, although the betting shop remains closed and cordoned off to facilitate the ongoing police investigation. A 20-year-old local man ...
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Sotheby's Achieves Second Highest Price for Any Old Master Painting at Auction in London London Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale was led by Francesco Guardi’s monumental masterpiece Venice, a View of the Rialto Bridge, Looking North, from the Fondamenta del Carbon, which established the highest price of the week of London Old Master Sales when it sold for an astonishing �26,697,250/$42,865,105/ €29,834,146 (est. �15-25 million*). Achieving a record as the 2nd highest price ...
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