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Greenwich Council to give jobs to benefit cut claimants

BBC News - ‎1 hour ago‎
A London council will offer jobs to people who are set to lose money as a result of the benefit changes. Greenwich Council said hundreds will benefit from a £6m employment fund creating jobs like street cleaning, town centre management and recycling.
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Judge blasts murder trial mother

Belfast Telegraph - ‎54 minutes ago‎
Search Go. Belfasttelegraph.co.uk› Local and National› UK›. Judge blasts murder trial mother. Comments. Email; Print; Font Size.
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Global growth worries hit stocks

Financial Times - ‎30 minutes ago‎
Monday 18:00 BST. Gold hogged the limelight as it tumbled to its lowest for more than two years, but sharp losses were also suffered by other metals and commodities, as well as equities, as disappointing Chinese economic data compounded concerns about ...
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Mid Staffs NHS foundation trust declared bankrupt

The Guardian
1 hour ago
Written by
Randeep Ramesh
Thousands of patients could be forced to switch hospitals for treatment after the health regulator confirmed that the troubled Mid Staffs foundation trust was bankrupt and announced that independent administrators would take over.
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Sprint Fits Into Dish CEO's Vision of Mobile Video

Wall Street Journal - ‎40 minutes ago‎
Sunday night, Dish Network Corp. Chairman Charles Ergen and his colleagues were preparing to announce a $25.5 billion offer to buy Sprint Nextel Corp.
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US rocker Meat Loaf pulls out of UK gig due to illness

Reuters UK - ‎4 hours ago‎
LONDON | Mon Apr 15, 2013 1:44pm BST. LONDON (Reuters) - American rocker Meat Loaf pulled out of a concert in Britain just hours before he was due on stage as health problems continue to dog the 65-year-old singer.
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Officials cite prison overcrowding in French gangster's escape

CNN International
Apr 14, 2013
Written by
Jacque Wilson
(CNN) -- The brazen escape of a notorious gangster in France may be due partly to a problem plaguing the prison that couldn't hold him: overcrowding.
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Obama to meet with Putin in Russia in September

Hindustan Times - ‎36 minutes ago‎
US President Barack Obama will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in September when he travels to Russia for the G20 summit, the White House said on Monday.
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Negus McLean 15, 'murdered by hunting posse'

BBC News - ‎54 minutes ago‎
A "hunting posse" of teenagers stabbed a 15-year-old boy so ferociously the blade of a large knife they were using snapped, a court has heard.
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Jihadists planned to attack Luton TA base using remote controlled car packed ...

Telegraph.co.uk - ‎4 hours ago‎
The al-Qaeda inspired terror cell, from Luton, also discussed attacking MI5, buying guns or driving a 4x4 car into crowded places, Woolwich Crown Court heard.
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Protesters stage anti-Trident blockade at Faslane

BBC News - ‎8 minutes ago‎
Anti-nuclear protesters chained themselves together at the gate of the Faslane naval base on the Clyde which is home to the UK's Trident weapon system.
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Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury's and Tesco cut petrol prices

The Guardian - ‎5 hours ago‎
Motorists will be able to buy cheaper petrol from Tuesday after four leading supermarkets announced they were cutting their forecourt prices.
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China Stuck With Sub-8% Growth as G-20 Confronts Slowdown

Bloomberg - ‎1 hour ago‎
China's longest streak of expansion below 8 percent in at least 20 years is sending a message to suppliers and investors around the world to get used to slower growth in the second-biggest economy.
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Cable pulled in two directions over boy band pay

Financial Times - ‎52 minutes ago‎
Vince Cable sought to extricate himself from embarrassment on Monday after appearing to criticise the earnings of pop groups such as One Direction as “grossly immoral”.
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Judge gives energy firms the right to build wind farms 350 metres from homes

Telegraph.co.uk - ‎7 hours ago‎
The judge decided that a council's attempt to impose a minimum distance of 1.2km (three quarters of a mile) between wind farms and people's homes was unlawful, in a test case that could have far-reaching consequences for national planning laws.
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U.K. Investigates Disappointing LTE Auction

InformationWeek - ‎53 minutes ago‎
National Audit Office launches probe into whether the government failed to maximize revenue from February's 4G spectrum auction, which netted only 67% of predicted proceeds.
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New James Bond novel 'Solo' set in Africa

AFP - ‎31 minutes ago‎
LONDON - The latest James Bond novel is named "Solo" and will follow the suave British spy on an African adventure, its author William Boyd revealed on Monday.
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Colin Davis, renowned conductor, dead at 85

Los Angeles Times - ‎47 minutes ago‎
Colin Davis, the renowned British conductor who worked with the London Symphony Orchestra for many years, has died at 85. A statement from the orchestra said he died on Sunday evening after a brief illness.
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Sir Chris Hoy set to announce retirement from cycling

The Guardian - ‎1 hour ago‎
The most successful Olympic cyclist of all time and Britain's most-crowned Olympian, Sir Chris Hoy, is set to announce his retirement on Thursday at the age of 37 at a press conference in his native Edinburgh, eight months after winning the keirin gold medal ...
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Arsenal v Everton: match preview

Telegraph.co.uk - ‎27 minutes ago‎
Tuesday, April 16 2013. Arsenal v Everton Emirates Stadium Kick-off: 19.45 BST. TV: Live Sky Sports 2. Arsenal (Probable, 4-2-3-1): Szczesny; Sagna, Vermaelen, Mertesacker, Monreal; Ramsey, Arteta; Walcott, Wilshere, Cazorla; Giroud.
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Tim Brabants announces retirement from canoeing as he admits he is 'unlikely to ...

Telegraph.co.uk - ‎3 hours ago‎
The 36-year-old appeared at the Games four times, becoming the first British canoeist to win gold with victory in the K1 1,000m at Beijing in 2008.
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Police name fans arrested during Tyne-Wear derby day disorder

ChronicleLive - ‎47 minutes ago‎
Details of criminal prosecutions have been released as those arrested for the Tyne-Wear derby disorder are due to appear in court.
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Campaigners drop flag under North Pole ice amid "cold rush" concerns

Reuters
2 hours ago
Written by
Alister Doyle
OSLO | Mon Apr 15, 2013 10:02am EDT. OSLO (Reuters) - Environmentalists have placed a flag on the seabed under the North Pole to urge protection for the region in a rebuff to Russia which planted a flag in 2007 in a symbolic territorial claim.
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Pilot whale put down after Castle Beach stranding

BBC News - ‎3 hours ago‎
A pilot whale has been put down after becoming stranded on a beach in Cornwall. Wildlife experts said the animal, which was in a poor state when it was found, was too ill to survive.
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Antarctic ice sheet melt 'not that unusual', latest ice core shows

Register - ‎6 hours ago‎
The latest ice-core analysis from the Antarctic shows that nothing unusual in terms of melting is occurring. In research published yesterday, a large team of scientists used a deep ice core from the Western Antarctic Ice Sheet Divide to produce records going ...
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Giant African land snails: 'No solution' on their advance

BBC News - ‎51 minutes ago‎
The giant African land snail is considered one of the most destructive invasive species, feeding on more than 500 types of plant. They can also eat through plaster walls, providing the calcium content needed for their shells.
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'They just thought I was an alcoholic': Personal stories of Parkinson's sufferers

Yahoo! News UK - ‎1 hour ago‎
Parkinson's disease sufferers are often the victims of "intolerable levels of prejudice", a charity has warned. A poll of 2,900 sufferers by Parkinson's UK found that two in five of those with the disease have experienced discrimination because of their symptoms.
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NHS boss warns charges will have to be considered

Telegraph.co.uk - ‎5 hours ago‎
Professor Malcolm Grant, chair of the body which is in charge of almost £100bn of expenditure, has indicated he would not support such a move because that fact that the NHS is free is its “defining value”.
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Glasgow child carers campaign launched

Scotsman - ‎2 hours ago‎
A CAMPAIGN has been launched to improve support for the carers of children being looked after by grandparents or family friends. Scottish politicians and public figures joined 100 Kinship Carers at Glasgow city chambers today to celebrate the launch of ...
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