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22 May 2009 4:54 PM | Tagged: MP
Ian Gibson has said that he is ready to stand down if voters in his Norwich North constituency want him to.The Daily Telegraph published details of second home expenses totalling almost £80,000 which Dr Gibson received on the west London flat,

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22 May 2009 4:40 PM | Tagged: Baby
Her former boyfriend, a 32-year-old man who cannot be named for legal reasons, was handed a 12-year sentence for his part in the bloody abuse of the toddler as well as a life sentence for raping a two-year-old girl.He will serve both sentences concu

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09 May 2009 4:38 AM | Tagged: Fourth
Michael Boyde, 37, of Ambleside Road, Willesden, north west London, was charged on Thursday with the murder of Kul Hawadleh on February 19.He appeared at City of Westminster Magistrates' Court where the case was committed to the Central Criminal Court following a short hearing.Mr Hawadleh, a 19-year-old student, suffered a stab wound to the chest on the forecourt of the Total petrol station in Hi

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09 May 2009 3:52 AM | Tagged: Brit
Rifleman Adrian Sheldon, from 2nd Battalion The Rifles, was one of four servicemen killed in three separate incidents in Helmand province on Thursday.In a warm tribute, Defence Secretary John Hutton described the 25 year old as brave, versatile and committed.He said he was also clearly a sharp and fun-loving friend, and a cherished son and brother.In a joint statement his parents, Mark and Diane,

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09 May 2009 3:19 AM | Tagged: Minister
Rifleman Adrian Sheldon, from 2nd Battalion The Rifles, was one of four service personnel killed in three separate incidents in Helmand province on Thursday.Mr Hutton said: It is clear to me that he was a brave, versatile and committed Rifleman, a sharp and fun-loving friend, and a cherished son and brother.Rifleman Sheldon, 25, was killed when his Jackal patrol vehicle was hit by an improvised e

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09 May 2009 3:19 AM | Tagged: Boyle
The 47-year-old Scot is to chat with talk show host Oprah Winfrey via satellite from her West Lothian home as part of a talent show special.It was reported that Boyle will be interviewed as part of an episode entitled The World's Got Talent, to be aired in the US on Monday.Viewers will be taken on a tour of the contestant's home and may be treated to a song.A film crew was in attendance at her ho

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09 May 2009 2:33 AM | Tagged: Shot
The man, named locally as Mervyn Tussler, was fatally shot following a three-hour stand-off with police in the village of Fernhurst, near Midhurst, West Sussex.Armed response vehicles and police dog handlers went to the area after a woman reported seeing a man with a gun in Ash Grove, a sheltered retirement complex run by Hanover Property Management, where Mr Tussler lived.Mr Tussler, in his 60s,

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09 May 2009 2:33 AM | Tagged: Car
The scrappage scheme, to be introduced later this month, involves owners of 10-year-old cars getting £2,000 - half from the Government, half from the car industry - when they trade in their old vehicle and buy a brand-new model.Similar schemes have proved a success in Europe, particularly in Germany where new car sales soared 40% in March.But, according to new evidence from Parker's car buyi