Mar
2012
Articles from 15th Mar 2012
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Argentina in Falklands oil threat
Mar 15 2012 | National News
Argentina has threatened to take legal action against British companies involved in oil development in the Falkland Islands - a move described by the Foreign Office as "wholly counter-productive". Read
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Russell Brand facing arrest in US
Mar 15 2012 | National News
Police in New Orleans have issued an arrest warrant for comic actor Russell Brand. Read
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Apple fans queue for latest iPad
Mar 15 2012 | National News
Apple fans have spent days sleeping on the street waiting for the third iPad which goes on sale at 8am on Friday. Read
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'Madam' accused Briton denied bail
Mar 15 2012 | National News
Fears that a British mother-of-four accused of masterminding a Manhattan prostitution ring would use a network of wealthy friends to help her flee the US were "ludicrous", her lawyer said after having an application for reduced bail denied. Read
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Lawrence story leak 'was negative'
Mar 15 2012 | National News
A leaked story about the reopened investigation into the racist murder of Stephen Lawrence had a "negative" effect on the probe, the officer who led it has said. Read
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PM pays 9/11 tribute at Ground Zero
Mar 15 2012 | National News
David Cameron paid his respects to the victims of the 9/11 terror attacks as he visited Ground Zero in New York City. Read
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NR fined £1m over crossing deaths
Mar 15 2012 | National News
Network Rail was accused of "corporate blindness" after being fined £1 million for breaching health and safety laws at a level crossing where two teenage girls were killed. Read
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Man convicted over Pilley murder
Mar 15 2012 | National News
The grieving parents of a murdered book-keeper said their ordeal continues as her "deceitful and controlling" former lover faces a life sentence for the killing. Read
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Troops should pull back - Karzai
Mar 15 2012 | National News
International troops should pull out of villages and rural areas to main bases, Afghanistan's president has said. Read
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NR fined £1m over girls' deaths
Mar 15 2012 | National News
Network Rail has been fined £1 million after it breached health and safety laws at a level crossing where two teenage girls were killed. Read
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Police may face sack over fitness
Mar 15 2012 | National News
Police officers who repeatedly fail a basic fitness test could be sacked for not being fit enough to do the job, a report has said. Read
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Rules for business 'being scrapped'
Mar 15 2012 | National News
The Government is "systematically" working through red tape to scrap regulations harming economic growth, a minister told business leaders after being urged to take radical action to help firms grow. Read
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Additional 7,000 may have implants
Mar 15 2012 | National News
Around 7,000 more women in the UK have received potentially faulty PIP breast implants than previously thought, the Government has announced. Read
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Fitness tests for police proposed
Mar 15 2012 | National News
Police officers who repeatedly fail a basic fitness test should have their pay cut for not being fit enough to do the job, a report has said. Read
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Hillsborough documents blame fans
Mar 15 2012 | National News
Former prime minister Margaret Thatcher was told that a senior Merseyside Police officer blamed "drunken Liverpool fans" for the 1989 Hillsborough football stadium disaster, according to leaked government papers. Read
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Fuel poverty 'worse than estimated'
Mar 15 2012 | National News
More people are in fuel poverty than previously estimated, according to a new formula proposed for assessing the problem. Read
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Feted Camerons fly to New York
Mar 15 2012 | National News
David Cameron has left Washington after a two-day visit in which he has enjoyed the warmest possible embrace from America's political and social elite. Read
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Soldier remanded on murder charge
Mar 15 2012 | National News
A soldier has appeared in court accused of murdering the mother of his four-year-old son. Read
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Two jailed for riot student robbery
Mar 15 2012 | National News
Two notorious thugs have been jailed for posing as Good Samaritans to rob a defenceless Malaysian student during last summer's riots. Read
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Marriage 'should be for everyone'
Mar 15 2012 | National News
Marriage is "a celebration of love and should be open to everyone", Equalities Minister Lynne Featherstone said as she published plans to legalise gay civil marriage. Read
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Ex-lover guilty of woman's murder
Mar 15 2012 | National News
A man has been convicted of murdering a missing woman whose body has never been found. Read
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Lawrence probe hit by leak - police
Mar 15 2012 | National News
A leaked story about the reopened investigation into the racist murder of Stephen Lawrence had a "negative" effect on the probe, the officer who led it said. Read
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Kettling not breach of human rights
Mar 15 2012 | National News
Police use of "kettling" tactics to contain crowds during violent demonstrations in London in 2001 did not breach human rights, European judges have ruled. Read
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37% 'fit for work' after assessment
Mar 15 2012 | National News
More than one in three people being reassessed for incapacity benefit payments have been found to be fit for work, according to the first set of official statistics released by the Government. Read
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Fitness test plan for all police
Mar 15 2012 | National News
All police officers should be made to take an annual fitness test, with a pay cut for those who repeatedly fail, a review has said. Read
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Car production up nearly a quarter
Mar 15 2012 | National News
Car production accelerated sharply last month, figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) reveal. Read
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Harry takes aim at war-zone critics
Mar 15 2012 | National News
Prince Harry has hit out at critics who claim he will never return to the front line, saying they "live in a ridiculous world". Read
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Bastion runway blaze driver dies
Mar 15 2012 | National News
An Afghan man who crashed a stolen vehicle on to the runway at Camp Bastion as US defence secretary Leon Panetta arrived there has died of his injuries. Read
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'No rolling back' on gay marriages
Mar 15 2012 | National News
No amount of vocal opposition from Christian and other opponents will prevent the Government legalising gay marriage, the Home Office Minister leading the move said as she prepared to publish detailed plans. Read
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Ex-commanders slam 'unjust' pay cap
Mar 15 2012 | National News
Six former armed forces chiefs have urged George Osborne against a 1% cap on pay rises for service personnel, calling the move "unjust". Read
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Massacre suspect flown to Kuwait
Mar 15 2012 | National News
The American soldier accused of shooting dead 16 Afghan villagers in a pre-dawn rampage has been flown to Kuwait. Read
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Blog tells of pre-crash holiday joy
Mar 15 2012 | National News
A torchlight march, ravioli and meatball dinners, rides in a funicular railway, A singalong and a dress-up casino evening were some of the things that made a fateful Swiss Alps trip "mega-cool" for 24 Belgian schoolchildren. Read
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Reporter voices anger at new arrest
Mar 15 2012 | National News
Former News of the World chief reporter Neville Thurlbeck today "vigorously denied" what he said were "extremely far-fetched" allegations after he was rearrested by detectives investigating phone hacking. Read
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Whitehall job cuts 'short-sighted'
Mar 15 2012 | National News
Whitehall has rushed through waves of job cuts without putting plans in place to carry out its work with fewer staff, it has been warned. Read
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Calls for 'no excuses' literacy bid
Mar 15 2012 | National News
A "no excuses culture" to improve standards of literacy and English in schools will be called for by Ofsted's chief inspector. Read
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Russia urged to back UN Syria move
Mar 15 2012 | National News
Campaigners from around the world are urging Russia to back the UN Security Council and help bring an end to the crisis in Syria, coinciding with what they are calling the one-year anniversary of violence in the country. Read
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Extradition treaty to be reviewed
Mar 15 2012 | National News
More Britons facing extradition to the USA could be tried in UK courts, after David Cameron and Barack Obama agreed to review the operation of a controversial treaty. Read
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Two charged over death of boy, two
Mar 15 2012 | National News
A man and a woman have been charged with the manslaughter of a two-year-old boy who died in hospital after being taken ill. Read
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Credit rating warning for Osborne
Mar 15 2012 | National News
Chancellor George Osborne has been issued a pre-Budget warning by an influential credit rating agency as it issued a "negative" outlook on the prospects of the UK economy retaining its AAA rating. Read
