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11 min ago | BBC News

Fire trial witness accused of lying

A witness in the trial of two men accused of murdering three people in a Helensburgh house fire has been called a "bare-faced liar" by a defence QC.

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3 hrs ago | KMIZ

Two held after Pakistan-UK flight diverted

Police arrested two men Friday on suspicion of endangering an aircraft after a flight from Pakistan to Manchester was diverted to Stansted Airport in Essex.

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3 hrs ago | Malvern Gazette

Police to stage meetings for parents in Worcestershire nursery sex assault investigation

The force is also working with and reassuring parents who have been affected by the alleged sexual assault of a child at one of the three branches of Bright Eyes Nurseries, which are in Bromsgrove, Redditch and Droitwich.

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5 hrs ago | Swindon Advertiser

Jury return one guilty verdict and three not guilty verdicts in Millar murder trial

Londoner Christopher Simmonds, 28, was convicted of manslaughter following a six-week trial at Bristol Crown Court, while Zacharious Clayton, 19, Kendel Joseph, 19, and 18-year-old Eurico Tavares were each acquitted of a charge of murder.

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6 hrs ago | Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard

DOG owners in Cirencester are being warned after two beloved pets died from suspected poisoning.

Natasha Pollard's dogs Max, an 18-month-old West Highland terrier/King Charles spaniel crossbreed, and Molly, a five-year-old jack russell terrier, died earlier this month after falling ill following a walk at Stratton Meadows.

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10 hrs ago | Iol.co.za

UK attack spurs Muslim soul-searching

Strapping his baby into a car seat, Abu Khaled said it was unfortunate that a British soldier was hacked to death in an apparent Islamist attack a day earlier in London, but it was not the only misfortune on his mind.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Essex County, England, Greater London County, England, Social Software

Thu May 23, 2013

The Decatur Daily

Men accused of hacking solider to death had been investigated

Two men accused of butchering a British soldier had been investigated previously by security services, a British official said today, as investigators searched several locations and tried to determine whether the men were part of a wider plot to instill terror on the streets of London.

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Related Topix: Essex County, England, World News, Greater London County, England, Terrorism

Oxford Times

Prayers offered for Woolwich victim

A man weeps outside the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich as he looks at floral tributes following the attack on Lee Rigby Around a dozen sat in silence in St Mary Magdalene Parish Church, Woolwich, offering their prayers for Drummer Lee Rigby, 25, of Middleton, Greater Manchester.

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KNEB-AM Scottsbluff

London Attack: British Intel Knew of Suspects in Hacking Death

The two men who allegedly hacked a British soldier to death were known to intelligence services before the Wednesday incident, a British security official admitted Thursday.

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KNEB-AM Scottsbluff

British Mother Confronted Suspects After London Attack

Anyone looking for a sign of British bravery in the face of terror should look no further than Ingrid Loyau-Kennett. A British soldier had been hacked to death on the streets of southeast London Wednesday afternoon.

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Media Research Center

US broadcasts Don't Name Islam after London Terror Attack

What does a murderous jihadist terrorist have to do to get some recognition for his cause? You hack a British soldier to death in broad daylight on a London street while shouting "Allahu akbar" and then "swear by the almighty Allah" that you'll never stop fighting, and the U.S. broadcast networks still can't bring themselves to utter a word about the murderers' Islamist background.

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Related Topix: Terrorism, Europe, World News

Echo-news.co.uk

New restaurant to open up in Basildon

A NEW restaurant is coming to Basildon town centre as part of long-term plans to boost the town's late-night economy.

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This is Local London

GP jailed for filmed sex assaults

Dr Davinder Jeet Bains used his position as a GP to assault more than two dozen women A family doctor who used a secret camera inside his James Bond-style wristwatch to record himself abusing female patients has been jailed for 12 years after admitting a string of sex charges.

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Romsey Advertiser

Police appeal for missing schoolgirls to call home

POLICE at Eastleigh are appealing to two missing 14-year-old girls to contact them or their families as a matter of urgency.

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Lancashire Telegraph

Three cleared, one jailed over rape of 16-year-old girl in Burnley

Three men have been cleared of raping a 16-year-old girl after picking her up in a car on a Burnley street. One man has been jailed for this offence.

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Halstead Gazette

Bridger 'cannot recall April moves'

The man accused of abducting and murdering schoolgirl April Jones in a sexually motivated attack has told a jury he put her body "somewhere where it has not been found". On his second day of cross examination Mark Bridger, 47, of Ceinws, mid-Wales, answered questions about the search for April's body.

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Evesham Journal

Judge orders clamping refunds - but won't claim his cash back

A JUDGE ordering the return of cash to motorists who fell victim to an illegal clamping firm revealed that he had been a victim of the scam - but ruled out claiming his money back.

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Evesham Journal

THERE'S plenty of food for thought for people planning activities this bank holiday weekend.

Local food and drink will the order of the day for the third Great Malvern Food Festival on Saturday, when the town centre will be filled with tempting smells and flavours from 10am to 5pm.

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