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4 hrs ago | This Is Lancashire

Police: House fire death was murder

Police are treating the death of a woman in a house fire sparked by a firework as murder, and warned the culprits that they will be caught.

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Related Topix: World News, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly County, England,

8 hrs ago | CW 15

Brown wishes Rihanna kept fight details private

Karen causes a ruckus when she courts Stanley to relocate, prompting Michael to go on the offensive and recruit Jim in his battle.

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Related Topix: Rihanna, R-N-B, Essex County, England, World News, Greater London County, England, Entertainment

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Daily Express

Mum of 5 dies saving bullied son as firework yobs set house ablaze

A BRAVE mother died minutes after saving her bullied son from a house fire started by yobs who threw a lit firework through her letterbox on Bonfire Night.

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Related Topix: World News, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly County, England,

Salisbury Journal

Firework link to fatal fire probed

Investigators are looking into whether a firework posted through the letterbox of a house could have sparked a blaze which killed a mother.

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Related Topix: Fire, World News, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly County, England,

WIS-TV Columbia

In Europe, an orderly approach to swine flu shots

In Britain, there are no long lines of people seeking swine flu vaccine. Doctor's offices aren't swamped with desperate calls.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Medicine, Influenza, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Europe, World News

Madison Publishing

G20 finance officials face task of fulfilling pledges on trade, imbalances

Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty acknowledged on the eve of the meeting that there were "disparate views" on how to address the problem of banks being too big to fail.. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld November 6, 2009 Finance ministers from the world's leading rich and developing countries are gathering in St.

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Related Topix: Fife County, Scotland, World News, United Kingdom

Boness Today

Police checked leads from psychics

A police force has admitted following up leads supplied by "mystics" after a man's death.

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Related Topix: Ceredigion County, Wales, United Kingdom, Carmarthenshire County, Wales, World News,

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Daily Mail

Pupils living on remote Scottish island take world's shortest...

Children living on a remote Scottish island are to hitch a lift to school on what is said to be the world's shortest flight, it was announced today.

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Related Topix: Family, Teenagers, World News, Orkney County, Scotland,

Daily Record

'The best there ever was': Brave Black Watch soldier's mum pays tearful tribute at his funeral

THE mother of a soldier who died weeks after being wounded in Afghanistan today remembered her "brave" son as "the best there ever was". Corporal Thomas Mason, known as Tam, from Fife, was caught by an improvised explosive device in Kandahar province on September 15.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, The Black Watch, Fife County, Scotland, World News,

Heraldseries.co.uk

Bomb hero body's repatriated

The body of Didcot-based Staff Sgt Olaf Schmid has been repatriated to RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire.

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Related Topix: Oxfordshire County, England, World News,

Telegraph.co.uk

Former MEP Tom Wise faces jail over expenses fiddle

Wise, 61, who first represented Ukip before turning independent, spent a year channelling taxpayers' cash into a bank account he secretly controlled.

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Related Topix: World News, Greater London County, England, Essex County, England, United Kingdom

CBS News

Genetic Tests For UK Asylum Seekers Draw Criticism

Britain is using genetic tests on some African asylum seekers in an effort to catch those who are lying about their nationality, drawing criticism from scientists and provoking outrage from rights groups.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News

Hampshire Chronicle

Shannon aunt facing jail for fraud

An aunt of abducted schoolgirl Shannon Matthews is facing jail after admitting benefit fraud.

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Related Topix: West Yorkshire County, England, North Yorkshire County, England, World News, United Kingdom

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Daily Express

Lucas' West End play shuts early

Producers of West End play PRICK UP YOUR EARS have brought the curtain down three weeks early after MATT LUCAS quit to mourn the death of his ex-husband. The Little Britain funnyman was devastated by the shock suicide of his former partner Kevin McGee, who was found hanged at his apartment in Edinburgh, Scotland last month .

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Related Topix: Matt Lucas, Lothian County, Scotland, World News,

NZ Herald

Viz - the king of toilet humour - turns 30

What makes a British cultural institution? Style? Sophistication? In the case of comic magazine Viz , the ingredients are swearing, toilet humour, and biting satire.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Comedy, Entertainment, Television

Worthing Today

Police receive just four Hallowe'en nuisance calls

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Related Topix: West Sussex County, England, World News,

Las Vegs Sun

Report: IRA dissidents pose threat to N.Ireland

Irish Republican Army dissidents pose their greatest security threat in Northern Ireland since the province's peace accord 11 years ago and are being helped by a handful of IRA veterans in plotting attacks, an expert panel said Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Irish Republican Army, Sinn Fein, Europe, World News, Cambridgeshire County, England

Romsey Advertiser

Talks sought after Vauxhall U-turn

The Government is seeking urgent talks with General Motors after the car giant's dramatic decision to scrap plans to sell Vauxhall, a move welcomed by union leaders.

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Related Topix: Cheshire County, England, World News

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Sunday Herald

Lloyds promises to maintain Scottish presence

The Lloyds banking group has pledged to remain Scotlanda s largest financial sector employer after break-up plans were announced.

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Related Topix: Fife County, Scotland, World News

Andover Advertiser

Woman dies on same tracks as father

A 39-year-old woman was found dead on a railway line just three days after her father was killed on the same stretch of track, it has emerged.

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Related Topix: Worcestershire County, England, World News, Shropshire County, England, West Midlands County, England, United Kingdom

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