UK News 872 items | updated Mar 8 2010
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Firefighter Dies Tackling Blaze
A firefighter has died and three others are missing after a suspected arson attack at a warehouse in Warwickshire.-
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Leona Lewis To Switch On Christmas Lights, Save Power
Leona Lewis will be switching on Oxford Street Christmas lights on 7th November - the lights are this year using LED bulbs, which... more-
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Fluffy, Huggable Syphilis, Rabies, Black Death
GIANTmicrobes has taken microscope images of viruses and turned them into larger than life - much much larger - soft toys.-
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Man Cites Diet Pills As Third Party In Divorce
Bradley Kellard is divorcing his wife blaming dieting pills for increasing her sex drive.-
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Choir Calendar Upsets Fireman
Charity calendars featuring naked members of the Fron-cysyllte Male Voice Choir have been criticised by a North Wales assistant... more-
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Police Guilty In De Menezes Shooting
An Old Bailey jury has found the Metropolitan Police guilty of health and safety failures in the shooting of Jean Charles de... more-
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A Man Shot Dead, but No Murder Charge
Despite the shooting dead at point blank range of an innocent man, no one - neither a person nor organisation - was on trial at... more-
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The News Of The World Depresses Me
It's this kind of thing that will see me moving to the South of France and making cheese. Or something.-
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RIng Road Tramp R.I.P
A tramp who became an internet celebrity after living in the middle of a Wolverhampton ring road for more than 30 years has died.-
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Royal In Alleged Sex & Drugs Blackmail Plot Named
Hint: His first name is also the name of a popular biscuit that comes in mint and orange varieties.-
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Rhys Jones 'Killer' Named On YouTube
The name was put up on YouTube in comments made under a video posted by members of a Liverpool gang.-
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Schools Told to Root Out Racism
It's now a legal duty to promote community cohesion in schools, which will only be possible if institutional racism is... more-
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Sex, Drugs and Royalty
That's right. A member of the royal family has been targeted in an alleged blackmailing plot. Two have been arrested and... more-
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UK Seeks Lower Green Energy Targets
Britain will lobby for a lower national target for renewable energy than the 20 per cent to which European governments agreed... more-
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Battle of Ideas Blogs Launched
The Battle of Ideas takes place in London this weekend! It's two days of high-level thought-provoking debate on the most... more-
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Saved By Hollyoaks
A woman has thanked TV soap Hollyoaks for saving her life. Beth Cordingly claims she could have died due to carbon monoxide... more-
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Big Mound Keeps Secrets
Archaeologists have reached the core of Silbury Hill in Wiltshire - and still have no idea what the most enigmatic prehistoric... more-
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Schools 'avoid Holocaust lessons'
Some schools avoid teaching the Holocaust and other controversial history subjects as they do not want to cause offence, research... more-
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Residents given 'chip and bins'
If it helps recycle more, I'm all for it. However how do YOU know what rubbish to put in what bins? I've been told of... more-
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Dentistry for Dummies
"Just gimme some whiskey and pull the SOB!" Can't afford dental insurance? Grab yourself some pliers and yank.... more-
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