Jun
2009
Articles from 8th Jun 2009
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Next-generation iPhone is unveiled
Jun 08 2009 | National News
Apple has unveiled the next generation of its iPhone with the promise that it will be twice as fast as its predecessor. Read
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Johnson 'would cut Tory advantage'
Jun 08 2009 | National News
Alan Johnson could deny the Tories an overall majority at the next general election if he replaced Gordon Brown, according to a poll. Read
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Apple launches new iPhone models
Jun 08 2009 | National News
Technology giant Apple has announced a new range of iPhones - and has also cut the price of the least expensive version of the handset in the US. Read
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Boost for Brown as revolt falters
Jun 08 2009 | National News
Gordon Brown's chances of survival were boosted when a "peasants revolt" of backbenchers failed to materialise. Read
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Commuters to face Tube travel chaos
Jun 08 2009 | National News
Millions of commuters and visitors to London face travel chaos after talks aimed at averting a 48-hour strike by Tube workers broke down. Read
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British troops seize opium in raids
Jun 08 2009 | National News
British soldiers have seized over five tonnes of opium in night raids on Taliban drugs factories in Afghanistan. Read
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Man charged with mum-to-be's murder
Jun 08 2009 | National News
A 53-year-old man has been charged with the murder of a young mother-to-be who died with her unborn daughter after she was stabbed during her walk to work. Read
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Student murders: Jail terms slammed
Jun 08 2009 | National News
Failings that left a convicted knife thug free to murder two brilliant French students were the direct result of "utterly meaningless" prison sentences, the Conservatives have claimed. Read
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Stab victim 'so excited about baby'
Jun 08 2009 | National News
A young mother-to-be who died with her unborn daughter after a random street attack was brimming with excitement about having her first child, friends have said. Read
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Hunt widens after body found in bin
Jun 08 2009 | National News
Detectives investigating the murder of a woman whose body was found dumped in a wheelie bin are searching for a couple believed to have fled abroad in a white van. Read
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'Arson attack' on police helicopter
Jun 08 2009 | National News
A police helicopter has been targeted in a suspected arson attack. Read
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Lloyds to return £2.3bn to taxpayer
Jun 08 2009 | National News
Lloyds Banking Group is set to pay back £2.3 billion to the taxpayer after strong backing for its £4 billion fundraising. Read
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Most workers axed at van maker LDV
Jun 08 2009 | National News
The worst fears of workers at stricken van maker LDV were realised when administrators announced that most of the 850 employees have been made redundant. Read
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800 jobs to go at forensic service
Jun 08 2009 | National News
Up to 800 jobs are to be axed by the Government's Forensic Science Service (FSS) over the next two years, union officials have been told. Read
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US Navy aids Airbus black box hunt
Jun 08 2009 | National News
A specialist US underwater team has been brought in to try to locate the missing flight recorders from the lost Air France flight 447. Read
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Omagh families win landmark action
Jun 08 2009 | National News
Relatives of the Omagh bomb victims have won a landmark multi-million pound civil action against four men they blamed for the atrocity in which 29 people died. Read
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BNP success 'damaging' to Britain
Jun 08 2009 | National News
The UK's international reputation has suffered "real damage" as a result of the British National Party gaining their first seats in the European Parliament, politicians, unions and race relations groups said. Read
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Union warning over Royal Mail sale
Jun 08 2009 | National News
The Government risks losing £1 million a year funding from a major union if it is "foolish and dumb-headed" enough to press ahead with controversial plans to part-privatise the Royal Mail, the Prime Minister has been warned. Read
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Minister 'quit over loyalty pledge'
Jun 08 2009 | National News
Environment minister Jane Kennedy has quit the Government, saying she had been forced to do so because she would not give an assurance of loyalty to Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Read
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Tributes to mum-to-be stab victim
Jun 08 2009 | National News
Friends of a mother-to-be who was stabbed to death in a "completely random" attack said that she was "one of the greatest people anyone would want to meet". Read
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Environment minister Kennedy quits
Jun 08 2009 | National News
Environment minister Jane Kennedy has quit the Government as the second round of Gordon Brown's reshuffle got under way. Read
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LDV placed back in administration
Jun 08 2009 | National News
Van maker LDV has been placed back in administration after the collapse of a rescue deal. Read
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Failed bank boss lands job at Boots
Jun 08 2009 | National News
The boss in charge of HBOS when the bank faced collapse last autumn has been confirmed as the new chief executive of high street giant Alliance Boots. Read
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Lloyds move to benefit taxpayers
Jun 08 2009 | National News
Taxpayers looked set to claw back cash from the Lloyds Banking Group for the first time after the bank's £4 billion fundraising gained strong backing from investors. Read
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17 bodies found in search for plane
Jun 08 2009 | National News
The number of bodies pulled from the Atlantic after an Air France flight disappeared en route from Brazil a week ago has risen to 17. Read
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LDV set to apply for administration
Jun 08 2009 | National News
Stricken vanmaker LDV will apply for administration following the collapse of a rescue deal, putting thousands of jobs at risk of being axed in the coming days. Read
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Billy Elliot dances to Tonys joy
Jun 08 2009 | National News
Billy Elliot has danced away with a host of Tony Awards, including the title for best musical. Read
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15 more bodies pulled from Atlantic
Jun 08 2009 | National News
Search ships methodically worked through debris from a doomed Air France jet on Sunday, recovering 15 more bodies near the spot where the Airbus A330 is believed to have gone down a week ago. Read
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Union to debate split with Labour
Jun 08 2009 | National News
Gordon Brown will face anger from postal workers when one of the biggest affiliates to Labour will decide whether to split from the party in protest at controversial plans to part-privatise the Royal Mail. Read
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Omagh families await damages ruling
Jun 08 2009 | National News
Omagh bomb relatives are to learn the verdict in their multimillion-pound legal action against those they blame for the killings. Read
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Brown on brink after Labour routed
Jun 08 2009 | National News
Gordon Brown's political survival is hanging in the balance as Labour suffered a devastating rout in the European elections. Read
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Leader Griffin wins second BNP seat
Jun 08 2009 | National News
The British National Party has won its its first two seats in the European Parliament. Read
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LDV applies for administration
Jun 08 2009 | National News
Stricken vanmaker LDV will apply for administration following the collapse of a rescue deal, putting thousands of jobs at risk of being axed in the coming days. Read
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BNP wins first Euro Parliament seat
Jun 08 2009 | National News
Gordon Brown's hopes of political survival have been dealt another blow as the far right British National Party achieved a major electoral breakthrough gaining their first seat in the European Parliament. Read
