Mar
2010
Articles from 7th Mar 2010
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Tributes to army sharpshooter
Mar 07 2010 | National News
Tributes have been paid to an Army sharpshooter killed in Afghanistan. Read
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Soldier shot dead in Afghanistan
Mar 07 2010 | National News
A British soldier was shot dead in Afghanistan after his patrol base came under attack from insurgents, the Ministry of Defence said. Read
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Tributes to 'inspirational' soldier
Mar 07 2010 | National News
Tributes have been paid to an "inspirational" soldier who died in a bomb blast in southern Afghanistan. Read
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Miliband condemns Iraq poll attacks
Mar 07 2010 | National News
Foreign Secretary David Miliband condemned terror attacks which killed 36 people as Iraq went to the polls. Read
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Memorial for murdered soldiers
Mar 07 2010 | National News
Solemn tributes have been paid to two British soldiers murdered in Northern Ireland on the first anniversary of their deaths as detectives renewed appeals for help catching the killers. Read
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Baby boy 'left with burial note'
Mar 07 2010 | National News
A newly-born baby who died after being abandoned near a mosque was found with a note asking for help to bury him, police have confirmed. Read
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Three die in plunge from flats
Mar 07 2010 | National News
Three people have died after falling from a high rise building. Read
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Pakistan 'closing in on kidnappers'
Mar 07 2010 | National News
Police are closing in on the men who kidnapped a five-year-old British boy in central Pakistan last week, authorities have said. Read
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Afghan vehicles pledge questioned
Mar 07 2010 | National News
Conservatives have accused the Government of cutting by half the number of new patrol vehicles to be purchased for troops in Afghanistan to replace vulnerable Snatch Land Rovers. Read
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Daring poker heist in luxury hotel
Mar 07 2010 | National News
A heavily armed group stormed a poker tournament in a German luxury hotel on Saturday afternoon and made off with a jackpot, a police spokesman said. Read
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Tories set to tax food, says Balls
Mar 07 2010 | National News
Senior Cabinet minister Ed Balls has accused the Conservatives of preparing to raise VAT and impose the tax on food if they win the general election. Read
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25 killed as Iraqis register votes
Mar 07 2010 | National News
Iraqis have voted in an election testing the mettle of the country's still-fragile democracy as insurgents killed 25 people across the Iraq, unleashing a barrage of mortars intent on disrupting the historic day. Read
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James Bulger killer Jon Venables 'suspected of child porn offences'
Mar 07 2010 | National News
James Bulger killer Jon Venables was recalled to prison on suspicion of child porn offences, it was reported today. Read
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Band Aid weapons claims 'nonsense'
Mar 07 2010 | National News
Claims that aid money sent to Ethiopia was spent on weapons are "palpable nonsense", Band Aid founder Sir Bob Geldof said. Read
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Lib Dems 'don't rule out alliance'
Mar 07 2010 | National News
A senior Liberal Democrat said "anything is possible" in the event of a hung parliament after the general election. Read
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Government committed to bank deal
Mar 07 2010 | National News
The Government has insisted it is committed to getting £2.3 billion of savings back from Iceland despite people there appearing to resoundingly reject a plan to repay the money. Read
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Harman decries rules for debates
Mar 07 2010 | National News
Deputy Labour leader Harriet Harman has hit out at rules governing audience behaviour during the much-anticipated live television debates between party leaders. Read
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New plea to find soldiers' killers
Mar 07 2010 | National News
Detectives investigating the dissident republican murders of two British soldiers in Northern Ireland have renewed their appeal for help catching the killers. Read
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Eight die as Iraqis register votes
Mar 07 2010 | National News
Iraqis are voting in an election testing the mettle of the country's still-fragile democracy as insurgents killed eight people across the capital with a barrage of mortars intent on disrupting the day. Read
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Bulger killer in child porn claims
Mar 07 2010 | National News
James Bulger killer Jon Venables was recalled to prison on suspicion of child porn offences, it has been reported. Read
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Polls open in Iraq elections
Mar 07 2010 | National News
Polls are open across Iraq in a historic election that will help determine whether the country can move beyond sectarian strife and who will oversee the country as US troops return home. Read
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Boy`s mother forgives kidnappers
Mar 07 2010 | National News
The mother of a British boy held captive in Pakistan has said she forgives the kidnappers as she made an emotional plea for the safe return of her son. Read
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Tories reverse slide at polls
Mar 07 2010 | National News
The Conservatives have hit 40% in a major opinion survey for the first time since mid-February, reversing a slide in the polls which had seen David Cameron's lead drift down to as little as two points. Read
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Afghan victims set to be named
Mar 07 2010 | National News
Two British soldiers killed in separate incidents in southern Afghanistan are due to be named. Read
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Baby death case response probed
Mar 07 2010 | National News
The Independent Police Complaints Commission is assessing the initial police response to the discovery of an abandoned newborn baby who later died in hospital. Read
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Row looms as Iceland snubs payback
Mar 07 2010 | National News
The British government is on a major collision course with Iceland after the country looked to have soundly rejected a plan to pay the UK back £2.3 billion worth of savings. Read
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Bulger mother makes identity call
Mar 07 2010 | National News
James Bulger killer Jon Venables should be stripped of his new identity if he is charged with a new offence, the toddler's mother said. Read
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Queen dragged into Ashcroft row
Mar 07 2010 | National News
A top Liberal Democrat has called for all documents relating to Conservative donor Michael Ashcroft's peerage to be made public to establish whether the Queen conferred the honour under false pretences. Read
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Conservatives on collision course
Mar 07 2010 | National News
Conservative activists should be free to campaign for UK Independence Party candidate Nigel Farage in Speaker John Bercow's Buckingham constituency in the forthcoming general election, the party's former chairman Lord Tebbit has said. Read
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Headteachers vulnerable, says union
Mar 07 2010 | National News
The number of school leaders losing their jobs continues to grow and heads could become more vulnerable under new complaints procedures, a union has warned. Read
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Cameron wife in Labour vote claim
Mar 07 2010 | National News
A senior Conservative is to go on TV with the sensational claim that David Cameron's wife Samantha has voted Labour in the past and could back Gordon Brown in this year's general election. Read
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Iceland voters reject payback plan
Mar 07 2010 | National News
Initial results show that most Icelandic voters have rejected a £3.49 billion plan to pay off Britain and the Netherlands for debts spawned by the collapse of an Icelandic Internet bank. Read
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Cameron's wife 'may have voted Labour'
Mar 07 2010 | National News
A senior Conservative is to go on TV with the sensational claim that David Cameron's wife Samantha has voted Labour in the past and could back Gordon Brown in this year's general election. Read
