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Henry Allingham and Harry Patch tributes

Henry Allingham, who was was the world's oldest man when he died 12 days ago aged 113, and Harry Patch the last WWI veteran in Britain will be honoured today. Hundreds of people are expected to attend...
10:54 Thu 30th Jul 20094 answers, last by Lonnie 23:26 Thu 30th Jul 2009
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Civil Service jobs to be outsourced to India.

The British Council, which is funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth office is to get rid of 500 British jobs and save ?45million. The Finance and IT jobs will be done locally in India....
14:58 Wed 29th Jul 200916 answers, last by R1Geezer 13:33 Thu 30th Jul 2009
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Police wearing Union flag badge in support of our troops.

Scotland Yard have a strict dress code that states that officers can only wear 'the approved corporate badging and only on clothing authorised by the Clothing Board'. However, a few Police officers,...
11:24 Wed 29th Jul 200919 answers, last by Sweep2k 19:35 Wed 29th Jul 2009
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Sunbeds cause cancer in humans

Sunbeds are as dangerous as smoking, the World Health Organisation has said. The group placed use of the beds into the highest risk level for cancer, moving their rating from "probably carcinogenic"...
10:49 Wed 29th Jul 200911 answers, last by dancairo 17:23 Wed 29th Jul 2009
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�6 million for Police informants

The Police have paid more than ?6 million to informants, many of them criminals and even terrorists, for information to help catch 'bigger fish'. UK police forces paid more than ?6m in the past...
10:40 Wed 29th Jul 200925 answers, last by LazyGun 17:35 Wed 29th Jul 2009
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Our wonderful MPs and their expenses

MPs have ignored public anger over the expenses system by quietly introducing new rules which allow them to claim up to ?9,125 a year without producing any receipts. It has been approved without any...
10:48 Tue 28th Jul 200920 answers, last by xxFidgetxx 12:33 Wed 29th Jul 2009
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Snake ♥ Hamster

Don't normally post in this section, but I thought you may like this news story... A rodent-eating snake and a hamster have developed an unusual bond at a zoo in the Japanese capital, Tokyo. Their...
13:34 Mon 27th Jul 20093 answers, last by momac 13:57 Mon 27th Jul 2009
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Campaign to extend the VAT holiday

VAT cut must be extended, business leaders and MPs say The temporary VAT cut, which will save an average of ?475 for every household, must be extended beyond the end of the year, business leaders and...
11:11 Fri 24th Jul 20095 answers, last by youngmafbog 14:19 Fri 24th Jul 2009
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Is Mandy running the Government?

Lord Mandelson, First Secretary of State, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and Lord President of the Council is a busy chap. He is now a member of 35 key Cabinet committees....
10:22 Wed 22nd Jul 200914 answers, last by Gromit 16:37 Tue 11th Aug 2009
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Steven Gerrard cowardly and aggogant

Steven Gerrard's trial for his bar room brawl has opened. Now I think he is a great player, but, if the evidence from the trial is to be believed, he is a cowardly fighter. He waited until one of his...
14:28 Tue 21st Jul 200926 answers, last by Prudentia 22:25 Thu 23rd Jul 2009
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Saudi Princess granted Asylum in the UK

A Saudi Arabian princess who had an illegitimate child with a British man has successfully sought asylum in Britain after claiming she would face the death penalty if she went home. The woman told the...
13:12 Mon 20th Jul 200920 answers, last by wizard66 00:46 Wed 22nd Jul 2009
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Sir Richard Dannatt's blunders over Afghanistan

Sir Richard Dannatt has been very vocal in attacking the Government's record in Afghanistan this week. But, apparently he made a series of blunders himself... iMilitary sources claimed Sir Richard...
12:13 Sun 19th Jul 200910 answers, last by buildersmate 21:58 Mon 20th Jul 2009
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�20 charge to see your doctor

Patients should be charged ?20 to see a GP in a bid to limit demands placed on the health service, a centre-right think-tank says. The NHS is already looking to make savings and the think-tank said...
11:49 Sun 19th Jul 200943 answers, last by rov1200 10:54 Thu 23rd Jul 2009
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Muslims thwart terrorist attack

A student has been jailed for a minimum of 10 years for plotting to blow himself up using his own "suicide vest" and home-made explosives after a tip off to police by the from the muslim community....
20:03 Fri 17th Jul 20096 answers, last by Booldawg 22:53 Fri 17th Jul 2009
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Question Time for BBC on Muslim payout.

The Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Britain accepted ?45,000 damages from the BBC on Thursday over a claim on Question Time that he condoned the kidnapping and killing of British soldiers....
17:53 Thu 16th Jul 200910 answers, last by Oneeyedvic 07:36 Fri 17th Jul 2009
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AOG's questions have disappeared

He will be cross. Over posting or naughtiness? AOG, are you out there?
14:36 Thu 09th Jul 200921 answers, last by anotheoldgit 11:16 Sat 11th Jul 2009
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Police Chief issues long sentence

Chief Constable Sir Ken Jones. Here is his sentence... 'The promise of reform which the Green Paper heralds holds much for the public and Service alike; local policing, customised to local need with...
13:12 Thu 02nd Jul 200922 answers, last by anotheoldgit 13:46 Fri 03rd Jul 2009
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Cameron's Nooo Tories.

David cameron is desperately going around apologising for previous Thatcher's and Major's past policies. Today, he is apologising to homosexuals and says they were wrong about section 28....
11:24 Thu 02nd Jul 200919 answers, last by sp1814 18:02 Fri 03rd Jul 2009
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Time to scrap Trident?

Out dated and costly. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/j un/30/defence-spending Should we renew the Trident system?
16:42 Tue 30th Jun 20099 answers, last by LazyGun 22:34 Tue 30th Jun 2009
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White supremacist thug planned terror campaign

A white supremacist arrested by chance at a railway station turned out to be "on the cusp" of launching a campaign of terrorism, a court heard today. Neil Lewington had developed a bomb factory in his...
16:24 Mon 29th Jun 200923 answers, last by Gromit 10:55 Tue 30th Jun 2009

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