Bradley Wiggins Knighted In New Year Honours

By Ian Woods, Senior News Correspondent Britain's gold rush during the London Olympic and Paralympic Games has led to 78 athletes and coaches being named in the New Year Honours List. Among the top honours are knighthoods for cyclist Bradley Wiggins...

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India Rape Death: Six Charged With Murder

Indian police have charged six men with murder, hours after a woman who was gang raped on a bus in New Delhi died in hospital. The men could face the death penalty if convicted, in a case that has triggered protests across India. The 23-year-old victim...

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Plane In Flames After Overshooting Runway

A passenger plane has caught fire after overshooting an airport runway as it landed in Russia. The Red Wing Airlines aircraft burst through a perimeter fence and ended up burning on a motorway next to Moscow's Vnukovo airport, state television...

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Baroness Thatcher To Return Home After Op

Baroness Thatcher is due to leave hospital today following an operation to remove a growth in her bladder. ...

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Daring Rescue Of Dog Trapped On Frozen Lake

A team of rescue workers risked their own lives to save a dog who had become stranded on frozen Lake Erie in Michigan. One emergency worker was seen rubbing the animal to keep it warm as another arrived on a boat near Brownstown Township. The dog was...

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Jimmy Savile's 'Love' For Margaret Thatcher

A note written by Jimmy Savile declaring his love for Margaret Thatcher shows how he tried to enlist support for a hospital where he is known to have abused vulnerable people. In what now appear to be chilling references, Savile refers in the letter...

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Reagan's Last-Ditch Falklands Plea Revealed

Thatcher Stood Firm Over Falklands Updated: 9:44am UK, Friday 28 December 2012 By Alistair Bunkall, Defence Correspondent Shortly before midnight on May 31, 1982, a phone rang in Downing Street. On the other end was the US President Ronald Reagan....

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Church Organist Dies After Midnight Mass Attack

A church organist has died after being attacked while on his way to play at midnight mass on Christmas Eve. Alan Greaves, 68, from Sheffield, was found on the pavement close to his home on Greengate Lane at approximately 11.15pm on December 24. He...

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Graphene: Super Funds For Super-Material

Investment funds totalling £21.5m are going to some of Britain's top universities to develop commercial uses for the "super-material" graphene. Manchester University academics Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov won the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics for...

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Child Abuse: New Database Of Medical Visits

By Liz Lane, Sky News Reporter A national database is being introduced in hospitals to flag up potential vulnerable children to nurses and doctors. It is in order to prevent cases similar to that of Baby Peter Connelly in which health and social...

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China: Shark Tank Explodes At Shopping Centre

Sixteen people were hurt when a 33-ton aquarium containing sharks, other fish and turtles exploded at a shopping centre in the Chinese city of Shanghai. CCTV pictures captured the moment the giant tank burst, sending glass and fish flying into the crowd....

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Fiscal Cliff: Obama Cuts Holiday Short

US President Barack Obama has cut short his Christmas holiday in Hawaii to return to Washington for crisis talks on averting the so-called 'fiscal cliff'. The White House and Congress have until the end of the month to reach a compromise on how to avoid...

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Boxing Day Sales: Bargain Hunters Hit Shops

Britain's shops look set for a bumper Boxing Day of profits as bargain hunters go on a predicted £3bn spending spree at the sales. People queued overnight in London's Oxford Street in preparation for stores opening this morning, with thousands pouring...

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M6 Car Crash Killed Two Young Brothers

Two of the three people killed after a car flipped over on the M6 motorway on Christmas Day were brothers, aged four and 10. The third victim of the accident on a busy stretch of the motorway in Staffordshire was a 32-year-old woman. The boys' mother,...

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Weather: Landslide Alert Amid Floods And Rain

A landslide warning has been issued by the Met Office, as continued heavy downpours sparked fears of unstable cliff faces. Boxing Day walkers were urged to take extra care in "dangerous conditions" with flooding set to worsen across parts of England...

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Kickboxer Lee Aldhouse Charged With Murder

A British kickboxer could face the death penalty in Thailand after being charged with murdering an American soldier at a popular holiday resort. Lee Aldhouse, originally from Birmingham, told media crews he was being mistreated as he was taken to court...

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Floods: UK To Remain On Alert For Another Week

Christmas has got off to a soggy start for many parts of the UK, as more rain falls on flood-threatened areas. Hundreds of homes and businesses have been swamped with floodwaters as winter rain continues to fall on saturated land. Staffordshire Police...

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Piers Unrepentant In Face Of 59,000 Petition

Piers Morgan has renewed his call for a ban on assault rifles as the number of Americans signing a petition to get him out of the country rises. More than 59,000 people have now signed the petition on the White House website, ensuring the Obama administration...

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Four Brits Injured In Burma Plane Crash

Three people have been killed and at least 11 injured, including four British nationals, after an Air Bagan flight made an emergency landing on a road in Burma. The plane was carrying Christmas tourists, including 51 foreigners and six crew members,...

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Multiple Fatalities After Serious Crash On M6

The M6 has been closed at Staffordshire following a serious crash which caused multiple fatalities. Staffordshire Police have confirmed there were a number of deaths caused by the accident. The motorway will remain closed in both directions for at...

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Protests: Indian PM Urges Calm Over Gang-Rape

The Indian Prime Minister has appealed for calm and vowed to protect women as police struggle to quell outrage over sex crimes following the gang-rape of a student. As authorities shut down roads in the heart of India's capital, Manmohan Singh said...

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Paul Daniels Reveals He 'Kissed Schoolgirl'

Veteran TV magician Paul Daniels has revealed his shock after discovering a girl he picked up as a hitch-hiker more than 40 years ago and began kissing was a schoolgirl. The 74-year-old entertainer, writing in his blog The Life and Times of Paul Daniels,...

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Weather: Rain Hits Roads And Rail Amid Floods

Flood victims are facing a festive washout as people hoping to get home to friends and family for Christmas are warned rain could prompt travel misery. Persistent downpours across large parts of the UK caused widespread flooding over the weekend, with...

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Edinburgh Car Crash Leaves Three Men Dead

Three men have died and three other people were injured in a car crash near Edinburgh. Witnesses to the crash are being asked to contact police The accident happened about 1.5 miles south of Pathhead, Midlothian, at around 7.30am. A gold-coloured...

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Flood Warnings Amid More Travel Misery

Scores of flood warnings are in place across the country after days of heavy rainfall, as homeowners, businesses and travellers suffer more disruption. Around 160 flood warnings issued for England and Wales, along with 31 in Scotland, which means flooding...

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North Korean Missile 'Could Have Reached US'

The long-range rocket fired by North Korea could have reached the US and eastern Europe, according to the South Korean defence ministry. The launch was effectively the test of a ballistic missile capable of flying more than 10,000km (6,200) miles with...

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Andrew Mitchell: Police Tried To Destroy Me

Mitchell: Plebgate In His Own Words Updated: 7:41am UK, Sunday 23 December 2012 In a 5,000 word article written for the Sunday Times, Andrew Mitchell talks about the "plebgate" scandal and the effect on him and his family. Here are some extracts. ...

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Boat Capsizes: Search For Missing Person

An "intensive" air and sea search is under way for a person believed to be missing in the water after a small boat capsized. The Coastguard said the alarm was raised after two people were found holding on to the side of an overturned vessel in Poole...

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