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New £2 coin marks London 2012 Games

date: 2008-08-27 13:08:00 | coin, marks, London, 2012, Games

The Royal Mint on Wednesday unveiled a coin to mark the Olympic handover from Beijing to London.

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Service marks Omagh anniversary

date: 2008-08-15 03:27:55 |

Teenager shot dead in London supermarket

date: 2008-08-07 07:47:21 |

Teenager shot dead in London store

date: 2008-08-07 07:47:21 |

London show can match Beijing: 2012 chief

date: 2008-08-16 03:15:00 |

As gamblers, we live for the day when lady luck smiles on us

date: 2008-11-22 00:00:00

It could be said that a career as an England cricketer is the perfect grounding for a lifetime of gambling. For if, like me, you have limited resources, time, patience and discipline, there is only one way to approach betting – expect to ...

source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Let’s hope that Jonathan Ross can now get back to his edgy best

date: 2008-11-22 00:00:00

We have these sporadic fussing-sessions over the BBC because the BBC isn’t simply a thing that makes TV shows. It is – in design, if not always in practice – responsible for analysing, and then reflecting back, Britain as a ...

source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Even the monarch is entitled to downtime

date: 2008-11-21 23:15:11

Trousers? Of course she wears trousers; she’s a countrywoman, for heaven’s sake, and she’s not going to saddle up for a day riding the Balmoral heather encumbered by one of Hartnell’s elaborate hide-your-bottom gowns.

source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Seaman dies in refinery incident

date: 2008-08-30 23:47:53

A sailor from Honduras dies after a lifting beam collapses on to the desk of a tanker at an oil refinery in Hampshire.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

Brown warns West will not be held to ransom by Russia

date: 2008-08-30 23:43:00

Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned Sunday that the West would not be held to ransom by Russia and threatened a "root and branch" review of relations between the EU and the Kremlin.

source: uk.news.yahoo.com

Murray rallies to beat Melzer in five-set marathon

date: 2008-08-30 23:36:00

Scotsman Andy Murray brushed aside a shaky start, rallying from two sets down to win a five-set marathon over Austrian Jurgen Melzer in the third round of the US Open on Saturday.

source: uk.news.yahoo.com


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Novice drivers face a ban for one speeding offence

date: 2008-11-21 18:28:31

Graphic: Clocking up the points

source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Boris Johnson calls for illegal immigrant amnesty in London

date: 2008-11-21 17:58:00

London mayor to launch review into feasibility of granting amnesty to estimated 400,000 people living illegally in capital

source: www.guardian.co.uk

Wild beavers return to Britain after 400 years

date: 2008-11-21 16:13:00

Four families of beavers have arrived in Britain for a landmark project which will see them introduced into the wild here for the first time in over 400 years, experts said Friday.

source: uk.news.yahoo.com

Finding Happiness

date: 2008-11-21 13:17:17

Meditating, believing in impermanence and seeking true happiness will help people weather the financial meltdown. Buddhism is about sustaining happiness. Whilst the credit crisis and impending recession will cause ...

source: www.newstatesman.com

Week in pictures

date: 2008-11-21 13:00:04

Bad news for the banking sector, mixed news for retail and good news for Scrabble

source: www.guardian.co.uk

Frothing extremists

date: 2008-11-21 12:31:21

The leaked BNP membership list has preoccupied the blogosphere this week. Paul Evans gives us his regular round-up Leaky What has 410 misses, 2 captains and a professor? Sound like a bad joke? Well no, actually, it’s ...

source: www.newstatesman.com

Repossession of homes up by 12%

date: 2008-11-21 12:10:46

The number of properties repossessed by mortgage lenders rose by 12% to 11,300 in the third quarter of the year.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

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