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Press Association - Fri, May 24, 2013A woman and her 10-year-old daughter died after being poisoned by carbon monoxide fumes as they slept on a moored motor cruiser on Lake Windermere, initial findings of a marine accident investigation have indicated. More »Mother and girl 'killed by fumes'
Richard III was in 'untidy' grave
Press Association - Fri, May 24, 2013The remains of King Richard III, which were discovered under a city car park, were found in a hastily dug, untidy grave, researchers have revealed. More »Richard III was in 'untidy' grave
Police ponder conspiracy after soldier murder
Reuters - Fri, May 24, 2013By Guy Faulconbridge and Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - Police investigating the murder of a soldier hacked to death on a busy London street were looking on Friday into whether the two suspected killers, British men of Nigerian descent, were part of a wider conspiracy. The two suspects, aged 22 and 28, are under guard in hospitals after being shot and arrested by police following the murder of 25-year-old Afghan war veteran Lee Rigby on Wednesday in broad daylight. They have not yet been charged. ... More »Police ponder conspiracy after soldier murder
Briton found hanged in French jail
Press Association - Thu, May 23, 2013A Briton arrested on suspicion of organised fraud has been found hanged in a French jail. More »Briton found hanged in French jail
Support surges for Help For Heroes
Press Association - Thu, May 23, 2013The charity Help For Heroes has been swamped with donations, leading to its website crashing, after Drummer Lee Rigby was murdered while wearing one of its tops. More »Support surges for Help For Heroes
Woolwich: Family Tribute To Soldier Lee Rigby
Sky News - Thu, May 23, 2013The family of Drummer Lee Rigby, who was killed in a terrorist attack in Woolwich, have said he would do "anything for anybody". More »Woolwich: Family Tribute To Soldier Lee Rigby
Insight - In attacker's argot, Londoners shocked to hear one of their own
Reuters - Thu, May 23, 2013By Michael Holden and Peter Graff LONDON (Reuters) - In the lurid scene of the red-handed knifeman describing his motives for hacking to death a British soldier in broad daylight, perhaps the most chilling aspect for many Londoners was the man's unmistakably familiar accent. Michael Adebolajo, 28, who was filmed wielding a bloody meat cleaver and butcher's knife as the soldier lay dead on the road behind him, was not a maladjusted immigrant like Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, but a true Londoner born and bred. ... More »Insight - In attacker's argot, Londoners shocked to hear one of their own
Family tribute to murdered soldier
Press Association - Thu, May 23, 2013The family of the soldier hacked to death in Woolwich has paid tribute to "a loving son, husband, father, brother and uncle" who always wanted to be in the Army and "live life and enjoy himself". More »Family tribute to murdered soldier
Prayers offered for Woolwich victim
Press Association - Thu, May 23, 2013Mourners have gathered to pay their respects to the soldier killed in the brutal terrorist attack in London. More »Prayers offered for Woolwich victim
Woolwich: Help For Heroes Swamped With Pledges
Sky News - Thu, May 23, 2013The website of the charity Help For Heroes crashed as it was swamped with donations. More »Woolwich: Help For Heroes Swamped With Pledges
Four held over soldier's murder
Press Association - Thu, May 23, 2013A total of four people, including the two men shot by police, have now been arrested in connection with the murder of a soldier in Woolwich. More »Four held over soldier's murder
Mother guilty of benefit fraud
Press Association - Thu, May 23, 2013A mother-of-eight has been found guilty of fraudulently receiving more than £350,000 in benefits and tax credits by claiming some of her children had disabilities and conditions. More »Mother guilty of benefit fraud
Police arrest two over soldier killing
Reuters - Thu, May 23, 2013LONDON (Reuters) - Police said on Thursday they had arrested a man and a woman on suspicion of conspiracy to murder over the killing of a soldier on the streets of east London. Detectives said they had arrested a man and woman, both aged 29, over the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby who was hacked to death in Woolwich on Wednesday. Two men of Nigerian descent, aged 22 and 28, shot by police at the scene of the killing, have been arrested and are being treated at separate London hospitals. Their condition is not life-threatening. ... More »Police arrest two over soldier killing
Neet numbers 'lowest for decade'
Press Association - Thu, May 23, 2013The number of 16 to 18-year-olds not in school, work or training is at its lowest level for a decade, official figures show. More »Neet numbers 'lowest for decade'
12-year sentence for sex abuse GP
Press Association - Thu, May 23, 2013A family doctor who filmed himself sexually abusing female patients with his James Bond-style wristwatch has been jailed for 12 years. More »12-year sentence for sex abuse GP
Woolwich: Why Do Britons Become Radicalised?
Sky News - Thu, May 23, 2013The radicalisation of young British men - such as the suspects in the killing of a soldier in Woolwich - is a problem intelligence agencies are well aware of but difficult to tackle, analysts say. More »Woolwich: Why Do Britons Become Radicalised?
1,200 extra police deployed in London after soldier murder
AFP - Thu, May 23, 2013Some 1,200 extra police officers were deployed across London on Thursday night in the wake of the brutal murder of a soldier by two suspected Islamists on the city streets, Scotland Yard said. More »1,200 extra police deployed in London after soldier murder
Absent Pietersen puts pressure on England batsmen
AFP - Thu, May 23, 2013Kevin Pietersen remains a talking point, even when he's injured, and so it was that England captain Alastair Cook found himself being quizzed about the star batsman in Leeds on the eve of the second and final Test against New Zealand at Headingley. More »Absent Pietersen puts pressure on England batsmen
Head of radical Islamist group who knew knifeman blames UK foreign policy
Reuters - Thu, May 23, 2013By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - The head of a banned British radical Islamist group who knew one of the men who hacked a soldier to death on London streets said on Thursday British foreign policy was to blame for the attack. Anjem Choudary said Michael Adebolajo - filmed with his hands covered with blood, carrying a meat cleaver and knife after attacking an off-duty soldier in broad daylight - had attended lectures run by al-Muhajiroun, Choudary's organisation, which was banned under anti-terrorism laws in 2010. ... More »Head of radical Islamist group who knew knifeman blames UK foreign policy
Hands soaked in blood, London knifeman declares his creed on video
Reuters - Thu, May 23, 2013By Peter Griffiths and Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) - A young man with bloodied hands holds a knife and a meat cleaver soaked in blood as he faces the camera to say he has just killed a soldier on a London street in retaliation for the deaths of Muslims killed by British troops in faraway lands. As the man speaks, a woman in a blue skirt pulls a shopping cart down the pavement towards him, glances briefly in the direction of a corpse lying in the road, and walks right past the man, apparently oblivious to the bloody weapons in his hand. ... More »Hands soaked in blood, London knifeman declares his creed on video
Cameron says London attack was betrayal of Islam
Reuters - Thu, May 23, 2013LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron said the brutal killing of a soldier who was hacked to death in London by two men shouting Jihadist slogans was a betrayal of Islam. "We will never give in to terror or terrorism in any of its forms," Cameron told reporters outside his Downing Street residence on Thursday. "This was not just an attack on Britain and on the British way of life, it was also a betrayal of Islam and of the Muslim communities who give so much to our country. There is nothing in Islam that justifies this truly dreadful act. ... More »Cameron says London attack was betrayal of Islam
Killing of British soldier stirs tension in poor corner of London
Reuters - Thu, May 23, 2013By Andrew Osborn and Costas Pitas LONDON (Reuters) - The gory killing of a British soldier at the hands of two suspected Islamist militants has shone a spotlight on Woolwich, the London district where it happened, stirring racial tensions in one of the most ethnically diverse parts of Britain. Tucked away inside a bend of the River Thames to the southeast of central London, Woolwich has changed as quickly as the British capital itself in the last 20 years as successive waves of immigrants attracted by the area's cheaper housing have made it their home. ... More »Killing of British soldier stirs tension in poor corner of London
Cameron says will never give in to terror
Reuters - Thu, May 23, 2013LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron said on Thursday the country would remain resolute in its opposition to terrorism after two men hacked to death a soldier in south London. "This country will be absolutely resolute in its stand against violent extremism and terror," he said, on the steps of his 10 Downing Street residence. "We will never give in to terror or terrorism in any of its forms." (Reporting by Kate Holton) More »Cameron says will never give in to terror
Brewer SABMiller posts falling annual profits
AFP - Thu, May 23, 2013Britain-based brewer SABMiller on Thursday announced a drop in annual net profits after exceptional gains won the previous year were not repeated, but said its underlying performance improved on strong growth in emerging markets. More »Brewer SABMiller posts falling annual profits
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