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Professor Stephen Hawking on England at the World Cup and how to score the perfect penalty
Step aside Hansen, Lineker and Ferdinand. This World Cup Paddy Power has teamed up the legendary theoretical physicist Professor Stephen Hawking. Here he presents his findings on the optimal conditions for England success and how to score the perfect penalty.
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World Cup: Banned England fans to hand in passports
More than 1,400 football hooligans in England will have to hand their passports to police in the coming days to stop them going to the World Cup. Passports must be surrendered on Monday or Tuesday, ahead of the tournament in Brazil which starts on 12 June.
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Police investigate axe-murder captured on Google Street View
Standing over his lifeless victim wielding an axe, this is the shocking Google Street View image that sparked a major police investigation. Police were called when a Street View user came across the image taken in Leith, Edinburgh and reported it as a possible murder caught on camera. But the two men in the shot were actually a pair of mischievous mechanics.
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Women jailed for allowing dog to eat their neighbour alive
Two women have been jailed for 12 months over the death of their elderly neighbour, who was “literally eaten alive” by their starving dog. Liverpool Crown Court heard that retired hospital porter Clifford Clark, 79, was mauled to death by the presa canario cross-breed in his own garden after leaving his kitchen door open while cooking dinner.
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There's A Huge New Snowden Leak - And No One Knows Where It Came From
On Tuesday, news site The Register published a story containing explosive “above top secret” information about Britain’s surveillance programs including details of a “clandestine British base tapping undersea cables in the Middle East.”
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London's trail of buried diggers
Property experts estimate there could be up to 1,000 JCBs buried underground because they are cheaper to bury than lift to street level following basement extensions
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Teen calls in fake Burger King bomb threat so brother could finish work early
An 18-year-old issued a hoax bomb threat so his brother didn’t have to work the rest of his shift at Burger King. Luke Brown was jailed for six months at Norwich Crown Court on Friday after admitting to phoning in the threat at a shopping centre in the city. On March 6th, the teenager had claimed a bomb would explode in six hours at the Castle Mall food court.
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The bizarre secret of London’s buried diggers
After excavating your mega-basement in Holland Park, it’s cheaper and easier to leave the JCB entombed down there with the pool, personal cinema and staff quarters.
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'Homeless spikes' installed outside London flats
Metal spikes have been installed outside a block of luxury flats in London to deter homeless people from sleeping there. But the installation of the studs has provoked criticism from some after a picture was uploaded to Twitter, the social networking site.
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Britain calls up Dad's Army of spies to watch Russia
Defence chiefs are being forced to call up a “Dad’s Army” of retired military intelligence officers because the crisis in Ukraine has exposed a shortage of Russian speakers in the Armed Forces.
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Rik Mayall, star of The Young Ones, dies aged 56
British comedian and actor Rik Mayall has died aged 56. He played obnoxious, poetry-writing anarchist Rick in The Young Ones with his friend Adrian Edmondson. The pair later starred in the sitcom Bottom. A pioneer of the 1980s alternative comedy scene, Mayall also appeared in Blackadder and The New Statesman.
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What's the best British short story?
Paul McVeigh: The hunt is on for the very best story by a writer from these shores. Cast your vote and join the debate
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Taxi drivers to bring London to a standstill over row with Uber
Anti-Uber taxi drivers will go ahead with today’s planned protest, beginning in Trafalgar Square at 2pm, despite failing to meet with London Metropolitan Police. Timed to coincide with similar protests around Europe, the plan is to shut down parts of central London by parking their taxis in the street.
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TV crew finds $8.5million hidden in a wooden box in London apartment while filming reality show about bailiffs
A television crew recording a documentary about bailiffs were stunned to find £5million stashed in a wooden box hidden in a flat. $8.5million, the equivalent of about £5million, was found by the crew stuffed in a wooden box hidden in the apartment in Silvertown, east London. The apartment is located in Wards Wharf - a collection of luxury new-builds in London's Docklands - and is close to London City Airport.
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England Is Suffering a World Cup Cocaine Shortage
If there's one thing English people love more than cocaine, it's soccer. The problem is, fans up and down the country might have a tough time getting a buzz on during the World Cup thanks to an unprecedented coke drought. Traditionally, the tournament is a boomtime for dealers, and you'd expect a combination of sunny weather and games that potentially won't finish until 3 AM local time to fuel demand among all-day drinkers who don't want to fall asleep in public.
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British goalie really wants the ball boy to hurry up
English Goalkeeper Reaction after Pirlo's Free Kick.
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UK to re-open embassy in Iran
Foreign Secretary William Hague has said plans to re-open the British Embassy in Tehran are an "important step forward" in relations with Iran. Mr Hague said the "circumstances were right" following an improvement in bilateral relations in recent months.
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Poverty hits twice as many British households as 30 years ago
The UK economy has doubled in size since the early 1980s – yet the number of those suffering below-minimum living standards has grown by more than twice, a study claims
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Pair wrapped bacon around door handles of Edinburgh mosque
A teenage girl and man have been jailed for defacing a mosque with strips of bacon. Chelsea Lambie, 18, from Paisley, and Douglas Cruikshank, from Galashiels, wrapped bacon around the door handles on the Central Mosque in Edinburgh and threw strips inside on January 31 last year.
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Theresa May: There is no surveillance state
"There is no programme of mass surveillance and there is no surveillance state," Home Secretary Theresa May has said. Speaking at the Lord Mayor's Defence and Security Lecture at Mansion House, in the City of London, Mrs May dismissed recent criticism of the activities of the security services. Privacy campaigners have accused surveillance agency GCHQ of using "unlawful hacking" to spy on citizens.
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