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Germany 'would accept UK exit from EU' to protect migration rules
Chancellor Angela Merkel would rather see the UK exit from the European Union than compromise over the principle of free movement of workers, according to the German magazine Der Spiegel.
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GCHQ chief accuses US tech giants of becoming terrorists' 'networks of choice'
Privacy has never been “an absolute right”, according to the new director of GCHQ, who has used his first public intervention since taking over at the helm of Britain’s surveillance agency to accuse US technology companies of becoming “the command and control networks of choice” for terrorists.
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Rolls-Royce to cut 2,600 jobs
Engineering group Rolls-Royce has said it is planning to cut 2,600 jobs over the next 18 months. It said most of the jobs would go in its aerospace division, with most of the posts being shed in 2015.
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Two dead after cannibal attack
A woman has been murdered in an act of cannibalism and the suspect has died after Gwent Police fired a Taser at him. Officers went to the former Sirhowy Arms Hotel in Argoed, Blackwood, at 01:23 GMT where it was reported Matthew Williams was attacking the woman.
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British police foil plot to kill Queen of England: report
British police allegedly foiled a plot to kill the Queen of England, it was reported Friday.
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Assisted dying will be made legal in UK ‘within two years’
A change in the law that will allow terminally ill people to be helped to end their lives is inevitable and will happen within as little as a couple of years, according to the deputy chair of the British Medical Association (BMA).
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Britain Poised to Muzzle 'Extremist' Speech
In Britain, if you have extreme views on anything from Western democracy to women's role in public life, you might soon require a licence from the government before you can speak in public. Seriously.
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Cigarettes containing human poo flood UK market
Cigarettes containing human poo and rat droppings are flooding the UK market. People have reportedly bought the fake fags in pubs, a betting shop, cab offices and car washes.
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UK Market Creates A "Real Apple Store" To Celebrate Its 1,000 Year Anniversary
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Ethel Lang, the last Victorian, has died but Victorianism lives on
Kate Williams: Much of what our society holds important was shaped in the 19th century – including some of our attitudes
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The 10 greatest controversies of Winston Churchill's career
The UK is marking the 50th anniversary of the death of Winston Churchill.
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Russian Jets 'Disrupted UK Aviation'
Russian military planes flying near UK airspace caused "disruption to civil aviation" on Wednesday, the Foreign Office has said.
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High security as Four Magna Carta Manuscripts United for First Time
The four surviving copies of the 1215 Magna Carta have gone on display in London to mark the landmark document's 800th anniversary.
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Sherlock Holmes, London: Visiting the City the Great Detective Knew
A riveting exhibition, here, at the Museum of London has capitalized on the full-blown Sherlockmania that seems to have seized the Western world, judging by a new spate of movies, television shows and books.
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Stone Age Britons Were Eating Wheat 2,000 Years Before They Farmed It
Scientists have recovered cultivated wheat DNA from an 8,000-year-old submerged site off the British coast. The finding suggests hunter-gatherers were trading for the grain long before they grew it.
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Plans Unveiled for World's First Tidal-Power Lagoons in the UK
Six tidal lagoons in Wales, Somerset and Cumbria expected to generate 8% of the UK's electricity
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How Thatcher’s Government Covered Up a VIP Pedophile Ring
Now that most of the major figures are dead, the truth is emerging about the systematic sexual abuse of children by members of the British government. A newspaper editor was handed startling evidence that Britain’s top law enforcement official knew there was a VIP pedophile network in Westminster, at the heart of the British government. What happened next in the summer of 1984 helps to explain how shocking allegations of...
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UK ISPs Quietly Block Sites That List Pirate Bay Proxies
The UK website blocking bonanza has started to move in a dubious direction. Several Internet providers are now blocking access to websites that provide a list of Pirate Bay proxies. The sites in question do not host or link to any infringing material themselves and are purely informational. Following a series of High Court orders, six UK ISPs are required to block access to many of the world’s largest torrent sites and streaming portals.
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A tour of the British Isles in accents
The person doing the voice is Andrew Jack who is a dialect coach. Visit his website at http://www.andrewjack.com/. Original audio here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01slnp5
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Huge Marine Reserve for Pitcairn
The UK is to establish the largest, continuous marine reserve in the world, around the Pitcairn Islands.
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