Freddie Flintoff Wins First Heavyweight Fight

Flintoff Swaps Lord's For The Ring Updated: 12:46pm UK, Saturday 01 December 2012 By Charlie Thomas, Sports Presenter What to do when you hang up the boots? It's the perennial dilemma for the professional sportsman. And the answer these days comes...

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Former Corrie Star Faces Child Sex Charges

Former Coronation Street actor Andrew Lancel will appear in court later this month to face five counts of indecent assault on a child under 16. Merseyside Police said the 42-year-old had been charged under his real name - Andrew Watkinson. He was charged...

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World Aids Day: Bid To Break Testing Record

Campaigners in London are marking World Aids Day with an attempt to break an HIV testing record. It comes as new figures suggested a record number of people in the UK - nearly 100,000 - are living with HIV. People are being invited to have a 60-second...

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Snow Starts To Fall As Britain Shivers

A dusting of snow has fallen across parts of the UK, with more predicted over the weekend as many areas are gripped by sub-zero temperatures. The frosty conditions are in contrast to the torrential rain and windy weather that played havoc in some parts...

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Care Homes Could Be Forced To Open Books

Care homes could be regulated to prevent a repeat of the Southern Cross crisis, under newly launched proposals. The abrupt collapse of Southern Cross, Britain's biggest care homes operator, caused turmoil for more than 30,000 elderly and vulnerable...

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Three Babies Die In Whooping Cough Outbreak

Three babies died of whooping cough in October amid the biggest outbreak in 20 years, health officials have said. The total number of babies under the age of three months who have died as a result of the infectious disease this year now stands at 13,...

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Supermarkets Back New Price Promotion Rules

What The Supermarkets Say Updated: 3:19am UK, Friday 30 November 2012 Eight major supermarkets have signed up to a new code on special offers and price promotions, while Asda is considering whether to take part. Here is what some of the retailers had...

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Floods: £120m Extra Cash For Defences

The Government has announced £120m of new funding for flood defences which it says will improve protection for up to 60,000 homes. It comes amid clean-up operations across the UK in the aftermath of the recent flooding which devastated communities in...

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Weather: Snow On The Way As Britain Shivers

A light dusting of snow is expected to fall across parts of the country tonight with up to 4cm forecast to fall in some areas. Upland areas such as the Pennines, the North Yorkshire Moors and north east Scotland, could be blanketed in white by tomorrow....

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Ex-BBC Radio Presenter Denies Sex Offences

A former BBC presenter has "strenuously denied" sexual offences against children, claiming that his links to the corporation attracted undue attention. Michael Souter, 59, of Loddon, Norfolk, has been charged with 18 offences relating to boys, one offence...

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Alarm As HIV Cases In UK Soar To Record High

By Gamal Fahnbulleh, Sky News Reporter A record number of people in the UK are living with HIV, with almost a quarter of those with the virus not aware they are infected. The Health Protection Agency (HPA) says there are about 96,000 people who...

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Rape Of 11-Year-Old Girl: Man Charged

An 18-year-old has appeared in court charged with the rape of an 11-year-old girl. The girl was attacked on Friday, November 23 at around 4.30pm in Enfield, north London, as she walked home from school. She was dragged into nearby Jubilee Park...

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Teen Toyboy Jailed For Killing Lover's Son

The teenage lover of a former Army medic has been jailed for five years for killing her three-year-old son. Cameron Rose, who was 16 at the time, swung the child by his leg and his head smashed into a wall, while the boy's mother, Sadie Henry, was out...

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Cumbria Earthquake Centred On Lake District

A small earthquake with a 2.1 magnitude has hit Cumbria. The British Geological Survey said the tremor, which started at a depth of 3.1 miles (6km), struck in Patterdale after 9.30pm on Wednesday. Several Cumbrian residents took to Twitter to...

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Leveson Demands Change To Press Regulation

Lord Justice Leveson has called for the Press Complaints Commission to be scrapped and Ofcom to be given a key role in overseeing a new, independent, self-regulatory body. Under his proposed regime, newspapers would be liable for fines of up to £1m...

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Domestic Violence Raids Aim To Tackle Abuse

By Roddy Mansfield, Sky News Online A series of dawn raids have taken place across London in an operation aimed at tackling domestic violence and abuse. Officers from the Metropolitan Police Community Safety Unit assisted by Tactical Support Group...

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Euromillions: £64m Hitchin Prize Unclaimed

A Euromillions player has just seven days to identify themselves as the winner of £64m - the biggest unclaimed prize in UK lottery history. The winner in the June 8 draw matched the five main numbers, 5, 11,  22, 34, 40 and two lucky stars, 9 and...

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Comet: Jobs At Risk As Shops Face Closure

Comet's administrators have confirmed a further 125 stores will close by the end of the year if they fail to get a firm offer for the whole business. Around 70 stores of the original 236 will remain open until the electricals retailer's remaining...

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William And Kate Cheered Through Cambridge

By Paul Harrison, royal correspondent Cambridge is giving its duke and duchess a rapturous welcome as the royal couple tour the city for the first time. Hundreds of well-wishers lined the streets to greet William and Kate, who are spending the...

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Leveson: Nick Clegg Could Break Ranks

Nick Clegg has asked whether he might be able to respond separately to the Leveson report in case he and David Cameron cannot agree on the next steps. Downing Street has now been handed the long-anticipated report and the Prime Minister is due to give...

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Second Man Held After Girl, 11, Raped In Park

Detectives have arrested a second man on suspicion of raping an 11-year-old girl in a north London park. The man, aged 18, was arrested in Edmonton and remains in custody, the Metropolitan Police said. A 26-year-old who was arrested earlier on Monday...

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Man Who Raped Girl, Four, Jailed Indefinitely

A 21-year-old man has been jailed indefinitely after admitting he raped a girl aged four. Liam Ineson, of Lancaster, subjected his victim to a six-month "campaign of abuse", police said, targeting her on a number of occasions earlier this year. He...

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Welfare-to-Work Scheme Misses Its Target

The Government has defended its flagship employment scheme after new figures showed the programme has missed its target. Only 3.5% of the long-term unemployed helped by the scheme were still employed six months later, according to data published by...

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Nadine Dorries Has To Wait For Whip Ruling

Nadine Dorries has been put on probation by the Tories after returning from her stint in I'm A Celebrity ... Get Me Out Of Here! The Mid-Bedfordshire MP has been warned her suspension from the party will not be lifted until she can prove she has built...

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Weather: Hundreds Flee Homes As Floods Rise

Rain-battered Britain is struggling to cope with rising flood levels after further heavy rain brought misery to thousands of residents and motorists across the UK. Householders have already evacuated over 900 properties after deluges left many properties...

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Winter Weather: Sub-Zero Temperatures Forecast

Winter weather is set to bite later this week with sub-zero temperatures predicted. Heavy rain will give way to ice, frost and bitterly cold northerly winds from Tuesday onwards. Temperatures could plummet to as low as -6C in some places, with highs...

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Brit Killed In South Africa Farm Robbery

A British man who went to South Africa to run a nature reserve has been killed in a robbery at his farm, police say. Christopher Preece had gone outside to check why the power was cut at the property when three men attacked him with machetes, according...

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Second Pensioner Dies In Newbury 'Mystery'

A second pensioner has died after suffering multiple injuries in a house where an elderly woman was found dead. Thames Valley Police said they are treating the death of the 94-year-old man as "unexplained". He had been taken to John Radcliffe Hospital,...

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Weather: Northern England Braced For Flooding

North East England and North Wales are braced for flooding after the band of heavy rain that swamped southern England moved north. There are just over 200 flood warnings in place across the country and nearly 300 less serious flood alerts, following...

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Man Held After Girl, 11, Raped In Park

Detectives have arrested a man on suspicion of raping an 11-year-old girl in a north London park. The youngster is being treated in hospital after she was grabbed by a man on her way home from school on Friday afternoon. She was dragged into Jubilee...

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Butlins Balcony Plunge Kills Man

A 23-year-old man has died after falling from a hotel balcony at the Butlins holiday resort in Bognor Regis. Police and ambulance crews arrived at the West Sussex complex in the early hours of Saturday morning after receiving reports of the fall. Paramedics...

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New Law To Tackle Stalkers Comes Into Effect

By Jane Chilton, Scotland Correspondent Campaigners are celebrating today after new anti-stalking legislation finally becomes law in England and Wales. It is already illegal to stalk a person in Scotland, with the Scottish legal system changing...

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Celebrity MP Dorries Says Colleagues Are 'Jealous'

Nadine Dorries has said criticism of her appearance in the I'm a Celebrity jungle was fuelled by the "jealousy" of other MPs. Speaking to London's LBC radio station she said the programme had given her a platform to voice her opinions, adding "people...

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Spurs Attack: No Attempted Murder Charges

Two men who were accused of attempted murder following an attack on a Spurs fan in Rome have appeared in court on lesser charges. Ashley Mills, a Tottenham Hotspur fan who was in Rome to watch the team play Lazio, suffered serious injuries to his skull...

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Floods: Drivers Warned Against 'Risking Lives'

Rescue services have drivers to stop motoring into flood waters as strong winds and heavy rains bring chaos to the country's roads. Emergency crews said that motorists must remember that while their vehicles may be four-wheel drives, they are not "amphibious"....

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Butlins Balcony Plunge Kills Man

A 23-year-old man has died after falling from a hotel balcony at the Butlins holiday resort in Bognor Regis. Police and ambulance crews arrived at the West Sussex complex in the early hours of Saturday morning after receiving reports of the fall. Paramedics...

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New Law To Tackle Stalkers Comes Into Effect

By Jane Chilton, Scotland Correspondent Campaigners are celebrating today after new anti-stalking legislation finally becomes law in England and Wales. It is already illegal to stalk a person in Scotland, with the Scottish legal system changing...

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