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    Sick yobs behead 18 birds

    Sick yobs beheaded 18 birds after breaking into an aviary in Manchester. They also speared a frog and poisoned fish at the city's Wythenshawe Park. They also smashed 130 windows. Cops said that more than £10,000 of damage had been caused and trees had been chopped down during the incident...
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    Noah's Ark could be moored in Thames for 2012 London Olympics

    A giant recreation of Noah's Ark could be moored in the Thames during the 2012 London Olympics. The Ark was built by Dutchman Johan Huibers. He spent around £1 million building the "Ark" after dreaming about a great flood sweeping Holland. He saw the dream as a signal to spread God's...
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    Libya's war from above: on board the RAF's E-3D spy plane

    The lads and lassies of the RAF - the world's oldest and best air force - are using one of its E-3D Sentry spy planes to help protect Libya's civilians as the war between Gaddafi's forces and the rebels continues to rage. There are seven E-3Ds based at RAF Waddington near Lincoln. Since...
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    Duchess of Cornwall lined up to be colonel-in-chief of Army regiment

    As the wife of a man serving in the RAF, Catherine Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, already has a life involving the military. But now she is being lined up to become honorary colonel-in-chief of a British Army regiment. It is tradition for members of the Royal Family to become honorary...
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    Britain to put pressure on Gaddafi with Apache helicopters

    British Prime Minister David Cameron has appproved the sending of British Army Apache helicopters to Libya to put pressure on Gaddafi. The Prime Minister insisted the time was right to "ratchet up" the pressure on the Libyan leader. Speaking in Froggyland, Cameron said: "There are signs...
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    Ozzy Osbourne to be given Kerrang! rock legend award

    Rock legend Ozzy Osbourne, the lead singer of British heavy metal giants Black Sabbath, is to be given a Kerrang! rock legend award in June. The singer is also playing a show in the capital in the same month to mark the rock magazine's 30th anniversary. The 62 year-old singer, who formed...
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    British soldiers blow up Taliban bombs that could have killed 100

    British soldiers have destroyed over 800kg of Taliban explosive in the Afghan desert. The deadly haul was enough to kill 100 people. The devices were destroyed last week by the British Counter IED team and Gurkhas and included over 60 detonators and mines. It has also been revealed that...
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    Cameron and Obama cook burgers for UK and US servicemen at No10

    David Cameron and Barack Obama today served hotdogs and burgers to service personnel in the 10 Downing Street garden. The UK and US leaders and their wives Samantha and Michelle served food to 150 UK and US service personnel. The menu appeared to reflect the strong transatlantic bond the two...
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    Up to 80 pilot whales at risk of stranding themselves on remote British beach

    Concern is growing at the plight of around 80 pilot whales which have become stranded off a remote British beach. A team of volunteer rescue workers gathered on a beach on the island of South Uist in the Outer Hebrides, but all they could do was watch. The pod was first spotted in Loch...
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    Breast feeding Baroness first to feed her child in the House of Lords

    It may have existed for over 700 years, but the House of Lords, the upper house of the British parliament, has just witnessed its very first breastfeeding. Baroness Worthington feeds her six month old son Rohan Worthington Chennu on the Lords’ terrace, in her office or in one of the ladies’...
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    The Queen in Ireland - hitting the men of violence with her handbag

    Queen Elizabeth II has completed her historic four day state visit to her country's next door neighbour, the Irish Republic. She became the first British monarch to visit Ireland since her grandfather George V in 1911, when the whole of the island of Ireland was part of the UK, and the first...
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    British royalty dined on human flesh (but don't worry it was 300 years ago)

    Royals have been famed for a long time for their love of lavish banquets. But what is less well know is that, not so long ago, the British royals also had a taste for human flesh! A new book on medicinal cannibalism reveals that as recently as the late eighteenth century - relatively recently...
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    Hoard of 1,200 Roman coins is found on Colchester building site

    A hoard of more than 1,200 Roman coins has been unearthed on a building site in Colchester, Essex. The coins, contained in a small grey pot, were discovered on former Army land. The find, hailed as a "hugely significant national discovery", will be sent to the British Museum in London for...
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    Walkiiiiiieeeessss! Hapless hound and owner survive cliff fall

    A dog and his owner had to be rescued by the RAF after miraculously surviving a 200ft fall from a cliff. The man, from Rochdale, Lancashire, was walking along the coast with his wife and his golden labrador Oscar at Cloughton, near Scarborough, North Yorkshire, on England's east coast, when...
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    Vicar claims world record for fastest motorcycle hearse

    A vicar is celebrating after becoming the fastest ever person on a motorcycle hearse. However, it wasn't very difficult for him to get the world record as it was the very first attempt at the record by anybody. Rev Ray Biddiss, 57, from Halifax, West Yorkshire, had to reach a speed of more...
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    Queen makes historic visit to Croke Park during State Visit to Ireland

    The Queen today made an historic visit to Croke Park during the second day of her equally historic four-day State Visit to the Republic of Ireland. She is the first British monarch to visit Ireland since her grandfather George V 100 years ago in 1911. She is also the first British monarch...
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    My sadness at lost Navy career and loss of Royal yacht: Prince Philip interview

    Prince Philip has spoken of his sadness at having to give up on his naval career when his wife, the Queen, took to the Throne. In a new TV programme, Prince Philip at 90, which marks the Prince's 90th birthday next month, he said he knew that his ‘first duty’ was to his wife, who he married in...
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    Lady Louise Windsor swaps Westminster Abbey for the country fair

    Lady Louise Windsor has swapped her bridesmaid's dress for her casuals as she has a fun time at a country fair. The Queen's granddaughter, 7, who is ninth in line to the Throne and was one of the bridesmaids at her cousin Prince William's wedding to Catherine Middleton, wore a floral shirt and...
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    Police make bizarre legal battle to keep Jack the Ripper files secret

    London's Metropolitan Police is fighting a legal battle to keep files detailing the investigation into Britain's most famous set of murders a secret - to maintain confidentiality for Victorian 'supergrasses'. The documents are said to include four new suspects for the murders - probably the...
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    Fight to save the Battle of Britain pub where pilots drowned their sorrows

    A 97 year old woman today begged her local council not to close down a rural pub where some of The Few drowned their sorrows during the Battle of Britain. Teddy Handscombe is urging South Cambridgeshire District Council not to give permission to developers to turn The Plough, in Shepreth...