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    Fascinating snapshots bring D ickensian London back to life

    In the 19th Century, London was the greatest city on Earth, a vast, bustling metropolis, the richest and biggest city on the planet, and the centre of an empire so vast that it was impossible for the sun to ever set on the whole of it. In 1877 and 1878, the Scottish photographer John Thomson...
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    20,000 people evacuated in Dortmund after unexploded British bomb is discovered

    More than 20,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in the German city of Dortmund after a 4,000 pound World War II bomb was discovered. The 1943 battle saw the British Empire (Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa) attack the Ruhr Area of Germany, which had coke...
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    Police receive 999 call.... from a kitten

    When the Metropolitan Police received a silent 999 call, they traced it and were despatched to the address that the call came from, a London flat. After receiving no response from their knocking and ringing of the bell, they knocked down the door and came face to face with the caller - a cute...
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    Hitler fanatic is kicked out of supermarket for wearing Nazi outfit

    A man has been kicked out of a supermarket for wearing a Nazi outfit. Hitler fanatic Paul Dutton went into the Asda store in Cambridge wearing a black SS uniform and cap, with a red armband bearing the swastika, and swastika tattoos on his neck, chest and hand. While a few shoppers in the...
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    Two foot high Roman eagle statue found in London

    Archaeologists in London have unearthed a Roman eagle statue that is almost 2,000 years' old. The statue is over two feet high with carvings on it that are so crisp the archaeologists originally thought it was a much later copy. But experts at the Museum of London Archaeology confirmed that...
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    History made as TV cameras film English court proceedings

    English legal history has been today after TV cameras filmed proceedings in an English court. Filming has been banned in courts in England and Wales - except the Supreme Court, set up in 2009 - since 1925. But now there has been a partial lifting of the ban. And this morning, history was...
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    UFOs Spotted Around Clouds

    I don't know why the aliens are so interested in Reading. Reading may be the UK's largest town but the only thing worth seeing there is The Oracle shopping centre.
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    The World At War, 40th anniversary

    Tomorrow marks the 40th anniversary of one of the greatest TV documentary series of all time - The World At War. The epic 26-episode British documentary series chronicalling the events of WWII was originally shown on ITV in Britain from 31st October 1973 to 8th May 1974, just 29 years after...
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    Mediums say they can clear out spirits from homes

    It's actually the unbelievers who are the fools and they'll get a pleasant surprise when they die.
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    Mediums say they can clear out spirits from homes

    I believe in genuine mediums and ghosts, spirits and demons.
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    Locals line the streets of Brixton to see the Queen drive past their homes

    It's not everyday that the Queen drives down your street and past your front door. But that is what happened to the residents of Brixton, South London, yesterday. The Queen and the Duchess of Cornwall drove through the rough, gang-ridden neighbourhood, infamous for its race riots of 1981, on...
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    Mediums say they can clear out spirits from homes

    Mediums CAN clear spirits from homes and other buildings. Anyone who thinks that they can't have never lived in a haunted home and had a medium clear it of spirits, making it a much happier and brighter place.
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    Autumnwatch, Series 9

    The brilliant BBC wildlife series Autumnwatch returns tonight for its ninth series, with its usual hosts Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and Martin Hughes-Games. The show, paired with its spring equivalent Springwatch, charts the fortunes of British wildlife in the autumn. As usual, it is...
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    Letter bomb sent to Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers

    Stormont Castle in Belfast has been evacuated following the discovery of a letter bomb. The bomb was addressed to Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers, who is also the Conservative MP for Chipping Barnet. The castle houses the offices of Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter...
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    Prince William vows to take his son to see Aston Villa thrash Manchester United

    Prince William has vowed to make his new son, Prince George, an Aston Villa fan like himself. The future king made the vow in a video message released yesterday to mark the 150th anniversary of England's Football Association (FA), of which football-mad William is the President. It was on...
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    British soldiers reprimanded after doing Nazi or Red Hand of Ulster salute

    Two British soldiers are being investigated after they were photographed doing a Nazi-style gesture in Afghanistan. The pair were photographed in front of a Union Flag and a Northern Irish flag whilst making the salute at a British Army base in Helmand Province. MPs and ex-military leaders...
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    Red Dress Manor, the house that's frozen in time

    Meet Red Dress Manor, one of the most mysterious houses in Britain. The derelict dairy farm was built in 1725 but the last owner of the property, Ellen Jones, died in the 1970s and nobody has lived there since. Ellen left her red dress hanging in her wardrobe, hence the nickname for the...
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    Al Gore in Los Angeles, Climate Reality

    That's the thing about the Global Warming idiots. They tell us not to drive cars or travel by planes or go on ships because of the myth that they are harming the planet, yet tell them that that would mean that they would have to therefore walk and swim when they attend their next Climate...
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    Inside the cockpit with the RAF

    This set of stunning photos offers an insightful glance behind the scenes at the dangerous work carried out every day by servicemen and women in one of the world's greatest airforces. Showing a glimpse of life on operation, training, as well as giving a look at the high-tech equipment and the...